The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-28

capital and the organization OF labor
as natural outcomes Of our Industrial
system. Each kind of Organization 10
to be favored as II acts In spirit OF
justice and of regard for the rights
of others. Each Is to be granted the
full protection of the law. and each In
turn is to be held to a strict obedience
to the law; for no man 10 above 1t ana
no man below 1t. The humblest fndi-
vidual is to have his rights safeguard
ed as scrupulously as those Of the
strongest organization, for each Is TO
receive justice, no more and no less.
The problems with which we have TO
deal in our modern Industrial and Soc
ial life are manifold; but the spirit
in which 1t Is necessary TO approach
their solution is simply to spirit OF
honesty, of courage and OF common
sense.
In innaugurating the great work OF
irrigation in the West the Administra-
tion has been enabled by Congress 10
take one of the longest strides ever
taken under our Government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
the settler, the actual home-maker
Ever since this continent was dis
covered the need of an Isthmian Ca.
nal to connect the Pacific and the AT
lantic has been recognized; and ever
since the birth of our nation such ca
nal has been planned. At last the
dream has become a reality. The isth-
milan Canal is now being built by the
Government of the United States. We
conducted the negotiation for its con-
struction with the incest and most
scrupulous honor. and in a spirit OF
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory 1t was to run.
Every sinister effort which could De
devised by the spirit of faction or the
spirit of self-interest was made In or
der to defeat the Treaty with Panama
and thereby prevent the consumation
of this work. The construction or the
canal now is an assured fact; but most
certainly 1t is unwise kto entrust the
carrying out of so momentous a policy
to those who have endeavored to deIeat
the whole undertaking.
Foreign Policy.
Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted that, while not one of our just
claims has been sacrificed, our rela-
lions with all foreign nations are now
of the most peaceful kind: there Is not
a cloud on the horizon. The last cause
of irritation between us and anotner
nation was removed by the setiemeh.
of the Alaskan boundary.
good our promises of independence 10
Cuba and have proved our assertion
that our mission in the island was one
of Justice and not of self-aggrandize-
ment; and thereby no less than by our
action in Venezuela and Panama we
have shown that the Monroe Doctrine
is a living reality, designed for the
hurt of no nation, but for the protect-
ion of civilization on the western con-
tinent, and for the peace or the worio.
Our steady growth in power has gone
hand in hand with a strengthening dis
position to use this power with strict
regard for the rights of others, and Tor
the cause of international justice ana
goodwill.
We earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations of the New and Old
Worlds; and we endeaver to place our
relations with them upon a OASIS OF
reciprocal advantage instead of hostiI.
ty. We hold that the prosperity OF
each nation is an aid and not n hind
rance to the prosperity of nations. we
seek international amity for the same
reasons that make us believe in peace
within our own borders; and we seek
this peace not because We are AFRAID
or unready, but because we think that
peace is right as well as advantageous
American interests in the PACING
have rapidly grown. American enter
prise has laid a cable across this, the
greatest of oceans. We have proved
in effective fashion that we wish the
Chinese Empire we'll and desire Its IN
tegrity and independence.
Philippines and Trade.
Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens our position in the
competition for the trade of the East;
but we are governing the Philippines
in the interest of the Philippine people
themselves. We have already given
them a large share in their govern
ment, and our purpose Is to increase
dence of increasing fitness for the task
this share as rapidly as they give, evil
The great majority of the ofnclals OF
the islands, whether elective or ap-
pointive are already. native Filipinos.
We are now providing for legislative
assembly. This is the, first step to be
taken in the future; and 1T would be
eminently unwise to declare what our
next step will be until this first step
has been taken and the results are man
ifest. To have gone faster than we
have already gone in giving the island
ers a constantly increasing measure or
self-government would have been dis
astrous At the present moment to
give political independence to the is
land would result in the immediate Joss
of civil rights. personal liberty ana
public order. as regards the mass OF the
Filipinos. for the majority of the Is
landers have been given these great
boone by us, and only keep them be-
cause we vigilantly safeguard and qua
rantee them. To withdraw our govern
ment from the islands at this time
would mean to the average native the
loss of his barcIy-won civil freedom
We have established In the island
government by Americans assisted by
Filipinos. We are steadily striving to
transform this into self-government by
the Filipinos assisted by Americans.
The principles which we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen. In
all portions of our country. Above all
they should give us strength with the
mon and women who are the spiritual
heirs of those who upheld the hands or
Abraham Lincoln; for we are striving
to do our work in the spirit with
which Lincoln approached his. Dur
ing the seven years that have Just
passed there is no duty. domestic or
foreign, which we have shirked; no
necessary task which we have not per-
formed with reasonable efficiency. We
have never pleaded impotence. We
have never sought refuge in criticism
and complaint instead of action. We
face the future with our past and our
present as guaPantors of our pro-
mise: and we are content to stand or
to fall by the record which we have
made and are making.
When he concluded he was heartily
congratulated.
Informal Reception Held.
In the Informal reception which fol-