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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Son was Christened.

A christening took place mt the hone
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith, of
Park avenue, yesterday afternoon when
thei7 youngest son, William L. WAS
christened by Rev. S. L. Jackson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
WE ARE HERE.

Trainer & Calvort, head teachers of
Woods College, Newark. N. j.. are con
ductiug a first class Business School at
1872 Smith Street, Scheuer Building.
5794 Ali tt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18

When people want help they dyer
tise in the Evening News. Those
looking for help should bear this in
mind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
OBITUARY..

Sigmund, the one-year son of
Michael and Agnes Marchinovski,
died Saturday at the home of his par
ents, 21 Catharine street. He was
buried in st. Stephens cemetery this
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
BALL AND RECEPTION.

The Emerald Athletic Club will
hold their bali and reception in Dewey
Park Hall tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18

Real Estate column page 5
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

has grown so greatly In well-heing at
home and in honorable repute among
the nations Of the earth abroad. do not
stand inertly upon this record as an ex-
cuse for failure Of enort 70 meet new
conditions.
On the contrary. we treat the record of
what we have done In the past as incite-
ment to do even better in the future
We believe that the progress we have
made may be taken as a measure OF the
progress we shall continue 70 make II
the people again entrust the Government
of the nation to our hands
Eve Do Not Stand Still"
We do not stand stiH. We press stead
Ily forward toward the goal OF moral
and material well-being for our own
people, OF just and fearless dealing to
ward all other peoples. IN the interest
not merely Of this country, but OF man
kind. There Is not a policy. foreign or
domestic. which we are now carrying
out. which II would not be disastrous to
reverse or abandon.
II our opponents should come IN and
should not reverse our policies, then
they would be branded with the brand
Of broken faith. Of false promise. OF in
sincerity in word and deed; and no man
can work to the advantage OF the nation
with such a brand clinging TO him.
If. on the other hand. they should
come IN and reverse any OF all Of our
policies. by just so much would the ma
ton as a whole be damaged Alike as
lawmakers and as administrators Of the
law we have endeavored to do our duty
in the interest OF the people as a whole.
Civic Righteousness and National Great
ness
We make our appeal to no class and
to no section. but to all good citizens.
IN whatever part Of the land they dwell.
and whatever may be their occupation
or worldly condition. We have striven
both for civic righteousness and for
national greatness; and we have faith
to believe that our hands Will be up
held by all who feel love Of country
and trust in the uplifting of mankind
We stand for enforcement OF the law
and for obedience TO the law: our Gov
eminent Is a government Of orderly lib
erty. equally alien to tyranny and to
anarchy; all its foundation-stOne Is the
observance Of the law. alike by the
people and by the public servants. We
aold ever before us as the all-import-
ant end OF policy and administration the
reign Of peace at home and throughout
the world; OF peace, which comes only
by doing justice. Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEV ELT.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

grow faster than ever in our previous
history. The manufacturer could not
keep his factory running II were
not for the protective tariff The wage
worker would do well to remember that
if protection is robbery and is TO be
punished accordingly. he will be the
first to pay the penalty; for either he
viii be turned adrift entirely, or MS
wages win be cut down to the starVa-
ton point.
AS conclusively shown by the bulle-
tins OF the Bureau Of Labor, the pur-
chasing power Of the average wage re-
ceived by the wage worker has grown
faster than the cost OF living. and this
in spite Of the continual shortening OF
working hours. The accumulated saw
ings Of the wOr<ingmen Of the country.
s shown by the deposits in the savings
banks. have increased by leaps and
bounds At no time in the history Of
this or any other country mas there
been an era so productive OF m2terlai
benefit alike to workinSman and en-
ployer, as during the seven years that
have just passed.
Farm and Factory Allied.
The farmer has benefited quite as
much as the manufacturer. the mer-
chant. and the wage-worker. The most
welcome and impressive fact established
by the last census is the wide and even
distribution Of wealth among all classes
Of our countrymen. The chief agencies
in producing this distribution are shown
by the census to be the development of
manufactures. and the application of
new inventions to universal use.
The result has been an increasing In
terdependence OF agriculture and manu-
features. Agriculture is now, as II al
ways has been. the basis of civilization.
The six million farms Of the United
States. operated by men who, as n class,
are steadfast single minded, and indus
triOus form the basis OF all the other
achievements Of the American people
and are more fruitful than all their
other resources.
The men on those six million farms re-
ceive from the protective tariff what
they most need. and that Is the best Of
all possible markets. All other classes
depend upon tho farmer. but tho farmer
In turn depends upon the market they
furnish for his produce.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
OF HAITI
A MORTGAGED ESTATE
Affairs in Island in Desperate Natives Threaten
Massacre of Foregners-Powers Urge Prot9ctorate.

Haiti is not a republic. 1t IS a
mortgaged estate.
Foreign bankers hold the reins Of
government and the President is at their
mercy"
Such Is the statement Of a prominent
American who has just returned from
the Black Republic. where the demon
stration against Syrians recently threat
ened to develop into a move against ell
foreigners.
Massacre Is Feared.
"A general massacre Of whites is
feared" the American continued The
alarming statements of President Nord
have frightened all foreigners Dis
cOuraged and broken-hearted because Of
the deplorable condition of the repub-
les finances, the old man announced
that he would defend the government
against the foreigners, who have forced
the rate Of exchange up to 600. He even
mentioned the massacre OF 1904. when
the blacks killed all the whites in
Haiti"
Santo Domingo. the white republic
which occupies the other half Of The
island of Santo Domingo, is in almost az
bad plight. General Jiminez. the reNo-
lutionary leader who has been the thief
mover against President Morales ar
rived In New York a few days ago To
Americans who were on the vessel with
him he stated he expects to rest a while
before resumtng his activities This
probably means he is in the United
states 10 get arms and ammunition.
American warships are kept in Haitian
and Dominican ports constantly 10 pre-
vent foreign interests from suffering at
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

niEh insuperable II II is morally in
defensible 10 hold the archipelago as a
whole under our tutclage in the interest
OF its own people then It is morally in
detenSible TO hold any part OF It, In
such case what right have we to keep
coallng station? What right to keep
control over the Moro peoples? What
right 10 protect the lgorrotes from THEN
oppfessOrs? What right 10 protect the
iaw-abiding friends of America in the
murder?
Yet. to abandon the islands complete
~ without even retaining a cOaling sta
tion, would mean 10 abandon the post
ton In the competition FOR the trade OF
the Orient which we have acquired dur
iEg the last six years; and what is Tar
more important. it would mean irrepar-
bic damage to those who have become
the wards Of the nation.
Moros as Wild as Indians.
To abandon all control over the Moros
would amount 10 releasing these MorOS
to prey upon Christian Filipinos. civilIz-
ed or semi-civilized, as well as upon the
commerce cf other peoples. The Moroa
arc In large part still in the stage OF
culture where the OCCUPATIONS of the
bandit and the pirate are those most
highly regarded: and it has not been
found practical to give them self govern
ment in Tire sense that we have been
giving Il 10 the Christian inhabitants.
To abandon the Moro country, as our
opponents propose in their platform.
would be precisely as If twenty-five
years ago we had withdrawn the army
and civil agents from within and around
the indian reservations I'm the West at
time when the Sioux and the Apache
were still the terror Of our settlers. II
would be criminal absurdity; and yet
our opponents have pledged themselves
thereto. " successful in the coming
election tls"y would either have to
break faith, or else to do an act which
would leave an iEdelible stain upon our
national reputation for courage, and
Tor good sense.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

ton of 10000. 90 OF the human family
from the yoke OF imperialism. In It's
solution Of great problems. IN its per-
Torrance Of hiSh duties. II has had the
support Of members OF all parties In the
past, and IL confidently fnvokes their
co-opera ton IN the future"
This Is as true now as four years ago.
we did not take the Philippines al will.
ana we cannot put them aside at Will.
Any abandonment Of the policy which
We have steadily pursued in the islands
MouLa De iTaught with dishonor and
oIsaster' and 10 such dishCnor and dis
aster / do not believe that the Ameri-
can people win consent
Civil Rights at Home and Abroad.
Alarm has been professed lest the
tilipinos should not receive all the bene-
hts guaranteed 10 our people at home
by the Fourteenth Amendment 70 the
Constitution AS a matter Of fact. the
Fflipinos have already secured the sub
stance OF these benefits. This Govern
Inent has been true to the spirit OF the
ourteenth Amendment I'm the Philip
pinvs. Can our opponents deny that
mere at home the principles of the
r ourteenth and Fifteenth amendments
nave been in effect nUllided? IN this
a as IN l many other matters. we at home
k an wen pTont by the example Of those
responsible for the actual managen1enf
OF aHairs In the Philippines
IN our several Commonwealth here r.,
me united States we as a people nov
race the complex problem OF Securing
Iar treatment to each man regard ass
OF MS race or color. We can do 30 only
II we approach the problem IN The spirit
OF courage, common sense. ard high
minded devotion to the right. which has
enabled Governor Taft, Governor Wright
ana their associates to do so noble a
work IN giving to the Philippine people
the benefit of the true principles OF
American liberty.
Appeal to Good Americans.
Our appeal is made to ali good citf-
zeDs who hold the honor and the inter-
est of the nation close to their hearts.
The great issues which are at stake,
and upon which I have touched, are
more than mere partisan issues, for they
involve much that comes home to the in
dividual pride and individual weII-befng
Of our people. Under conditions as they
actually are. good Americans should re-
fuse. for the sake OF the welfare NJ the
nation. TO change the national policy
We, who are responsible for the ad-
minlstration and legislation under which
this country, during the last seven years,
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

the hands OF the turbulent citizens Of
the two republics. The t--eat European
powers are constantly intimating to the
United States that the Dominican re-
public should be taken under the wing
OF this Government to prevent the in
terruptions OF business which have ruin
ed the commerce.
May Establish Protectorate.
Diplomatists are waiting with much
interest 10 see what action the United
States will take concerning the Domini-
can republic as soon as November elcc-
ton is over. 1t is freely predicted that
revolutions in Santo Domingo will be
ended for good and all oy the esta dish
ment of a sort Of protectOrate BY the
United States.
United States Minister DawsOn,s Ia
test reports from Santo Domingo incl-
cate that there is little hope OF long
continued peace Under present con
ditiOns The United States cannot per-
nit the European powers TO regulate
affairs in the republic because of the
Monroe Doctrine. and consequently ac-
ton on the part OF this Government
seems Imperative
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
CONTINUED from Fourth Page)

past three years II a tariff law is
passed under which the country pros
perS, as the country has prOspered
under the present tariff law. then all
classes VIII share in the prosperity. II a
tstrlH law Is passed aimed at preventing
the prosperity Of some of our people. il
IS as certain as anything can be that
this aim Will be achieved only by cut
ting down the prosperity Of all of our
OF course If our opponents are not sin
cere in their proposal TO abolish the svs-
tenn Of a protective tariff. there is no use
In arguing the matter at all, save by
pointing out again that If or one great
issue they do not mean what they say
II Is hardly safe TO trust them on any
other issue. But IL they are sincere in
this matter. then their advent TO power
would mean domestic misfortune and
misery as widespread and far-reaching
as that which we saw ten years ago
No Question of Robbery
when they speak Of protection as
robbery. they, Of course. must mean
that it is immoral to enact a tariff de-
signed (as in the present protective tar
in) 10 secure TO the American wage
worker the benefit of the high standard
of living which we desire to see kept up
in this country. Now TO speak of the
tariff in this sense as robbery" there
by giving it a moral relation, is not
merely rhetorical. it IS on its face false.
The question of what tariff is best for
our people IS primarily one Of eNpedien-
cy; 10 be determined not on abstract ac-
ademic grounds. but In the light of eX
perlence. II is a after OF business. FOR
fundamentally ours is a business peO-
p-e-manufacturers. merchants. farmers,
wage-wcrkers, professional men, all
alike. Our experience as a people IN the
past has certainly not shown us that
we could afford in this matter TO follow
those professional counselOrs who have
confined themselves to study in the
closet. for the actual working Of the
tariff has emphatically contradicted
their
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

Of praise belongs 70 those officials re-
sponsible for the Philippines and Porto
Rico. where the administrations have
been models Of their kind
OF course. wrong has occasionally oc-
CURED. but 1t has been relentlesSIy
stamped out. We have known no party
in dealing with offenders. and have
hunted down without mercy every
wrongdoer in the service of the nation
whom it was possible by the utmost
vigilance TO detect: for the public serv-
ant who betrays his trust and the pri-
vatc individual who debauches him
stand as the worst of criminals, because.
their crimes are crimes against the on
tire community. and not only against
this generation. but against the genera
tons that are yet to be.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
PRESENT ARMY NEEDED.
Lessening Its Strength Would ImpeFil
the National Honor.

1t is difficult to know II our opponents
are really sincere in their demand for
the reduction OF the army II insin-
cerc, there Is no need for comment, and
II sincere. what shall we say in speak
ing to rational persons of an appeal to
reduce an army OF 10000 men which is TAX
ing care Of the interests of over SO.OOO.0OO
people? The army is now relatively
smaller than II was In the days of Wash
ingtOn. when on the peace establishment
there were $500 soldiers. while there
were a lite less than 100000 of popu-
lation; smaller than II was IN the peace
full days Of Jefferson. when there were
800 soldiers to ). 800. coo population.
There IS now one soldier to every
l. 400 people in this cOuntry--less than
one-tenth of one per cent. We cannot
be asked seriously to argue as 10 the
amount of possible tyranny contained in
these figures. The army as IL is now is
as small as il can possibly be and serve
its purpose as an effective nucleus for
the organization. equipment. and supply
of a volunteer army in time of need
1t Is now used. as never before. for
aiding in upbuilding Of the organized
militia Of the country.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
FILIPINO PROGRESS.
Munifcent Benefits Obtained Without
Loss 20 America.

During the last five years more
has been done for the material and
moral well-oeing Of the Fflipinos
than ever before since the islands
first came within the ken of civilized
man. We have opened before them a
vista Of orderly development IN their
own interest and not a policy Of ex-
ploitatiOn. Every effort Is being made
TO fit the islander for self-governmcnt.
and they have already in large measure
received It, while for the first time in
their history their personal rights and
civil liberties have been guaranteed.
. They are being educated; they have
been given schools; they have been given
libraries, roads are being built for their
use; their health Is being cared for;
they have been given courts in which
they receive justice as absolute as IL IS
IN n our power to guarantee. Their in
dividual rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness are now by act of
Congress jealousy safeguarded under
the American flag; and II the protection
OF the flag were withdrawn their rights
would be lost, and the Islands would be
plunged back under some form OF vicious
tyranny.
Are Obtaining Self Government.
We have given them more self-gov-
eminent than they have ever before
had; we are taking steps TO Increase II
still further by providing them with an
elected legislative assembly; and surely
we had better await the results of this
experimentation II is a wholly new ex-
pertinent in Asia-before we make prom
ises which as a nation we might be
forced 10 break, or which they might
interpret one way and we in another
It may be asserted without fear OF
successful contradiction that nowhere
else IN recent years has there been as
fine an example Of constructive states
manship and wise and upright admin
istration as has been given by the civil
authorities, aided by the army. In the
Philippine Islands. We have admins
tered them in the interest Of their own
people; and the F1lipinOs themselves
have prOfited most by our presence in
the Islands; but they have also been Of
very great advantage to us as nation
Hove Not Slapped Foundations"
So far from having slapped the foun-
dations' OF free popular government at
home by the course taken in the Philip
pines, we have been spreading its knOwl-
edge, and teaching its practice. among
peoples to whom II had never before
been more than an empty name. Our
action represents n great stride forward
in spreading the principles Of orderly
liberty throughout the world.
our flag has not lost its gift OF bene-
diction in its worldwide journey 10
their shores. We have treated the
power we have gained as a solemn OBJ
legation. and have used II in the inter
est of mankind; and the peoples of the
world and especially the weaker peo-
pies of the world. are better off because
OF the position we have assumed. To
retrace our steps would be to give proof
of an infirm and unstable national pur-
pose.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
DEDICATED TO FREEDOM"
Lincoln's Party Is Still the Party of
Emancipation.

Four years ago, In his speech OF ac-
ceptance, President Mckinley said:
I'VE have been moving In untried
paths. but our steps have been guided
by honor and duty. There will be no
turning aside, no waverinR. no retreat.
No blow has been struck except for
liberty and humanity. and none will be.
We will perform without fear every
national and interna tiOnal obligation.
The Republican party was dedicated
to freedom fOTty-fOur years ago. IL has
been the party Of liberty and enamel
patton from that hour: not OF profess
sion, but Of performance. II broke the
shaCkles Of 100000 slaves. and made
them free. ana 10 the party of Lincoln
has come another supreme opportunity
which II has bravcly met In the liberia
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
AN IMAGINARY DEFICIT.
Expenditures Have Been Graded to
Revenues of County.

our opponents contend that the Gov
eminent is now administered eXtrava-
gantly, and that whereas there was "a
surplus Of SSO.OOOOO0 in 1900" there Is "a
deficit OF more than A1,0o0. O0O'' in the
year that has just closed.
This deficit is imaginary, and IS OBJ
tanned by includjag I'm the ordinary cur
rent expenses the sum of fifty millions,
which was paid for the right Of way Of
the Panama Canal out OF the accumu-
lated surplus I'm the Treasury. Compar-
ing the current or ordinary expenditures
for The two years. there was surplus
OF nearly eighty millions for the year
1900, and of only n little more than eight
millions for the year that has just
closed. But this diminubon of the an
nual surplus was brought about de-
signedly by the abolition OF the war
taxes I'm the interval between the two
dates The acts Of March 2, 1901. and
April T. 1902 cut down the internal
revenue taxes TO an amount estimated
at one hundred and five millions n year.
In other words. the reduction Of tax
alton has been considerably greater
than the reduction I'm the annual sur
plus. Since the close OF the war with
Spain there has been no substantial
change IN the rate Of annual eXpendi-
lures. A. com psgr~d with the fiscal year
ending in June. 1901. for example. the
fiscal year that has just closed showed
a relatively small increase In eXpen-
diture excluding the canal payment al
ready referred to- while the year pre-
vious showed n relatiI ely small de-
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
FORTY YEARS OF PROSPERITY
Proof That Theory of Protection Is
Sound.

II is matter Of regret that the pro-
tective tariff policy which. during the
last fOrty-odd years. has become part
Of the very fiber OF the country, Is not
now accepted as definitely established.
Surely we have a right 10 say that IL
has passed beyond the domain Of the
ory. and right 70 expect that not only
its original advocates, but those who at
one time distrusted 81 on theoretic
grounds. should now acquiesce in the
results that have been proved over and
over again by actual experience.
These forty-Odd years have been the
most prosperous years this nation has
ever seen. more prosperous years than
any other nation has ever seen. Be
v0nd question this prosperity could not
have come III the American people had
rot possessed the necessary thrift. en-
erRv and business intelligence 20 turn
fheI- vast material resources 20 account
p,,t IL Is no less true that 81 IS our
economic policy as regards the tariff
and finance which has enabled US as
a nation 10 make such good use Of
the individual capacities OF our clu-
zens. and the natural resources Of our
country.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
Helping National Guard.

The War Department IS enRa ged In a
systematic effort to strengthen ami de-
veIop the National Guard IN the several
States; as witness, amcng many other
instances, the great field maneuvers at
Manassas. which have Just closed. II
our opponents should come into power
they could not reduce our army below
it's present size without greatly impair
ing its efficiency and abandoning part Of
the national duty. IN short, in this mat
ter. IL our opponents should come into
power they would either have TO treat
this particular promise of the year 1904
as they now treat the promises they
ing no binding force; or else they would
have 70 embark on a policy which would
be ludicrous ut the moment, and fraught
with grave danger to the national honor
I'm the future.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12
FCArPAIGN AS DEFINED BY OPPONENTS BOLDLY ACCEPTED

chant marine. II Is not creditable to us
as nation that our great export and
Import trade should be well nigh exclu-
sively in the hands of foreigners.
The Washington times., 1904-09-12

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