The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-09

do afterward was to ratify the cleo
uon. And so I have a sort of pro-
pF1etary right TO bring you this con-
gratulatory message tonight.
But I bring you across the line from
out the throbbing hearts of the great
people message Of national import
Inc American people are confronting
some tremendous national and internal
uonal problems. Without intending it,
we are a world power. Great and grave
responsibilities rest upon us Eight
years ago 100000 starving Cubans,
cooped UP in Havana by the brutal
Weyler, lifted their skeleton hands and
pale, pathetic faces towards this coun-
try and begged for relief. Jingoes there
were IN those days counseing all kinds
or unWise and immature action Lilli-
putian statesmen and kindergarten
politicians were running to and fro
Yoc1ferously demanding the recognition
Of a Cuban government which at that
time had existence only in the horid
and fevered imaginations of amateur
ana miniature statesmen. But fortu-
nately Tor this country we had at the
helm of state then, as now, a great Re
publican, a great American, who held
the old ship steadily in its proper course
until we were ready for action, and
then one morning a message was fash
ed from the White House to Dewey in
Hong Kong harbor, and these were the
words of the wire: Find the Spanish
lCEla III ASldllC waters ana QC6lEOJ H.
On that memorable May morning, glor-
ious in the annals of American naval
warfare, Dewey sailed into Manila har-
Dor and in three hours time the Spanish
fleet in Asiatic waters had gone to join
McGinty at the bottom of the sea. On
that day this country became a world
power and the white mans burden was
upon US. A thousand beautiful and pro-
life islands and S,000 600 untutored peo-
pie We're the 1egacy of that day. It
brought a burden we did not seek; 1t
brought a duty we could not shirk. II
enlarged our responsibilities and in
creased our necessities. What our ulti-
mate and permanent insular policy
should and shall be do not know and
cannot say. No one but the demagogue
can positively know or say. Time and
Providence must blaze the way. But
present duty is plain; we must cherish
these people and possessions as waits
left upon our doorstep, and care for
them as a foster father cares for child,
until they are able to care for them
selves.
out of the events of this May day also
came other nations. It necessitated a
larger and stronger navy not primarI-
~ for war but primarily for peace. For
the best promoter of peace is prepara-
ton for war. Optimist that am, be-
lieve that the worlds peace is ultimate
", aye, sooner than many expect, to be
attained through this very source IN
deed. there are three nations today
which by a triple alliance for peace
could successfully say to all the rest OF
the world you must quit lighting.
Tha + oiay in Manila compelled US to re-
consider and readiust our whole tariff
and Industrial attitude toward otheI
peoples We must stand pat for protec-
ton as a principle, but we must read
just its application.
Must Curb the Trusts.
Great national problems also con
front us. In this brief address L car
mention but one, the Industrial prop
lem. In the last half century there
has been a great revolution in indus
trial methods. Fifty years ago the IN
dustries of the country We're conduct
ed almost wholly by individual effor
and capital The shoes of nearly every
community were made by the loca
shoemakers, the hats by the local hat
ters, the vehicles by the local me
chanics- the. clothing bY the house
wives ana local 'seamstresses, in short
nearly everything that was done wal
done by local workers and with loca
capital. But times have changed
Now the shoes and hats and vehicles
and clothing and other articles o
| common use are made by great fac
tories at great industrial centers. Thi
industrial change is necessity OF TN
times. 1t is not an evil; it is good !
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these modern needs in the old way
! Great aggregations of capital ant
great com binations of talent are alb
/ solutely essential to modern civiliza
ton. The evil of present condition
! grows out of the abuse and not tn
use of modern methods. The troubl
4 is that while industrial methods hav
made these wonderful strides, govern
4 mental attitude toward these indus
/ tries has made practically no stride
! at all. All experience teaches tina
human cupidity and conduct must b
controlled for public good. There wa
no such necessity in olden times TO
! the control of stage coaches an
/ freight caravans as there IS for tn
/ control of the great common carrier
today. How to control them so as t
prevent the infamous rebates an
| other determinations against whicl
the people so justly complain and a
/ the same time allow legitimate lati
/ tude for the exercise or private enter
prise and individual ability is tn
problem.
problems this country must look il
/ the future as it has been compelle
ito look in the past, to the Republican
! party and not to that negative organi
zation. that organized protest, tina
/ congloneratiOn of Incompetence
/ known as the Democratic party, Whicl
sits with cold feet and glaring eye
! beside the driver, frantically clutchin
4 the reins now and then and vocifer
ously shouting, whoa, whoa,"
For many years I have been a stu
dent of philosophical and historical
I of ancient and modern socialism, an
I have come out of the study pro
foundly convinced that socialism
fundamentally fallacious; that it is
soporifc which would ultimately pu
the world to sleep, and which woul
paralyze individual effort by removin
its great incentive. necessity. and thu
| dwarf the race; and that the competi
! tive system with its sign boards a
every door of progress, NO effort, n
/ achievements" mo sacrifice n
| success" mo cross, no crown IN
struggle, no triumph" working hard
ship as it does. is nevertheless abso
! lutely essential to human advance
| ment-