Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-08

tious in~psiration of fakirs and pseu-
stantly increasing the measure Of
liberty accorded the islanders, and
next spring, if conditions warrant,
we shall. take a great stride forward
in testing their capacity for self
government by suinmoning the first
Filipino legislative assembly; and
the way in which they stand this
test viii largely determine whether
the sclf-government thus granted
will be increased or decreased; for
if we have erred at all in the Phil
ippinas it has been in proceeding too
rapidly in the direction of granting
a large measure of self-government.
We are building roads. We have,
for the Unreasonable good of the
people. arranged for the building of
railroads. Let us also see to it that
they are given free access to our
markets. This nation owes no more
imperative duty to itself and man
kind than the duty of managing the
affairs Of all the islands under the
American iag-the Philippines, Por-
to Rico, and Hawaii-so as to make
it evident that it is every way to
their advantage that the flag should
fly over them.
Porto Rican Affairs.
American citizenship should be
conferred on the citizens of Porto
Rico. The harbor of San Juan in
Porto Rico should be dredged and
improved. The expenses of the fed
eral court of Porto Rico should be
met from the Federal Treasury. The
administration of the affairs of Por-
to Rico, together with those Of the
Philippines, Hawaii, and our other
insular possessions, should all be di-
rected under one executive depart
ment; by preference the Department
of State or the Department of War.
Hawaii.
The needs of Hawaii are peculiar;
every aid should be given the
Islands: and our efforts should be
~unceasing to develop them along
the lines Of a community of small
freeholders, not of great planters
with coolie-tilled estates. Situated
as this Territory is, in the middle
of the Pacific, there are duties inn
posed upon this small community
which do not fall in like degree or
manner upon any other American
community. This warrants orr
treating it differently from the way
in which we treat Territories con-
tigious to or surrounded by sister
Territories or other States, and JUS
titles the setting aside of a portion
of our revenues to be expended for
educational and internal improve
ments therein. Hawaii is now max
ing an effort to secure immigration
fit in the end to assume the duties
and burdens of full American citi-
zenship, and whenever the leaders
in the various industries of those
islands finally adopt u ideals and
heartily join our administration in
endeavoring to develop a middle
class of substantial citizens, a way
will then be found to deal with the
ao,,,,oroiol apd inductrial nrnb1pmq
which now appear to them so seri-
Gus. The best Americanism is that
which aims for stability and per-
manency of prosperous citizenship,
rather than immediate returns on
large masses of capital.
Alaska.
Alaska's needs have been partial
ly met, but there must be a COM
plete reorganization of the govern
mental system las l have before in
dicatad to you. | ask your especial
attention to this. Our fellow-citi-
zens who dwell on the shores of
Puget Sound with characteristic en-
ergy are arranging to hold in Seattle
the Alaska Yukon Pacific EXPOSE
ton. It's special aims include the
upDuilding of Alaska and the devel-
cpment of American commerce on
the Pacific Ocean. This exposition,
in It's purposes and scope, should APP
peal not only to the people of the
Pacific slope, but to the people of
the United States at large. Alaska
since it was bought has yielded to
the Government eleven millions of
dollars of revenue, and has produced
nearly three hundred millions of
dollars in gold, furs, and fish. When
properly developed it will become in
large degree a land of homes. The
countries bordering the Pacific
Ocean have a population more nu-
nervous than that of all the coun-
tries of Europe; their annual for
eign commerce amounts to over
three billions of dollars, of which