The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-04
APPENDIX.
Address by the Secretary Of State Of the
United States OF America as Honor.
ary President Of the Third Confer
ence OF American Republics at Rio
dc JaneirO, July 81, 1896.

Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Third Conference OF American Rcpub-
lies | beg you to believe that | highly
appreciate and thank you for the honor
you do me.
| bring from my country a special
greeting to her elder sisters in the civ
il2atlon Of America.
Unlike as we are In many respects,
We are alike I'm thls-thnt we are all
engaged under new conditions and free
from the traditional forms and limlta-
t.ons of the old world In working out
the same problem of popular self gov
cruwcut.
II Is Il difficult and hborious task for
each Of US. Not In one generation or
in one century can the effective con
troll Of superior sovereign, SO long
deemed necessary 20 government, be
rejected aud effective SELF control by
the governed be- perfected In It's plucc.
The first fruits Of democracy are, many
of them. crude and unlovoly. Its mis-
takes are many, It's partial failures
many. It's sins not few. Capacity for
self government does not come to man
by nature. II Is an art to hc learned,
and II Is also an expression OF char
actor to be developed among Ull the
thousands of men who exercise popular
soycrrignt.~
10 reach the goal toward which we
are pressing forward the governing
multitude must first acquire knowledge
that comes from universal education,
wisdom that follows practical expert
cncp, personal Independence and self
respect hcuttiug men who ACKNOWLEDGE
no superior, self coutrol 10 replace that
external control which a democracy re
iccts, respect for law, obedience t. the
lawful expressions OF the public will
consideration for the opinions and In
terrsts of others equally entitled 90 II
voice In the state, loyalty To that all.
straCt conception ones country as I'm.
spiriug as that loyalty to personal SOY.
crclgus which has SO ilummod the
pages of history, >uhorduution Of per
soual interests 10 the public good, love
of Justice and mercy, OF liberty and
order. Al these we must seek 10y
slow and patient effort and of how
many shortcomings In his own land
and among his own people each one OF
| MS Is conscious
Yet no student OF our times can fail
to see that not America alone, but the
whole civilized world, Is swinging
away from its old governmental moor.
| ugs and ntrustIng the fate of It's civ
| ilization to the capacity Of the popular
mass 20 govern. by this pathway
mankind Is to travel whlthcrsoeycr II
leads. Upon the success Of this our
| great undertaking the hope Of human
/ lty depends.
Nor can we fail to see that the world
makes substantial progress toward
more perfect popular self government
! believe It to be true that, viewed
against the background Of conditions Il
century, generation, decade ago
government I'm my own country has ad
vanced in the intelligent participation
Of the great mass OF the people, in the
fidelity and honesty with which they
are represented, In respect for law, II
obedience 10 the dictates OF sounC
morality and In effectiveness and pu
rity OF administration.
Nowhere In tho world has this prog
ress been more marked than In Latil
America. out OF the wrack OF lndial