Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-08
ROOSEVELT ENDS LAST
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
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ask of the Kind has ever been better
reformed. The men Oh the isthmus.
rom Colone, Cocktails aud his fellow
commissioners through the entire lis;
t employees who are faithfully doing
heir duty, have Won their right to the
lnsT;lagi2g respect aid gratitude of
he American peon'e.
Ocean Mail Lines.
| again recommend lie extension ,-f
ne ocean mail act of 1851 SO that sat
sfactory American ocean mail lines to
ou;h An..gica. ASIA, the Philippines
nd Australasia Dily he established
he creation of such steamship lines
hoald bc the natural coFollary OF the
oyage OF the battle feet 1t should
'recede the opening of the Panama
anal.
The Philippines.
Rec! rre--rcss tcTarI Sel. govern
nent is being made in the Philippine
Islands. The gathering of il Philippine
legislative body and Philippine assem-
y marks process absolutely new in
tsia. not only as regards Asiatic colo
les of European powers. but as re
ards Asiatic possessions Of other Ash
ltlc powers. and indeed. always ex-
eptlng the striking and wonderful ex-
ample afforded by the great empire of
a NJ, ttv.J H.
iartnre when compared with anything
which has happened among Asiatic
lcWcrs which are their own. masters
ae have given the Ei.ipnos constittl-
loaal government, Il government based
apon justice. ana we have shown that
We have governed them for their good
aud not for our ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
At the present time. as during the
past ten years, the memorable logic of
facts shows that this government
must be supplied by US and not by
tItcn. We must be wise and gener-
Ours. We must help the Filipinos to
master the difficult art Of self con
lrol, which is simply another name for
self government. But we cannot give
them self government save in the
sense Of governing them 80 that grad
ually they may, II they are able, learn
to govern themselves No one can
prophesy the exact date when it will
be wise to consider independence a.
u fixed und definite policy.
Ya Psrto Rice.
! again recommend that American
citizenship be conferred upon the peo-
pie Of Porto Rico.
Ii Cuba cur occupancy will cease In
about two months time. The Cubans
have In orderly manner elected their
own governmental authorities, and the
island vii! be turned over to them.
Our occupation on this occasion has
lasted a little over two years, aud
Cuba has thriyen and prospered under
1t. Our earnest hope and one desire
Is that the people Of the island shall
now govern themselves with justice,
80 that peace and order may be &c.
cure.
The Fleets RsespAien
! take this opportunity publicly to
STATE my appreciation OF the way in
which In Japan. In Australia, In New
Zealand and in all the states Of South
America the battle feet has been re-
ceived ON Its practice voyage around
the world. The American government
cannot too strongly express its appre-
ciation Of the Astounding and generous
hospitality shown our ships In every
port they visited.
The Army.
AS regards the army, call attention
to the fact that, while our junior off,
GERS and enlisted men stand very high.
the present system Of promotion By
seniority results In bringing into the
higher grades many men of mediocre
capacity who have but short time to
serve. No man should regard It US
his vested right to rise to the highest
rank In the army any more than IN
any other profession.
The scope Of retiring boards should
be extended so that they could con-
slider general unfitness to command
Tor any cause In order to secure fur
more rigid enforcement than mt pres
ent In the elimination Of officers for
mental. physical or temperamental
disabilities. But this plan Is recon-
mended only II the congress does not
see tit to provide what In my judy
ment Is far better-that IL, for selec.
ton IN promotion and for elimination
Tor age.
Now that the organized militia, the
national guard. has been Incorporated
with the army AZ part Of the nationa
forces 1t behooves the government to
do every reasonable thing In its pow
er to perfect it's efficiency.
A bill IL now pending before the
congress creating a number Of extra
officers In the army. which. II passed,
as 1t ought to be. win enable more Of
hcers to be trained as instructors of
national guard and assigned to that
duty.
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