The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-16

marks to the overwhelming victory
of the republican party four years ago.
Senator Burrows of Michigan said in
his address upon assuming his dn-
ties as temporary chairman:
What has the republican party
done in the last four years OF govern
mental controlin many respects the
most remarkable and brilliant in the
history of the party and the country
TO forfeit public confidence or create
distrust in its capacity for future ad-
ministration; Although some unto
ward and unforeseen conditions have
beset the republic during the last four
years, yet these have been met and
overcome with alacrity and courage,
and the country has marched steadily
onward in it's matchless course of in
dustrial triumphs. The wise and be-
Inefficient legislation of the republican
party during the long years of its as
tendency and administration of ma
tional affairs laid the foundation for
the public veal so securely that no
disquieting condition, not even a tenn
porary panic, which necessarily touch
es the handspring of all industrial life,
could arrest the country's resistless
ADVANCE
In a few brief and pointed sentences
he traced the industrial growth and
development of the country during the
past four years, and then reviewed in
eulogistic terms the records OF the eX-
ecutive departments of the govern
ment.
Valuable Legislation.
Speaking of the achievements of the
last session of congress he said:
ut is within bounds to say that no
previous sessions of congress have dis
played a more active or intelligent in
terest in the needs of the wage earners
than the past three sessions, nor has
there heretofore in the same length of
| time been as much important and pro-
gressive legislation in the interests of
this class of our fellow citizens"
Taking up the subject of American
| shipping he said:
1T is to be regretted that a measure
| to provide for the carrying of our
mails to the Orient and the South
American countries in American ships
should have failed, but it's passage in
| the near future is confidently expected
| The confession of Secretary Root up
on his return from the South American
countries is starting that During the
past summer | entered all the great
ports of the southern continent. and |
sew only one ship besides the cruiser
| that carried me, flying the American
| flag
Favors Merchant Marine.
This humiliating condition should
stimulate the American people to re-
newed and determined effort to re-es-
| tablish a merchant marine, until we
are able to carry American mails and
| American merchandise under the
| American flag to every port of trade.
The work of reorganiZing and pro
| noting the efficiency of the army" he
continued. has gone steadily forward
| until we have a military force not only
sufficient to maintain peace within our
own borders, but capable of resisting
any possible force that could be sent
against us. The establishment of a
| general staff of the army has made &C
| ton by it more prompt and effective
| than ever before, and has served to
give to the policy of Improvement in
the army a prominent character"
Americas Colonies.
Turning to the subject of our outly.
ing possessions he declared that their
management under republican admin.
istration he'd been attended with re-
markable success.
Under American occupation and
control" he said. the commerce OF
most prosperous days of Spanish rule
aggregated but S22.OOO,OOO, was, in
1907, $56O00.0o0. The production OF
sugar has advanced from $4,000 tons
to 2O4. ZOO tons, valued at S15.OG0.OOO
When we took possession of the is
land there was but one school building
owned by the government. Now there
are over eighty. built and under con
struction, and the number of pupils in
the public schools is 10000. Peace
and order prevail throughout the
island, and representative is accord
ed to the United States
In the Philippine Islands the people
have been given a Legislative body, the
full power of conducting their own
municipal and provincial governments
the establishment of their own tariff
system, the direction of a postal ser
vice, and. indeed, greater rights anc
powers than those possessed by any
other people subject to our sovereign
ty. A sound and reliable currency
system has been established. schools
so enlarged that the number of pri
mary schools now aggregate between
5000 and 1000 with a total enroll
ment March last of 1929. Postof
fees have been established through
} out the archipelago. free delivery ser
: vice in the city of Manila. practically
10000 miles of telegraph and cable
lines are in operation. and several hun
dred miles of new railways are under
construction or contract. while less
= than 10 per cent of the government
employees and municipal officers ar,
Americans. and of the police and con
stabulary force 9S per cent are Fill
: pinos.
Troubles in Cuba.