The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-07-28

changed conditions n enormous ex-
pansion, is generally recognized. The
Republican platform well states thai
we must nave a more elastic and
adaptable system to meet the require
|ments of agriculturalists, manufactur-
ers, merchants and business men gem
orally, must be automatic in opera
ton recognizing h fluctuations in
interest rates, in which every dollar
shall be as good as gold, and which
shall prevent rather than aid financial
s~tringency to bring on a panic"
Porto Rico.
The material prosperity of Porto
Rico and the progress of its inhabit-
ants TOWARD better conditions in re-
ispect to comfort of living and edu-
cation should make every American
proud that this nation has been an
efficient instrument in bringing hap
piness to a million people.
Cuba.
In Cuba, the provisional govern
ment established in order to prevent
a bloody revolution has so admins
tered affairs and initiated the neces-
sary laws as to make it possible to
turn back the island to the lawfully
February next.
The Philippines.
In the Philippines the experiment
of a national assembly has justified
itself, both as an assistance in the
government of the islands and as an
education in the practice of self-gov-
eminent to the people of the islands
We have established a government
! departments, and a clean and fearless
administration of Justice; We have
created and are maintaining a COM
prehensive school system which is ed
ucating the youth of the islands in
English and in industrial branches;
we ave constructed great govern
ment public works, roads and har-
bors; we have induced the private
construction of eight hundred miles
Of railroad; we AVE policed the ISL
ands so that their condition as to law
J and order is better now thai it ever
has been in their history. 1t is quite
unlikely that the people, because of
! the dense ignorance of ninety per
cent. will be ready for complete self
government n independence before
two generations have passed, but the
policy of increasing partial self-gov-
eminent step by step as the people
shall show themselves fit for it should
be continued.
Rights and Progress of the Negro.
The Republican platform refers to
those amendments to the constitution
that were passed by the Republican
party for the protection of the negro.
The negro, in the forty years since
he was freed from slavery has made
remarkable progress. He is becoming
more and more a valuable m
of the communities in which he live
The education Of the negro is being
expanded and improved in every way
The best men of both races, with the
| North as we'll as at the South, ought
to rejoice to see growing up among
the Southern people an influential
element disposed to encourage the
negro in his hard struggle for indus
trial independence n assured po-
litical status. The Republican plat
form, adopted at Chicago, explicitly
demands justice for all men without
regard to race Or color and just as
explicitly declares for the nforce
ment and without reservation, in let
ter and in spirit, of the 18th, 14th and
18th amendments to the constitution.
1t is needless to state that l stand
with my party squarely on that plank
in the platform, and believe that
equal justice to all men, and the fair
and impartial enforcement of these
amendments Is in keeping with the
real American spirit of fair play.
Army and Navy.
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Roosevelt
and the Republican party have con
stantly advocated a policy with re-
spect to the army n navy that will
keep this republic ready at all times
to defend her territory and her doc