The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-03-11

sources, so far as they may be within the
Jurisdiction OF the federal government, In
Ing and restoring our forests. and the
great improvements OF waterways, are all
proper government functions which must
involve large expenditure II properly per-
formed. While some OF them, like the re-
clamation Of arid lands. are made to pay
direct as benett That G'f tsis o ale OF s be exp an ted
OF them. A permanent improvement, like
the Panama canal, should be treated as a
by the proeseds Of bonds. the issue Of
which will distribute it's cost between the
present and future generation In accord
well be submitted to the serious considers
ton OF congress whether the deepening
and control Of the channel Of a great riv
er system, like that of the Ohio or OF the
Mississippi, when definite and practical
plans for the enterprise have been Up
proved and determined UP, should not be
rovided for in the same way.
Then, too, there are expenditures Of gov
M absolutely necessary II our coun-
the nations Of the World. and is to exer-
else It's proper influence IN defense Of its
own trade interests. in the maintenance
or traditional American policy against the
colonization of European monarchtes In
this hemisphere. I refer to the cost Of
and araIn suitable fo ptHPsa asms upon 3 p'f tRe mann naHy
a OF the United States and In its de-
tendencies.
Army and Navy.
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and so Offered, as to be capable in time
Of in cooperation with the Ma
.ional militia. and under the provisions OF
a proper national volunteer law, rapidly to
expand into a force sufficient to resist all
probable invasion from abroad and to fur
nish a respectable expeditionary force, IL
necessary. in the maintenance OF our ira
ditional American policy which bears the
name of President Monroe.
Our Notifications are yet In a state OF
only partial completeness, n the num-
Der OF men to man them is insufficient. In
a few years, however. the usual annual
on the mainland and In the dependencies,
viii make them sufficient to resist all d.
rect attack and by that time we may
provided as a necessary adjunct. The dis
lance of our shores from Europe and Asia
( tanning under arms e. great army. but 1t
does not take away the requirement of
mere prudence, that we should have an
army sufficiently large and SO constituted
as to form a nucleus out OF which a suit
able force car quickly grow.
What has been said of the army may be
affirmed In even q more emphatic way of
the navy. A modern navy cannot be Inn
provised. 1t must be built and in existence
its use and operation. My distinguished
predecessor has in many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
striking language the necessity for main
tanning a strong navy commensurate with
the coast line, the governmental resources
and the foreign trade Of our nation; and
I wish to reiterate all the reasons which
he has presented In favor Of the policy Of
maintaining q strong navy as the best
lions and the best means Of securing re-
spect for the assertion Of our rights, the
defense Of our interests and the exercise
of our influence in international matters.
Our International policy Is always to
promote peace. We shall enter into any
war with a full +es~onsci9HsnsSs Of the awful
whether successful or not, and we, Of
course. shall make every effort, consistent
tional interest. to avoid a resort to arms.
We favor every tnstrumentality, like that
of The Hague Tribunal and arbitration
international controversies. in order to
maintain peace and to avoid war. But we
should be blind to existing conditions, and
idealists, If we did not realize that with
all the nations of the world armed and
in a similar condition., in order to prevent
other nations from taking advantage of US
and of our inability to defend our interests
and assert our rights with a strong hand.
In the international controversies that are
likely to arise In the orient, growing out
Of the question Of the open door and other
interests intact and can secure respect for
her just demands: She will not be able to
never intends to back up her assertion OF
right and her defense of her interest by
ANYTHING but mere verbal protest and df-
plomatic note. For these reasons, the ex-
penses of the army and nayy and of coast
defenses should always be considered as
n naY fnr AND Ih t6sv the apou K9v err pe must
through mere consideration OF economy.
Our government is able to afford a suit
maintain them without the slightest dan
| ger to the republic or the cause OF free
institutions. and fear Of additional taxa
TOR no1 TO change a proper policy
The policy of the United States in the
Spanish war, and since, has given It a DO
| EifiOn OF Influenza AMONG the nations <f,k
1t never had before, and should be con-
stantly exerted to securing to It's bona ide
spect Tor them as such In foreign coun-
tries. We should make every effort to pre-
vent humiliating and degrading prohibition
against any OF our citizens wishing tenn
| porarily to sojourn In foreign countries be-
cause OF race or religion.
immigration.
The admission of Asiatic immigrants
who cannot be a~malgamated with our
population has been made the subject
either Of prohibitory clauses in our treaties
and statutes, or OF strict administrative
ton. I sincerely hope that we may con
tinue to minimize the evils likely to arise
friction and by mutual concessions be,
| tween s~elf-respecting governments Mean
time. we must take every precaution to
prevent. or. failing that, to punish out
bursts OF race feeling among our peopl,
against foreigners of whatever NATIONALITY
who AYE by our grant a treaty right to
oho " ~ pro-
tected against lawless assault or injury.
This leads me to point out a serious de-
feet In the present federal turisdjction
which ought to be remedied at once. HAY
the protection of our laws for such of their
subjects or citizens as we permit to come
within our Jurisdiction, we now leave to a
state or q city, not under the control Of
the federal government, the duty of per-
forming our International obligations in
this respect. BY proper legislation we
may, and ought to, place in the hands of
the federal executive of enforcing the
treaty rights of such aliens in the courts
OF the federal government. 1t puts our
government in a pusillanimous position to
make definite engagements to protect
aliens and then to excuse the failure to
perform those engagements by an explana-
tion that the duty to keep them is in states
or cities, not within our control. II we
would promise, we must put ourselves in
a position to perform our promise. We
cannot permit the possible failure Of Jus
tice due to local prejudice in any
state or municipal government to expose
use to the risk OF a war which
might be avoided If federal jurisdiction
was asserted by suitable legislation by