Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-05
prosper as that private monopoly
should be destroyed. The ways of ac-
tion should be thrown wide open.
Presidential Primaries.

should be destroyed. The ways of ac-
tion should be thrown wide open.
Presidential Primaries.
| l turn to a subject which hope can
be handled promptly and without Sc
rious controversy of any kind. mean
the method Of selecting nominees for
the presidency Of the United States. I
feel confident that I do not misinter-
pret the wishes or the expectations of
the country when I urge the prompt
enactment Of legislation which will
provide for primary elections through
out the country at which the voters of
. the several parties may choose their
nominees for the presidency without
the Intervention of nominating con-
| ventions. venture the suggestion that
this legislation should provide for the
retention Of party conventions, but
only for the purpose Of declaring and
accepting the verdict Of the primaries
and formulating the platforms Of the
parties; and suggest that these con-
ventions should consist not Of dele.
gates chosen for this single purpose.
put oi the non'ihees ior congress- tne
''oNiiees ioi saean. oea'o III .ho so">
ate of the United States, the senator's
whose terms have not yet closed. the
| national committees and the candi-
dates for the presidency themselves,
ofuer 'hat pia'torms may DC trani-
Gu oy 1hoSe fesponsiDie 10 inc peop'e
LUZ carrying @hein INTO ellec''
"su'sr A"as'
fheae afe I'll matters Oh Vitai 90,
nestle concern. ana besides them.
OUTSIDE OF the charmed circle OF our
own naeiohai me In winch our aHec-
'iohs coniiiiaiiu US as wen an our con-
sciences tnere stand out our oDnsa-j
tions toward our territories over sea,
here we are trustees. Porto hico' IA,
wall the Pniiippines' are ours indeed.
put not ours 10 90 wnat we please
WIN. sucn territories' once regarded
as mere possessions, are no longer 10
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tue ooihaih VI pupiio oohscienee anu
Oh serviceaoie ana enlightened states-
.iansp' W" iu'' auh."is. 'o.
ior 'ne people VINO hse IN 'neiii anu
WIN 'he Same sense oi fespoisioS
~ ''ie.h as .o~a,u ouf omn peop.e :"
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tarr,tor,a. and our oh,,oot,ons toward
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raod,, oron,aa thar, hut ., the ph,un
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| ,naonanaanco ona wo ,,,., ynova 70.
uord tb. t,r,o ~ that ,ndena,danca a
staoai,, os tho wey can he c,ea rod
and the foundations thouRhtfuIly and
narmanentIv laid @
r.,..rd CALI. .cov.rnrsnt
| Aot,no under tho autboritv conSar-
rod rnor the nres,dent bv conyras.
have already accorded the peonle NJ
tho islands a mn aior,tv In both houses
n, tbe,r ,eo;s,ative bodv NV annointius
five instead Of four native citizens TO
the membership Of the commission.
believe that in this way we shall make
nroof of their oapacity In counsel and
their sense NJ resnonsibilitv In the ex-
arc,se NJ nol,t,cal nower and that the
s,cceas of this aten will he sure To
c,aor orr ,,au, for tho stan. which ara
to follow stem bv stem we should ex-
tend and perfect the system Of self
government In the islands. making
test of them and modifying them as
experience discloses their successes
and their failures; that we should
more and more put under the control
OF the native citizens of the archipei-
ago the essential instruments of their
life their local instrumentalities of
/ IROVernment- their SCHOOLS, all the COM
mon interests of their communities,
and so by counsel and experience set
up a government which all the world
will see to be suitable to q people
whose affairs are under their own con-
fro, AT last hone and believe. we
are beginning to gain the confidence
or the FIlipino peoples. BY their coun-
sci and experience, rather than by our
own. we shall learn how best to serve
them and how soon II will be possible
and wise to withdraw our supervision.
Let us once nd the path and set out
with firm and confident tread upon II
and we shall not wander from It or
,nger pnon II
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