Nebraska Newspapers

    THE PRESIDENT
TO
Sonate and House of Repre
sentatives Listen to Read
ing of Message.
TARIFF NOT TOUCHED UPON
Future Communication Dealing With
This Important Question Is Prom
Iscd Position of the Government
Toward Organized Labor Sugges
tions for the Checking of Illegal Op
erations by Great Combines Condi
tions In the Philippines Our For
eign Relations.
To thr- Senate ami House of Represen
tatives: The imilon continues to enjoy note
worlhv priiiiorlt. Mut-li iiroiporltv 'i of
cotitsp inimnill) due to the high Individ
iml nvciogp of our citizenship, tnken to
gether wllli our gient natural icsuuiprs:
Mil an Important' fnitor tlivrdn li (lie
working of cur long-continued govern
mental pollelis Tin- people bnvc nn
Iilifitlr-tll) exprissed their approval or the
lirlnclphs under Ivlhg thesi- policlpi nnd
tliclr desire Hint thtse prilielples tip Cpi
subslniitlallv unchanged, although of
couifp api Unl In n pro,ieslie spirit to
meet changing rnndlllnns
Capital and Labor.
in Hip vast hikI complicated mcdiar-Ism
of om modern iMIlztii life tin- dominant
note It (lie- tiot of Industrialism, n" 1 the
relations nf capital nnd labor nml cspe
l.itlv of ntgnnlcpd cnpltnl nml organized
labor, to dirh otiict nml to the. publlr at
large tome second in Importance onl lo
tin Inlliimtt riiiestlons of 'family lirp
As lonu ns Hip states main the ptlrn
nrv control of Hie pollen ;ioncr Hie eh-
iiinntntirci mutt lip altogether ctteme
which Miitiln Interference by the federal
nulhoillli-H whetlur in the wnv of safe
riiattllnn the rights of labor or In Hie
wnv of reolni: Hint wrong Is not done l
i r-ul pcmnix who shield ihcinsdvc lie
lilnd Hie mime of labor. If tlicre Is re
sistance to tho federal court IntcrrO
ence with Hip molls 01 Intct olatc com
merce, or moli nation of federal propprly.
or If Hie state authorities In some crisis
which Huv nre unable to fnc call for
liclp then tho federnl Rownuncnt may
Intcifeie: litit though such Interference
may tip caused Uy n condition of things
wising nut of truubto connected with
some function of laboi. the Interference
Itself i.mply taken tho form of restoring
eider wltliout repnrd to the questions
which lint i cruised Hie breach of outer
for io lucp ordpr Is n prliuiuy duty nnd
in a time of dlwmlrr nnd v'lolence nil oth
er question Rink Into abevanre until or
der has been l stored In the District
of Columbia nnd In tho territories the
frilernl Inn envois Hie entire fluid of gov
crnmenl hut the Inbor iiiicstlon Is only
ncute hi populous centers of commcree.
manufactures, or mining. Nevertheless,
both In the enactment nnd In tho en
forcement of law tho fedcuil government
Within Us icstilcted sphoic should set an
example to llio state governments, cspe
dull) In a mntter so tltnl an tills nrfect
Ins Inlior. I belli to that under modern
Inditbtilnl conditions it Is often necessary,
nnd eten where not lieecssiir). It Is et
often wise, that Hiiro should be oigan
Irntlon of labor In onler better lo secure
he lights of the Indltldunl wage-worker
All encoutngement should be given to any
such prgnnlratlon, so long n it la con
1uctr with n dun nnd deient regard for
tho rights of oilier There nro In thin
counlrv some Jnlior unions which lmo
habitually, and other Inbor unions w tilth
havo often, been among the most eftec
the agent In working fur good citizen
Milp and for uplifting the condition of
those whoso welfaio should be closest to
our lit arts. Hut whin nny labor union
ccK Impiupcr endw. orweh lo nchlevo
proper ends hy Improper means, nil good
OUzcim and mote especially all honoiablo
iniblle nertaiits must oppose tho wrong
doing bh ipxohitely a they would ipose
the wiongdolng of any great corpomtlon.
Of course nny lolcnce. luulnllly, or cor
ruption, should not for one momcnl be
toletalcd. Wnge-worlttrs lave an entire
light to organize nnd by all peaceful oul
Jionoralrle meatus to endeavor to persuade
Mtclr Mluwn to Join with them In otgnn
Slrttlonu They hute n legnl right, which
.Brcowllng to clrcumstnuciH. may or m.iy
tnot he n moinl right, to refuse to work
In company with men who decline to Join
tthele organizations. They hute under no
cltcumstnnces tho right to commit lo
Dcixv upon those, whether capltnllsn or
flfcc woikrtfl. Wttn reftidp to support
their oignniziitloni, or who tide with
those with whom they nro at odds; for
mob lute Is lutolcmblo in any form,
Tho amendment anil btiiHigtlionlng
of tho employers' liability law Is rec
ommended, anil tho passage of a law
rcriulilrg the adoption of a block sig
nal s.tbtem, to prevent ralhoad acci
dent' urged.
Unions of Government Employes.
The message continues:
There Is no objectlftn to cmplnjes of
the government forming oi .belonging to
l nlor.s- hut the petmment enn neither
I'lhcrlmlmitf tor nor discriminate against
non union men who are In its emplov
nrcnt 01 who sei-k to le omploed under
it Morinttr It Is n ery grate impro
pilety for goternmnit cmploM-s to bund
themselves togilhcr for the purpo.se of
(xtoittng Improperly high i-alailea from
the government Chpeciaily Is this true
of those within the clnssllied sen Ice. The
Icltei (arrlers. botli municipal nnd rural,
m e as it whole an excellent bod) of pub
lic seivHiits. They thould be amply paid
I til t their pntment must be obtained by
arguing their claims fairly and honorabl)
liefore Hie Congress and not b banding
together fur the deient of those congtess
nice, v ho refuse to glto promises wnicli
tlie can not In conri-lenoe glte The
AtlmlriMmtiun )ian alrtudv taken steps
lo Hoiii ami nqnlih abuses or this nn
liui 1 .11 1 It wilt lie wise for tho Congress
to t riiimiut this action by legisUtiorr,
uieau of Labor.
Murh can Ik: dune by Hie government
li. labor ni.it tus merely by gitlng pub-
II it lo certain conditions The bureau
of labor has done excellent work of this
Kind, hi many different directions 1 shall
Stated 'n Diplomatic Fashion.
The fierce fellow So jou wouldn't
aay that Longfellow was n liar, oh?
The mild man No: but If lio wcro
conducting a newspaper I should not
hesitate to assert that he had an ex
clusive news service.
Uncle Eben's Thinks.
"When a man has tlono Inves' his
money In circus tickets an boss
races," sold Undo Eben, "I aln' got
much patience wlf his Indignation
'bout de trusts." Washlnc-ton Star,
f tihftrtly I)', tsffftre you In n ?peoll mes-
-nn- tiie ! lpiiri oi ins llff Sllfmiion
pf Hp lurDnr of Inbot iHlo HtP Colorado
rir nt trfk n thii is n trlhe In whleli
teriri tefj ittl force whiili-nie rinr?
r es at work everywhere under tho
(ridrt-on of modprn IndustrlalUm. be
came stnrtllialy prominent.
Corporations.
tVlier tt tcrne to denl with ricH eor
rwiriitions the mod for Hi gov eminent to
fi dmctl) is far greater than In Hui
wie ol labor because prosit corporations
tar become such only hy rr.gaslr.H in In
terstate commerce, nnd li.terstate com
merrp It pecullatl) tho field of the gen
eral government it Is nn absurdll) to ex
lioct tn eliminate the abuses In great cor
porations by state nctlon It Is difficult to
be pntlent with nn nrgument Hint such
matters should bo left le the states be
muse more thnn one slata pursues Hie
.policy of orating on ensy tonus corpora
tions which nre never operated t Itntn
that sliite nt nil hut In ether states
liop laws they Ignore The national
government nlcnu cirn denl sdenuatcly
with these great corpo'atlons To Uy to
dcil with them In nn Intumpcrntc de
structive, or demagogic spirit would In
all probability, mean that nothing what
ever would b" accomplished nnd. with
absolute tcrlnlrt), that If nnthlni? were
aecnmpllshfd It would bv of a harmful
nature The Amerlcnn pcoplp n-ed to
continue to show Hie very qualities that
tltev have shown that Is moderation
good sense, the cat nest desire to ovoid
doing airv damage and et the quiet i'j
termination to proceed Htcp by step
without hall nml without hurrv In elim
inating or nl least In minimizing what
ever of mlt.chlef or of evil there. Is lo In
terstate commerce In the onduct of
gnat corporations Thev are acting In
no spirit of hoMllltv to wealth either In
dividual or corporate They ate not
against the Hcli man any more than
ngnlrst the root man. Op the contrary,
the) ar frlerdly alike townid Mch man
and tnwnrd pooi man. piotldetl only that
each ru-ls In a spirit of Justice and do
erncy toward his fellows Gieat corpora
lions .ire ncressarj. nnd" only men of
gienf rid ringulir mentnt rower enn
mntiiia;" such corporations ruccessfullv
nnd such man must hnte great rewards
Out these C'l-porntlorn should he mnn
ngeil with due recard to the Interest of
the public as n whole Where this can
li done undr the prespnt laws It must
b done Whpre these laws tome short
ither. should be enacteJ io supplement
l hem
Thr bureau of cotporitlons has made
inreful preliminary Investlgatlnn of manv
Important corpointlniis Jt will maku a
ipevlal teport on the heef Industry,
debates
Above all else, wo must strive to keep
the hlghwa) of commerce open to all
on eiiual terms: nnd to do this it Is nee
essar) lo put n complete stop to all re-bat-s.
Whether the shipper or the rail
rend Is to hi imo makes no difference, the
rebate must he stopped, the nbuses of
the pilvnte enr nnd private termlnnl
track and side-track sjstems must be
stopped, nnd tho legislation of (he Fifty
eighth Congress which declares It to be
unlawful for any person or coiporntlon to
offer gtnnt, give, solicit, nccept. or re
ceive nny rebate, conclusion, or (.Iscrlm
Inatlon In respect of the transportation of
any property In Interstate or foreign
commerce whereby such propeity shall
by nny device whatever be transported
at a less rate than Hint named In the
turlffs published by the carrier must be
enforced. While I nm of the opinion that
nt pu-scnt It would he undesirable. If It
were not Impracticable, Dually to ciothe
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
with general authority to fi railroad
rates, I do not believe that, as a fair se
curity to shippers, Ihe Commission should
be vested with the power, where n glverr
rale Iris been challenged nnd nfter full
hearing found to be unreasonable, to de
cide, subject to Judicial levlevv. what
shall be n reasonable rate to take Its
place; the ruling of the commission to
take eltict Immediately and to obtain
uiiIchs nnd until It Is reversed by tliei
tourt of review. In my judgment the
most Important legislative act now need
ed ns regard-t the regulation of corpora
tions Is this act to confer nn the Inter
state Commeice Commission the power
to revise rate and regulations, the re
vised rate to nt unco go Into effect, nnd
to sta) In effect trnleis nnd until the
couit of review reverses It.
Much space Is here devoted to a
consideration of tho problem of the
proper IiousIiir of the poor In our
great cities, nnd tho Importance or a
proper solution of tho question shown.
On this subject the message says:
There should be severe child-labor and
factoiy-lnspeetlon laws. It Is very desir
able that married women should not 'ork
in factories. Tim prime dut of the man
Is to work, to bo the breadwliinci, the
prime duty of tho woman Is to he the
mother, the housewife. All questions of
tariff nnd finance sink Into utter luslg
nlflcnnco when compared with the tie
mendous, Hie vital Importance ot lr)lng
to shape londlttotis so that these two
duties of the man and of ihe woman can
be fulfilled under roisonabl) faiorabll
chcumMantos.
Agriculture
The Dcpnitmeril of Agriculture Ins
grown Into nil educational Institution
with a faculty of two thousand special
1st making research Inlc all the silence
qf production The Congies npproprU
ales, dlreetlv nnd Indhoctly. six millions
of dollar annually to carry on this work
It reaches evety stnt nnd territory in
Hie Union nnd Hie Islands of the sea lite
lv come undp." our flag Co-operatloti is
hod with the Btate experiment stations,
and with manv other luflltutlons and In
dividuals The world Is carefully search
ed for new vailetles of grains fiults
grasses, vegetables, trees, and rhrubs,
suitable to various localities In our coun
try dit.il marked benefit to our producers
has resulted
Irrigation.
Dining; the two and a half years that
have elapsed since tho passage of the
reclamation net rapid progress has been
made In Hie surveys and examinations of
the opportunities for reclamation in the
thirteen state and three territories of
Hie arid Wert Construction has nlready
been begun on the largest and most Im
portant of the Irrigation works and plans
are being completed for works which will
utilize the fundi now available
Establishment of game teerves
wherein may be preserved specimens
of our wild animals which rue now
rapidly lending toward cMincitoa li
urged.
Pensions.
The eterans of the civil war have a
claim upon the nation such as no other
bod) of our citizens possess The pen
sion bureau hai. never In Its history been
Logical Theory.
Singleton I wonder why some folks
think tho moon has anything to do
with making people crazy?
"Wcddorly Tho Idea probably origi
nated with somo man during hla
honoymoon.
She Must Be Doing Something.
"Evo never went to a woman's
club."
"No, but perhaps If she had she
would not havo found time to sample
tho fruit." Illinois Stato Journal.
managed In a more sattefaetory manner
than IS now tho caan.
Postal Service.
In tho Postofl'cc Department the serv
Ive l.n lueiensed In elllclencv, and condition-!
ns to revenue nnd expoiullture
continue tint Is factor). The Increase of
revoiiue flutlniT llio enr was $D,2B.I81.I0,
or CO per cent ihe lutal receipts amount
Irig to IH3.S8SC.M3t The expenditure?)
were J152.3CX.11C 70 an Inerense if about
9 per rent over the previous year itlng
HUM .S.'.70,4!).'.3r. In exree-ss of Ihe cur
ten' levenuc Included In tliee expendi
tures was a total appropriation of Jl'.',
M5C.C37 35 for Hie cunllnuatlor nnd txten
flor of tho rural fre delivery service,
which was nn increase of $4,902, .J37.31
over tho umtunt expended for this, pur
pose In the preceding nsenl venr. Ijirgo
ns this expenditure hns been tho bencn
cerit results ntlnlncd In extending tho
free distribution of malls to the resldentj
of rural districts havo Justified tho wis
dom of the outlay, Statistics brought
down to tho 1st of October. 1904 show
that on that date Ihcro were 27,138 rural
routes established serving approximately
liouoooo of people in rural districts re
mote Irom pontonlccs, nnd that there
w-tre pending at that Hmo 3.859 petitions
lor the establishment of new rural routes
The message here points out tho
need for Improvement In our consular
system, advises the creation of a na
tlonal art gallery and suggests the
enactment, ot a national quarantine
law.
Laws Concerning Citizenship.
Not only are the Inws relating to nat
uralization now defective but those re
lating to citizenship of the United States
ought nlso lo be made Ihe subject of
dentine Inquiry with n view to prob
able fuither legislation Uy what nets
expatriation may be assumed to have
been accomplished, how long nn Amer
ican cfllzen may reside abroad and re
ceive the protection of our passport,
whether nny degree of protection should
be extended to one who has made Ihe
declaration of Inti ntlon to become a cltl
zed of the United States but has not se
cured naturalization are questions of
serious Import. Involving personal rights
nnd often producing frlrtlon between this
i-ov eminent nnd foreign governments
Vet upon these questions our laws nro
silent I recommend Hint an examination
be made Into the subjects of citizenship,
expatriation, nnd protection of Ameri
cans abroad, with n view to approprlato
legislation.
Currency.
The nlfpiitlon of the Congress should
be especially given to the currency ques
tion, nnd that the Mnmllng committees
on the mntter In the two houses charged
with thciduty take up the matter of our
currency and see whether It Is not pos
slblo to secure nn agreement In the busi
ness world for bettering the s)stem: the
committees should consider the question
of the retirement of the greenbacks and
the problem of securing In our currency
such elasticity ns Is consistent with safe
ly Hvcry silver dollar should be made
bv law tedecmable In gold at the option
of the holder
Merchant Marine.
I especially commend to our Immedi
ate attention the encouragement of our
merchant marlno by appropilato legisla
tion. Tariff.
On Hie tat Iff I shall communicate with
ou later.
Immigration and Naturalization.
In dealing wlHi the questions of Immi
gration and naturalization It Is Indis
pensable to keep certain facts ever bo
fore thp minds of those who share In en
acting the laws. First nnd foremost, let
us remember that the question of belhg
n good American has nothing whatever
to do with a man's birthplace any more
than It has to do with his creed. In
every generation from the time this gov
ernment was founded men of foreign
birth have stood In the very foremost
rank of good citizenship, nnd Hint not
merely In one but In every field of Amer
ican activity; wlnlo to try to draw a ills
Unction between the man whose parents
came to this country and Ihe man whose
ancestors came lo It several generations
hack Is a mere absuidltj Good Ameri
canism is a nutter of heart nf consci
ence, of lofty aspiration, of sound com
mon sense, but not of birthplace or of
creed.
There Is no danger of having too manv
Immigrants of the tight kind Hut the
citizenship of this countrv should not bo
debased. It Is vllni that we should keep
high the standard or well-being among
our wage-workers, and therefore we
should not admit masses of men whose
standards of living nnd whose pcrhonal
customs nnd hnblts are such Hint they
tend to lower the level of the American
w ago -worker
t'ndcr the Constitution It Is In the
power of the Congress 'to establish n
uniform rule of naturalization and
numerous laws have from time to time
been enacted for that purpose, which
have been supplemented in a few states
bv stnte laws having special application
Thero should be a comprehensive revision
of the nnturnlizatlon laws
Protection of Elections
The- power of lhc government to pro
leet the Integrltv of the elections of Its
own oltlelals Is Inherent mid has been
recognized nnd ntllrmed bj lepV-ated dec
larations of the Supieme court. There
Is no pnemv of free government more
Jangernus and none t-n Insidious n? the
enrtuptlon of the eleitornto No one de
fends or rxpuse corruption nnd It would
reem to lollow Hat none would oppose
vigorous measures to eradicate It I
recommend Ihe enactment of n law di
rected against brrbeiv nnd corruption m
Vedera! elections The details of such n
law n'.av be s-afelv left lo tho wisp discre
tion of the Congnss, but It should go
as far ns under the Constitution it Is
possible to go, and (hould Include severe
ponnltles ngnlrst him who gives nr re
celves a bribe intended to Influence his
net or opinion ns an elector; nnd provi
sions for th" publication not only of the
expenditures for nominations and elec
tions of all cnndldHtes but nlso of all
contributions leceived nnd expenditures
made by political committees
Delays In Criminal Prosecutions.
No subject Is better worth) tho atten
tion of the Congress than that portion of
the report of the Attorney-General deal
ing with the long delays and the great
obstruction to Justice experienced In the
cases of lleaveis, Gicen and Ga)nor nnd
uenson. Mere these Isolated and special
tases I should not enll our attention to
Hum. but Ihe dltllcultles encountered os
regards these men who have been Indict
ed for criminal lirnctlies are not excen-
tlonal. the) are precisely similar In Kind
to what oeeurs. ngaln and again In the
case of criminals who have sufficient
meuns to enable them to take advantage
of a s)stom of procedure which has
grown up In the Federal courts and
which amounts In effect to making the
law easy of enforcement against the man
But Lived to Tell It.
ITpgardson What on earth used
you up Uko that, old follow? Been
klcued by a mule, or run over by an
automobile?
Atom Both. The ono kicked mo
In tho way of the other.
Where the Student Falls.
"How is your son doing at college?"
"Well," answered tho solicitous
father, "ho does very well In philos
ophy and tho dead languages, but h
Is a mighty poor football player."
who has no- money, and difficult of en
forcement, even te th point of some
times securing Immunity, us regards tue
man who hna money In criminal castta
tho writ of Hip United States should -un
throughout Its borders The wheels of
Justice thouhl not be dogged, ai they
have been clegged In the cases above
mentioned where It has proved absolute
ly Impossible to bring the accused to the
place appointed by ine Constitution for
hU trial.
.Many suggestions for the improve
ment of conditions In Alaska ore
made, among others tho admission of
n delegate from Hint territory to con
gress. Foreign Policy.
In treating of our foreign policy and of
the attitude that ttiht great nation should
assume In the world nt laree. It Is abso
lutely ncceisary tcconslder-the army and
tho navy nnd the Congress, through
which Ihe thought of tho nation finds
its rxpresslon, should keep ever vividly
In mind ihe fundamental fact Hint It Is
Impossible to treat our foreign policy,
whether this policy takes shape in the
effort to recur Justice for others; or Jus
tic for ourselves. ave ns conditioned
upan Ihe attitude w are willing to take
toward our army, nnd especially toward
our navy It Is not merely unwise. It Is
contemptible, for n nation, as for nn In
dividual to use high-sounding tanguugo
to proclaim Its purposes, or to take po
sitions which nre ridiculous If unsupport
ed by potential force, and then to refuse
to provide thl force If there Is no In
tention of providing nnd of keeping the
fo.-co necessary to back up a strong atti
tude, then It is far better not to asaumo
such nn attitude
The steady aim of thin nntlon. ns of nil
enlightened nations should bo to strive
to bring ever neaier the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world the
pence of 'Justice. There nte kinds of
peace which nre highly undesirable.
Which are In the long run as destructive
as any war Tjrants and oppressors have
many times made a wilderness nnd called
It pence The peace of tvrannous terror,
the pencp of craven weakness Hie peace
of Injustice, oil these should be shunned
as we shun unrighteous war The goal
to set before us ns n nation, the goal
which should he set before nil mankind.
Is the attainment of the pence of Jus
tice, of the pciice which comes when
each nation Is not merely snfp-guarded
In Its own lights, but scrupulously rec
ognizes and performs Its duty toward
others.
Thero Is as jet no Judicial way of en
forcing a right In International law
When one- nation wrongs another or
wrongs many others, there Is no tribu
nal befote which the wrongdoer can be
brought, nilhpr It Is necessary supinely
to acqnlesne in Hie wrong and thus put
rt premium upon biutnllty nnd nggres
slon, or else It Is neccssnry for the ng
gileved nitlon vnllantl) to stand up for
Its rights. L'ntll some method Is devised
by which there shall bo n degree of In
ternational control over offending na
tions, it would be n wicked thing for
the most civilized powers for those with
most sense of International obligations
and with keenest and most generous ap
preciation of Hie dlfteieucc between right
nnd wrong, to disarm. If the great civ
ilized nations of the present dav should
completely disarm. Ihe result would mean
an immediate recrudescence of bulbar
Ism in one form or another.
Arbitration Treaties.
Wo are In every way enaenvoilng to
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend to bring us
Into more friendly lelations -with the rest
of mankind. In pursuance of this policy
I shall shortly lay before tho Senate
treaties of atbltratlon with all powers
which arc willing to enter Into these
treaties with us Furthermore, at the
request of the interparliamentary Union,
an eminent body composed of practical
statesmen from all countries. I have
asked the Powers to Join with this gov
ernment In n second Hiiguo confeience,
nt which It Is hoped that the work al
ready so happily begun at Tho Hague
may bo carried some steps further to
ward completion This entries out the
deshe exptesscd by the first Hague con
ference lts.eif
Policy on Western Hemisphere.
Jt Is not trim thnl the United States
feels any land hunger ot entertains nnv
projects ns regmds the other nations of
the western hemisphere savc.sueh as are
for their wellare All that this coun
tiy desires Is to see the neighboring
countiles stnble orderly, and prosperous
Any counti) whose people conduct them
selves well can count upon our heart)
friendship
Our interests and those of our south
ern neighbors are In tenllty Identlcnl.
They have great natural :thes, anJ if
within their tordi-is the telgn of law and
justice obioln pifisperlt) is sine to come
to them While they thus obey the prl
mat) laws of civilized -oci"t) they may
test assured that ihe) will be treated by
us In a spirit of cordial and helpful -s)m-palhy
We would Interfere with them
only in ihe last resort and then oul)
If It becam evident that theli fnabi,..y
or unwillingness to do 1utice at home
nnd abroad hud violated the rights of
the United States or had Invited foreign
nggresslon to the detriment of the en
tire bod of American nations
In asserting the Monroe doctrlnp. in
taking such steps m we have inken in
regard to Cuba Venezuela. and"lMnjma
and In endeavoring to circumscribe the
theater of wnr In the lai Hast and to
ccure the open door In China we have
acted In our own Interest as well ns In
the Intel est of l.umanit) nt targe. There
are however, cases m which, while our
own Interests arc- not gientl) 'nvolvcd
strong appcnl Is made lo our empathies
There are occasional '-rimes '-ommltted
on so vast a scale and of nch peculiar
horror as to make us doubt whether it Is
not our manifest dirt) to endenvor at
Jeat to show our disapproval of the deed
uud our s)mputh) with those who have
suffered by It The enses must be ex
treme in which such n course is Justi
fiable. Hut in extreme cases action may
be Justifiable and proper
Rights of American Citizens Abroad,
Uven where it is not possible to se
cure In other nations ihe observance of
ilu pilnclples which we nccept as nx
iomatlc. It is necessar) for us 'lrml) to
Insist upon Hie rights of our own citi
zens without regard to their creed or
race, without regard to whether the)
were boi n here or bout abroad
The Navy.
The strong arm of the government In
enforcing respect for Us Jut rights In
International mutters Is the nnv) of the
United States I most earnestly recom
mend that thoie be no halt in the woik
of upbuilding the Amur lean navy. There
Is no more iwtrlotlc duty before us as a
people than to keep the navy adequate
to the needs of this countr) s position.
Wo havo undertaken to build the Isth-
A Night Life-Saving Buoy
A uovel life saving device has heea
added to tho equipment of steamorr
)n Litrte Michigan In tho night buoy,
designed to prevent tho drowning of
persons falling from a vessel In the
larkuess. Tho buoy, above which will,
'jura a brilliant gas Jot, Is by means"
3f chemicals lighted as soon as It
strikes the water, Tho dovlces aro
bmng fitted aboard the steamers
Clumbus and Virginia, of the Good
rich lino.
mtan cnnnl We havo undertaken to se
cure for ourselves our Just share In tho
trade of the Orient We have under
taken to protect our altlzeJns from im
proper treatment in foreign lands. We
continue steadily o Insist on the nppll
ontlon of Ihe Monroe doctrine to tho
we-stern hemisphere Unlesw our attitude
In these ond all slmllnr matters Is to be
a mero joas'ful sham wo enn not afford
to abandon our naval programme. Our
voice Is now potent for peace nnd Is so
potent because wp aro not afraid or war.
nut our protrstatlons upon behalf of
pence would neither receive nor deserve
Hie "lightest attention If wo were Im
potent to make them good.
The Army.
Within lire last three jears the United
States ha3 set an example In disarma
ment whero disarmament was proper.
By law our army Is fixed at n maximum
of ono hundred thousand nnd a minimum
of sixty thousand men. When there was
Insurrection In the Philippines wo kept
the nrmy nt tho maximum. Fence came
In the Philippines, and now our army
has been reduced to tho minimum at
which it Is possible to keep It with dufc
regard to Its efficiency. The guns now
mounted rcqulro twenty-eight thousand
men. If the coast fortifications nre to be
adequately manned. Relatively to the
nation. It Is not now so largo ns the po
lice force of New York or Chicago rela
tively to the population of either city.
We need moro ofllceis; there nro not
enough to perform the regular army
work. It Is very Important that tho offi
cers ef the nrmy should bo accustomed
to handle their men In masses, ns It Is
nlso lmportnnt that the national guard
of the several states should be accus
tomed to nctunl field maneuvering, espe
cially In connection with the regulars.
The Philippines.
In the Philippine Islands there has
been during the past jcur a continuation
of the steady progress which has ob
tained ever since oui troops definitely
got the upper hand of the Insurgents.
The Philippine people, or, to speak more
accurately, the many tribes, nnd even
races, sundered from ono another moro
or less sharply, who go to make up Hie
people of the Philippine islands, contain
many elements of good, and" some ele
ments which wo have a right to hope
stand foi progress. At present they aro
utterl) Incapable of existing in inde
pendence nt nil or of building up a clv
lllzitlon of their own. I firmly bellovo
that we cm help them to rise higher nnd
higher In llio scale of civilization nnd
of capacity for self-government, ond I
most earnestly hope that In tho end they
will be nblo to stand, If not entirely atone,
et in some such relation to tho United
States ns Cuba now stands. This end
Is not jet In sight, nnd It mny bo In
definitely postponed If our people aro
foolish enough to turn tho attention of
the Filipinos nvvnv from the problems of
achieving moral and material prosperity,
of working for a stable, orderly, and Just
government, nnd toward foolish and dan
gerous Intrigues for a complete Independ
ence for which they arc as et totally
unfit.
On the other hand our people must
keep steadily before their ml'ids the fact
that the Justification for our stay In the
Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly
upon the good we are oblo to do In the
Islands. I do not overlook the fact that
In the development of our Inteiests In
tho Pacific ocean and along Its coasts,
the Philippines have pla)ed and will play
an Important part, and that our Interests
have been served In moro than ono way
by the possession of the islands. But
our chief reason for continuing to hold
them must be that we ought In good
faith to try to do our share of the
world's work, and this particular piece
of work lias been Imposed upon us by
the results of the war with Spain. The
pioblem presented to us In the Philip
pine Islands Is nkln to. but not exactly
like, the problems presented to tho other
great civilized powers which havo pos
sessions in the Orient. Moro distinctly
thnn nny of the powers we are endeav
oring to develop tho natives themselves
so that they shall take an ever-lncteari-Ing
hhare In their own government, and
as far as Is prudent we are already ad
mitting their representatives to a gov
ernmental equality with our own There
are commissioners. Judges, and governois
In the Islands who nie Mllpluns and who
have exact!) the same shnro In the gov
ernment of the Islands ns have their col
leagues who are Americans, while In the
lower ranks of course, the great major
it) of the public servants nie Filipinos.
Within two vears we shall be trying the
experiment of an elective lower house in
Hip Philippine legislature
Meanwhile our own people should re
membei that there Is need for the hlg.a-
est standard of conduct among the Amer
icans tent to the Philippine Islands, not
only nmong tho public servunls but
among the private Individuals who go
to them It Is becauso I feel this so
deeply Hut In the administration of these
Islands X have positively refused tp per
mit my discrimination whatsoever for
political reasons nnd havo Insisted that
in choosing the public serv nuts consid
eration sliruld be paid solely to the
worth of the men ehosen and to the
needs of the islands There Is no high
er body of men in our public service
than we huve In tho Philippine islands
under Gov. Wright and Ills associates.
So far as possible these men should be
given n flee hand, and their suggestions
should receive the heart) backing both
of the Kvecutlve and of the Congress.
Theip Is need of a vigilant and disinter
ested suppnit of our public set v ants In
the Philippines by good citizens here In
the United States Unfortunately hllhet
o those of our people hcie at home who
have rpeciall) claimed to be the cham
pions of Ihe rillpinos have In reality
open their worst enemies This will
continue to be the case as long as they
strive to make the Filipinos Independent,
and stop all Industrial development of
the Islands by crlng out against the
Inws which would bilug it on the ground
that capitalists must not "exploit" the
Islands Such proceedings are not only
unwise, but are most harmful to the Fil
ipinos who do not need Independence at
all, but who do need good laws, good
public servants, and the Industrial de
velopment that can on)) come If the in
vestment of American and foreign capital
in the islands Is favoied in all legitimate
wa)s
Kver) measure taken concerning the
islands should be taken primarll) with a
view to their advantage We should cer
tit I nl give them lower tariff rates on
their exports tp the United States; if
this Is not done it will be a wrong to
extend our shipping laws to them I
earnestly hope for tho Immediate enact
ment Into law of the legislation now
pending to encourage American capital to
seek investment In the islands in rail
roads, in factories. In plantations, and
In lumbering and mining.
THEODORE ItOOSEVELT.
The White House. Dec. E, 1904.
For Sound Sleep.
Tbrre Is an old-tlmo superstition
among some persons tliat it is lmpos
siblo to sleep unless the head of tho
bed is polt ted toward the north, and,
foolish as It may appear, persons suf
fering from Insomnia who have made
tho chango have been benefited. It
isn't advisable to sleep facing a win
dow, for the light, even the small
amount filtering through a blind from
street lamps or the moon, will be suf
ficient to waken some persons at night
A Celebrated Apotegm.
Patriotism having become one of
our topics, Johnson suddenly uttered,
in a strongly determined tone, an
apotegm, nt which many will start:
"Patriotism Is the last refuge of n
scoundrel." But let it bo considered
that he did not mean n real and gen
erous love of our country, but that pre
tended patriotism which eo many, In
all ages and countries, have made a
cloak for sclf-lntorest. Bosw ell's Life
of Johnson.
White Fur Tells Nothing.
Weasels, ermines and hares, which
assume white coats for winter, have
not much judgment nbout seasons.
They generally change color about
tho same time every year, whether
tho snow comes early or late. No
woodsman pretends to divine tho
weather from such creatures as
change their color for the seasons.
Rarest American Book.
Vho rarest American book Is the
Now England Primer, "the little Bible
of New England," as It hns been call
ed, which Is so rare that the earliest
printed editions hnvo vanished, no ono
knowing, Indeed, when nnd where tho
first edition was actually issued.
Greatest In the World. ,
Arlington, Ind Dec. Gth. (Special)
Mr. W. A. H song, the photogra
pher, who moved here recently from
Sapp, Ky is firmly of the opinion that
Dodd's Kidney Pills nre the greatest
Kidney Remedy the world has ever
known.
"In the years 1901 and 1902," says
Mr. Ilysong, "and for borne time be
foio 1 was afflicted with JCIdney Trou
ble. My joints were sore and stiff
nnd I finally got so bad I could not
turn in bed without assistance. In tho
Spring of 1903 I was induced, by a
friend, to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and
after using ono and one-half boxes I
was and am still completely curqd.
Soveral of my neighbors, too,' used
Dodd's Kidney Pills and In every rca-so
they did as rocommended."
Cure tho early symptoms of Kidney
Disease, such as Backache, with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and you will nev
er havo Brlght's Disease.
When tho average man does a good
deed on the sly he Is apt to feel put
out If his acquaintance fail to get
next Chicago News.
AN INVITING PROSPECT.
Will Canada in the next quarter of
a century take the place of the United
States as tho great wheal exporting
section of tho western hemisphere?
Everything points thnt way. In tho
opinion of experts the United States
has reached high water mark as a
wheat exporting country. The in
creasing population over there has
reached the point when homo con
sumption Is becoming annually great
er In proportion than the increase in
wheat production. As a matter of
fact wheat production is decreasing
over there as tho land becomes more
valuable and by reason of the demand
for other forms of produce for Borne
consumption. It Is said ' that tho
wheat crop this year Is not more than
70 per cent, of tho crop of 1901 and
much below the crops of 1902 and
1903. It is estimated that this year
tho United States surplus for export
will not bo over 100,000,000, which is
less than any year since 1878 with
two exceptions. Not only is this tho
case, but a considerable quantity ot
the best Canadian wheat is being Im
ported Into Minnesota and also Chi
cago. All this tends to keep tho price of
wheat near the dollar mark, and "dol
lar wheat" is tho loadstone that will
attract farmers to tho Canadian
Northwest, whero land Is cheap and
can be farmed on a wholesale basis,
particulars of which may bo had from
nny Canadian Government Agent.
Tho reduction of American exports
will have the double Influence of In
creasing Canadian production and
keeping up tho price. It constitutes
a roseato prospect for this country,
and needs no exerclso of optimistic
enthusiasm to foresee tho near expan
sion of tho Dominion into tho actual
position of tho "granary of tho em
pire." Chinese Dress Colors.
Any color or harmony of colors
may bo used In the Chinese costume
except solid yellow. That color Is re
served for tho robes of royalty.
White enters not at all Into the Chi
nese dress, that Is, In solid color, for
It is Chinese mourning.
I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years nzo. Mas. Tnos. ItomnMs,
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y Feb. 17, 1900.
Green Visible Afar Off.
In clear weather and by daylight
green Is visible at tho greatest dis
tance of any color, much further, for
Instance, than scarlet, which Is usual
ly Imagined to be the most brilliant
of colors. Indeed, blue, and even
dark gray, aro far more visible at a
distance than is scarlet.
.A ODARANTKKD CUHK FOIt PITRq
IlcWM.IUIne. Bleeding o7 l'rornidlu"p" . Vou,
drantit will refund money If I'AZO OlhTMENT
full! to euro you in e lo 14 dys. Mc.
Organized Jewish Community.
There Is no organized community ot
Jews anywhere in Japan excepting at
Nagasaki. Tho synagogue there was
built by a Japanese woman who had
married a Jew. When ho died she.
built tho synagogue In his memory.
Follow Tolstoi's Teaching.
Bulgarian newspapers glvo the
names of two doctors of philosophy
who havo taken tbe teachings of Tol
stoi so much to heart that one ot
them has becomo a cobbler and the
otner a bootblack.
It makes a womnn think n mn..
--. H s,w WI Ut
tlon Is a robber to havn n. Htroof .
'iconductor ask her for her faro aftoi
laho thinks h ha forgotten It
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