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rienced In the cases of Beavers, Greene
md Gaynor, and Benson. Were these
isolated and special eases, I should not
t all your attention to them; but the
difficulties encountered as regards
these men who have been indicted for
criminal practices are not exceptional;
they are precisely similar in kind to
v-hat occurs again and again in the
the case of criminals who have suffi
cient means to enable them to take ad
vantage of a system 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 who has no money,
and difficult of enforcement, even to
the point of sometimes securing im
munity. as regards the man who has
money. In criminal cases, the writ of
the United States should run through
out its borders.
Justice Should %ot Be Barred.
The wheels of justice should not be
clogged, as they have been clogged in
the cases above mentioned, where it
has proved absolutely impossible to
bring the accused to the place appoint
ed by the constitution for his trial.
Of recent years there has been grave
and increasing complaint of the diffi
culty of bringing to justice those
criminals whose criminality, instead
of being against one person in the re
public, is against all persons in the
republic, because it is against the re
public itself. Under any circum
stances and from the very nature of
the case it is often exceedingly diffi
cult to secure proper punishment of
those who have been guilty of wrong
doing against the government. By
the time the offender can be brought
into court the popular wrath against
him has generally subsided; and there
is in most instances very slight dan
ger indeed of any prejudice existing
in the minds of the jury against him.
At present the interests of the inno
cent man are amply safeguarded; but
the interests of the government, that
is, the interests of honest adminis
tration, that is the interests of the
people, are not recognized as they
should be. No subject better warrants
the attention of the Congress. Indeed,
no subject better warrants the atten
tion of the bench and the bar through
out the United States.
THE ALASKAN TERRITORY
Should Have New Laws and Repre
sentation in Congi-e**.
Alaska, like all our territorial ac
quisitions, has proved resourceful be
yond the expectations of those who
made the purchase. It has become
the home of many hardy, industrious
and thrifty American citizens. Towns
of a permanent character have been
built. The extent of its wealth in
minerals, timber, fisheries and agricul
ture. while great, is probably not com
prehended yet in any just measure by
our people. We do know, however,
that from a very small beginning its
products have grown until they are
a steady and material contribution to
the wealth of the nation. Owing to
the immensity of Alaska and its lo
cation in the Far North, it is a diffi
cult matter to provide many things
essential to its growth and to the hap
piness and comfort of its people by
private enterprises alone. It should,
therefore, receive reasonable aid from
the government. The government has
already done excellent work for
Alaska in laying cables and building
telegraph lines. This work has been
done in the most economical and effi
cient way by the Signal Corps of the
army.
Ha* Outmown It* liana.
In some respects it has outgrown its
present laws, while in others those
laws have been found to be inade
quate. In order to obtain information
upon which I could rely I caused an
official of the Department of Justice,
in whose judgment I have confidence,
to visit Alaska during the past sum
mer for the purpose of ascertaining
how government is administered there
and what legislation is actually needed
at present. A statement of the condi
tions found to exist, together with
some recommedations and the reasons
therefor, in which I strongly concur,
will be found in the annual report of
the Attorney General. In some in
stances I feel that the legislation sug
gested is so imperatively needed that I
am moved briefly to emphasize the At
torney General’s proposals.
A New Code Necessary.
Under the code of Alaska as it now
stands many purely administrative
powers and duties, including by far the
most important, devolve upon the dis
trict judges or upon the clerks of the
district court acting under the di
rection of the judges, while the Gov
ernor, upon whom these powers and
duties should logically fall, has noth
ing specific to do except to make an
nual reports, issue Thanksgiving Day
proclamations, and appoint Indian po
licemen and notaries public. I believe
e ® sential to good government in
Alaska, and therefore recommend that
tne Congress divest the district judges
and the clerks of their courts of the
administrative or executive functions
that they now exercise and cast them
upon the Governor. This would not
e an innovation; it would simply con
torm the government of Alaska to
fundamental principles, making the
governorship a real instead of a mere-
Z. nom fnal office, and leaving the
judges free to give their entire atten
lon to their judicial duties and at
I"* aame time removing them from a
g eat deal of the strife that now em
barrasses the Judicial office in Alaska.
Alaskan *1 udicfnry'* Pay*
1 also recommend that the salaries
? r J he <1 strict judges and district at
rneys In Alaska be Increased so as
m make them equal to those received
oy corresponding officer* in the United
• tates after deducting the difference in
the cost of living; that the district at
torneys should be prohibited from en
?.***"? Private practice; that
nited States commissioners be ap
pointed by the governor of the terri-
ZZ instead of by the district judges,
ana that a fixed salary be provided for
it L° the place of the discred
it i. l ee system." which should be
abolished in all offices; that a mount
ed constabulary be created to police the
territory outside of the limits of in
corporatea towns—a vast section now
wholly without police protection; and
that some provision be made to at
least lessen the oppressive delay*
and costs that now attend the prose
cution of appeals from the district
court of Alasku. There should be a
division of the existing Judicial dl
■tricts, and an Increase In the number
of Judges.
Representation In Lonareae.
Alaska should have a Delegate In
‘he Congress. Where possible, the
congress should aid in the construc
ion of needed wagon roads. Addi
tional lighthouse* should be provided,
in my Judgment, it Is espectaly Impor
tant to aid In *uch manner a* aeem*
jo*t and feasible in the construction
or a trunk line of rail way to Conner t
•he oulf of Alaska with the Yukon
r| ver through American territory. This
w ould be most beneficial to the devel
opment of the resources of the terrl
'ory. and to the comfort and welfare
"f Its people.
Salmon hatcheries should t>e estab
lished in many different streams, su aa
* Wciin the preservation of thia val
uable food fish. Halrnon fisberlee and
' * ri *ierlee should be prohibited on cer
tain of i he river* where the mass of
nose Indians dwell who live almost
exclusively on n*h
The A task a People.
dlaafcen natives are kindly, In
enigent, snl/ue to le,im, and wtlj
,fd to work. Those who have onue I
under the influence of civilization, even
tor I>eriod - have oroved their
capability of becoming self-supporting,
self-respecting citizens, and ask only
°f J ust enforcement of law and
intelligent instruction and supervision,
others, living in more remote regions,
primitive, simple hunters and fisher
rolk, who know only the life of the
woods and the waters, are daily being
confronted with twentieth-century civi
lization with all of its complexities.
Their country is being overrun by
strangers, the game slaughtered and
driven away, the streams depleted of
fish, and hitherto unknown and fatal
diseases brought to them, all of which
combine to produce a state of abject
poverty and want which must result
in their extinction. Action in their
interest is demanded by every consid
eration of justice and humanity.
Need* of Alaskan*.
The needs of these people are:
The abolition of the present fee sys
tem, whereby the native is degraded,
imposed upon, and taught the injustice
of law.
The establishment of hospitals at
central points, so that contagious dis
eases that are brought to them con
tinually by incoming whites may be
localized and not allowed to become
epidemic, to spread death and destitu
tion over great areas.
The development of the educational
system in the form of practical train
ing in such industries as will assure
the Indians self-support under the
changed conditions in which they will
have to live.
The duties of the office of the Gov
ernor should be extended to Include
the supervision of Indian affairs, with
necessary assistants in different dis
tricts. He should be provided with
the means and the power to protect
and advise the native people, to fur
nish medical treatment in time of epi
demics, and to extend material relief
in periods of famine and extreme desti
tution.
Hawaii and Porto Rteo.
The Alaskan natives should be given
the right to acquire, hold and dispose
of property upon the same conditions
as given other Inhabitants; and the
privilege of citizenship should be given
to such as may be able to meet certain
definite requirements. In Hawaii Con
gress should give the Governor power
to remove all the officials appointed
under him. The harbor of Honolulu
should be dredged. The Marine Hos
pital Service should be empowered to
study leprosy in the Islands. I ask
special consideration for the report
and recommendations of the Governor
of Porto Rico.
OIR FOREIGN POLICY.
Aim of All Nation* Should Be the
Pence of Juntlee.
In treating of our foreign policy and
of the attitude that this great nation
should assume in the world at large,
it is absolutely necessary to consider the
army and the navy, and the Congress,
through which the thought of the na
tion finds its expression, should keep
ever vividly in mind the fundamental
fact that it is impossible to treat our
foreign policy, whether this policy
takes shape in the effort to secure
justice for others or Justice for our
selves, save as conditioned upon the
attitude we are willing to take to
ward our army, and especially toward
our navy. It is not merely unwise, it
is contemptible, for a nation, as for
an individual, to use high-sounding
language to proclaim its purposes, or
to take positions which are ridiculous
if unsupported by potential force, and
then to refuse to provide this force.
If there is no Intention of providing
and of keeping the force necessary to
back up a strong attitude, then it is
far better not to assume such an at
titude.
The Peace of Jnstlce.
The steady aim of this nation, as
of all enlightened nations, should be
to strive to bring ever nearer the day
when there shall prevail throughout
the world the peace of justice. There
are kinds of peace which are highly
undesirable, which are in the long
run as destructive as any war. Ty
rants and oppressors have many times
made a wilderness and called it peace.
Many times peoples who were sloth
ful or timid or shortsighted, who had
been enervated by ease or by luxury,
or misled by false teachings, have
shrunk in unmanly fashion from doing
duty that was stern and that needed
self-sacrifice, and have sought to hide
from their own minds their short
comings, their ignoble motives, by
calling them love of peace. The peace
of tyrannous terror, the peace of crav
en weakness, the peace of injustice,
all these should be shunned as we
shun unrighteous war.
A Goal to Be Attained.
The goal to set before us as a na
tion, the goal which should be set before
all mankind, is the attainment of the
peace of Justice, of the peace which
comes when each nation is not merely
safe-guarded in its own rights, but
scrupulously recognizes and performs
its duty toward others. Generally
peace tells for righteousness; but if
there is conflict between the two, then
our fdalty is due first to the cause
of righteousness.
Unrighteous wars are common, and
unrighteous peace is rare; but both
should be shunned. The right of free
dom and the responsibility for the ex
ercise of that right can not be divorced.
One of our great poets has well and
finely said that freedom is not a gift
that tarries long in the hands of cow
'ards. Neither does it tarry long in the
hands of those too slothful, too dis
honest, or too unintelligent to exer
cise It.
The entefnal vigilance which is the
price of liberty must be exercised,
sometimes to guard against outside
foes; although of course far more of
ten to guard against our own selfish
or thoughtless shortcomings.
Wlmt It Should Be.
If these self-evident truths are kept
before us, and only if they are so kept
before üb, we shall have a clear Idea
of what our foreign policy in its larger
aspects should be. It Is our duty to
remember that a nation has no more
right to do injustice to another nation,
strong or weak, than an individual has
to do Injustice to another individual;
that the same moral law applies in one
case as in the other. But we must also
remember that It is as much the duty
of the nation to guard Its own rights
and It* own Interests as It Is the duty
of the Individual so to do. Within
the nation the Individual has now dele
gated this right to the state, that Is,
to the representative of all the Indi
viduals. and It is a maxim of the law
that for every wrong there Is a remedy.
But In International law we have not
advanced by any means a* far as we
have advanced In municipal law.
No liiternuttounl Tribunal.
There Is as yet no judicial way of
enforcing a right In International law.
When one nation wrongs another or
wrongs many others, there is no trib
unal before which the wrongdoer can
be brought. Klther It Is necessary
auplnely to acquiesce In the wrong, and
thus put a premium upon brutality
and aggression, or else It Is necessary
for the aggrieved nation valiantly to j
stand up for Ita rlghta. Until some J
method is devlaed by which there shall
be a degree of International control
over offending nations. It would be • )
wicked thing for the most civilised
powers, for those with rnoet sens* of |
International obligations and with j
keenest and most generous apprecia
tion of the dlfferena# bet ween right and |
wrong, to disarm.
The Meeall of Olearmameat
if lira steal tlvtiUed nations of the
present day should completely disarm, 1
the result would ineso aa Immediate I
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1904.
recrudescence of baroarism in one form
or another. Under any circumstances
a sufficient armament would have to
be kept up to serve the purposes of
International police; and until inter
national cohesion and the sense of in
ternatlon duties and rights are far
more advanced than at present, a na
tion desirous both of securing respect
for itself and of doing good to others
must have a force adequate for the
work which it feels Is allotted to it
as its part of the general world duty.
Therefore it follows that a self-respect
ing. just and far-seeing nation should
on the one hand endeavor by every
means to aid in the development of the
various movements which tend to pro
vide substitutes for war, which tend
to render nations in their actions to
ward one another, and Indeed fbward
their own peoples, more responsive to
the general sentiment of humane and
dVilized mankind; and on the other
hand that it should keep prepared,
while scrupulously avoiding wrongdo
ing itself, to repel any wrong, and
in exceptional cases to take action
which in a more advanced stage of in
ternational relations would come under
the head of the exercise of the inter
national police. A great free people
owes it to itself and to all mankind
not to sink into helplessness before the
powers of evil.
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavoring to
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend to bring us
into more friendly relations with the
rest of mankind. In pursuance of this
policy I shall shortly lay before the
Senate treaties of arbitration with all
Powers which are willing to enter ipto
these treaties with us. It is not pos
sible at this period of the world's de
velopment to agree to arbitrate all
matters, but there are many matters
of possible difference between us and
other nations which can be thus arbi
trated, Furthermore, at the request of
the Interparliamentary Union, an em
inent body composed of practical
statesmen from all countries, I have
asked the Powers to join with this
government in a second Hague confer
ence, at which it is hoped that the
work already so happily begun at The
Hague may be carried some steps fur
ther toward completion. This carries
out the desire expressed b*. the first
Hague conference itself.
Policy Toward Other Nation*.
It is not true that the United States
feels any land hunger or entertains
any projects as regards the other na
tions of the Western hemisphere save
such as are for their welfare. All that
this country desires is to see the
neighboring countries stable, orderly,
and prosperous. Any country whose
people conduct themselves well can
count upon our hearty friendship. If
a nation shows that it knows how to
act with reasonable efficiency and de
cency in social and political matters,
if it keeps order and pays its obliga
tions, it need fear no interference from
the United States.
Chronic wrong-doing, or an impo
tence which results in a general loos
ening of the ties of civilized society,
may in America, as elsewhere, ulti
mately require intervention by some
civilized nation, and in the Western
hemisphere the adherence of the Unit
ed States to the Monroe doctrine may
force the United States, however re
luctantly, In flagrant cases of such
wrong-doing or impotence, to the ex
ercise of an International police pow
er.
Cl'BA AS AN EXAMPLE
Of the Making of Good t'*e of In
dependence.
If every country washed by the Ca
ribbean sea would show the progress in
stable and Just civilization which with
the aid of the Platt amendment Cuba
has shown since our troops left the
island, and which so many of the re
publics in both Americas are constant
ly and brilliantly showing, all ques
tion of interference by this nation with
their affairs would be at an end. Our
interests and those of our southern
neighbors are in reality Identical. They
have great natural riches, and If with
in their borders the reign of law and
justice obtains, prosperity is sure to
come to them. While they thus obey
the primary laws of civilized society
they may rest assured that they will
be treated by us in a spirit of cordial
and helpful sympathy. We would In
terfere with them only in the last re
sort. and then only If it became evi
dent that their inability or unwilling
ness to do justica at home and abroad
had violated the rights of the United
States or had invited foreign aggres
sion to the detriment of the entire
body of American nations. It is a
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PUD HUM.IVAN.
mere truism to say that every nation,
whether in America or anywhere
else, which desires to maintain its
fieedom, its independence, must ulti
mately realize that the right of such
Independence can not be separated
from the responsibility of making
good use of it.
Assertion of the Monroe Boctrlne.
In asserting {he Monroe doctrine. In
taking such steps as we have taken
in regard to Cubu, Venezuela and Pan
ama, and in endeavoring to circum
scribe the theater of war in the Far
East, and to secure the open door in
China, we have acted in our own in
terest as well as in the interest of hu
manity at large. There are. however,
eases in which, while our own inter
ests are not greatly involved, strong
appeal is made to our sympathies. Or
dinarily it is very much wiser and
more useful for us to concern our
selves with striving for our own moral
and material betterment here at home
than to concern ourselves with trying
to better the condition of things in
other nations.
We have plenty of sins of our own
to war against, and under ordinary
circumstances we can do more for the
general uplifting of humanity by striv
ing with heart and soul to put a stop
to civic corruption, to brutal lawless
ness and violent race prejudices here
at home than by passing resolutions
about wrong-doing elsewhere.
Oeen*l<,n* for Interference.
Nevertheless there are occasional
crimes committed on so vast a scale
and of such peculiar horror us to make
us doubt whether It Is not our mani
fest duty to endeavor at least to show
our disapproval of the deed and our
sympathy with those who have suf
fered by it. The cases must be ex
treme in which such a course Is justi
fiable. There must be no effort made
to remove the mote from our brother's
eye if we refuse to remove the beam
from our own. But in extreme cases
action may be justifiable and proper.
What form the action shall take must
depend upon the circumstances of the
case; that is, upon the degree of the
atrocity and upon our power to remedy
it.
Time* for Interference Few.
The cases in which we could inter
fere by force of arms as we interfered
to put a stop to intolerable conditions
in Cuba are necessarily very few. Yet
it is not to be expected that a peo
ple like ours, which in spite of cer
tain very obvious shortcomings, never
theless as a whole shows by its con
sistent practice its belief in the prin
ciples of civil and religious liberty and
of orderly freedom, a people among
whom even the worst crime, like the
crime of lynching. Is never more than
sporadic, so that individuals and not
classes are molested In their funda
mental lights—it is inevitable that such
a nation should desire eagerly to give
expression to Its horror on an occasion
like that of the massacre of the Jews
in Kishenef, or when it witnesses such
systematic and long-extended cruelty
and oppression as the cruelty and op
pression of which the Armenians have
been the victims, and which have won
for them the indignant pity of the
civilized world.
Right* of Americana* Abroad.
Even where It is not possible to se
cure in other nations the observance
of the principles which we accept as
axiomatic, it is necessary for us firm
ly to insist upon the rights of our
own citizens without regard to their
creed or race; without regard to wheth
er they were born here or born abroad.
It has proved very difficult to secure
from Russia the right for our Jewish
fellow-citizens to receive passports and
travel through Russian territory. Such
conduct is not only unjust and Ir
ritating toward us, but it is difficult
to see its wisdom from Russia’s stand
point. No conceivable good Is accom
plished by it. If .an American Jew
or an American Christian misb laves
himself in Russia he can at once be
driven out: but the ordinary American
Jew, like the ordinary American Chris
tian, would behave Just about as he
behaves here, that is, behave as any
good citizen ought to behave; and
where this is the case It is a wrong
against which we are entitled to pro
test to refuse him his passport with
out regard to his conduct and char
acter, merely on racial and religious
grounds. In Turkey our difficulties
arise less from the way in which our
citizens are sometimes treated than
from the indignation inevitably excit
ed in seeing such fearful misrule ns
has been witnessed both In Armenia
and Macedonia.
IPBLILDING OF THE NAVY.
A Patriotic Work In Which There
Must Be No Halting.
The strong arm of the government
In enforcing respect for its Just rights
In international matters Is the navy
of the United States. 1 most Earnest
ly recommend that there be no halt in
the work of upbuilding the American
navy. There Is no more patriotic duty
before us as a people than to keep the
navy adequate to the needs of this
country’s position. We have undertak
en to build the Isthmian Canal. We
h'ave undertaken to secure for ourselves
our just share in the trade of the Ori*
ent. We have undertaken to protect
our citizens from improper treatment
in foreign lands. We continue steadily,
to Insist on the application of the Mon
roe doctrine to the. Western Hemi
sphere. Unless our attitude In these
and all similar matters is to be a mere
boastful sham we dan not afford to
abandon our naval programme. Our
voice Is now potent for peace, and Is
so potent because we are not afraid
of war. But our protestations upon
behalf of peace would neither receive
nor deserve the slightest attention if
we were impotent to make them good.
Possibilities of Nexal Warfare.
The war which now unfortunately
rages in the Far East has emphasized
In striking fashion the new possibilities
of naval warfare. The lessons taught
are both strategic and tactical, and
are political as well as military. The
experiences of the war have shown
in conclusive fashion that while sea
going and sea-keeping torpedo de
troyers are indispensable, ‘and fast
lightly armed and armored cruisers
very useful, yet that the main reliance
the main standby, In any navy worthy
the name must be the great battle
ships, heavily armored ‘and heavily
gunned. Not a Russian or Japanese
battleship has been sunk by a tor
pedo boat, or by gunfire, while among
the less protected ships, cruiser after
cruiser has been destroyed whenever
the hostile squadron have gotten with
in range of one another's weapons.
Iswfulitcss of Cruiser*.
There will always be a large field
of usefulness for cruisers, especially
of the more formidable type. We need
to Increase the number of torpedo boat
destroyer*, paying less heed to their
having a knot or two extra speed than
to their capacity to keep the seas for
weeks, and If necessary, for months at
a time. It Is wise to build subma
rine torpedo boats, as under certain
circumstance* they might be very use
ful. But most of all, we need to con
tinue building our fleet of battleships,
or ships so powerfully armed that they
can Inflict the maximum of damage
upon our opponents, end so well pro
tected that they can suffer a severe
hammering In return without fatal im
pairment of their ability to fight *nd
maneuver. Of course ample means must
be provided for enabling the personnel
of the navy to tie brought to the high
est point of efficiency.
1 to# NreessHr for Hanratrri,
Out great fighting ship# and torpedo
boats tnuM ba coiiseteaaly trained and
maneuvered In squadrons. The officers
and men can only morn their trade
thoroughly by ceaseless practice on the
high seas. In the event of war It
would be far better to have no ships
at all than to have ships of a poor and
Ineffective type, or ships which, how
ever good, were yet manned by un
trained and unskillful crews. The best
officers and men In a poor ship could
do nothing against fairly good oppo
nents; and on the other hand a modern
warship is useless unless the officers
and men aboard her have become
adepts In their duties.
The Importance of Mnrkiunn*hlp.
The markmanship in our navy has
Improved in an extraordinary degree
during the last three years, and on
the whole the types of our battleships
are improving; but much remains to
be done. Sooner or later we shall
have to provide for some method by
which there will be promotions for
merit as well as for seniority, or else
retirement of all those who after a
certain age have not advanced beyond
a certain grade: while no effort must
be spared to make the service at
tractive to the enlisted men in order
that they may be kept as long as pos
sible in it. Reservation public
schools should be provided wherever
there are navy yards.
NEEDS OF THE Alt MY.
It* Smull Size lull* for Greater
Efficiency.
Within the last three years the
United States has set an example in
disarmament where disarmament was
proper. By law our army is fixed at
a maximum of 100,000 and a minimum
of 60.000 men. When there was insur
rection in the Philippines we kept the
army at the maximum. Peace came In
the Philippines, and now our army has
been reduced to the minimum at which
It is possible to keep it with due re
gard to its efficiency. The guns now
mounted require 25.000 men, if the
coast fortifications are to be ade
quately manned.
Compared XVIIIi Police Force*.
Re latlvely to the nation, it Is not
now so large ns the police force of
New York or Chicago relatively to
the population of either city. We need
more officers; there are not enough
to perform the regular army work. It
is very important that the officers of
the army should be accustomed to
handle their men in masses, as it is
also Important that the National Guard
of the several states should be accus
tomed to actual field manuvcrlng, es
pecially In connection with the reg
ulars. For this reason we are to be
congratulated upon the success of the
field maneuvers at Manassas last fall,
maneuvers In which a larger number of
regulars and National Guard took part
than was ever before assembled to
gether in time of peace.
No Excuse for Ilirfllrlenoy.
No other civilized nation has. rela
tively to Its population, such a diminu
tive army as ours; and while the army
is so small we are not to be excused
If we fail to keep it at a very high
grade of proficiency. It must be In
cessantly practiced; the standard for
the enlisted men should be kept very
high, while at the same time the ser
vice should be made as attractive as
possible, and the standard for the offi
cers should be kept even higher—which
as regards the upper rank, can best
be done by introducing some system
of selection and rejection into the pro
motions. We should be able. In the
event of some sudden emergency, to
put Into the field one first-class army
corps which should be, as a whole, at
least the equal of any body of troops
of like number belonging to any other
nation.
Fortifying the Const*.
Great progress has been made In
protecting our coasts by adequate for
tifications with sufficient guns. We
should, however, pay much more heed
than at present to the development of
an extensive system of floating mines
for use in all our more important har
bors. These mines have been proved
to be a most formidable safeguard
against hostile fleets.
I earnestly call the attention of the
Congress to the need of amending the
existing law relating to the award of
congressional medals of honor In the
navy so as to provide that they may
be awarded to commissioned officers
and warrant officers as well as to en
listed men. These Justly prized med
als are given in the army alike to the
officers and the enlisted men, and it Is
most unjust that the commissioned of
ficers and warrant officers of the navy
should not In this respect have the
same rights as their brethren in the
army and as the enlisted men of the
navy.
PROGRESS OK THE PHILIPPINES.
Tlic Island* Must Be Independent or
Stand Like Cuba.
In the Philippine Islands there has
been during the past year a continua
tion of the steady progress which has
obtained ever since our troops defi
nitely got the upper hand of the In
surgents. The Philippine people, or, to
speak more accurately, the many
tribes, and even races, sundered from
one another more or less sharply, who
go to make up the people of the Phil
ippine Islands, contain many elements
of good, and some elements which we
have a right to hope stand for prog
ress. At present they are utterly in
capable of existing In Independence at
all or of building up a civilization of
their own. I firmly believe that we
can help them to rise higher and high
er In the scale of civilization and of
capacity for self-government.
In the Relation of I’nbiL.
I most earnestly hope that in the
end they will be able to stand, If not
entirely alone, yet In some such rela
tion to the United States as Cuba now
stands. This end Is not yet In sight,
und It may be Indefinitely postponed If
our people are foolish enough to turn
the attention of the Filipinos away
from the problems of achieving moral
and material prosperity, of working for
a stable, orderly, and Just government,
and toward foolish and dangerous In
trigues for a complete independence for
which they are a* yet totally unfit.
On the other hand our people must
keep steadily before their minds the
fact that the Justification for our stay
in the Philippines must ultimately rest
chiefly upon the good we are able
to do in the islands. I do not over
look the fact that in the development
of our Interests In the Pacific Ocean
and along lie coasts, the Philippines
have played and will play an import
ant part, and that our interests have
been served In more than one way by
the possession of the Inlands. But
out 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 haa been Imposed upon u*
by the results of the war with Spain.
Akin to Other Oriental I'rohlrm*.
The problem presented to us In the
Philippine Islands In akin to, but not
cxm-sly like, the problems presented
to the other great civilized power*
which have posaenalon* In the Orient.
There are point* of resemblance In our
work to the work which Is being done
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by the British in India and Egypt,
by the French in Algiers, by the Dutch
in Java, by the Russians in Turkestan,
by the Japanese In Formosa; but more
distinctly than any of these powers
we are endeavoring to develop the na
vies themselves so that they shall take
an ever-increasing share In their own
government, and as far as is prudent
we are already admitting their repre
sentatives to a governmental equality
with our own. There are commission
ers, judg.'S, and governors in the Is
lands who are Filipinos and who have
exactly the same share in the govern
ment of the Islands as have their col
leagues who are Americans, while
In the lower ranks, of course, the
great majority of the public servants
are Filipinos.
The Voting Franc-lilac Experiment.
Within two years we shall be trying
the experiment of an elective lower
house in the Philippine Legislature. It
may be that the Filipinos will misuse
this Legislature, and they certainly
will misuse it if they are misled by
foolish persons here at home into
starting an agitation for their own in
dependence or into any factious or im
proper action. In such case they will
do themselves no good and will stop
for the time being all further effort to
advance them and give them a greater
share in their own government. But if
they act with wisdom and self-re
straint, If they show that they are ca
pable. of electing a legislature which In
its turn is capable of taking a sane
and efficient part In the actual work
of government, they can rest assured
that a full and increasing measure of
recognition will be given them.
Need* of tile Filipino*.
Above all they should remember that
their prime needs are moral and In
dustrial. not political It Is a good thing
to try the. experiment of giving them
a legislature; but It is a far better
thing to give them schools, good
roads, railroads which will enable
them to get their products to market,
honest courts, an honest and efficient
constabulary, and all that tends to
produce order, peace, fair dealing as
betwen man and man, and hab
its of Intelligent industry and
thrift. If they are safeguarded
against oppression, and if their real
wants, material and spiritual, are
studied intelligently and in a spirit
of friendly sympathy, much more
good will be done them than by any
effort to give them political power,
though this effort may in Its own
proper time and place be proper
enough.
American* Mnst Be Example*.
Meanwhile our own people should
remember that there Is need for the
highest standard of conduct among the
Americans sent to the Philippine Is
lands, not only among the public ser
vants but among the private Individ
ual* who go to them. It Is because
I feel this so deeply that In the ad
ministration Of these islands I have
positively refused to permit any dis
crimination whatsoever for political
reasons and have insisted that In
choosing the public servants consid
eration should be paid solely to the
worth of the men chosen and to the
needs of the islands.
There Is no higher body of men In
our public service than we have In the
Philippine Islands under Gov. Wright,
and his associate*. Bo far a* possible
these men should be given a free hand,
and their suggestions should receive
the hearty backing both of the execu
tive and of the Congress. There Is
need of a vigilant and disinterested
support of our public servants in the
Philippines by good citizen* here In
the United Btatea. Unfortunately
hitherto those of our people here at
home who have specially claimed to be
the champions of the Filipinos have in
reality been their worst enemies. This
will continue to be the case a* long as
they strive to make the Filipinos In
dependent, nnd stop all industrial de
velopment of the Islands by crying
out against the laws which would bring
it on the ground that capitalists must
not "exploit" the islands.
Philippine Independency I'nxxlse.
Much proceedings are not only un
wise, but ere most harmful to the Fill
plnos, who do not need Independence
et ell, but who do need good laws,
good public servants and the Industrie)
development that can only come If the
Investment of American and foreign
capital in the Island* la favored in all
legitimate ways.
Every measurs taken concerning the
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OFFICIAL.
XZfiZZ. — ’
In Regard to the Assessment of Real
.. Property hi Hie City of Savannah
for Taxation lor the Year 1110,1.
Office Tax Assessors, Savannah,
Nov. 20, 1904.—Under a resolution of
this board taxpayers are hereby noti
fied that the issessment and valuation
of property for the year 1904, in the
absence of objections, will be contin
ued as the basis of taxation by the city
of Savannah for the year 1905, as to
real estate, including Improvements
covered thereby.
Objections, if any, must be made in
writing and filed in the office of the
Board of Tax Assessors within FIF
TEEN DAYS after the date of the
publication of this notice. No objec
tions will he Considered unless verified
by an affidavit made by the property
owner or his agent, stating that the
property has been assessed higher
than its actual market value.
In tiie absence of objections within
the time specified the assessment and
valuation will be considered uh satis
factory, and will oc binding for the
year 1905,
J. H. H. OSBORNE, Chairman.
Savannah. On., Nov 20. 1904.
SALE OF STALLS IN THE MARKET
City Marshal's Office, Savannah, Ga.,
Nov. 10, 1904.—The stalls in the
market building will be offered for
rent at public outcry on WEDNES
DAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF DE
CEMBER, 1904. at 10 o'clock, a. m.
Parties desiring to retain their
stalls nnd renting by the year will
have the preference, but must be on
hand and respond promptly.
By order Committee on Market.
HENRY E. DREESON,
_____________ City Marshal.
FLAG COMPETITION. ~
Ten dollars will be awarded for the
best design submitted for a flag for
the City of Savannah. All designs
must be submitted in colors and show
in some way the Coat of Arms or seal
of the city. The competition will close
Jan. 1. Address all communications
to JAMES M. DIXON,
Chairman.
NOTICE.
City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council, Savannah, <ja., Nov. 15, 1904.
Parties desiring to retail liquor dur
ing year 1905 will file their applica
tions at once, so that same can be
read before Council In accordance
with city ordinance.
J. ROBERT CREAMER.
Clerk of Council.
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern division of the
Southern district of Georgia. Notice
of application for discharge. In the
matter of W. D. Champion, county of
Chatham. In bankruptcy. To the cred
itors of the above-named bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that the above
named bankrupt has filed his applica
tion for a discharge from all of the
debts provable In bankruptcy against
said W. D. Champion. The said ap
plication will be heard by the Hon.
Emory Speer. Judge of the United States
district court, for said district and di
vision, at the United States Court
House. In Savannah, Ga., on the 20th
day of December, 1904, at 10 o'clock
a. m. All ereditprs of said bankrupt
are notified to appear at the time and
place stated, and show cause, if they
can. why the prayer contained in the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated at Savannah, Ga„ this sth day
of December. 1904.
T. F. JOHNSON, Clerk.
JOHN G. BUTLER
Sash, Blinds, Doors,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Lime, Cements, Plaster,
20 Congress Street, West.
Islands should be taken primarily with
a view to their advantage. We should
certainly give them lower tariff rates
on their exports to the United States;
if this Is not done It will be a wrong
to extend our shipping laws to them.
I cmt neatly hope for the Immediate
enactment into law of the legislation
now pending to encourage American
capital to seek Investment In the Is
lands In rsllra*d*. In factories, in plan
tation*. and In lumbering end mining.
THEGIKtHE ROOSEVELT.
The While House, Dec. I, 1904.
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