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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 Getting READY for the Holidays. A little longer time Is necessary to make up DRESS GARMENTS than business suits. YOU want to take a little extra care in your selection, and WE In the construction. Therefore —make a start. We show a complete range of fabrics specially suited for even ing wear, which we are glad to show. We have a few special tailors who know Just HOW dress gar ments should be made—and—they make them that way. By getting your order NOW we can deliver in time for the holiday festivities. Dress Suits Tailored to Taste S2B to S6O. CONNOR iSlllllfllN, IflC., Tailors, 107 BULL ST„ Savannah • • Georgia. MMX'IAI,. NOTICE. Mr. Chris. H. Connor Is no longer connected with this business In any way. Until further notion the huatnoas will be continued under the same name, under Ihe man agement of 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. 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Foster-Mllhurn Cos., Buffalo, N.Y., Prop. ! 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 j|jjj| SAVANNAH PROOF. Albert P. McFarland, foreman of No, 4 engine company. Savannah Fire De partment, residing at SO4 Oglethorpe avenue, east, says: "I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills and can recom mend them very highly, My trouble was In the small of my back and when I took cold It caused a dull, toothache like natn In my loins, which became sharp and shooting if I moved quickljL The kidney secretions were Irregular in color, contained a sediment, while symptoms of retention were present. I used several different remedies for the backache, but tt baffled all my ef forts until I got a box of Doan's Kid ney Pills at Knight's Pharmacy. The pain In my buck left me and the se cretions from the kidneys lost their eio’idy appearance, while my health wee greatly improved from the use of thla remedy. You can refer to me as one who recommends Doan’s Kidney Pills." 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. 11