Show tIle A 1111 I Tells leDd i id ald How Fitting lg Tubule to 10 Soldiers of fhe Civil Cicil War Want No Standing Folea Do a Small mal One I fa West sl Thai Can Call Be X D I April 7 t f ere vere blizzard the t p i ia clear and i Jt r the I I pro r PI was wn v to plain The ii h r during tho early ni and t ii 3 I the local reception ltd on tho president Ir ra aJ J fco n at aln t or d In K LU bu bUr in Ing si portion of at the city ot r atuf was the tho welcome byh h of ot the city sev BOV i if were assembled i it m mu t er mi r ho he president was abb pC th Ihm m After Acter the drive the he s gortell lo tu u a stand III hotel Whew where he ho a and enthusiastic i O the Philippines r el Ii orb r whose o sons In the tho brilliant to tob toto 3 i nr added turn pages b to r roll rol of ot the likewise e ea a full ull ha ie e In the of ot oth i h the war with Spain was wall the bo boa bog a g a U struggle le slight Indeed when ma th Ih gigantic death tIt will h for Cor tour four years stamped Id fro arc s the southern state In dv Il a I but a struggle fraught j i s ta to the nation and andri ri tl to 10 I t ald i Id nut OUI of nil proper 10 the of at the effort upon fin lar SEE REI AN A DV DA II VW YEARS YI AnS AGO Mt halt years ngo ogo President r n iKe ke m in the adjoining mate mates tin s J I on In tic PIe occasion of at the tho ie re reI I i Ue it Thirty nih Minnesota vol if if r m 11 t Philippine Islands Island II Ib Ini h j r with your own t I a of 01 Uio North Dakota t I Af Aft heartily lI the re 10 reed ed 14 1 for tor their valor alor and pa nun um and th ir ru re rui i U 10 be hw il II fir or misled by b the tho thon n rr ii d ut t homo by the men of ot Ith wished us Ul to abandon I d h b of at the Islands 1 ul fOllOWS t i j r S will provide for tor them th m Jf ni t h will them ni s h promote their ma malI lI reVs r s us well na their th lr li In IM t pill path or civilization and andi i fl re I in i U illy 11 believe bell ve They II b 0 i d as or jm Th v I wilt be b given ghen a I i t 01 emulated d by b hon hone n nr r 1 e ed without oppressing naI xain n without tyranny Ii i ImbO education with M on n tt d toi ml condition freo treo freon 0 n Ig un wor tit n life lt und anti the pursuit t of at ati Pit i da he r l 1 then lay la In the realm irr N It lies In the realm of oC rt i erf Ie e GOOD TO LOOK LOOI DACK U lit g M I ng to 10 look back upon I JC 1 s alJ iJ und wi compare It with WI I v 1 n done If rr prom iI I it 1 J if IC plighted word wort Is 19 not notI I k i who have tailed failed In r III up liP to I n th Ih i HOC hand the tho prom 4 i made T 1 n nt has hilS kept pace and n k i with 1 the prophesy k 11 the Ih one are rc reo Cl or r in th thir are entitled of ut i I j t 1 th Ih which at nt athi 11 hi h serve er the nation Th Jj dI I i lalm for Cor the men lIt n ran an d fo Po admirably the thea y an a lh h ul III of ot the t l I n s g and for tOI those other o ft i he h them p p an i 1 hUt whose aid on t I ing could have been TilE THE t M Ml I poke 11 s r of oC order Ih 1 J l I us Ug of oC the of at l r J d n riny rm composed ed J llIs Dar 1 lj i u lJ wn the iC ru I 0 to till the Islands i I ti 11 y to ourselves but c We WI could not er J 11 h conflict without J proving our t F 1 4 in 1 memory of ot our h 1 iti n fl if It UP WI had uban r N i t n I up Inflicted upon It ruel rud Ind l j them to a bloody blood nU and tyranny It 1 lot 1 back that any on I J hie h t failed to rec ft L IF j s but there was the tI I he the government nt In h m In the to C f ur army il T A storm vf Tip k mv ln In was In u ta II dill tr Ip 1 it the 01 s H r r the great body bod of vt H t Ii nut against the l arms traducers Qi S co f the war made It II I t J and our sol lOl soli h x i peculiar wrongs 1 t J Jun i 11 y fought tOU ht In dense t i t enemies s who uj and very Iry cruel 1 i I Jr jn JIn men but to cra ot friendly nn i le 1 nd mod moH cl 11 Ja nr t jm welcomed lIm t P tn ru r H f among amons a annd 1 tool AmI paw 0 h 1 m In small nj do dol l t i ci other ther side of at the f that occasional I r i fi ng III not oc Jr rv occurred In re II tt f 1 intolerable I In m ment be ad adu t C C u e or Justin 1 r regret and f ii war department dp fj i In Its power to ht iI id to prevent or I 1 Or repetition of ot the Ii T n es s were the ex x As n II whole I II i only COOl cour U f humanity f f ire ir to promote e bs It t the th II i L t f t ft x Jr f i l they com to the enemy reducing them finally to n condition of ot mere brigandage and nd wherever they con conquered thy they conquered only onh to make WO for Cor the thu lUle Iule of thi govern for tor the tha Introduction of oC law and of or liberty under the taw law When by b last July Jul the tho last vestige of at organized In Insurrection had disappeared ponce ana amnesty were proclaimed I AH As rapidly as liS the military rule WAI extended over the tha Islands by hy the Iho defeat of oC tho Ihl Insurgents Just BO 90 rapidly was wall it replaced by b the civil government nt At Atthe Atthe the present time the civil government la supreme and the army In the Philip Philippines pines hat ha been reduced d until It II Is cont merely to the recur recurrence recurrence rence of ot ADMINISTRATORS In Go and his associates u we sent s nt to the l as as n lous and ond as liS able a u group of ot n UI ever evor any country has been beu with having With them and under them we lIe havo associated the best men among the Filipinos I so that the great of or the ing many mun of vr the highest rank ronk are aro them themselves selves native I of oC the Islands The ad uti administration ministration Is honest Is as all jealously safeguarded us liS I hero here at home The government Is con conducted ducted purely In the of or the people of ot the islands they are Oro protect ed ell In their religious and civil rights they the have been Riven an excellent and well administered school system and each of at them now enjoys to life liberty and the of ot happiness such as ns were wern never ne r before known In all I the history of ot tha tho Islands IMPORTANT 1 LEGISLATION The Congress which has Just ad od has hos passed d legislation of oC high importance anti and gloat wisdom in the In of ot the Filipino people First and foremost they the conferred upon thorn them by law the present civil government III addition they 5 them an excellent currency they passed n L measure allowing the organization of at a native constabulary and they provided In the he I Interests of at the Islands for Cor a IL reduction of at per cent In the tariff on Filipino articles brought to this country I asked that a still further should bo be made It was not granted by the tho last Congress but Iut I think that In some shape shapo It will willbe be hI granted by till the not next And even elIn with without out it II the record of oC legislation In III tho of at tha tho Filipinos is one with which wo hay have a right to feel teel great grent APPROPRIATIONS Moreover C appropriated time three million n dollars following the precedent It set when the people of at Porto Rico tIo were mulcted by sudden disaster ter this money to be used by the tho Philippine In order to meet the distress l tress occasioned primarily by bythe the terrible cattle which almost annihilated the or falo the tho most Important do domestic animal In the Iho Islands Coming OR as this disaster did upon the tho heels of ot the havoc wrought by b the tho Insurrection Insurrectionary ary war great suffering has been caused this misery for Cor which this government is In no woy responsible will doubtless In turn lurn Increase the difficulties of at the Philippine government for tor the next year or o so HO In conse consequence quence there will doubtless hero here there th re occur sporadic Increase of ot the armed brigandage p to which the HIP Islands have been habituated from time memorial ml here and there for their own purposes the I he may choose to themselves patriots or 01 Insurrectionists re but these Joeal will be b of ot little consequence save as I they the give occasion to n few tew men hero here at home to tv try to mislead ml our people Not only has the military problem In the tho Philippines been worked out quicker and better than thun we had dAr 1 to tn expect but the tho progress ully and In civil government lias like i I WIB exceeded our fondest hopes DEST THAT CAN BK DE DONE The Tho best thing thin that can be done In handling such a problem Nobl m as that In III th Philippines so peculiar FO EO delicate PJ difficult fo remote li I to put the best man possible In charce and then give Ih him the Ille he sl the freest tl hand This Is has b I en n done dOlle with Gov 00 Taft There fh ro Is la not In nation n a higher o Onner finer type Ipe of at public than G IV I Taft TaCt He lIe has hns rendered service not only to te the people I of the Philippine Islands londs J hut but to 10 the people of ot the United States by hy what I he ha done Ilone In Iho Islands He HI hos been to do It became from th be bp beginning I ginning he hat hR ben be given al mil I port by the war department under S oy Root Hoot With the of or organize resistance the civil 1111 government ed Ills Its proper position of heAdship Th In the Philippines IB te n V on one of or the Instruments through which Ioe hi Admirable work Tho civil government of ot Gov 00 Taft TAtt TAttI Is I head H I supreme and It 11 will do w ll II llIn In the future as n It has hos In the rapt TIn tin I It will b barked up In the future ns It I has been In the pa t TIm THIS PATRIOT Remember always in the Phil Philippine the government hRS has tried triot ami aM Is trying to carry carr out exact exactly ly Iy what the genius most revered patriot ever known In trip Philippine advocate This man Inan before hi hili death In a 1 message to hi countrymen und under of ot D HM c K I the th Insurrection of Jut Juit lx fore our vur navy l upon u On tho iene ne and pointed out path oath his hi V OD ole hould follow Coli 01 to liberty and Ind enlightenment Speaking of ot tho Insurrection and anI of ot the that Filipino Independence of ot ofa a 11 chancier could thereby be b obtained he h wrote RIVALS ADVICE DIE When In of 0 my m nd tl n in nt wa a begun Igl I offered o of ot my myown myown I Imy own accord not Mt only my but my life and even tt my m good Rod name to tobe be used In any Iny way nr they might be bellevo b levo effective tre In stifling the rebellion f lon lonI I of o the lh which would follow the I h of or the revolution and andI I fortunate If It by any I could block the progress of ot such suh a U UP lM calamity n I have given en proof that 31 I was wa one who sought u ht liberty Ibert for tor our country countr and ald I leek It But Dut M I I I n a first step stel I Inflated upon tho develop development ment of ot the tho in order olter that by means mens of or education of oC labor they might acquire the tho proper Individual character and td force which would make them worthy of oC ll I In my writings I 1 commended to you ou study and virtue virtu without which our redemption does not exist I oun not do 11 than condemn and I ilo condemn this and InlOe Insurrection to planned 1 behind my back balik which in I be bt before fore the and dl r lid 11 us with who otherwise would cue In II our behalf I abominate lit 18 disavow ny kind of ot connection with wIlI It I regretting with wih all the sorrow of oC my 1 soul Foul that Ulft Ihl men have to be deceived TAt Let th Ihm m return then to their and mn God pardon thoe thae who have acted In bad Il faith AMERICAN A POLICY This rne embodied precisely tho te avowed policy poley upon which th American government has hal In Inthe the Philippines What the patriot 1 al wild with wih such sueh force In II speaking of ot tho insurrection before hetor we cam to 10 the Hie Islands applies with tenfold greater creater lorel loice to thine who foolishly tool or Ir wickedly opposed the tle mild government gov we were Instituting ing In the The Th judgment of ot tho martyred public servant ervant whose birthday the Philippine ll celebrate whom they worship OH their hero and Ideal seta forth Corth the duty of American n duty from frol which the American people will n flinch While we have hae be n doing these groat rolt and lent works In the In Inlands I lands we have yet l been steadily re reducing reo the tho cost COlt at they the are done Tho last laRt Congress Conr sl the law for forthe tr the war taxes anti and the war department has hus reduced the tho army fr Crem m tho max maximum mi number of oC one hundred allowed under the law to very r nearly learl the tha minimum of oC sixty thousand LEGISLATION J FOR Fon ARMY Moreover r the lost last Congress enact enacted encl ed ell Home ome admirable legislation affecting the tho army ann passing first of ot all ni the mill 11 bill i and then thun the tho bill hi to create a n general staff staf The Tho mita bill hi on II the realization of at a reform which had hal been championed Ineffectively by Washington and had hen been fruitlessly ever er since At lant wo we have taken from the statute sta tto books boll the tho obsolete lete low law of ot the revolutionary days find navo hao provided for tor aid to the tho national guard of ot the status I believe bellevo that no other great Aren t country has Mi such fine natural material for tor soldiers an os we have h It Is 18 the ob oh obvious duty dut of ot the tho nation of iho tho states to make mako such provision na ns will wl enable this volunteer soldiery to be or 01 organized with all ni possible rapidity In time of o war wor and all further furthermore more to help In every ever way the national guard In time of at pence The fhe militia mita law enacted by the Congress marks l the first long step over eyer token taken In this direction by tho national government GENERAL STAFF LAW The law Is 19 of oC Immense Importance and benefit to the regular army Individually 1 I would not ad admit ld mit that the American either officer or enlisted manis inferior to any nn other regular soldier olier In the world In fact If It It were worth while hlo to boast I should be tempted to say that Ue was tho best But there thero must be Jo proper training proper organization ond ad nd administration ministration In order to get et the best service out of ot even ven the best 3 This Thil IK Is the tho case ase such n small imry army as our o r scattered over oer a avast o vast a country We do not need a reg reI regular ular Ilar army but we do need to have hao our regular orm the very err best besl that con cnn possibly be produced Under the and Ind Ineffective organization which Ills his existed n sudden strain Is absolutely certain to the dislocation and confusion we w saw l at nt the outbreak of at the war with Spain und when such Ruch dislocation and contu confusion sion sian it Is 19 easy en y natural but entirely Improper lr to blame tho men who happen to be In orce instead of ot the system which Is really realy responsible ARMY AmI ANU NAVY NA Under the law II just enacted by h Con this system will wi be bl changed Im Immensely m for tor the tho better anti every eer pa patriotic 11 American merlc n ought to rejoice for tor when we come to the nimy nm and the thc navy we deal the honor lay lh and In Interests of ot all al our people and ond when such Is the case party lines are as all noth In and we nil ni stand shoulder to 10 ns Americans moved only by pride In and love Jove for tOI our common coun country country try Un In Chicago April Apri Election day do opened clear and cool col and there Is every epry Indi Indication cation that n heavy vote ote will 1 be hell held The fact that Harrison IM concede to tobe tobo be bo the logical Democratic candidate long before he primaries and the live lively lve ly I contest between n Stewart and Harlan larlan for tor the Republican nomination nO aroused unusual Interest in lollas and It Is will wi result In |