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, in reference to the encourage ,,oSe t of American shipping; but it rlt tn mc that the proposed meas •'em& as nearly unobjectionable as re ran be It Will of course benefit " -Lari v our seaboard States, such as ■ZeLouliam, and Washington; ft what benefits part of our people in i1t !! benefits all; just as Govern-, 'L aid w irrigation and forestry n uvst is really of benefit, not only ,fthc Rocky Mountain States, but to !. our country. If it prove impractic e to enact a law for the encourage of shipping generally, then at Z provision should be made for bet '! communication with South Amen notably for fast mail lines to the h'ipf South American ports. It is dis ' Citable to us that our business peo ",f for lack of direct communication the shape of lines of steamers with n'lth America, shouid in that great ' continent be at a disadvantage >mpared to the business people of urope. _ . i Currency Reform. l especially call your attention to .„i second subject, the condition of our •urrencv laws. The national bank act as ably served a great purpose in aid is the enormous business develop ment of the country; and within ten pnr* there has been an increase in cir- I'SSU per OHO ftom $21.41 to OS For several vears evidence has oeen accumulating that additional leg nation is needed. The recurrence of -ch crop season emphasizes the de pots of the present laws. There must oon be a revision of them, because to > aV e them as they are means to incur ability or business disaster. Since our body adjourned there has been a actuation in the interest on call wney from 2 per cent, to 30 per cent.; nd the fluctuation was even greater nring the preceding six months. The Secretary of the Treasurer had to step 1 and by wise action put a stop to the iost violent period of oscillation. iSv i worse than such flfluctuation is the ~jvance in commercial rates and the uncertainty felt in the sufficiency of redit even at high rates. All commer ial interests suffer during each crop eriod. Execessive rates for call mon y in New York attract money from he interior banks into the speculative eld: this depletes the fund that would henvise be available for commercial ses, and commercial borrowers are ;rced to pay abnormal rates; so that ach fall a tax. in the shape of increas d niterest charges, is placed on the bole commerce of the country. The mere statement of these facts -hows that our present system is ser uisly defective. There is need of a lange. Unfortunately, however, many the proposed changes must be ruled om consideration because they are implicated, are not easy of compre ssion. and tend to disturb existing ?hts and interests. We must also .le out any plan which would mater •lly impair the value of the "United ates 2 per cent, bonds now pledged secure circulation, the issue of which as made under conditions peculiarly • editable to the Treasury. I do not less an:* especial plan. Various plans ave recently been proposed by ex i ert committees of bankers. Among he plans which are possibly feasible nd which certainly should receive "our consideration is that repeatedly •bought to your attention by the pres • it Secretary of the Treasury, the es "•ntial features of which have been by many prominent bankers ;a d business men. According to this lan national banks should be permit -d to issue a specified proportion of heir capital in notes of a given kind, he issue to be txed at so high a rate •s to drive the notes back when not •anted in legitimate trade. This plan ould not permit the issue if currency 1 give banks additional profits, but 5 meet the emergency presented by mes of stringency. I do not say that this is the right stem. I only advance it to empha ize my belief that there is need for the (option of some system which' shall v automatic and open to all sound •nks. so as to avoid all possibility and favoritism. ..e law should be amended so as -necificai],. to provide that the funds -k e . customs duties may be treat -U by the Secretary of the Treasury ■ no treats funds obtained the ternal-revenue laws. There should a considerable increase in bills of ihnni i i eno . m i nat i° n s. Permission jnriJ f. 8 1VG n banks, if necessary their ? ettl . ed . restrictions, to retire than ( j ll(ndat ' on to a larger amount tuan three millions a month. Philippine Tariff. to l nrn, S -\ earnestly hope that the bill f a lower for or else ; ucts \viii rC i 2 tiale in Phili PP in e pro ,-iH become a law. No harm ndwhnV, 0 an v.American industry; eal nii. 0 . re will be some small but he rST benefit t0 the Filipinos, will come b 7 the ill in h " lade as to our purpose to do • '» our power for their welfare. Anrr* 0 . Rican Affairs. flte 1 -,ri c citizens of Porto Rico. houM [.I , ° f , San Juan in Por to Rico xpenso nf ♦ k ancl improved. The Itico shm.L tl ? e feder al court of Porto TrcasuS T i 8 "If . from the Federal 'ffairs of t> i ;iflmi nistration of the ho? e of th^Ph-i^ 10 ?' together with our otl.-r • I , hlllI)pm3 ' Hawaii, and ■ll i, O - >r« lar Possessions, should r ;ent ■i v "l one exec utive depart * State Vr P tvi nce the De Partment er tho Department of War. Hawaii. ' y er' Ji'l r ','h n , " awaii ar e peculiar; a.l orr r-r rt , glVen tbe islands : evelon ft, s bould be unceasing to omnuinit. a '?, ng the lines of the treat n r" ?' sma ' l freeholders, not of ites t te ; rs 1 with coolie-tilled es :i the r, ! f ted , \ s this Territory is, ■atiev ? Pacific, there are ' v !'i,f, c upon this small com -ree'o.. rn,! Ch do n ot fall in like de communis ° ther Ameri " latino- u warrants our m which from the way is to nr v treat Territories contigu >ries o r ofh " rr ° l i n(led b y sister Terri ettin- aKif ] f ; T f States - and Justifies the ues to' iir ' a Portion of our reve n'' i-»t. rnJi XP . eneded 0r educational 'Jawaii i« „ improvements therein. mmiZT makins an to a* Vi'S" in tie end to as rl!l CS !" d bnr iens o( full t) " leaders inn?' anl wherever f those ic-i nri ? „ e various industries ; nd heartn'v • i fmal, y ad opt our ideals '*deav,. r f n ' oln our administration in • '"J. to develop a middle class of substantial citizens, a way will then be found to deal with the commerical and industiral problems which now appear to them so serious. The best Americanism is that which aims for stability and permanency of porsper ous citizenship, rather than immediate returns on large masses of capital, i Alaska. - Alaska's needs have been partially met, but there must be complete re organization of the government sys tem, as I have before indicated to you. I ask your especial attention to this. Our fellow-citizens who dwell on the shores of Puget Sound with character istic energy are arranging to hold in Seattle the Alaska Yukon Pacific Ex position. Its special aims include the upbuilding of Alaska and the develop ment of American commerce on the Pacific Ocean. This exposition, in its purpose and scope, should appeal not only to the people of the Pacific slope, but to the people of the United States :at large. Alaska since it was bought 1 has yieled to the Government eleven millions of dollars of revenue, and has produced nearly three hundred mil lions of dollars in gold, and fish. When properly developed it will become in large degree a land of homes. The countries bordering the Pacific Ocean have a population more numerous than that of all the counties of Europe; their annual foreign commerce amounts to over three bijiions of dol lars, of which the share of the United States is some seven hundred millions of dollars. If this trade were thoroly understood and pushed by our manu facturers producers, the industries not only of the Pacific slope, but of all onur country, and particularly of our cotton growing States, would be great ly benefited. Of course, in order to gdt these benefits, we must treat fairly the countries with which we trade. International Morality. It is a mistake, and it betrays a spirit of foolish cynicism, to maintafh that all internationl governmental ac tion is, and must ever be based upon mere selfishness, and that to advance ethical reasons for such action is al ways a sign o£ hypocricy. This is no more necessarily true of the rfction of governments than of the action of indi viduals. It Js a sure sign of a base nature always to ascribe base motives for the actions of others. Unquestion ably no nation can afford to desregard proper considration of self-interest, any more than a private individual can so do. But it is equally true that the average private individual in any really decent community does many actions with reference to other men in which he is guided of others, by a disinterested purpose to do good to others, and to raise the tone of the communKy as a whole. Similarly, a really great nation must aften act, and as a matter of fact often does act, to ward other nations in a spirit not in the least of mere self-interest, but paying heed chiefly to ethical reasons; and as the centuries go by this dis interestedness in international action, this tendency of the individuals com prizing a nation to require that nation to act with justice toward its neigh bors. steadily grows and strengthens. It is neither wise nor right for a na tion to disregard its own needs, and it is foolish—and may be wicked —to think that other nations will disregard theirs. But it is wicked for a nation only to regard its own interest, and foolish to believe that such is the sole motive that actuates any other nation. It should be our steady aim Jo raise the ethical standard of national ac tion just as we strive to raise the eth ical standard of individual action. Not only must we treat all nations fairly, but we must treat with justice and good will immigrants who come here under the law. Whether they are Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; whether they come from England or Germany, Russia, Japan, or Italy, mat ters nothing. All we have a right to question is the man's conduct. If he is honest and upright in his dealings with his neighbors and with the State, then he is entitled to respect and good treatment. Especi ally do we need to remember our duty to the stranger within our gates. It ' is the sure, mark of a low civilization, a low morality, to abuse or discrimi nate or in any way humiliate such stranger who comes here lawfully and who is conducting himself properly. Remember this is incumbent on every American citizen, and it is of coure pe culiarly incumbent on every Govern ment official, whether of the nation or of the several States. I Cuba. I Last August an insurrection broke out in Cuba which it speedily grew evident that the existing Cuban Gov ernment was powerless to quell. This Government was repeatedly asked by the then Cuban Government to inter vene, and finally was notified by the President of Cuba that he intended to resign; that his decision wasvrrevoc able; that none of the other constitu tional officers would consent to carry on the Government, and that he was powerless to maintain order. It was evident that chaos was impending, and there was every probability that if 1 steps were not immediately taken by 1 this Government to try to restore or -1 der, the representatives of various Eu ropean nations in the island would ap ply to their respective governments for armed intervention in order to pro tect the lives and property of their cit izens. Thanks to the preparedness of our Navy, I was able immediately to ■ send enough ships to Cuba to prevent tthe situation from becoming hopeless; ' and furthermore dispatched to Cuba the Secretary of War and the Assist ant Secretary of the State, in order 1 that they might grapple with the sit uation on the ground. All efforts to secure an agreement between the con tending factions, by which they should themselves come to an amicable under standing and settle upon some modus vivendi—some provisional government cf their own—failed. Finally the Pres ident of the Republic resigned. The quorum of Congress assembled failed by deliberate purpose of its members, £o there was no power to act on his resignation, and the Government came to a halt. In accordarfee with the so - called Piatt amendment, which was I embodied in the constitution of Cuba, • I thereupon proclaimed a provisional - government for the island, the Secre tary of War acting as provisional gov l crnor until he could be replaced by Mr. Magoon, the late minister to Pan i ama and the governor of the Canal s Zone on the Isthmus; troops were sent i to support them and to relieve the 3 Navy, the expedition being handled with the most satisfactory speed and efficiency. The insurgent chiefs Im mediately agreed that their troops should lay down their arms and dis band; and the agreement was carried out. The provisional government has left the personnel of the old govern ment and the old laws, so far as might be, unchanged, and will thus adminis ter the island for a few months until tranquility can be restored, a new elec tion held, and a new government- in augurated. Peace has come in the isl and; and the harvesting of the sugar cane crop of the island, is about to proceed. When the election has been held and the new government inaugurated in peaceful and orderly fashion the pro visional government will come to an end. I take this opportunity of ex pressing upon behalf of the American people, with all possible solemnity, our most earnest hope that the people of Cuba will'realize the imperative need of preserving justice and keeping or der in the Island. The United States wishes nothing of Cuba except that it shall prosper morally and materially, and wishes nothing of the Cubans save that they shall be able to pre serve order among themselves and therefore to preserve their independ ence. If the elections become a farce, and if the insurrectionary habit be comes continued in the Island, it is ab solutely out of the question that the Island should continue independent; and the United States, which has as sumed the sponsorship before the civ ilized world for Cuba's career as a na tion, would again have to intervene and to see that the government was managed in such orderly fashion as to secure the safety of life and property. The path to be trodden by those who exercise self-government is always hard, and we should have every chari ty and patience with the Cubans as they tread this difficult path. I have the utmost sympathy with, and regard for, them; but I most earnestly adjure them solemnly to weigh their responsi bilities and to see that when'their new government is started it shall run smoothly, and with freedom from flag rant denial of right on the one hand and from insurrectionary disturbances on the other. The Rio Conference. The Second International Confer ence of American Republics, held in Mexico in the years 1901-2, provided for the holding of the third conference within five years, and committed the fixing of the I time and place and the arrangements for the conference to the governing board of the Bureau of American Republics, composed of the representatives of all the Ameri can nations in Washington. The board discharged the duty imposed upon it with marked fidelity and painstaking care, and upon the courteous invitation of the United States of Brazil, the con ference was held at Rio de Janerio, continuing from the 23d cf July to the » 29th of August last. Many subjects of j common interest to all the American j nations were discust by the conference j and the conclusions reached, embodied in a Series cf resolutions and propos ed conventions, will be laid before you upon the coming-in of-the final report of the American delegates. They con tain many matters of importance relat ing to the extension of trade, the in crease of communication, the smooth ! ing away of barriers to free inter course, and the promotion of a better knowledge and good understanding be tween the different countries represent ed. The meetings of the conference were harmonious and the conclusions were reached with substantial unani tmity. It is interesting to observe that s in the successive conferences which have been held, the representatives of th different Amrr'can nations have • ively, for, while the first Conference in Washington in 1889, and the Second ' Conference in Mexico in 1901-2, occu pied many months, with much time wasted in an unregulated and fruitless discussion, the Third Conference at ' Rio exhibited much of the facility in the practical dispatch of business which characterizes permanent delib erative bodies, and completed its lab ors within the period of six weeks orig inally allotted for its sessions. Central America. Last June trouble which had existed for some time betweer the Republics of Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras culminated in war —a war which . threatened to be ruinous to the coun tries involved and very destructive to the commercial interests of Ameri cans, Mexicans, and other foreigners who are taking an important part in the development of these countries. The thoroly good understanding which ! exists between the United States and Mexico enabled this Government and , that of Mexico to unite in effective | meditation between the warring Re publics; which meditation resulted, not without long-continued and patient effort, in bringing about a meeting of , the representatives of the hostile pow ! ers on board a United States warship | as neutral territory, and peace was , there concluded; a peace which result : ed in the saving of thousands of lives and in the prevention of an incalculable amount of misery and the destruction of property and of the means of livli , hood. The Rio Conference past the ' following resolution in reference to this action: "That the Third International Ameri j can Conference shall address to the . Presidents of the United States of America and of the United States of L Mexico a note in which the conference . which is being held at Rio express . its satisfaction at the happy results of their mediation for the celebration of t peace between the Republics of Guate . j mala, Honduras, and Salvador." 11 Panama Trip. * • _! I have just returned from a trip to j Panama and shall report to you at t length later on the whole subject of the Panama Canal. 5 1 The Algeciras Convention. J The Algeciras Convention, which was signed by the United States as well 5 as by most of the powers of Europe, j supersedes the previous convention of _ 1880, which was *lso signed both by 3 the United States • and a majority of ( the European powers. This treaty [ confers upon us equal commercial _ rights with all European countries and . does not entail a single obligation of r any kind upon us, and I earnestly .' hope it may be speedily ratified. To refuse to ratify it would merely mean t that we forfeited our commercial rights j in Morocco and would not achieve another object of any kind. In the (* t event of such refusal we would be left for the first time In a hundred and I twenty years without any commercial treaty with Morocco; and this at a time when we are everywhere seeking new markets and outlets for trade. ' , Fur Seals. The destruction of the Pribilof Isl ands fur seals by pelagic sealing still continues. The herd which, according to the surveys made in 1874 by direc tion of the Congress, numbered 4,700,- 000, and which, according to the sur vey of both American and Canadian commissioners in 1891, amounted to 1,000,000, has now been reduced to about 180,000. This result has been brought about by Canadian and some other sealing vessels killing the female seals while in the water during their annual pilgrimage to and from the south, or-in search of food. As a rule the femaleseal when killed is preg nant, and also has an unweaned pup on land, so that, for each skin taken by pelagic sealing, as a rule, three lives are destroyed—the mother, the unborn offspring, and the nursing pup, which is left to starve to death. No damage whatever is done the herd by the care fully regulated killing on land; the custom of pelagic sealing is solely re sponsible for all of the presentevil, and is alike indefensible from the econom ic standpoint and from the standpoint of humanity. The regulations have proved plainly inadequate to accomplish the object of protection and preservation of the fur seals, and for a long time the Govern ment has been trying to secure in vain from Great Britain such revision and modification of the regulations as were contemplated and provided for by the award of the Tribunal of Paris. The process of destruction has been accelerated during recent years by the appearance of a number of Japa nese vessels engaged in pelagic seal ing. As these vessels have not been bound even by the inadequate limita tions prescribed by the Tribunal of Paris, they have paid no attention either to the close season or to the sixty-mile limit imposed upon the Can adians, and have prosecuted their work up to the very islands them selves. On July 16 and 17, the crews from several Japanese vessels made raids upon the island of St. Paul, and before they were beaten off by the very meager and insufficiently armed guard, they succeeded in killing sev eral hundred seals and carrying off the skins of most of them. Nearly all the seals killed were females and the work was done with frightful barbari ty. Many of the seals appear to have been skinned alive £nd many were found half skinned and still alive. The raids were repelled by the use of fire arms, and five of the raiders were kill ed, two were wounded, and twelve cap tured,, including the two wounded. Those captured have since been captur- Those captured have since been tried and sentenced to imprisonment. An , attack of this kind had been wholly un- J loookt for, but such provision of ves • sels, arms and ammunition will now ! be made that its repetition will not be ! found profitable. Suitable representations regarding the incident have been made to the .Government, of ,,afld we, arc as sured that all practicable measures will be taken by that country to pre vent any recurrence of the outrage. On our part, the guard on the island will be increased, and better equipped and organized, and a better revenue cutter patrol service about the islands will be established; next season a United States war vessel will also be sent there. We have not relaxed our efforts to secure an agreement with Great Bri tain for adequate protection of the seal herd, and negotiations with Japan for the same purpose are in progress. Second Hague Conference. In my last message I advised you that the Emperor of Russia had taken the initiative in bringing about a sec ond peace conference at The Hague. Under the guidance of Russia the ar rangement of the preliminaries for such a conference has been progress ing during the past year. Progress has necessarily been slow, owing to the great number of countries to be con sulted upon every question that has arisen. It is "a matter of satisfaction that all of the American Republics have now, for the first time, been in vited to join in the proposed confer ence. Peacs and Righteousness. It must ever be kept in mind that war is not merely justifiable, but im perative, upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can on ly be obtained by the sacrifice of con scientious conviction or of national welfare. Peace is normally a great good, and normally it concludes with nghteousness; but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keep ing. Neither can a nation, which is an entity, and which does not die as in dividuals die, refrain from taking thought for the interest of the genera tions that are to come, no less than for the interest of the generation of today; and no public men have a right, whether from shortsightedness, from selfish indifference, or from sentimen tality, to sacrifice national interests which are vital in character. A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosper ous peace obtained by acquiesence in wrong or injustice. Moreover, tho it is criminal for a nation's soul than the criminal for a nation to prepare for war, so that it may escape the dreadful consequences of being defeated in war, yet it must always be hemembered that even to be defeated in war may be far better than yot to have fought at all. As has been well and finely ; said, a beaten nation is not necessarily a disgraced nation; but the nation or man is disgraced if the obligation tc defend right is shirked. We should as a nation do everything in our power; for the cause of honorable peace. It i& morally as indefensible for a nation to commit a wrong upoc another nation, strong or weak, as foi an individual thus to wrong his fellows We should do all in our power to has ' ten the day when there shall be peace , among the nations —a peace based upoi ; justice and not upon cowardly submis sion to wrong. We can accomplish £ ' good deal in this direction, but we car not accomplish everything, and the ' penalty of attempting to do too muct tou'd almost inevitably be to do worse than nothing; for it must be remember ed that fantastic extremists are not in reality leaders of the causes which they- espouse, but are ordinarily those who do most to hamper the real, lead-: ers of the cause and to damage the i ' cause itself. As yet there is no likeli- j hood of establishring any kind of inter national power, of whatever sort,J which can effectually check wrongdo-i ing, and in these circumstances it would be both a foolish and an evil thing for a great' and free to de prive itself of the power to protect its own rights and even in exceptional cases to stand up for the rights of others. Nothing would more promote' iniquity, nothing would further defer j the reign upon earth of peace and righteousness, than for the free and en lightened peoples which, tho with :iiuch stumbling and many shortcomings, nevertheless strive toward justice, de ' liberately to render themselves iower less while leaving every despotism and i barbarism armed and able to work their wicked will. The chance for the settlement of disputes peacefully, by, > arbitration, now depends mainly upon; ■ the possesion by the nations that mean i to do right of sufficient armed strength ■ to make their purpose effective, i: The Navy and Army. ■ ! The United States Navy is the sur-. ; est guarantor of peace which this I country possesses. It is earnestly to ' be wisht that we would profit by the ! teachings of history in this matter.' * A strong and wise people will study its - own failures no less than its triumphs, L for there is wisdom to be learned from j 1 the study of both, of the mistake as > well as of the success. For this pur-' ! pose nothing could, be more instructive than a rational study of the war of! l 1812, as it is told, for instance, by Cap r tain Mahan. There was only one way - in which that war could have been - avoided. *lf during the preceding i twelve years a navy relatively as, - strong as that which this country now E has, there never would have been the i slightest necessity of fignting the war; 5 and if the necessity had arisen the war - would under such circumstances have r ended with our speedy and overwhelm-j - ing triumph. But our people during } these twelve years refused to make any I » preparations whatever, regarding eith-i I er the Army or the Navy. They saved; i a million or two of dollars by so doing; i 1 and in mere money paid a hundredfold - for each million they thus saved dur-; f ing the three years of war which fol-: 1 lowed —a war which brought untold 1 i suffering upon our people, which at - one time threatened the gravest na- ! > tional disaster, and which, in spite of i the necessity of waging it, resulted j merely in what was in\ffect a drawn - battle, while the balance of defeat and - triumph was almost even. \ I do not ask that we continue to in . crease our Navy. I ask merely that it - be maintained at its present strength; 1 and this can be done only if we replace j l the obsolete and outworn ships by new - and good ones, the equals of any afloat - in any navy. Tos top building ships ; for one year means that for that year » the Navq goes back instead of forward. In both the Army and the Navy * there is urgent need that everything 3 possible should be done to maintain * the highest .standard for the personnel,. 3 alike as regards the officers and tenlist i- ed men. I do not believe that in any . service there is a finer body of enlist -1 ed men and of junior officers than we 1 have in both the Army and the Navy, j i- including the Marine Corps. All possi -3 ble encouragement to the enlisted men i should be given, in pay and otherwise, ■ 3 and everything practicable done to ren- j der the service attractive to men of > the right type. They should be held to - the strictest discharge of their duty, 1 and in them a spirit should be encour r aged which demands not the mere per formance of duty, but tse performance of far more than duty, if it conduces to x the honor and the interest of the Amer j ican nation; and in return the amplest consideration should be theirs. The readiness and efficiency of both I r the Army and Navy in dealing with r the recent sudden crisis in Cuba illus trate afresh their value to the Nation. 3 This readiness and efficiency would 3 have been very much less had it not . been for the existence of the General 3 Staff in the Army and the General j Board in the Navy; both are essential 3 to the proper development and use of. our military forces afloat apd ashore. The troops that were sent to Cuba .were handled flawlessly. It was thei •swiftest mobilization and .dispatch of t troops over sea ever accomplished byj our Government. The expedition land -1 ed ccwnp'etely equipped and ready for immediate service, several of its or ganizations hardly remaining in Hava j na over night before splitting up into t detachments and going to their several j posts. It was a fine demonstration 8 of the value and efficiency of the Gen- B eral Staff. Similarly, it was owing In j largt part to the General Board that j the Navy was able at the outset to 1 meet the Cuban crisis with such in stant efficiency; ship after ship ap g pearing on the shortest notice at any threatened point, while the Marine T Corps in particular performed indis * pensible service. The Army and Navy j War Colleges are of incalculable value j to the two services, and they cooper ate with constantly increasing effici- ency and importance. L . The Congress has most wisely pro g vided for a National Board for the pro t motion of rifle practice. Excellent re a suits have already come from this law, but it does not go far enough. 1 Our Regular Army is so small that in g great war we should have to trust e mainly to volunteers; and in such r events these volunteers should already know how to shoot; for if a soldier . has the fighting edge, and ability to take care of himself in the open, his efficiency on the line of battle is al- most directly proportionate to excel lence in marksmanship. We should es- tablish shooting galleries in all the £ large public and military schools, should maintain national target ranges in different parts of the country, and should in every way for ® mation of rifle clubs thruout all parts I of the land. The little Republic of Switzerland offers us an excellent ex r ample in all matters connected with _ building up an efficient citizen soldi ,l ery * THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ® THE WHITE HOUSE, g-' a Save up your pennies and your heirs n will squander your dollars. 0 jj Sertne children fear the dark as much as some men fear the light. Mrs. Sarah J, Windrom t v»Ov. * • vflfl v • wTMMflpg l jraGA. :2]Mra*|s|9K| P 80 ■ Jb i Mr-i. Farr.li J. wiuarom of Chicago, cousin cf Zacaary Taylor, twelfth pre siden; cf t:ie United States, and grand niece of Alexander Hamilton, who sign ed th? Deration cf Indopendence, says: I "yV:: l a Gcdsond to old people. I ' am 7»J years t id, but have a heart" ap petite, sleep soundly, and feel active j tive rnd well today, thanks to Vinol. When I was young cod liver oil was' dispensed in a greasy, unpalatable form, and it fairly gagged unpalatable form, and it fairly gaged me to get it very palatable and nourishing to im -1 poverished blood. It is the finest tonic and strength creator I ever used in my life." | Vinol is a real cod liver preparation, from which the useless oil lia3 besn eli j minated and tonic iron added. | Try Vinol on our guarantee. E. B. ( Menzies, Druggist. OPENING OF BIG PASTURE. Busy Day at Lawton Land Office — ; Thousands of Farmers for Okla homa- Lawton, 0k1a... Dec. 4. —This was the busiest day in the history of the Law ! ton land office. It was .ne first day for I receiving bids 'on the unallotted por ; tions of the 505,000 acres in the Kiowa- J-Comanche-Apache reservation. The ' bids are to be received during the en | the week and if the record of the open ; ing day is taken as a criterion it would , not be surprising if the total number j of bids exceeded 2">.OO0. This means that thousands of new farms and thousands of industrious ! citiscus will be added to the re sources of the new State.of Oklahoma by next spring. Under the law no bid of less than $5 an acre will be consid : ered. Each bidder may put in as many ; proposals as he desires, but the maxi j mum to be sold to any one bidder is j limited to a single quarter section. The ; bids will be opened one week from to ; day. j The great pasture thrown open is watered on its southern edge by the Red river and contains a large area of very fertile land. Its opening to white settlement leaves in Oklahoma only one other large reservation, the opening of which will probably not be long delayed. This is tho 300,000 acres of the segregated coal and asphalt II lands of the Chickasaws and Choc-, '. taw 3, in the southern part of the In , dian Territory. This reservation | abounds not only in valuable mineral deposits, but in fertile land which has remained a wilderness by reason of Its segregation. A vegetable corrective for the stom ; achs of babies and children with the ! name of each ingredient in plain Eng -1 lish on every bottle, that is Caseas weet, the ileal medicine for the little ones. Contains no opiates. Conforms fully with National Pure Food and Drug Law Write E. C. DeWitt & Cd., Chicago, 111., for the "Baby Book." Sold by C. W. Shuford and W. S. Mar tin. Times-Democrat Summary. New Orleans, Dec. 4.—Cotton mar ket sentiment, being at best little better than a fickle jade, played into the hands of the bear faction and yes- J terday's prices recession was brought I about easily enough in the glare of | spectacular endeavor. Under the cir | cumstances some spot owners who i have been driving good bargains be ' j cause of the urgent nature of the de i mand for desirable cotton, evidenced j less inclination to hold for the limit .; the spot short is able to pay, hence • the actual stuff co-operated to an ex tent. Thei*e is, however, as yet no ■ proof that the yield of the spinnable i American grown cotton will exceed the . season's requirements, consequently the situation now depends entirely ; upon the near future of the Southern spot markets. 1 E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, at • whose laboratory Kodol is prepared • assure us that this remarkable digest ant and corrective for the stomach con -1 i forms fuly to all provisions of the Na tional Pure Food and Drug Law. The Kodol laboratory is a very large one, I but if all the sufferers from indigestion and stomach troubles could know the virtues of Kodol it would be impossi ble for the manufacturers to keep up with the demand. Kodol is sold, here II by C. W. Shuford and W. S. Martin. ' PHOTOGRAPHIC PRAYER PROOF. 1 Science Lends Aid ir. Demonstrating Answer to Supplications. , j Paris, December 4.—Dr. Baraduc, ~ lecturing on the curative force ob , served during the last pilgrimage to . Lourdes and the scientific physiology . of miracles declared that the chief . factor was the force of prayer ascend . ing from 60,000 pilgrims which caus , ed a rain of mercy to descend in the form of tiny drops, the photo-chemical j action of which produced the same im [ pression on ten photographic plates . inclosed in radiographic paper, which } were exposed in the grotto of Our Lady f of Lourdes. Two plates similarly ex . | posed in Piscina showed an entirely i different impression. Dr. Baradac displayed these plates and also negatives made at Lourdes, but not submitted to the action of the curative force. He also displayed neg atives made ?.t r. pleasure fair in Paris. 3 The latter gave no result, which Dr. I Baradac ascribed to the nonpolarized *' action of the vibrations of the multi i tudes, which were not con centrated as at Loures. . * / Church Makes Fine Showing Corresponding Secretary Johnson Gives Out Statements Regarding Excellent Condition of Baptist Denomination. Raleigh, December 4. —Before leav ing the city for Greensboro to-day, to attend the meeting of the Baptist State Convention which convenes in that city to-morrow, Corresponding Secretary Livingston Johnston made l üblic some interesting statistics, re garding the progress of his church in the State and mission field for the past year. The church now has a white mem bership of over 200.000. There were 11,000 baptisms during the past year, 2,000 more than for any previous year. There were also 2,000 additions in the mission field and more money was raised for missions than ever before. The State Board of Missions is now out of debt, all interests of the de nomination are in fine shape with Wake Forest and the Baptist Univer sity for Women clamoring for more room. W. N. Jones, of Raleigh, is president of the -convention and will be re-elected. State Board of Internal Improve ments, under the direction of gover nor Glenn to-day began an investiga tion of charges against Superintend ent E. McK. Goodwin, of the State Deaf and Dumb School at Morganton. The charges were preferred by J. A. Tillinghast, now of Columbia. S. C., but formerly a member- of the faculty of the institution. The charges are favoritism and improper use of the funds. i Back-ache, cold hands and feet, rheu matism and kindred ailments causer' by improper action of the kidneys yield readily to a short treatment of De- Wit's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They quickly drive the poisons from the sys tem and thus afford relief. A week's treatment for 25c. Recommended and sold by C. W. Shuford and W. S. Mar tin. SPAIN'S MINISTRY UNPOPULAR. Hoots In Chamber and Demonstration in Front of Royal Palace. Madrid, Spain, December 4. —The change in the ministry displeases the public and is causing angry ferment. Prime Minister Moret and his col leagues were hooted in the chamber yesterday. Ex-Prime Minister Domin guez was loudly cheered. It is stated that the letter's spfeech in the Senate explaining the causes of his resigna tion, which reflected adversely on Se nor Moret, greatly impressed King Alfonso. The popular dissatisfaction sought an outlet in a demonstration in' front " of the royal palace to-day. The pro ject, which was initiated by students of the university, was prevented by the precautions taken by the governor of the city, who posted numerous po lice to guard against disorders. In political circles to-night the sit uation is regarded as serious. It is declared that unless Senor Moret dis solves the Cortes he cannot govern. There are rumors of the probability of the conservatives coming into pow er under Cenor Haura. The pending troubles with the church and with Morrocco make the position extremely difficult. Open the bowels and get the cold out of your spstem. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup opens the bowels and at mucous membranes. Contains Honey and Tar. Drives out the cold and stops the cough. Absolutely free from any Pure Food and Drug Law. Pleasant to taKe. Sold by C. W. Shuford and • W. S. Martin. KILLED ON THE WAY TO BANK. Burglars Feared by Aged Woman Come a Moment Too Late. Pittsburg, Pa., December 4. —Fear- ing that her home would be visited by burglars, Miss Nancy McConnell, an aged and eccentric; woman of West moreland county, started for the bank with several thousand dollars in cash which she had kept in the house for months, only to be run over and in stantly killed by a train. She had harldly left the house when the expected burglars arrived and lotted the place. To add to the furth er complications, at least half a doz en wills disposing of her estate, which is valued at almost $1,000,000 have been found, and what will undoubtedly develop into one of the greatest will contests ever fought in the local courts has already been started. By the will bearing the latest date, which was found in a safe deposit box at the Union Trust Company this after noon, the aged woman leaves her en tire fortune to the American Bible So ciety, of New York, naming Dr. John Van Voorhis, of Belle Vernon, Pa., as the sole executor. The last will, which gives all to the Bible Society, will be probated, and it is believed it will be the one that iwll stand in the courts. ing is ouite as pood as an application of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Put it on before going to bed, use an old pair of gJoves end see what a differ i enc ethe morning will bring. Sold by C. W. Shuford and W. S. Martin. And it sometimes happens that there is no harmony in the home of a music composer. December S. 1906. It is a, mistake to use a violent cath artic to open the bewels. A gentle , movement will accomplish the same re sults without causing distress or seri- Little Earlv Risers are recommended. Sold by C. W. Shuford and W. S. Mar tin. It is almost beter to be married than never to have been engaged.