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ran in ? Mr. laatevtlt Maktt ItcMaeadi .. lions to Cm (rest ? . ;K SAYS COUNIRV IS PM'fttOilS Tariff, Our Foreign HcUtlons ?nd Other flittm of PwfcUc Pol'cy . irmer wl He refutation ot coflummbr doi?* an ?M( oftim -with woroxj mppnl*;. which u? i j?nfnNKR> The ex gSfcpSjr '. liiirrjBw - UrUcal on i-otttrary. these big aggrcga tloinj are an 1nov. table development of fnudern Industrialism, fthd tno or WCt to dee troy th?fc\ WOUld be futile unlegti accomplished in- wayt? that would VOi'k the u'.nont mischief to tile entire body politic. We van da nothing of good in th? way of regulat-' ?ng and tup^rvififtg these corporations uuUl wo Ax fclearly in our winds that we fl)? not attacking the corporations, b>it endeavoring to do away with uny evil in them; We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shfell bo bo handled y* to sub ?mrve tlie public good, We draw the line acalntt misconduct, not against wealth.' The capitalist who, alone or In conjunction with the follows, per' forms come great industrial feat l>> .which he wins money is a welldoer, not a wrongdoer, urovld?d only lie wprk? In proper and legitimate llne.i. We ^wlsh to favor auch a man when he does well. Wo wish to super vise and control hla actions only to prevent htm from doing HI. Iubllclty can do no harm to the honest corporation; ond we need not be overtender about Sparing the dishonest corporation. One way In which the readjustment sought can be reached la by reelprocl ty treaties. It la greatly to be deslr??u that such treacle? may be adopted. They can .be used to widen our mar kets and to gtva a greater field for the activities of our producers oh the on* hand, and on the other hand toj?eeure in practical: *hftpe the lowering of duties when they mre no longer need ed for protection among our own peo ple. or when the minimum of damage mftv K/t /) I f ?*/y ro ?*A <?/! . i bit sake of the maximum of good accom plished. If ft prove Impossible to rati ty the pending tieailes, and if there seem to be' n'o warrant for the en deavor to execute others, or to arnond (he pending- treaties so that they can be ratified, then the same end ? -to secure reciprocity? should be met by direct legislation. In continuing his discussion of the trust question the President argues IhftCWe should not In any way inter fere with the legitimate combination of capital which often results la cheapen in ft production. He further- argues j (hat such cbnditions as are hurtful to the public' should be throttled, even If it should become, necessary to adopt an amendment *to the conati^tion to meet the case. * PHIUPPlNdfifJSLANDS. On July 4 last, drx th? one hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary of tfe?.| declaration of our independence, peace and amnesty Were promulgated in thR Philippine Islands. Some trouble bus since from time to time threatened with the Mohammedan Moron, but with the late insurrectionary Filipinos the war has entirely ceased.- , CivV? government has now been An\Vo duced.' N6t oftljr doe? rach fctlvpino -enjoy such-rights to life; liberty, and the pursuit .of happiness as he has never before known during the ro corded history of the islands, but the people taken as a whole now enjoy a measure of self-government greater than (hat granted to any other Orientals by any foreign power and greater than that enjoyed by any other Orientals under their own sofi crnments, save the Japanese alalia. We have not gone too faY in granting these rights of liberty and self -govern ment; but we liave certainly gone ta the limit thai in 'the Interests of the Philippine people themselves it was wise or just to go. To tvbrry matters', to go f astfr than we ajre how going, would entail calamity on' tb^ people cf ,thc islands. No policy ever entered into By %he American people haa vln ^icated itaelJL irt iBOte .signal manner than the policy of holding the Philip pines. Tho triumph of our Arms, above all the tr^unpb of our* laws .and prin ciple^, has come sooner than we M any ' ; right to expect, m much praise can not be given to the Army for what it has done in the Philippines both in warfare and from an administrative titepdpoln': In preparing the way for civil govern ment; and similar credit belongs to (he clvtl^nthorltleB for the way in which they nave planted the ^ seeds of self government in the ground thus made ready "for them. The courage, the un flinching endurance, the high soldierly efficiency, and the general kind-heart edness and humanity of our troops have been strikingly manifested. There , now remain only some flfteeb^housand/j troops in the islands. All toftt,vfiy?r one hundred thousand have been sent 1 there. Of. course, there have been indl vidual inewneesof wrongdoing among them. They warred wider fearful olflfl culties of climate and surroundings; and iinnr the strain of the terrible provocations which they continually recelfetf~rroa" their foes, occassional iastaween of -omal:-retr>Hftt Ion-occurred. Every effort has been made to prevent such cruelties, and 'finally these efforts havo I cen completuiy successful. Every effort haa/alao been ;made to detest and punish tyr? wrohgdoier|L Aftfr making all allowance Tor th?*c misdeeds,* (| remain* ittne that ? few indeed have been tbft.- Instances in which war has been .ins jal'by '.'a civilized power sesjlclvilixe-.? or 'ba rbarous for. BW UJAllL-i wron^(jirw;>y the victor* as jlu ^ the J Phllt^lWjsfattds. on I ih*Smok?^?f difficult, 1 mporlanuwifl beneftcenT-woTk which h$s been done is wsllrillkWincalculable. -.?Haitinfthe^wk fflEwt. Army and , together, U-mny haJ Questioned whether: anywhere elee-fiSH mod*jfti?Ulnf*tt&A world' has seen a better dxatoyle' Of r**l constructive -ctatesmnnahlp thsu our people have gU oa ljl Jiliejfhi 11 oplpe; Islands-:, High praise shoal? {feo be given those Fill, pturit lft tlilrssxr^sats very namerou*, *ho%ave2K&L U?a is* conditio** number of good v-yxsiejj. ?. IVMb 'plexltv of I ho organizations through w^it h both labor und capita) n'?w fiiui ox pj opu J on. the steady tendency to wort! the employment of capita, In huge ocrporatloiis, a ltd the vvoudmVJ strides of this. country towutd leader ship la U"> International busltu^ world Justify an urgent demand To* the croation of such a position. Sub stantially all the leading commercial' bodies in 'this country have united .it requesting It# creation. It Is deniable that Home such measure as that which has already passed the Senate be on aeted Into law. The creation of such department would In Itself bo an advance toward dealing with and ?<? erelslng supervision over the whol* subject of 4he great corporations no lug an Interstate business; and with this end in view, the Congress should endow the department with large P0WC18*. which could b.e Increased a? experience might show the need. RKCiPROCITY WITH CUBA. I hope soon to submit to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. . On May 20 last the United States kepi ltd promise to thq Island by formally va cating Cuban pun and turning Cuba over to those whom her own people had chosen as th{> fiist olBclals of the pew Republic. 'ISTHMIAN CANAL. . Onrthe subject of an isthmian canal the President commends the aqtion of the past session of Congress. And makes further recommendation that the great work be undertaken as early 1 as practicable. ' j Arbitration between the ^ United States and the foreign powers la ro ' commendco - where poanibie. The army has been reduced to the minimum allowed by law. it is small for sq. largo a nation. We can tfke pride lu^oth our officers and enlisted men. It is urged that the necessary ap propriations be- made for the ..con tinuanre of the naval manoeuvres.. Also, that the^ heccssary ofT.cors should be provided for the proper oversight of the ?nli*ted men. CIVIL SERVICE. Gratifying progress has been made during^he year inthe extension of the merit system of making appointments lu the Government service. It should 1 be extended fey law to the District of Columbia. It is much to be dpairej that our consular system be establish ed by law }on a basis providing for ap pointment and promotion only in con sequence of proVed fitness. irrigation. The message suggests the reclama tion of the arid land* by irrigation and also the protection of game. L'OILTO RICO. Of Porto Rico it Is only necessary s-7 tbat the prosperity of the island and wisdom with wbloti It has been governed hare been such as to make it serve as an example of all that Is beat in insular administration. In dealing with the Indians our aim fchoutd be to absorb them in<o Uiq body politic. A large amount of educa tional work muat be done among them. * Continuing the President argues that irrigated -land should provide the former with a never failing source of revenue. ? 0 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. . The President recommends special care for tbe Snfttbsonian Institution, and commends its good work. DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA. A number of recommendations fol low concerning the proper government of the district. RAILWAY EMPLOYES. The recommendation for th^ - en actment of laws for the protection of railway employes Is concise and -pointed, . j -THB.E08TAL DEPARTMENT. : The striking infireate in the revenues of the Poat-Offlce Department Shows clearly the prosperity of our people and the increasing activity of the business of the country. - _ The receipts of the Post-OPce Dec, partment for the fiscal year ending June 30 lapt amounted to $121,848,041 26, an lncreasevof-f 10, 216, 853.8? over the preceding year, the largest Increase known In the history of the postal ser vice. The magnitude of this increase will best appear from <he fact that the. ' enilw postal receipts for the year 1860 amounted to but |8,518ft.f. Ruml free-delivery service Is \io longer in the experimental stag$; it ? has' become a fixed policy. The results following its introduction have fully | justified the Congress in tbe Tarse np propViatlons made for its establish, ment and extension. The average ycarjy increase la ppst-ofHce jocelpts ?n the rural districts of the c ountry ?.?? about two per cent. Weareriow able. S2Jfitt"! r,*!?!ts- to 8how ihat wners free-delivery cervico has been es iSl- j2;^ *ucb extent as to en aoie os to make comparisons the year ly Increase has been upward of ten per I On November J, 19^2. 11,650 rural I free-delivery routes fed been estab lished and were In operation, covering | about eiwililid o t the Itiiltorj ortfao [ Unltf^^.BUtem availablB for runUw* deHvtry acrvjce. There are . now ?#aitin* ilie action oT the Department: petitions and sppltoatloilrfor the ? tahHshwent of 16,748 additional routes. This shows conclusively the want jrbfch the rsiaMinhmtnt ortheservtce has netaadtfcaneed pf further ex*~ tending It M rapidly *% possible. It If; Jttstiaea. ifiaili tQr tlic iinapcjRt t%?ult* And by lit* -practical Uiiwlu io oar rural population; it brlo^* the men who live on the *oJl ioio cloiie reTa the active business world: ?r ihdaliyt&ach fflyi nhmtv the v atoe vi 3??S9?ittE' MAKY WERE RAIDED Another Moral Spasm Attacks City of New York ? GET EVIDENCE WITH DYNAMITA. ? , ? District Attorney Jerome Mak?s ? Senttdotul Riid on Gamblers in Fashionable Quarter. ? New York, Special, -'DUrt riot Attor ney Jerome's sensational rnWIa on al leged gambling reaorte begun aboi.l midnight Sunday night, were continual until 4:30 6'clopk Monday morning mid numerous small plecea were raided. The attacks on rtie latter, however, weio almost overlooked in the public interest which centered in the assaults on the mansions occupied by Itichard A. Canfleld ?t\d William llurbrldge which were entered by mear.s of lad ders, axes and sledges. The police al leged that Frank Farrell is interested in Uurbrldge'e place. Oraat quantities of costly "evidence''^ were carted away from those places by the polKC ??ut arrests were few. v- fv; Up to last night a general imprrs Minr* ..?"?y?tl*/j> Canfleld'b whkii is the heart of the fashionable up-town district, only a few 'doors* from Fifth avenue and near two celebrated res taurants, was a "Gibraltar" which could not be taken and a similar be lief prevailed in regard to Burbridgf's place, which was. especially protected by eteel doors, This place is in a cross Ftreet up-town. only half a block from Fifth avenue and a few steps from n celebrated hotel/ 9 Bo great waa yubHe interest aroused by the news of the raid on Canflald'a that people flocked to the neighbor hood unllT'lheiHteraection of Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street, the coi ner nearest Canfleld's, was blocked with carriages and people. After Bur bridge's tho raiders visited Ludlam's place, otherwise known aa the "Savor Club. They got one man there, a col ored subordinate employed about the. place. Jerome, Captain Poper, Inspector Brooks, several assistants to the dis trict attorneys and numerous detectives were busy In Laidlam'a place until after 4 o'clock this morning. Thoy blew ppen a safe _for evidence. r~. Earlier in the night the district at- J torney made many raids in the down ' town Italian quarter of alleged disor derly houscef These were "prelimina ries," as it wereV to the big. events, Caftfleld's and Bnrbridge's. District Attorney Jerome refused . to make any statement after ttls night's v;ork? .Captain of the Bast Fifty-flrat street station, In whose pre cinct the Canfleld place has been f6r years, declared tb the reporters jtnd others assembled that he had never CApeeted td ll^Jf to see anch an event as the radlng oT Canfleld's. . The raids were expeeted In every place visited. In CSnfield'a the^owner declared nothing had been ''doing" iOi' weeka. It was\nuch the aame in Bur brtdge's and l^udkun1*, although Josepl Jacobs, the Citizens' Union detective, last night declared he had played in every place. B?t that the raids ware to be made seemed to have reached the men Interested tori ?v?qr place was prepared aa 11 In Adftftiice. At Bur brldg<?*s\they even left w? great steel door ajarxnrty went into the bouse In the uausl *ay. Canfleld was not ar- , rested. TIHK report tt?*bat effect waa erroneous. H? Wte held ftl his bOUS*' for .Identification by % .detective who claimed to . have gambled .in tikis bouse, but the dt&ctlve said XJanfleld was bot tbe man who had dealt faro for bin*. Later the detectives said fe. ~W. Buck' Ho. waa thn man and ftteklla was ar? ^ML-Me laiatrt ta bfl Cihfield'a man David Bucklin and Sampel J. Smith, who were arrested lathe raids, were held In $1,000 for examination. Thomas McGi^ney, who waa arrested at Btir brldge's house, wni discharged. Hn?j For RM!b| on Negro C?r. New Orleans, 8peclBl.-~J. Alius Weta, one of tbs wealthiest cotton merchant* or New Orleans, was fined |25 for vio lating the separate car law. Ha sat on the aide reserved for negroes and re fused to go to the other compartment, where there was no empty seat. Nashville. Tenn., Special.? -The offi cial returns in tha late election have been compiled by the Secretary of 8tate and .show, a total vote . of 1 *1.149. This is a tHUus off of over 46 per cant, as compared wlthrthe vote of 1900 and of orer.12 per ceft, aa compared with the preceding offtdfal year. The vote '.a as follows: Kra*ler. 38,9(4; Campbell, SP.W?; ? jyfcL-, Hy fof ^>as|?si Pwaoorat, at ; Clf>rs?km Rctsrs to Woik "Havana, By Cable.? All possibility of another ge:pera| strike has ended, the dga? makers haVa voted la. return to wqrk a*? tM tucwrtaa werarwrajr* aa uaoal today. The detachment of ar tillery from Fort Cabanaa, which ha* baea guaAffig the public buildings in this ctty since the oatbraak ,of the strike, was MiarMT back to faarraadka. The pdlM lifa l ?ported to tfea *u? tbocUUs th^aMre?Ma ffom Bare# Ihii t ?>n |J)H . , KURA..J.'. Mjlj *o.ol;^Z iatljlaCtory Progress lias Bee.. In South Carolina. Columbia, 3|?oolu I. ? Congressman 4. P. Lover of this district spent a portion of Sunday in the city on his way la Washington to ho on hnnd when con^ grcss reconvene#. While hero he talked ' luost Interestingly about the growth und development of the rural delivery system, having spent considerable time In getting routes cstibllstied I.j his district. . ?> Mr. I. over Mni?l : "Only u few yours ago rural delivery was regarded as ft mostsuDuestionabie kind of an ex periment in the development of our postal system. While it was admitted lhat it was a most" excellent thing for ICnglaml qnd the thickly inhabited countries of Europe, where It had been iu successful operation for many jenrs, its application to our conditions get with little encouragement from the postal authorities in Washington, and the meagre appropriations made by a skeptical congress wore allowed to go unused by the department, and It is In very recent years that thero has been given it anything like sen nine tal authorities. v But Its marvelous tal a uthoritlcs. But it* marvelous growth and popularity are ubown in I the fact that congreto " nfWfTTWT otght years has gradually in leased the appropriation for purpose of Up extet*. sion from 110,000 to $7.BOO,COO in last session*, and. thia year Supt. Maehen, | whb all along has been its friend, Will ask for something like *12.000,000, And there is not shadow -of a doubt that r vhere will be any trouble' In in<iiicing*i (ouRreBs to give all that Is deemeS neressBiy by .the department. , "?t is estimated that KwHltakelft the neighborhood of 934,009,000 ip ex tend the system to the doors of nit the farmers rn Troth thickly antKspar sely settled communities} but when it Is recalled that we annually appropri ate over $17, tK)0, 000 for supplying- about S00 cities with free deli v jry. tlierejw ill hardly bo auy objection to -ev$n go.1 large an appropriation which goes di rect to the beueflt of the farmers? who have so long enduied the antiquated methods of the Star route and1 'fourth class office. ^ No one can appreciate the great Im provement a rural delivery,' is over the mvwmnm a I y ve on a ruwfl route mvaeji.-j my. morning/paper reaches me Mmetbe agper is being read people in <*ol?mbia, wfcmft ifcf 1 ?wed to walk several mile* for -jay i mall, and then- could get It only at.j noon. This Is, the expfrjent* of 5vet? one served reason for its/ thoao to Wh^l_ . w,_ the . system? - "None whatever, ex copt from those whom wo h**o nqt been' ( able to reach as yet, Ktt$~ class ^postmasters, who#* been discontinued Upon tlon of the sy steal .Tfa? Is general, and tho im, people not receiving ft of* congressman try 1 It rot- all lils peopled _ get It Hsb euoqgh for <?#, b^aote the hither^, of the department Klye n nrte ofprd "the districts has been a_r^ district most; to Tso?e ~ It* turn. ^^ - ^-^ the? nrWi'njpiy.ijBi brldgedxnakc one ofv precedent to the estsb route; and of course there must a circular of not over &?*&l than 75 white matt ? ? ?n4theim#re*. *n.?Mrsejy settled . requirements wm ,v velopment of the system with ins, especially In our district,'! ~*ri " meat is. in the courts of as congress bccomes Tudiy - approprlatlons for this Pttfp routes with a less number <?. them will be accepted and at pie served. This is the end to all the frjends ofvrtiral del working, and I confidently UpM, the next decade, to seeutncrtuntfc* the farmera of niy district reoaivii their mall practically at , their " We are rapidly Approaching; t* can l>e seen from the statement - years ago the first -route >Ja tl .irlctJgaa-put Into npCrtUot beginning on the flrit ^oi ?? there will be In actlf? 0i?0ljtl 45, serving on an av< Uiea to the route: - many petitions atilt federation of th "We arc raplW v"*? eral rural delivery system. got thefe In a d?" " mix- patience wi 1 ami wurk' on. P- Almost^verjr ?v?r the period when coming in the State in cahilng I u ifce Sfafrtijl has to borrow uu>t?*y ? tor running expensed amount is large ??*r umh. tws y??r thirty . , _ MANY LARGE APPRffflLI ** fA A Recapitulation of (he EitlmatM For the Various Department* of Government. , Washington, Special.?' The Secre tary ojf tho Treasury transmitted to Congress the fttlmatet pf tho appro priatlons required for tho government service Jpr the fiscal year ending Juno 30, l?04jgfc furnished by the heeds of the Wreral Kxecuttve Departments^ The total appropriation;* asked for are 1689,1 $?i*? which is |2J.*9fcft7ft U*e than the erilroatea for 1&03. and f 33. 050,014 less than the approprlatlena for that year, Following in a recap! tulatlon of the estimates of depart mental cents omitted : I legislative, |lf,50M88; KxerutlW \ 3 1 9,600 ; State /Department; $2,C7 825 ; Treasury fWpa'iimout, "f + 628; War pewjrtmrnt. $180,986, 80$; N?vy Department/ _*8^725;798? ln office DepertmetilL ment of Agriculture, $&,?#). 150; De partment of T4rtK>r, >184,220; Depart ment of Jurtlce, ' flrapd total, |MM8*,m. * m?l ? At. ? ^ ^j^vMUW I or otuler the several ?how increases,, or decrease*, as jear liOl ; .> Legislative, satarlea printing, ete^lncrease, ? f?w|W}ry? ecutlve mm,'- salaries ami gjwpgr iBwrcwfig? ^ loci k*r ,f\r\