Addresses and presidential messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904

Adams, John Quincy, 454; instruction
of, to Minister to
Colombia, quoted, 462
Admiral of the Navy, 365
Adversity shared by all, 166
Advocacy of the impossible, insincere,
is dangerous, 66
Agriculture, Department of, 33,
147, 221; good accomplished
by, 33; work of, 148, 149, 307,
373
Aguinaldo, insurrection of, in
1896, 159
Alaska, legislation recommended,
370, 371; value of,
371; should have a delegate in
Congress, 371; necessity for
practical demarcation of
boundaries, 392; treaty with
Russia, 392; modus vivendi
with Great Britain, 393; Joint
High Commission, 393; treaty
of 1903 with Great Britain,
393; Boundary Tribunal, 393;
advantages of boundary
award, 394; has an assured
future, 402; sources of wealth,
402; compared with Norway
and Sweden, and Finland,
402; recommendations concerning,
402; report on salmon
fisheries, 403
"All men up" rather than
"Some men down," 270
Alverstone, Lord, 393
American Federation of Labor,
interview with Executive
Council of, 275, 276
American spirit, found most
surely in country districts, 32;
should be first, party spirit
second, 76
Americans desire to help, not
hinder, weaker powers, 83;
desire only honorable rivalry
with great powers, 83
Anarchist, definition of, 285;
merely one type of criminal,
288; concern of, for working
men outrageous in its impudent
falsity, 289; deadly foe of
liberty, 289; a malefactor and
nothing else, 289; all mankind
should band against,
290
Anarchy, mob violence one form
of, 277; the handmaiden and
forerunner of tyranny, 277;
discussed, 285–291; legislation
recommended, 289, 290;
no more an expression of
"social discontent" than
picking pockets or wife-beating,
288; the advocate of, or
apologist for, an accessory to
murder before the fact, 289;
a crime against the whole human
race, 290; should be
made an offence against law
of nations, 290
Annapolis Naval Academy, 29,
205; origin of students, 29;
title of midshipman should be
restored, 326
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
152; report of, 152, 165;
work of, teaches sound social
morality, 152, 165; personnel
of, 152, 165; appointment and
action of, of vast benefit to
Nation, 152; quotation from
report of, 274, 275
Antietam, Md., speech at, September
17, 1903, 245; battle
of, 245; importance of battle
of, 246

466

Anti-trust laws will be enforced,
18, 26; appropriation for enforcement
of, 389
Appointments, Federal, in the
South, 266–273; negro, 266–
273; character, fitness, and
ability the prime tests, 270
Arbitration between capital and
labor, 152
Arbitration, international, advocated,
358–359; discussed,
396–399; The Hague Court a
triumph of principle of, 396;
quotation from William McKinley,
397; exemption of
private property at sea from
capture or destruction by
belligerents, 397, 398; quotation
from United States Supreme
Court, 397; Interparliamentary
Union for, 398
Army, the, 155, 253; work in
Philippines amid storm of detraction,
156; beneficent results
of work in Philippines,
156, 159, 363; reduction of, in
Philippines, 157, 363; legislation
affecting, 160; militia
bill, 160; reduction of, 160,
364; bill creating General
Staff, 160; must have proper
training, organization, and administration,
161; regular,
need not be large, 161, 329;
importance and benefit of
General-Staff law, 161, 411;
American regular not inferior
to any other regular soldier,
161; party lines should not be
considered in dealing with,
161; increase not necessary at
present, 329; must be kept at
highest point of efficiency,
329, 364; American cavalryman
best soldier for general
purposes, 329; General Staff
should be created, 329, 364;
suggestions for improvement
of, 329–333; Congress should
provide for manoeuvres on
large scale, 331, 364; benefits
of act reorganizing, 332; suggestions
for improvement of
National Guard, 332–333, 365,
411; a great constructive
force in Philippines, Cuba,
and Porto Rico, 333; reorganization
of supply departments
recommended, 364; importance
of securing efficiency of
National Guard, 365; care of
worn-out horses, 365; gradual
improvement in efficiency,
411; good effect of manoeuvres
on National Guard, 411; permanent
camp sites for manoeuvres,
411; system of promotions
discussed, 411; Military
Academy, 411
Arnold, F. W., 52
Arthur, Chester A., 29
Attorney-General. See Knox,
P. C.
Austria-Hungary, recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460
Aycock, Charles B., 10
Aylesworth, A. B., 393

B

Bangor, Me., speech at, August
27, 1902, 32
Banks, the natural servants of
commerce, 354
Bayard, Thomas F., 423
Beaupré, Arthur M., 419
Beirut, report of assassination of
vice-consul, 399
Belford, Rev. John L., 228
Belgium, 395, 396
Berkeley, Cal., speech at, May
14, 1903, 199
Big Basin, Redwood Park,
195
Blaine, James G., 358
Boston, Mass., 23; speech at
Symphony Hall, August 25,
1902, 19
Boynton, Gen. H. V., 59
Bribery, more effective extradition
treaties needed, 390–
391; treaty with Mexico, 391;
no crime more serious than,
391
Brigandage in Philippines, 158
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, 52; statistics, 54,
55
Butte, Mont., speech at, May 27,
1903, 213
Byzantium, 167

467

C

Cable, to Hawaii, Philippines,
and Asia, necessity for, 319,
360–362; connection with
China, 361
California, importance to, of irrigation,
196
California Club, 195
California, University of, speech
at, May 14, 1903, 199
Canton, Ohio, speech at banquet
in honor of birthday of William
McKinley, January 27,
1903, 100
Capital and labor, employer and
employe should show regard
for rights of each other and of
the public, 84, 166; combinations
of, necessary, 150, 355;
better understanding should
be secured between employer
and employee, 151; arbitration
between, 152; problems of,
165, 355–357; interests of,
should be harmonized with
those of general public, 356;
should avoid hostility and
distrust toward each other,
356; fair treatment for, to be
secured by Department of
Commerce and Labor, 383;
importance of combinations,
383; policy of National Government
regarding combinations,
384. See Combinations
of labor and capital.
Capitalist, and wage worker
should look at differences
from each other's standpoint,
166; should welcome every
effort to secure fair dealing by
capital toward others, 239
Capron, Capt. Allyn, 59
Captains of industry a necessary
factor in our civilization, 15,63
Car couplings, laws in reference
to, 153
Carson City, Nev., speech at,
May 19, 1903, 206
Cartwright, Peter, 111
Cass, Lewis, 415, 428
Cattle diseases in Philippines,
158
Census Office should be made
permanent, 340
Chamber of Commerce of State
of New York, speech at banquet
of, November 11, 1902,
82
Chambliss, Alexander, 52
Character, development more by
practice than by precept, 90;
of individual, chief factor in
winning success, 164
Charity, Biblical meaning of,
182
Charleston, S. C., speech at Exposition,
April 9, 1902, 3; a
historic city, 3; encouragement
of exposition recommended,
338
Chattanooga, Tenn., speech to
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, September 8, 1902,
52; lessons taught by battlefields,
58, 59
Chicago, Ill., speech at, April 2,
1903, 115
Chickamauga battle-field, 59–60
China, interest of the United
States in, 342; has accepted
terms of settlement with injured
powers, 342; treaties of
commerce and navigation
with, 343; United States advocates
"open door," 344; cable
connection with, 361; new
commercial treaty with, 399;
ports opened in Manchuria,
400; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460
Chinese Exclusion Act should be
re-enacted, 299
Christianity should be moving
spirit of strong men as well as
weak, 229
Churches should be helpful to
immigrants, 226
Cincinnati, Ohio, speech at,
September 20, 1902, 61; quotation
from speech at, 130
Cities should not be built up at
expense of country districts,
169
Citizens, qualities needed in, 12;
must devote much thought
and time to affairs of the State,
20; all must be subject to the
law, 64; American, each should
be able and willing to do his
share in the work of his generation,

468

85; American, qualities
of, 93; quality of, more
important than the law, 164;
qualities necessary to national
greatness, 182, 243; good,
must be good men, 228; must
be clean of mouth, 228; average
citizen is a sane and
healthy man, 237; good, definition
of, 238
Citizenship, good requisites of,
20, 34; line of cleavage between
good and bad, 36, 37,
212, 215, 234, 237; high average
of, is prime factor in securing
prosperity, 75; American,
high average of, 142;
most important production of
any institution of learning,
189; intelligent and honest,
first need of any nation, 197
Civil service, merit system is democratic
and American, 334;
merit system of immense advantage
to Government, 334;
temporary employment of
clerks should be under civil
service law, 335; merit system
should be applied rigidly in
insular positions, 335; merit
system a method of procuring
honest and efficient administration,
335; merit system
should be extended to District
of Columbia Government,
335, 375; improvement
recommended in consular service,
375; appointments in
1903, 409; extension of rules,
409; executive orders concerning
appointments of laborers,
409
Civil Service Commission, decision
of, in case of William A.
Miller, 273
Civil War, 28, 163; wounds left
by, have healed, 4; memories
of, 4; qualities which decided
its result, 42; Chickamauga
battle-field, 59, 60; share of
Northwest in, 154; burden
borne by soldiers of, 242;
battle of Antietam, 245–246;
commendation of veterans of,
333–334
Clarke, George Rogers, 173
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 116;
abrogation of, 320
Cleveland, Grover, 29
Coal, removal of duty on, 141;
strike in anthracite region,
152. See Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission.
Collins, P. A., 19
Colombia, canal treaty negotiations
with, 117, 359, 413, 417.
See Isthmian Canal.
Columbia Gardens, Butte, Mont.,
213
Combinations of labor and of
capital, 9; have worked for
good in many ways, 9; must
work under the law, 9; laws
concerning them must be just
and wise, 9; necessities in
urban life, 13, 150; much of
complaint against, is entirely
unwarranted, 14; beneficial
when used aright, 14, 64, 75;
publicity, 17; necessary under
present conditions, 355; importance
of, 383; policy of
National Government regarding,
384. See Corporations,
Trusts, and Capital and labor.
Commerce, instruments of, when
this Government was founded,
23, 47, 62; revolution in
means of, in recent years, 48
Commerce and Labor, Department
of, 131, 380; Commissioner
of Corporations, powers
granted to, 131; preliminary
work of, with reference to corporations,
132; act creating,
is in interest of propertied
classes as well as of people as
a whole, 240; creation of,
recommended, 298, 357; Interstate
Commerce Commission,
380; Bureau of Corporations,
380; organization of,
381; scope of, 381; Bureau
of Corporations, preliminary
work of, 381; Bureau of Corporations,
purpose of, 381–
382; fair treatment for capital
and labor to be secured by,
383
Commercial Pacific Cable Company,
361

469

Confederate veterans, and sons
of, in Spanish War, 5, 59
Constitution, 15; amendment of,
may be necessary in dealing
with corporations, 16, 27, 41,
50, 72, 298, 351
Consular service, necessity for
reorganization, 335, 336;
improvement recommended,
375; reduction in cost of, 400
Corporations, 19, 39, 45, 61, 128,
292–298, 348–351, 380–384;
necessary in business world
under present conditions, 14,
58, 355; are creatures of the
State, 15; necessary degree of
control increased by development
of industrial conditions,
15; States have not exercised
sufficient control of, 15;
Nation must assume power
of control of, 15, 16, 25, 43,
50, 70, 71, 98, 130, 131, 295,
297; amendment of Constitution
may be necessary in
dealing with, 16, 27, 41, 50,
72, 298, 351; should not be
dealt with in spirit of class
legislation, hatred, or rancor
16, 64, 138; publicity, 17,
25, 51, 71, 130, 132, 296, 349,
381, 383; power of control
should be used with wisdom
and restraint, 17, 72; steps
necessary to gain control of,
23–25; cannot be satisfactorily
controlled by State action, 24–
25; suits against, by the Government,
26; doing well,
should be encouraged, 41;
the industrial tendency of the
age cannot be reversed, 46;
State laws regarding, 49;
properly handled, make for
general prosperity, 64; savings
banks, a good illustration
of beneficent work of, 65;
legislation enacted by Congress,
131, 380; Commissioner
of, powers granted to, 131;
Industrial Commission, report
of, 132; preliminary work
of Department of Commerce
and Labor, relative to, 132;
investigation of methods of
railroads, 133; suits against
Northern Securities Company
and others, 135; proceedings
against Southern railroads in
interest of cotton shippers,
136; injunction against packing-house
companies, 136; injunction
against Federal Salt
Company, 137; should be
regulated, not destroyed, 138;
a very potent factor in international
commercial competition,
293; honest, publicity
cannot harm, 349, 383; review
of legislation concerning,
380; legislation has been conservative,
382. See Combinations
and Trusts.
Corporations, Bureau of. See
Commerce and Labor, Department
of.
Cortelyou, George B., 274–275
Costa Rica, 425; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460
Cotton shippers, proceedings
against Southern railroads in
interest of, 136
Cotton weevil, 407
Country, upbuilding of any
part of, is a benefit to the
whole, 6
Country districts, American
spirit found most surely in, 32
Courage and hardihood, indispensable
virtues, 179
Crane W. Murray, 19
Crawford, George, 272
Credit, necessary in business
world, 76; confidence is essential
to, 76
Cromwell, Oliver, 259
Crum, Dr. William D., letter regarding
appointment of, 266
Cuba, 6, 104, 202 – 204;
what United States has
done for, 6; turned over to
Cubans in better condition
than ever before, 7; community
of interests between, and
the United States, 7, 377; political
relations with United
States should differ from
those with other powers, 7;
entitled to better economic
position here than United
States gives to other powers,
7; reciprocity with, 140, 315,

470

357, 3775 naval stations of
United States in, 141, 377,
378; Platt amendment, 141;
special relation of, to our international
political system,
141; should have benefit of
our economic system, 141,
377; progress in, 315, 378;
our attitude a guaranty of our
good faith, 322; turning over
of government, 357; whatever
affects, for good or ill, affects
United States, 357; a part of
our international political system,
358, 377; Message to
Congress concerning reciprocity
treaty, 377; recognition
of Republic of Panama, 460
Cure-alls should be distrusted, 17
Currency, honest, is strongest
symbol and expression of
honest business life, 76; suspicious
tampering with, is
fatal to prosperity, 76; debased,
is ruinous to community,
76; sound system, is of
benefit to all, 240; should be
made responsive to demands
of commerce, 305; integrity
of, beyond question, 385. See
Finance.

D

Danish West Indies, 6
Daylight a powerful discourager
of evil, 17
Debts, repudiation of, is ruinous
to debtors, 76
Dedication Canticle, Grace Memorial
Reformed Church, quotation
from, 225
Denmark, recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460
District of Columbia, should
have model labor laws, 152;
legislation recommended, 374;
Washington should be a
model for all the cities of the
country, 374; employers liability
act recommended for,
374; merit system should be
extended to civil service of,
375; Board qf Charities, 410–
411
Doane, Bishop William C., 256
Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., 250
Duke, Basil, 272
Duncan, James, 275
Durbin, Winfield T., 277

E

Economic policy should be stable,
12
Education, duties imposed by,
192, 200; in this country, is at
disposal of every individual,
200
Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 271
Ehrman, Felix, 418
Electricity and steam, results of
development of, 12
Electricity a means of improving
conditions of farm life,
169–170
Emancipation proclamation, 245
Employer and employee, should
show regard for rights of each
other and of the public, 84;
better understanding between,
should be secured, 151
Employers liability law, 153,
374
Envy, meanest form of admiration,
201
Everett, Edward, 423
Evil, daylight a powerful discourager
of, 17
Expansion of nation, 168, 173;
results of, contrasted with
Rome and Greece, 174–176

F

Fargo, N. Dak., speech at, April
7, 1903, 154
Farmer, well-being of, and of
wage worker, is well-being of
State, 147, 232, 373; least affected
by industrial changes
of last half century, 147;
work of Department of Agriculture
in interest of, 147, 148,
149; legislation in interest of,
148; education of, 149; retains
to pre-eminent degree
distinctly American qualities,
150; problems affecting, 165;
prosperity of, interwoven with
that of business and professional
men, 233

471

Farm life, value of, to youth, 32;
development of, 33; improved
conditions due to trolley lines,
telephone, and rural mail delivery,
170
Federal Salt Company, injunction
against, 137
Filipinos, 155–157; government
of islands conducted purely
in interest of, 157
Finance, credit necessary in
business world, 76; confidence
essential to credit, 76; system
of assured honesty is first essential
to prosperity, 76; circulation
per capita larger
than ever before, 240; nation
is on a gold basis, 240; gold
standard, effect of Act of
March 14, 1900, 305; better
safeguards against panic
needed, 305; revenues should
approximate limit of our actual
needs, 305; strict economy
in expenditures needed,
306; need for elasticity in
monetary system, 354; banks
the natural servants of commerce,
354; additional legislation
desirable, 355; Government
receipts and expenditures,
384; a large surplus undesirable,
385; integrity of
our currency beyond question,
385; needs of financial
situation, 385; International
Monetary Exchange Commission,
385. See Currency.
Financial stability should be insured
by the Government, 76
First Regiment, United States
Volunteer Cavalry, 53, 59;
Southern members of, 5
Fish, Hamilton, 423
Fitchburg, Mass., speech at,
September 2, 1902, 38
Flag, the, 5, 6
Flanders, 236
Foreign policy, 126, 127
Forestry, work of Government
in interest of, 149; Bureau of,
195
Forests, should be preserved as
permanent sources of national
wealth, 193, 220, 221; preservation
of, 193–196, 307, 308,
369, 406; preservation of, in
California, 194; should be perpetuated
by use, 308; preservation
of, an imperative business
necessity, 308; suggestions
concerning care of, 308–
310; water supply depends on,
309; are natural reservoirs,
310; wild creatures should be
protected against slaughter,
369; reserves, demand for in
the West, 407; care of, should
be consolidated in Bureau of
Forestry, 407
Fortunes, private and corporate,
increase of, 12
France, 395, 396; pioneers of, in
America, 172; proposal to aid
French Panama Company,
428; recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460
Franchise Tax law of New York
State is in interest of propertied
classes as well as of people
as a whole, 240
Frankel, Lee K., 387
Frederick, Empress Dowager of
Germany, 345
Fredericksburg, battle of, 59
Free trade as a remedy for
trusts, 67–70
French Panama Canal Company,
359, 428

G

Game, protection of, 369
Garfield, James A., assassination
of, 285
General Land Office, receipts
for 1903, 404
General Staff, bill creating, 160;
of immense importance and
benefit to Army, 161
Germany, 395, 396; attitude of,
regarding acquisition of South
American territory, 119;
claims of, against Venezuela,
119; death of Empress Dowager
Frederick, 345; recognition
of Republic of Panama,
460
Gibbons, Cardinal, 171
Gold standard, effect of Act of
March 14, 1900, 305
Gompers, Samuel, 275

472

Good Roads, Convention, address
before, April 29, 1903,
167; good means of communication
characteristic of civilization,
168. See Roads.
Government, 161; should have
power of control over corporations,
9, 50, 70; administration
of, must be fair and honest,
9; qualities needed in, 12;
division of power between
Nation and States, 15; action
of, can only supplement initiative
of the individual, 18;
action of, can only secure an
opportunity to each individual,
18; will hold rich and poor
alike to obedience of laws, 64;
will deal justly with all men,
72; power over corporations
should be exercised with wisdom
and restraint, 72; should
insure to the country financial
stability, 76; stability and
future welfare of, depend upon
grade of citizenship turned out
by public schools, 88; action
of, in interest of farmers, 148;
work of, in interest of forestry,
149; has small field for work
in labor matters, 152; American,
is one of liberty by,
through, and under the law,
211, 238; American, is not,
and never shall be, government
of plutocracy or of mob,
211, 215; a healthy republican,
must rest upon individuals,
234; fate of, depends
upon people as a whole, 254;
receipts and expenditures, 305,
384; no objection to employees
constituting themselves
into a union, 374
Grace Memorial Reformed
Church, Washington, D. C.,
225
Grant, Ulysses S., 38, 42, 101,
162, 164, 250
Great Britain, 395, 396; Roman
roads in, 167; Newfoundland
reciprocity treaty, 358; recognition
of Republic of Panama,
460
Great Northern Railway, 135
Greece, 236; results of expansion
of United States contrasted
with, 174–176
Greene, Francis V., 246
Greene, Gen. George Sears, 246

H

Hague, The, peace conference
at, 321; Hague, The, Permanent
Court of Arbitration,
claims against Venezuela, 120,
396; United States and Mexico
the first to use good offices
of, 120, 359
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 250
Hannahan, J. J., 52
Hanson, J. F., 271
Harrison, Benjamin, 29
Harvard University, 188
Haverhill, Mass., speech at,
August 26, 1902, 28
Hawaii, should be developed on
American lines, 314; cable
to, and the Philippines, 319,
360–362; fire claims, 359;
lighthouses in, 403; recommendations
concerning, 403
Hay-Herran treaty, 426, 429
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 116,
320, 429
Herbert, Sir Michael, British
Ambassador, note to Marquis
of Lansdowne, November 13,
1902, 119
Higgins, Frank W., 232
Holy Name Society, 228
Homage of deeds better than
words, 162, 164, 190, 252
Home life source of highest
joys, 265
Homestead law, a notable instrument
for good, 197
Honor, of Nation, at all times in
its own keeping, 28; of Nation,
depends upon public
conscience, 28
Hood, Gen. John B., 59
Howell, Clark, 269
Hubbard, Commander John,
438, 443; response of, to cable
from Navy Department, 442;
letter of November 5, 1903,
444–446; letter of November
8, 1903, 446–450; course of,
at Colon, 450–452
Humbert, King of Italy, 290

473

Humphrey, Captain C. B., 438,
439
Hynes, Thomas W., 387
Hysterics, an undesirable quality
in both Nation and individual,
20, 46

I

Immigration, laws, wage workers
should be protected by, 298;
discussed, 301–302; steamship
companies should be
held to strict accountability
for infraction of laws, 302;
need of a proper law, 355;
discussion of needs concerning,
387; improvement of service
at New York, 387; investigation
of service at New
York, 387
Indians, should now be treated
as individuals, not as members
of tribes, 336; results of
General Allotment Act, 336;
education of, should be elementary
and largely industrial,
337; ration system
highly detrimental to, 337;
number of agencies should be
reduced, 337; should be preserved
from evils resulting
from liquor traffic, 337;
should ultimately be absorbed
into body of people, 371;
schools, importance of work
of, 372; development of, 372;
personnel of agencies should
not be dependent on partisan
politics, 408; need of education
in Indian Territory, 408
Individual initiative, faculty of,
should be kept unimpaired in
fraternal organization, 56
Industrial Commission, report
of, 132
Interior Department, receipts of
General Land Office for 1903,
404
Interstate Commerce, safety appliance
law, 153; authority of
Congress to regulate, 350
Interstate Commerce Act, 297;
lessons drawn from results of
its enforcement, 306; defects
of, 306; should be amended,
307
Interstate Commerce Commission,
380
Introduction, v.
Irrigation, 197, 206–209, 222,
223; Act, 197; importance of,
to California, 196; as important
to stockman as to agriculturist,
220; provision for,
properly a national function,
310; beneficial results of, 311–
312; necessity for better laws,
313; nationally-aided, importance
of, 369; fund for, 404;
progress of, 405–406; Reclamation
Service, 405; importance
of preservation of
forests, 406
Isthmian Canal, 6, 116, 359–360,
413–463; importance of, 320;
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, abrogation
of, 320; Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, 320, 429; negotiations
with Colombia, 359;
work should be conducted
without regard to change of
administration, 360; treaty
with Colombia, 413, 417, 426,
429–431; treaty with Panama,
414, 425–426; purpose of law
of June 28, 1902, 414; treaty
with New Granada, 414; history
of relations of United
States to, 414–423; statement
by Secretary Cass, of position
of United States, 415, 428;
position of Secretary Seward
on, 416; opinion of Attorney-General
Speed, 416; planned
for four hundred years, 416;
United States has done its
duty in letter and in spirit,
417; repudiation of treaty by
Colombia, 417; revolution in
Panama, 418, 435–438, 442–
453, 460; telegram to Vice-Consul
General Ehrman, at
Panama, 418; recognition of
de facto government of Panama,
418; telegram to Minister
Beaupré, at Bogota, 419;
list of disturbances on Isthmus
since 1846, 419–421; Colombia's
inability to keep
order on Isthmus, 422; efforts
of United States to keep
transit open, 422; Colombia's

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request for aid in preserving
sovereignty, 422; importance
to United States of control of
transit, 423; performance of
treaty obligations by United
States, 423; must be built by
United States, 425; treaty
offered by Nicaragua, 425;
treaty offered by Costa Rica,
425; Hay-Herran treaty, 426,
429, 430, 455, 457; Message to
Congress, January 4, 1904,
427; record of action taken
in executing Canal Act, 427;
proposal of France to aid
French Panama Canal Company,
428; unanimity of action
in Panama, 431; warnings
to Colombia, 433; forecasts
of Panama revolution,
435–438; quotations from
Washington Post, 435, 436,
437; quotation from New
York Herald, 436; quotation
from New York Times, 437;
imminence of Panama revolution
notorious, 438; report
of Capt. Humphrey and Lieut.
Murphy, 439; directions to
Navy Department, 440; orders
of Navy Department,
440; telegrams from and to
Secretary of Navy, 440–442;
response of Commander Hubbard
to cable from Navy Department,
442; Associated
Press bulletin announcing revolutionary
outbreak, 442;
cable from State Department,
442; cable from consul at
Colon, 443; landing of force
to protect American citizens,
443; Colombian threats against
American citizens, 443; letter
of Commander Hubbard, November
5, 1903, 444–446; letter
of Commander Hubbard,
November 8, 1903, 446–450;
course of Commander Hubbard
at Colon, 450–452; quotation
from New York Evening
Post, 451; prevention by
United States of bloodshed,
452; peace secured by action
of United States, 452; no
ground for insinuations of
United States' complicity in
revolution, 452–453; recognition
of independence of Panama
justifiable, 453; Colombia's
requests to other governments
to intervene, 455–456;
intention of Colombia to confiscate
canal property, 457–
458; resolution of second Pan-American
Conference, 459;
recognition of Panama by
other nations, 460; Panama
justified in separating from
Colombia, 460; interference in
Cuba compared with that in
Panama, 460–461; instruction
of President John Quincy
Adams to Minister to Colombia,
462
Italy, 236, 395, 396, 423; Roman
roads in, 167; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460

J

Jackson, Andrew, 101
Japan, recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460
Jay, John, 173
Jefferson, Thomas, 101, 179, 376
Jenkins, Major Micah J., 5, 59
Jeshurun, 11
Jetté, Sir Louis Amable, 393
Johnson, Walter H., 271
Jones, Judge Thomas G., 272
Jordan, David Starr, 188
Justice, Department of, enforcement
of anti-trust law, 351,
389. See Knox, P. C.

K

Kearns, Thomas, 217
Kearsarge, U. S. S., 228
Kentucky monument at Chickamauga,
inscription on, 60
Knox, P. C., 26, 98, 133, 134,
163; prosecution of railroads
of Middle West, 125; administration
of law by, 134–137;
suit against Northern Securities
Company, 135; injunction
against packing-house companies,
136; injunction against
Federal Salt Company, 137;

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proceedings against Southern
railroads in interest of cotton
shippers, 136

L

Labor, employer and employee
should show regard for rights
of each other and of the public,
84; well-being of farmer
and wage worker is well-being
of the State, 147; combinations
of, necessary for success,
150; laws for regulation and
protection of, 151; better understanding
should be secured
between employer and employee,
151; and capital, arbitration
between, 152; legislation,
action of Congress necessarily
limited, 153; employers'
liability law recommended,
153, 374; discussion of, 298–
300; should be protected
by tariff and immigration
laws, 298; legislation recommended,
298–299; Chinese
Exclusion Act should be reenacted,
299; convict contract,
should not compete in
open labor market, 299; enforcement
of eight-hour law
advocated, 299; women and
children should be protected
from excessive hours and unsanitary
conditions, 299. See
Capital and labor.
Labor Day, 232
Labor unions, worth of, depends
upon their conduct, 54;
and the public service, 273–
276; no objection to employees
of Government Printing Office
constituting themselves into,
274; cannot be permitted to
override laws of United States,
274; quotation from report of
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
274–275; interview
with Executive Council of
American Federation of Labor,
275–276; good accomplished
by, 300; importance
of, 383; policy of National
Government regarding, 384.
See Combinations.
Land Office, General, receipts
for, 1903, 404
Lands, public. See Public lands.
Lawlessness, encouraged by
lynching, 279; spirit of, grows
with what it feeds on, 280
Laws, must be wise, sane, and
healthy, 9; must not be administered
in interest of a
class, 9, 276; can only give opportunity
for prosperity, 11,
63, 75, 94, 166; existing antitrust,
will be fully enforced,
18, 26, 64, 138, 211, 214, 351,
389; requirement of obedience
to, a safeguard to all men, 22,
65; obedience to, will be required
of all, 64, 73, 239;
cannot create industrial wellbeing,
75; should be administered
in interest of law-abiding
man, rich or poor,
138, 214; regulating corporations,
will be enforced without
rancor, hysteria, etc., 138; the
law no respecter of persons,
214; to be enforced against
any man, rich or poor, who
violates them, 214; the same
for rich and poor, for great
and small, 239; no man above
the law and no man below it,
244; of United States, enacted
for benefit of the whole
people, 276; of United States,
must not be construed as permitting
discrimination, 276;
immigration, 298, 302, 355.
See Legislation.
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 245
Legislation, class, must be
avoided, 16; additional, should
be had concerning trusts, 18;
should proceed by evolution,
not revolution, 45, 63; radical
and extreme, should be
avoided, 138; labor, action of
Congress necessarily limited,
153; to be permanently good
for any class, must also be
good for Nation as a whole,
240; which does injustice to
any class, works harm to Nation,
240
Leland, Stanford Jr., University,
speech at, May 12, 1903, 188

476

Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition, 402
Libraries, public, 339–340
Library of Congress, 340
Life, to be worth living, must be
of active and hard work, 229;
prime aim of, should be doing
of duty, 241
Lincoln, Abraham, 38, 92, 101,
162, 164, 188, 235, 245, 251;
practical methods of, 164;
monument, Springfield, Ill.,
224; assassination of, 285
Lodge, H. C., 393
Logan, Gen. John A., 250
Logansport, Ind., speech at,
September 23, 1902, 74
Loomis, Francis B., 442.
Louisiana, early possessors of,
172.
Louisiana Purchase, 173; Exposition,
speech at dedication
ceremonies, 172; influence of,
on character of our national
life, 173; development of,
176–178; Exposition, should
have cordial national support,
337, 401; greatest instance
of expansion in our
history, 338; first great step
in our expansion, 401
Lynching, growth of, cause for
gravest alarm, 277; letter to
Governor Durbin in relation
to, 277–281; degrading effect
of, on participants, 279; encourages
lawlessness, 279; all
public men should unite to
denounce, 280

M

Maguire, M. W., 57
Malmros, Oscar, 443
Manchuria, 400
Manila, 29, 324
Massachusetts corporations, laws
of, excellent, 25
McClellan, Gen. George B., 250
McCook, Col. John J., 181
McIlhenny, John, 272
McKinley, William, 29, 92, 155,
203; results of policies championed
by, 94; pledges of 1896
have been well kept, 94;
policies for which he stood
have justified themselves, 95;
quotations from, 96, 154, 397;
speech at banquet in honor of
birthday of, January 27, 1903,
100; stands as embodiment of
the triumphant effort of his
generation, 100; was in the
fullest sense President of all
the people, 103; assassination
of, 285–291; qualities of, 286;
expressions of grief at death
of, from Great Britain, 345
McMillin, Ben ton, 52, 58
Meade, Gen. George Gordon, 250
Meagher, Gen. Thomas Francis,
59
Merchant Marine, immediate remedial
action needed, 304; an
auxiliary force for the Navy,
304; subsidies discussed, 304;
commission recommended,
386; our service should equal
the best, 386
Merit system. See Civil service.
Messages to Congress, Annual,
1901, 1st Session, 57th Congress,
285; same, quotations
from, 131; Annual, 1902, 2d
Session, 57th Congress, 346;
Cuban reciprocity, 1st Session,
58th Congress, 377; Annual,
1903, 2d Session, 58th
Congress, 380; Isthmian
Canal, 2d Session, 58th Congress,
427
Methodist Church has attained
its greatest development on
American Continent, 109
Mexico, 395, 396; Weil and La
Abra awards, 345
Military Academy. See West
Point.
Militia, bill, 160; reorganization
of system recommended, 365.
See National Guard.
Miller, William A., case of, 273–
276; reinstatement of, directed,
274; interview with
Executive Council of American
Federation of Labor, relative
to case of, 275–276
Milwaukee, Wis., speech at,
April 3, 1903, 128
Minneapolis, Minn., speech at,
April 4, 1903, 140

477

Minnesota State Fair, quotation
from speech at, 130
Minnesota Thirteenth Volunteer
Regiment, 154
Missionaries, duties of, 256–261
Mitchell, John, 275
Mob violence, incompatible with
orderly liberty under the law,
277; simply one form of anarchy,
277; hideous forms
often taken by, 277
Monroe Doctrine, 126, 412; a
cardinal feature of our foreign
policy, 115, 366; discussion
of, 115–123; note to
Dr. Von Holleben, German
Ambassador, 118; definition
of, 118; note of Sir Michael
Herbert, British Ambassador,
to Marquis of Lansdowne, November
13, 1902, 119; is not
international law, 121; will be
kept effective by an efficient
Navy, 121; should be cardinal
feature of foreign policy of all
nations of the two Americas,
321; quoted, 321–322; a
guaranty of commercial independence
of Americas, 322;
American people will abide by
and insist upon, 324
Monroe, James, 321
Moody, W. H., 28, 31, 153
Morrison, Frank, 275
Mount Vernon, 376
Murder and rape should be
swiftly punished by legal
means, 278
Murphy, Franklin, 245, 246
Murphy, Lieut. Grayson Mallet-Prevost,
438, 439

N

Nation, the, what it has done for
Cuba, 6; has kept its word
and done its duty in Cuba,
7; problems can be solved only
if approached in right spirit,
8; action of, can only secure
opportunity to each individual,
18; its honor is at all
times in its own keeping, 28;
honor of, depends upon the
public conscience, 28; stability
and future welfare of, depend
upon grade of citizenship
turned out by public
schools, 88; should not be
guilty of boasting, 121, 125;
should submit to no injury by
the strong and inflict no injury
on the weak, 125; foreign
policy of, 126–127; cannot
afford, by any freak of folly,
to forfeit its present industrial
position, 146; well-being
of farmer and wage worker is
well-being of State 147, 232,
373; vastly benefited by Anthracite
Coal Strike Commission,
152; illustrious memories
of, no excuse for shirking
present problems, 162; expansion
of, 168, 173, 174–176;
worst enemy of, he who tries
to set section against section,
creed against creed, or class
against class, 214; is aggregate
of families within its
borders, 253; welfare of, rests
upon qualities of individual,
291; desires self-respecting
peace with all others, 321
National Guard, 160, 411; duty
of Nation and States to help,
161; suggestions for improvement
of, 332–333; importance
of securing efficiency of, 365
National Museum, 339, 374
National Zoölogical Park, 339
Naturalization, investigation of
subject, 387; frauds, 387–389;
United States Supreme Court
quoted, 387; suggestions of
Federal grand jury in New
York, 389
Naval Academy. See Annapolis.

Naval Militia should have national
encouragement, 328
Naval Reserve, national, should
be provided, 328
Navy, the, 28, 161, 253; entire
country vitally interested in,
28; when efficient, is best
guaranty of peace, 28, 323,
366; services of, in national
crises, 28; fighting of, in War
of 1812 and Spanish War,
done by ships built long in advance,
29; should be provided

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and trained long in advance,
29; quality of enlisted men of,
29; cannot be improvised at
outbreak of war, 30, 122, 324;
should be perfected in time of
peace, 30; work of building-up
must go on without ceasing,
31, 323, 365, 412; must be
used up in active service even
in time of peace, 31; should be
kept in condition of preparedness
and efficiency, 83, 125;
so long as efficient, will keep
Monroe Doctrine effective, 121;
improvement of, 122; employers'
liability law recommended
for navy yards, 153;
party lines should not be considered
in dealing with, 161;
should be thoroughly trained
and of adequate size, 323; improvement
of, since 1882, 324–
325; additional ships, officers,
and men needed, 326; midshipman,
title should be restored,
326; gunnery practice
should be unceasing, 327, 365;
beneficial work of General
Board, 328; Naval Militia
should have national encouragement,
328; National Naval
Reserve should be provided,
328; Admiral of, 365; necessity
of ample funds for practice
with great guns, 365; importance
of efficiency of personnel,
366; need for naval
base in Philippines, 413;
Naval General Staff desirable,
413
Nebraska, improvement in prosperity
of, 163
Negro, "A man who is good
enough to shed his blood for
the country is good enough to
be given a square deal," 224;
appointments, 266–273; door
of opportunity not to be shut
upon any man purely on account
of his race or color, 268;
domination, question of, discussed,
268, 271
Netherlands, The, 395, 396
Nevada, importance to, of irrigation,
206; holds greatest
proportion of vacant public
lands, 207
Newell, F. H., 405
Newfoundland, reciprocity
treaty with Great Britain regarding,
358
New Granada, canal treaty with,
414
New Jersey, monument to troops
of, at Antietam, 245
New Orleans, 172
New York, speech at banquet of
Chamber of Commerce of
State of New York, November
11, 1902, 82; speech at Carnegie
Hall, February 26, 1903,
109
New York State Agricultural
Association, 232
Nicaragua, 425; recognition of
Republic of Panama, 460
North and South, reunion of, 4
Northern Pacific Rai way, 135
Northern Securities Company,
suit against, 135
Northwest, share of, in Civil and
Spanish Wars, 154
Norway and Sweden, 395, 396;
recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460

O

O'Connell, James, 275
Omaha, Neb., speech at, April
27, 1903, 162
O'Neil, Capt. William O., 59
Organization, one of the laws of
our present development, 54;
worth of an, depends upon its
conduct, 54
Organizations, labor. See Labor
unions.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., remarks to
Holy Name Society, August
16, 1903, 228

P

Pacific cable, 319, 360–362
Packing-house companies, injunction
against, 136
Page, Thomas Nelson, 272
Palma, T. Estrada, President of
Cuba, 141
Palmer, F. W., 273, 274, 275

479

Palo Alto, Cal., speech at, May
12, 1903, 188
Panama, Isthmus of, 6; Canal
treaty with, 414, 425–426;
revolution in, 418, 435–438,
442–453, 460; recognition of
Republic of, 460. See Isthmian
Canal.
Pan-American Congress at Mexico,
344
Pan-American Exposition, 285,
338–339.
Pan-American Missionary Service,
Washington, D. C., 256
Party spirit, should be second to
patriotism, 76
Party system, proper aim of, is
to serve public good, 76
Patents to foreigners, 407
Peace, the voice of the just man
armed is potent, 83; Nation
desires self-respecting peace
with all others, 321, 323;
conference at The Hague, 321;
a good Navy the surest guaranty
of, 28, 323, 366
Peckham, Rufus W., 397
Pensions, 409
People, earn more and live better
than ever before, 13;
should proceed by evolution
rather than revolution, 45, 63;
should not accept less than
the possible, nor attempt the
impossible, 45; are in habit of
facing issues squarely, not
shirking them, 98; a, forfeits
its right to greatness if it
shirks any work because it is
difficult and responsible, 202;
American, skilled in and fitted
for self-government, 236;
American, slow to wrath, 291
Pershing, Captain John J., 412
Peru, 423; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460
Philadelphia, Pa., speech at
High School, November 22,
1902, 88; speech at Union
League, November 22, 1902,
92
Philanthropic work should not
be undertaken in spirit of
condescension, 35; should be
undertaken in spirit of sanity
and charity, 36
Philbin, Eugene A., 387
Philippine Islands, 5, 104, 154,
202, 203; progress in, 5; more
warfare about, in this country
than in themselves, 5; acquisition
of, 95; prophets of disaster
have seen their predictions
completely falsified, 96; insurrection
in, suppression of,
97, 105; tariff, 141, 157, 403;
promises regarding, have been
performed, 155; restoration of
order in, the first duty, 155;
conflict in, could not have
been honorably abandoned,
155, 317; Army in, 156, 159,
363; work of Army in, amid
storm of detraction, 156; war
in, one of peculiar difficulty,
156; soldiers in, occasional instances
of wrong-doing among
inevitable, 156; beneficent results
of work of Army in, 156;
military rule rapidly replaced
by civil government, 157; reduction
of Army in, 157, 363;
high character of American
administrators in, 157; Congressional
legislation regarding,
157; administration in,
incorruptibly honest, 157;
government conducted purely
in interest of Filipinos, 157,
203; adoption of tariff for, 157,
403; appropriation for relief
of, 158; cattle diseases in, 158;
brigandage in, 158; value of
services of William H. Taft in,
158; American policy in, 159;
insurrection of Aguinaldo in
1896, 159; American people
will never flinch from duty in,
160; given greater measure of
self-government than any
other Asiatic people under
alien rule, 203; problems in,
316; development of people
necessarily gradual, 316, 403;
relinquishment of, would be
a crime against humanity,
317; extension of self-government
in, 317, 318, 362; additional
legislation needed, 318,
319; capital must be encouraged
to enter, 319; cable
to Hawaii and, 319, 360–362;

480

merit system should be applied
rigidly in civil service of,
335; proclamation of peace
and amnesty, 362; trouble
with Moros, 362; introduction
of civil government, 362; extension
of self-government
should be gradual, 362; cooperation
of Filipinos, 364;
suggestions concerning tariff,
403; care in choice of officials,
403; improvement in condition
of people, 403; need for
naval base in, 413
Pinchot, Gifford, 405
Pinkney, William, 173
Pioneers, work and character of,
110
Platt amendment, 141
Polk, James K., 456
Poor, the, have not grown
poorer, 13
Population, urban, increase of,
12, 32
Porto Rico, 6, 104, 403; prosperous
condition of, 315, 362;
need of legislation concerning
public lands, 315; merit system
should be applied rigidly
in civil service of, 335
Postal service, remarkable
growth of, 340; reduction of
deficit, 340; abuses of second-class
privilege, 341; rural free
delivery, 341, 368–369, 400–
401; increase in revenues, 368;
frauds in, 390
Power, Rev. Walter J., 228
Preaching does not count if not
backed up by practice, 231
President, the, intention of, to
do justice to all without regard
to creed, 171; aim of, is
to do equal justice among all
the people, 276
Printing, public, reduction of,
advocated, 375
Problems, spirit in which they
should be approached, 17;
national, solution of, requires
steady, temperate, resolute
effort, 21; of trusts, not a partisan
one, 47; present, discussion
of, 54, 147, 164; of present
day, unknown to pur forefathers,
129; each generation
has its own, 163; of capital
and labor, 165; affecting the
farmer, railroads, and trusts,
165; of present day, rules
which should govorn, 165; the
same in all parts of the country,
179
Promises, worth of, consists
purely in the way they are
performed, 19; made on the
stump, should be kept equally
with those made off the stump,
19; impossible of performance
should not be required, 19, 39,
47, 213; made by Republican
party in 1896 and 1900 have
been kept, 98; regarding
Philippines, performed, 155
Prosperity, 44, 129; necessary
foundation of higher life, 8,
186; appeal to envy and
jealousy of those who succeed
least, 8; difficult to increase
by law, easy to ruin, 8, 291,
346; troubles in connection
with, 8; does not come in
equal measure to all, 8, 11, 66,
94; laws can only give opportunity
for, 11, 94, 166, 291;
must be achieved by each
man for himself, 11; reveals
evils in our social and economic
life, 12; is generally
diffused, 66; conditions which
existed in 1893, 67; due to
high average citizenship, 73,
75; material, is foundation
upon which every mighty
national structure must be
built, 74, 186; suspicious tampering
with currency is fatal
to, 76; financial system of
assured honesty is first essential
to, 76; must not be
marred by folly, 98; present,
won under protective tariff,
142; present, unparalleled in
our history, 142; shared by
all, 166, 233, 294; of farmer
and wage worker, means
prosperity of community, 232;
of farmer and wage worker,
interwoven with that of business
and professional men,
233; welfare of each dependent

481

upon welfare of all, 234;
continuance of, 346; conditions
have favored growth of
evil as well as of good, 348
Providence, R. I., speech at,
August 23, 1902, 11
Public lands, 196–198; legislation
should help to make and keep
prosperous homes, 196; proprietors
who rent to others,
undesirable, 196; remainder
of, should be reserved for
home-maker, 197, 369; vacant,
Nevada holds greatest proportion
of, 207; of Porto Rico,
need of legislation concerning,
315; frauds, 390; removal of
fences, 404; necessity for revision
of laws, 404; Commission,
405
Public servant, qualities which
he should possess, 254, 259,
260
Publicity, securing of, should be
first exercise of Nation's power
over corporations, 17, 25,
51, 71, 130, 132, 296; should
be real and thorough, 17;
would tend to cure evils in
corporations of which there
is just complaint, 17; cannot
harm honest corporations,
349, 381, 383

Q

Qualities necessary to national
greatness, 182, 243

R

Race question. See Negro.
Race suicide, 265
Railroad men, views of Gen. W.
T. Sherman regarding, 52;
qualities of, 53, 181
Railroads, of Middle West,
prosecution of, 135; investigation
of methods of, 133;
Southern, proceedings against,
in interest of cotton shippers,
136; employees of, law in behalf
of, 153; safety appliance
law, 153, 374–375, 408; problems
affecting, 165; phenomenal
growth of, 168; not
a substitute for good wagon
roads, 168; additional safety
appliance legislation recommended,
375
Rape and murder should be
swiftly punished by legal
means, 278
Reciprocity, treaty with Cuba,
140, 315, 357, 377; tariff system
should be combined with,
302; the handmaiden of protection,
302; will promote cordial
international relations,
303; lowering of duties as a
substitute for, 353; treaties
advocated, 353; treaty with
Great Britain regarding Newfoundland,
358; Message to
Congress concerning treaty
with Cuba, 377
Reclamation Service. See Irrigation.

Redwood manufacturers of San
Francisco, 194
Republic, the, 246; permanency
of, dependent upon right action
of majority, 20; existence
of, depends upon orderly liberty
under the law, 277; cornerstone
of, is respect for and
obedience to the law, 280
Republican party has kept every
promise made in 1896 and in
1900, 98
Revenues should approximate
limit of our actual needs, 305
Revolution, American, 172
Rhode Island, prosperity of, 12
Richards, W. A., 405
Rizal, José, quotation from message
of, 159
Roads, good, a question with
which the States alone cannot
deal, 149; good, characteristic
of great empires, 167; Roman,
in Great Britain and in Italy,
167; phenomenal growth of
railroads, 168; good, American
nation should build, 168;
good, needed for improvement
of farm life, 170; good, advocated,
401. See Good roads.
Rockhill, William Woodville,
342

482

Romans, the, permanent traces
of, 167
Rome, 167; results of expansion
of United States contrasted
with, 174–176
Root, Elihu, 159, 393
Rural free delivery, development
of, 341; has become a
fixed policy, 368; benefits of,
169–170, 368, 401; extension
of, 369, 400
Russia, 396; recognition of Republic
of Panama, 460

S

Safety appliance law, 153, 374–
375, 408
St. Louis, Mo., address before
Good Roads Convention,
April 29, 1903, 167; speech at
St. Louis University, April
29, 1903, 171; speech at dedication
ceremonies of Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, April
30, 1903, 172; official corruption
in, 390
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
of Washington, 256
Salt Lake City, Utah, speech at,
May 29, 1903, 217
Salt trust, injunction against,
137
Santa Fé, N. M., 172
Santiago, 324; battle of, 29, 59,
60
Sargent, Frank P., 53
Satterlee, Bishop Henry Y., 256
Savings banks, a good illustration
of beneficent corporation
work, 65
Schools, public, stability and
welfare of Nation depends
upon grade of citizenship
turned out by, 88; development
of, 88; teachers in, entitled
to admiration and respect,
89; duties and responsibilities
of teachers in, 89;
necessity for playgrounds, 90;
safety of our institutions depends
upon success of efforts
of teachers in, 91
Scott, N. B., 44
Self-government, qualities necessary
to preservation of, 235;
American people skilled in
and fitted for, 236
Sempervirens Club, 195
Seward, William H., 416
Sheridan, Gen. Philip H., 42,
250
Sherman anti-trust law, 16, 134,
136
Sherman, Gen. William T., 42,
251; views of, regarding railroad
men, 52, 59; statue,
Washington, D. C., speech at
unveiling of, 250; Nation's
debt to, 251; example of
loftiest and best in American
citizenship, 254; qualities of,
255
Shots that hit, the only shots
that count, 30
Siloam, 11
Sioux Falls, S. D., 182; speech
at, April, 6, 1903, 147
Slocum, Gen. Henry W., 246
Smithsonian Institution, work
of, 339; recommendation concerning,
374
Smyth, J. Adger, 3
Social equality, 271. See Negro.
Soldiers of Civil War, burden
borne by, 242
South, the Nation's pride in,
10
Spain, 395, 396; pioneers of, in
America, 172
Spanish War, 28, 104; share of
Northwest in, 154, 324; our
success secured by forethought
and preparation, 325
Sparks, John, 206
Speed, James, 416
Spokane, Wash., speech at, May
26, 1903, 210
Springfield, Ill., speech at Lincoln
monument, June 4, 1903,
224
Standard Oil Company, 68
Stanford, Leland, Jr., University,
188
State, the. See Nation.
State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y.,
232
States duty of, to help National
Guard, 161
Steam and electricity, results of
development of, 12

483

Success, qualities which tell for,
should not be penalized, 9, 41;
qualities necessary to, 18;
qualities necessary to, do not
change, 39, 248, 249
Supreme Court of the United
States quoted, 387, 397–398
Sweden and Norway, 395, 396;
recognition of Republic of
Panama, 460
Syracuse, N. Y., speech at State
Fair, September 7, 1903, 232

T

Tabernacle, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 217
Taft, William H., 157, 202, 203,
205, 317; value of services in
Philippines, 158, 203
Talent, unaccompanied by character,
a menace to community,
14
Tariff, should be flexible, to
meet shifting industrial needs,
12, 77, 144; removal of, inefficient
as a remedy for evils
of trusts, 67–70, 138, 144, 145,
351; should be treated as a
business, not a political proposition,
76, 143, 352; should
not be subject to radical
changes every few years, 77,
143, 302, 352; necessary
modifications of, discussed, 78;
Commission of business experts
suggested, 79, 353; interests
of American producer
should be protected, 79;
American standard of living
must be preserved, 79, 142;
laws should not afford advantage
to foreign over American
industries, 80; arrangements
with Philippines, 141,
157, 403; removal of, on
anthracite coal, 141, 354;
present prosperity won under,
142; Nation's policy, based
upon recognition of difference
between cost of living here and
abroad, 142, 303, 352; question
of revision stands wholly
apart from question of dealing
with trusts, 144; affects
trusts only as it affects all
other interests, 145; laws,
labor should be protected by,
298; general acquiescence in
present system, 302; general
change in, unwise, 302, 352;
sweeping revisions tend to
panic, 302; system should be
combined with one of reciprocity,
302; must cover difference
between labor cost
here and abroad, 303, 352
Tasks must not be shirked because
difficult, 9
Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers,
154
Thomas, Gen. George H., 42,
250
Topeka, Kan., speech at, May 1,
1903, 181
Trautman, Ralph, 387
Trusts, 15–18, 19–27, 39, 45, 61,
98, 348–351; legislation regarding,
should not be too
stringent, 16; no patent
remedy for evils of, 17, 47;
additional legislation should
be had, 18; solution of question
of, necessary in interest
of property, 22; folly of demand
for their destruction,
39, 66; perfect solution
of question of, cannot be
promised, 43; problem of,
is not a partisan one, 47;
remedies for evils of, 65–66;
some of proposed methods
of curbing, are dangerous,
66; removal of tariff not
efficient as a remedy for,
67–70, 138, 144, 145, 351;
tariff affects, only as it affects
all other interests, 145; problems
affecting, 165; discussion
of, 292–298; desirability of
regulation of, 348; should
have national supervision,
349; line drawn against misconduct,
not against wealth,
349; insistence upon the impossible
means delay in achieving
the possible, 349; authority
of Congress to regulate interstate
commerce, 350; appropriation
for enforcement
of anti-trust law, 389. See

484

Corporations and Combinations.

Turkey, report of assassination
of vice-consul at Beirut, 399
Turner, George, 210, 393

U

Union League, Philadelphia,
speech at Founders' Day
banquet, November 22, 1902,
92
Unions. See Labor unions and
Combinations.
United States, influence of, on
Western Hemisphere, 120;
Republic of, typical of present
age, 190; position of, among
the nations, 346; no independent
American nation need
have fear of aggression from,
360; offices of, in claims
against Venezuela, 395–396
Utah, achievements of pioneers,
217–218

V

Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 265
Venezuela, German claims
against, 117–119; attitude of
Germany toward territory of,
119; alliance against, 395–
396; agreement concerning
claims against, 395; submission
of claims to The Hague
Court, 396
Victoria, Queen, death of, 345
Virginia, University of, 376
Von Briesen, Arthur, 387
Von Holleben, Dr. Theodore,
German Ambassador, note to,
December 16, 1901, 118

W

Wagener, F. W., 3
Wage worker, well-being of, and
of farmer, is well-being of the
State, 147, 232, 298, 303, 353;
and capitalist, should look at
differences from each other's
standpoint, 166; prosperity
of, interwoven with that of
business and professional
men, 233; should show firm
purpose to do justice to
others, 239; wages higher today
than ever before, 298
Wagner, Charles, The Simple
Life, 36
War of 1812, 28
War Department, 156, 159–160
Washington, D. C., 153; speech
at Grace Memorial Reformed
Church, June 7, 1903, 225;
speech at unveiling of Sherman
statue, October 15, 1903,
250; speech at Pan-American
missionary service, October
25, 1903, 256; should be a
model for all the cities of the
country, 374
Washington, George, 100, 160,
162, 177, 235, 246
Waukesha, Wis., speech at,
April 3, 1903, 124
Wealth, used wrongly, is a menace
to the community, 14;
demagogic denunciation of, is
never wholesome, 66; used in
developing great legitimate
business enterprises, is of
benefit, not harm, 210, 214;
increase of, 347; line not
drawn against, but against
misconduct, 349
Weil and La Abra awards, 345
Welfare of each is dependent
upon welfare of all, 234
Wells, Heber M., 217
Wesley, John, speech at bicentennial
celebration of
birth of, February 26, 1903,
109
West Indies, 6
West Point Military Academy,
205, 411; origin of students,
29
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 199
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 5, 59
Wheeling, W. Va., speech at,
September 6, 1902, 44
White House, restoration of,
375–376
Wilson, Edgar S., 272
Wood, Gen. Leonard, 105, 202,
203, 204, 205; work of, in
Cuba, 204

485

Work, law of worthy, well done,
is law of successful American
life, 55; should be done well
for the work's sake, 89; essential
to happiness, 183; "no
man needs sympathy because
he has to work," 241; no room
in American life for the mere
idler, 241
Wright, Gen, Luke E., 5

Y

Young Men's Christian Association,
181; railroad branch of,
181; teaches national brotherhood,
184
Young, Lieut.-Gen. S. B. M., 438

Z

Zoölogical Park, National, 339

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