Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-11
THE CANAL.
1t is This That is Greatly Attracting At
tention and immigration to the South:
1t Will Prove a Strong Card for De-
mocracy.

tent1on ana lmm1Srat1o co the South:
1t Will Prove a Strong Card for De-
mocracy.
Apropos of the presence in our
city Of a number of Western
prospectors, and the constant tide
Of such prospectors southwark
within the past few months, it is
opportune to call their attention,
not alone to our present advan-
tages of climate, soil and loca-
ton, as The ARGUS has ever
done, but to point them to the
great coming achievement of the
ages for commemorative Nicar-
aqua Canal.
Those persons who had heard
that President Cleveland was
hostile to the Nicaragua-canal
scheme were, of course, gratified
when last week he appointed the
| Nicaraguan commission author
lied by Congress at its last ses-
sion to examine and report upon
the present condition and pros
| poets of that scheme. It is not
certain, however, that this ac-
ton can be construed as indicat-
ing anything as to his attitude
toward the proposition that the
United States shall furnish, di-
rectly or Indirectly, the means of
constructing that canal. He may
be opposed to having the canal
built by the money or IN the
credit of the United States Gov
eminent, .and yet be unwilling to
throw obstacles in the way of the
construction Of that grand high
way Of nations. The Democratic
party as a party was committed
by it's Chicago platform to the
support Of the Nicaragua-canaI
scheme. and Mr.. Cleveland, as
the head of that party, may con.
slider himself bound by the &C.
ton of the Democratic Nat1ona-
Convention.
The commission is headed by
Major William Ludlow, whose
selection seems to have beer
highly gratifying to the people
Of Philadelphia, where he was
formerly connected with the
Water Department, and where
he made for himself a name that
led the President to send him or
this important mission. Every
body must be willing to give Mr.
Cleveland the credit of at leas'
trying to select good men fol
the high Federal offices he ha6
to fill.
We have said that the Demo
cratic National Convention OF
1892 pledged the Democrats as a
party to the Nicaragua canal pol
icy. So as to he'Republican Ma
tional Convention of the same
year. It pledged the Republicans
as a party to that policy. And il
must not be forgotten that the
policy to which both parties thus
committed themselves was no
what has been styled "a milo
substitute for Senator Morgan's
canal BILL" but a much more
radical measure. The Morgan
bill is what we would like the
President to favor if he can con
%sistently do SO.
The Philadelphia Press reminds
the public that the Nicaragua a.
canal bill was not only passed by
the Senate, but thai it's passage
was asked for by more than two
hundred members of the House
of Representatives, who signed
a petition to Speaker Crisp re-
questing that a day be set for the
consideration of the bill in thai
House. The petition was moi
granted, and SO the bill did no.
become a law, or, rather, was mo-
passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives.
So the great measure in ques
ton is not the pet measure of {
few members of Congress, but
p'an for securing unnumbere(
benefits to this country, which
plan is favored by a large major
lty of the members of boil
Houses of Congress. It would
shorten the distance by waite.
rom New York to San Francisco
by nearly ten thousand miles. I
would whiten the Gulf of Mexico
with the sails of the nations tina
would hasten to use it. 1t would
build up the Southern cities O
the United States. AS Mr.
Blaine once said. the States ant
Territories appurtenant to tn
Pacific Ocean and dependen
upon it for commercial outlet
and hence directly interested il
the canal, comprise an area o
nearly $4,000 square miles
larger in extent than the German
empire and the four Latin coun
tries of Europe combined.
Let us all make a long pull,
strong pull, and pull altogethe.
in the effort TO help the Nicar
agua-canal scheme out of all it
troubles.