The Washington times., 1903-03-30
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as in fact. I have already said else
where, on my own account, as follows:
In the way of a general reply to nu-
merOus inquiries recently made OF me
as TO how l am pleased with the pres
Cnt condition and PROSPECTS OF my pro-
jected intercontinental railway through
the three Americas. I may submit the
following brief statement:
To say that 1 am well pleased. as l
really am, in the long view and for the
most part, is, however. by no means
an unqualified declaration that I might
not be better pleased; for it is but sell
dom that perfection OF satisfaction. even
under the most favorable circumstances
ever resulting from human endeavor
is attainable in any public or private
undertaking
Diversity of opinion and differences
Of decision affecting even the simplest
affairs Of life seem to pervade the
whole world. Votes of able and distin-
guished Senators and Representatives
even on bipartisan enactmeots. are
often almost equally divided upon mat
ters OF superlative concernment
AS the afectionate and admirable
mother always loves her good girl. no
matter whether gowned in satin, In
silk, in gingham, IN calico. or in the
plninest and cheapest cotton or fax fab
ric, and as the fond and exemplary
father invariably and earnestly seeks
TO promote the highest welfare of his
wide-awake and worthy boy. so /, as the
originator and advancer OF the proposed
Three Americas Railway, am so entirely
and profoundly devoted 10 the matchless
measure that II is. and will always con-
tinue absolutely Impossible for me to be
otherwise than delighted with every
word truthfully spoken and every ac-
tion honorably taken that Intentionally
and materially conduces to its early
consummaticn
As l have already stated in previous
papers, my projection of an intercon-
tinental railway through the three
Americas. thipty-six years and three
months ago tthe exact date having been
November 80, 1866. and my subsequent
plans and procedures for causing its
speediest possible construction. are in
timately associated with two other
measures OF state; ali three having been
designed for the extensive development
anu mutual anu pei iAAaAlFAiA bESltEAntuL
OF every American republic.
At the head of this trio OF national
and international and intercontinentaI
desires and intentions stands the unri-
vailed railway itself; the proper time
not having yet arrived for an open an
nouncement and full description of eth
er Of its two congentrs; which. each
being OF but little less Importance than
it's superior and leading associate, should
in all justice and propriety. be, some
what late. indivisibIy and forever linked
together.
II three fuII-grown and pure blooded
horses, all of the same breed. the same
age, the same size, the same strength,
the same health, and the same beauty
OF form and color. are together OF
greater Intrinsic value than only one Of
the said animals by itself, then, on sim
liar grounds of fact and reasoning. am
decidedly more in favor of my incom-
parable and potential trio OF aIl-Ameri-
can policies than 1 could possibly be
with only one OF them 10 the fore, ex-
cIuding entirely the other two.
Precisely SO II is as regards my care
fully prepared plans and purposes Of ac-
tiOn throughout North and Central and
South America. Very deeply and decis-
lively do I prefer my own plans and pur-
poses over the less maritorious plans
and purposes of other men; and for the
manifestly sound and sufficient reason
that / alone, because Of the ample op-
portunities and facilities which I have
so long enjoyd1. fully comprehend the
whole super-exeeIIent trio of PROPOSE
tiOns: whereas untraveled an inexperi-
enced persons are possessed OF only a
superficial and scanty knowledge con-
fined to a mere unit
HINTON ROWAN HELPER,
March %. 1903.