The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
WE SHOULD BUILD THE CANAL

(From The louisville Courier . oufh"i.'
Cgir esteemed Louisiana contemporary.
The New Orleans Tlmes-pemocrat' hl'a
the NAH squarely on the head when ne
saws IF something definite be not zone
fin. the construction Of an Isthmian ctAal
lbiriner the coming session Of congress
there is no reason why the building o.
an isthmian canal may not De maue
Paramount issue in the next presidential
election" But why wait for the heNe
CONGRESS-? The Spooner act directs tle
president III case Colombia re]ects the
trsaty-which Colombia has done-to 81
ahead with negotiations tor the Qutidihs
al tbs. Nicaragua canal II the president
tails TO do This, he makes Alnseii tiQ
creature ot the TrauscontlnentaI railway
rtnl If not The suspect of the Franco
american combine. There is the biggest
kind Of an issue here Upon 1t The dem
ocratic patty can make clean sweep u
the Pacific states next year
ana. following Tins cue We venture
ia beseech oar esteemed contemporary,
The Atlanta Constitution, to quit ITS
chattiug ana get Gown TO business Inc
Courier journal needs its sympathy and
support, II 1t Will take the lead we viii
Nl4l.ngly follow 1t IN the matter Of til@
is.hsuls4n canal question. No greater is
sue Of a material kind has presented It
selt to tbs gulf STAGES or the south these
tive ana thirty years.
The republican party, Al once the cred
Tor and Tie creature Gf the Transcon-
iluantltl railway trust has during al
4Aeze years paved Iast and loose VITA
The canal proposition v hen il could M
longer escape, or cYade the PLAIN man
dale Of The people il began 10 jnsgOe.
Uut Of this The senate h9ld-Hp Of The
4ors4n-liepburn bla mad its enanapoh,
t)3t 81 that the Panama Job, ont OF mat
1ue HAY -if2rran treaty. out OF that the
present seanaaIous situation
1he president means 10 DO nothing.
He is tho slave Of the Iransconunental
railway ring. The Alternative clause u
the Spooner act was never meant To be
obeyed IL Was the merest tub TO the
whale Of pubic opinion.
@he republican newspapers started ont
to bfowpeat The CouIier-Journal because
OF It's plain speaking. Failing i'll thus,
they began TO bully-gag and ridlcule. As
10 debating the question. not a bit OF
They dare not. They know too well The
rottenness inside 3ut what is the mat
TER with the democrats; In pa1ueulaS',
where are the no" spapers ot Tie gun
ports, SO deeply concerned by tnis ouSI-
ness All tney have to 90 is 10 inVeStl-
gate Tor themselves.
Meanwhile, let the national democratic
committee send a good man 10 Pans.
where he VIII lind material IN plenty; Tor
The t'renchmen, baked OF their prey and
cheated OF their plumber, are ready 70
-queatl. AS 10 Washington, the thae Is
near al hand when even it's whiSpeFin9
galleries Will be forced to open their pom
derouA portals and give up their deaQsy
secrets, The gray wolves Of the senate
win have to come into the open. and the
sluii4s Of the Lobby to stink into their
hoes. or show their heels, AS 70 the
two or three nasty little poodle dogs IT
the southern press that bark they know
not why, they will with final yelp and
Il whine drop back into the Kennels where
they belong.
Ii 10 the front, Mr. Howell. Mr..
Baker, of The Times-pemocrat, has
pointed the way II You do not want 10
lead yourself. let both Of Us follow hnt.
This is no laughing matter, 1t means
jnStice to the south, the equality OF all
tn. sections. the redemption Of the Pa
cifc states from bondage, and a great
American waterway to the other side Of
the world, oiin these default millions
TO the hoodlers, millions TO the ringsteTs,
millions to the gray wolves of the senate
and millions for the vile skunks of the
lobby.