The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

CULLoM,
in the United States Senate.
love for the mother country and the king
has sprung up. s 81 En- hi n Is ti
''How about the great northwest, where
so many Americans are # eniigrating?
Will those American settlers not create q
pronunciation sentiment? Z" $f
.It may be SOL and I should like It so.
should like to see the United States ex-a
tend northwnrd in one great block to the
Arctic ocean, M
Eyes. and southwark to the Panama,
$canal?" said .F8 {44s59 IA 47 si}aE9
Il don't know about that replied the
chairman, Of the foreign relations co M.
mittee, although our destiny now seems
drcds are investing in Mexico. &, They own
mines railroads and lands. They have
property in Central AMERICA. and now we!
have acquired that ten-mile strip across
the Isthmus of Panama and are TO- build
& a great canal through it costing hundreds
OF millions Of dollars. All that tndica tes s
THE AUGMENTATION Of this continent, and
L don't know that I like 1t. don't
want to see our country growf8so big
atfat#it will be unwieldly, Il nor to over
load 1t with races different from I. OUTS
AZ; TO the Canadians, we could easily q Is s.
simulate them, for they are lAnglo-saxon
a S s~wc ARE. but the races to the South
arc Latins; and the Latin races do not
mix with ours so we'll. Indeed, | doubt
If 1t would be wise to acquire those co,ln-2
tries with the idea of5their& eventually
becoming States Of this Union" 4, 35s
What do YOU think Of the Panama
canal, Sena tor? ''Ss.S III. sSy ia
.H'Thcre is only one way5t look at It,
and thatis as ono of the most impo rtant
undertakings of the century. 1T is n ow
a fixed fact, and within eight years 81 z
may be completed. We shall have a bout
10000 mon at work there within a few
weeks. 533
do YOU apprchend more trouble as 70.
\ the Monroe doctrine?' '- II
85&..I do not. The G ernlans and the Eng
fish both acknowledge It'll and twill be-
como more FIRMLY es tablshed I'll az time
goes on. & 4l sss ~ ~ Isl Fl Tx 85
Our Trouble With Morocco.
What do you think offthe5 Perdicarls
incident, Senator? l mean & the Ameri-
can citizen that tho Moroccan. sbrigands5
recently captured and held until he was
gtranspmcd," f, 7533ii 7 Fit 81 Ill Z Il
II don't like iii and II do not approve
of our method Of yielding to such mat
tiers. The great powers ought not To- be
as brisand chiefs in the Moliammedan.
regions OF Africa and Asia. n 7 E their gov
crnments cannot restrain them, II they
cannot protect their own citizens and
their foreign residents, they! ought to be
wiped out Such things are II outrage
Z in these days Of the twentieth century
civilization. 1t may be that our action
sas I o Miss Stone gave us the reputa ton
OF being easy 10 work S md that he
stealing Of Perdicaris! was a. repetition
OF 1t. don't know. I am sure, how
eyer, a hat such actions should be pre-
vented and that their perpetrators should
be made examples for MI the world to
see. Il 5s&
The Robbers Of North Africa.
Il should like TO see Morocco cleaned.
Mp continued Senator Cullom. That
whole North African country was for
years a den Of pirates which prcyed upon
tho commerce OF Europe. We had q war
witlthem as far back as 1901 because we
would not pay the tribute they wanted.
and in lsl5 Commodore Decatur brought
The Dcy of Algers to his knees by threat
ening to blow his city to ruins II he ma dc
any further demands on American ycs-;
sells. Indeed. the United States was 4 he
first TO bring the robbers In North Africa
to time" III i5 i 4g
Law VS.. Politics.
i here referred TO Senator cullom's
early law practice, when John Hay was
one OF his students, and. asked him 5 II
he had ever regretted leaving the law for
politics, lie replied: Z
Il can't say that ! have. My political
career has brought me into the swim OF
public affairs and II have been q part,
greater or less, OF our history for the
past forty years. / have liked the life
and It's struggles-the ability to do things
and to be part OF things. have been
able to accomplish something for my
fri dc n nr,at m n 1
country. And still have had Ito pay
well for this. in that am a poor man
to-day! Had stuck to the law I&should
probably DO rich. The year before
came to Congress Milton Hay and | each
made $4,000 out OF our practice; and
thought 1t would not always be so. hen
! gave up the law. however, dropped
my practice, and / have been engaged
In politics from that time until now.
A Story Of Abraham Lincoln.
How did YOU come to enter politics
1T was largely through Abraham Lin
coin. He was my ideal hero and tn
| friend Of my boyhood, When he wa'
elected as President had a desire to g
/, into Congress. and tho night before ~
| left Springfield to be inangurated ] told
| him:s MIR, President, i want to come 70
Washington before you leave. lAncol :
| eyes laughed as l used tho words IT.
President. was then the yolng speaker
Of the Illinois Legislature, and he re-
| piled emphasizing the formal mo De ~ AZ 2!
dress: "Ml, Speaker, hope you Will
1t Vas then thar begant o scheme Y
1 20 10 Washington, and soon q fler ftiat
4 Was elected 10 Congress, M Lincoln, no W
1 ever, warned me not to make politics sms
life work telling me that It would no
pay, ! disregarded his warning and
soon got in so deep that ] could not ge
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