The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-10

no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or of the rights of the people to peaeeably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances; that no law shall be made respecting the establish ment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
 Provided, however. that the commits sion shall have power to exclude from time to time, from the canal zone and other places on the isthmus over which the United States has jurisdiction, per sons of the following classes who were not actually domiciled within the zone on the 26th day of February, 1904, viz: Idiots, the insane, epileptics, paupers, criminals, professional beggars, persons afflicted with loathsome or dangerous contagious diseases. those who have been convicted of felony, anarchists, those whose purpose it is to ineite in surrection and others whose presence it is believed by the commission would tend to create public disorder. endan- ger the public health or in any manner | impede the prosecution of the work of i opening the canal; and may cause any and all such newly-arrived persons, or | those alien to the zone, to be expelled and deported.
 The commission may legislate on all rightful subjects of legislation not in consistent with the laws and treaties of the United States, so far as they ap- ply to said zone and other places, and the said power shall include the enact ment of sanitary ordinances of a pre- ventive or curative character, to be en- forced in the cities of Colon and Pan- anna. Such legislative power shall also include the power to raise and appro- priate revenues. All taxes, judicial fines, custom duties and other revenues levied and collected in said zone by or under the authority of the commission shall be retained, accounted for and dis bursed by the commission for it's proper purposes. All laws, rules and reguia- tions of a governmental character en- acted by the commission are to be sub mitted to the secretary of war for ap- proval
 Major-General Davis, who is to be the governor of the canal zone, is directed to see that the laws are faithfully exc icuted. He is vested with power to grant reprieves and pardons. If there arises at any time necessity for militia or naval assistance the governor is promptly to notify the war department, and in a sudden exigency he may call on any available military or naval force of the United States for assist ance.
 The president urges the adoption of approved and effective methods for the improvement of health conditions on the listhmus, as was done in Cuba and Porto Rico.
 The president directs that every pos sible effort be made to protect our of fcers and workmen from the dangers of tropical and other diseases which in Ithe past have been so prevalent and destructive in Panama.
 Rear Admiral Walker and Colonel Hecker of the commission are desig- mated as members of the joint commis-
 sion provided by articles and 15 of the canal convention.
 The eommission is required to report yearly to congress
 The letter to the secretary concludes as follows: ~
 By virtue of the ownership by tht
 United States ofabout sixty-nine sev-
 entieths of the shares of the capita
 stock of the Panama railroad the gen.
 eral policy of the managers of said roaC : will be controlled by the United States
 As soon as practicable I desire that al the members Of Fthe isthmian cana l, commission be elected to the board ol .. directors of the road and that the policy | of tba eyoIarproA,,t pf n,ol,insr f. m n d