The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-10-21
LAND OF FLOWERS
GREETS PRESIDENT
Continued from page oae.)

and for the people OF the Isthmus
and of the northern portions OF
South America in particular. Be
cause of our especial interest in 1t;
and because of the position we oc-
cupy on this hemisphere, it is mat
ter Of special pride to us that our
nation, the American nation, should
have undertaken the performance OF
this world duty A body of most
eminent engineers. in the world, both
Americans and foreigners, has been
summoned to advise as to the exact
type OF canal which should be built
At no distant date ] hope to be able
to announce what their advice IS, and
also the action taken upon their ad,
vice. Meanwhile the work. Is all
ready we'll under way, and has adj
vanced sufficiently far to enable me
to announce with certainty that It
can surely be accomplished, and
probably at rather less expense than
was anticipated. But upon the last
point, as well as upon the question
of time. no positive statement can
be made until the report of the com
mission of engineers as to the exact
tvpe of canal has been received. Inc
work is rs difficult as it is import
ant : and it is of course inevitable
that from time to time ditficult'es
will occur and checks be encounter
d. Whenever such is the case the
nen of little faith at home Will los
hat little faith. and the critics whtf
.onfound hystcria with emphasis
ill act after theiElsird. But our
people as a whole possess not only
'aith. but resolution, and are OF toe
irile fiber to be swept one way OF
he other by mere sensationallsm.
No check that may come viii be o.
more than trivial and passing con
sequence, will infiict any permanent
damage, or cause any serious delay
The work can be done, is being done
nd will he done What has alreadA
,ecn accomplished is guaranty as
0 tho future.
HsWhcn any such work is under
AIKEN there are always many mere
adva.nturcre who flock To where 1t IS
going or. ind many men who think
they are adYenturers, but who are IN
reality either weak or timid, follow
i'm their footsteps. Some OF the
first Class will now and then cause
trouble in one way 6rsanother. But
every care viii be taken to detee'
any mis(eed on their part and to
punish them rs soon as the misdeed
is detected AS for the second class.
they will cause trouble chiefly by
losing heart, returning home, or
writing home. and raising a cry that
they arc not happy and that the con-
ditions of life are not easy, or that
the work is not being done as they
think it ought to be done. Now
these men stand just as the strag-
gIers and laggards stand who are
ever to be found in the rear of even
a victorious army. The veterans Of
the Civil war who are here present
will tell you that the very rear oil an
army, even when it is victorious, is
apt to look and behave as If the VIC
tory were defeat. And just the
same thing is true in any great en-
terprise in civil life t ;here are al
ways workings who get trampled
down or lose heart, and there are al
ways people who listen to their COM
plants. They amount to nothing
or " or the other, so far as
pchieving results is concerned; and
their corli,iGnts and outcries need
never detain us.
E'I call your attention specifically i
TO the matter of health on the 18TH
mus. The climate was supposed 70
be deadly, and yellow fever, in es-
pecial, was supposed to be epidemic;
Vet since we have assumed control
there has been far less yellow fever
than in our own country. The adj
is steadily becoming
5et*er and more effective, from the !