Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-05


your attention to the needs OF the
Alaskan inuiAns. All Indians Who are
competent should receive the fuii rIgIts
OF american citizenship. IL is, for in
slanSt, a gross and indefensibic wrong
10 deny to such hard working decen1
IiNihs thdians as the Metlakatlas The
right TO obtain licenses as captains,
piirts aud engineers. the right To- enter
mining claims, and To profit nv The
nomestetd Jaw. These particular indians
ar. ciVllized' and are competent TO be
put on the same basis with the white
men round Ghput them
ror statehood, Against GAMBLING.
l recommend that Indian Territory and
9hIah9ma be admitted as one state and
mitted as one state. There is no oblisa.
tlon upon us to treat territorial sui Z
DIVISIONS, which are matters of convent I
ence only, as binding us on the question
OF admission to statehood. Nothing has
taken up more time in the congress dur
ING the past. few years thar the ques-
ton as TO the statehood to be granted
10 me Tour territories above mentioned,
and after careful consideration of ali
that has been developed in the discuss
sions of the question / recommend thai
they be Immediately admitted as two
states. There is no Justification for fur
ther delay and the a%dvisability OF max
ing the four territories into two states
mas been clearly established.
IN some OF the territories the legisla-
I've assemblies issue licenses for gamb-
ing. The congress should by law for
Dld this practice. the harmful results of
which are obvious at a glance.
Panama Canal Needs Money.
me treaty between the United States
and the Republic Of Panama, under
whlch the construction of the Panama
lanai was made possible, went into eff
Iect with it's ratification by the United
states senate on February %. 1894. The
canal properties of the French Canal
company were transferred to the United
al sSoS 6S5 c on AP5il e. 1904. on payment Of
40. the commission was reorgani1ad
Shd IL now. consists of Theodore p.
een3hts, ch9irman: Charles L. Magoon,
SenJamln M Harrod, Read Admiral
mordeca II. Endicott, Brigadier General
reter g Hains. and Colonel Oswald II.
cJh,innst' John F, Stevens was appointed
chlet engineer on July LIST, last. Active
work In canal construction. mainly pre-
paratory. has been in progress for less
man a year and a half. During that
ceased To be open to debate. First. the
question OF route: the canal will be buiIF
on tne Isthmus Of Panama. Second t
Question or feasibility; there are no PR
slcal obstacles to this route that Anne
Csh ehglheelltg skill Will not be al
GO .kcrcome without serious difficuliV
or that Will prevent the completion
the canal within q reasonable time an
Al a reasonable cost. This is virtual y
me unanimous testimony of the en-
gineers who have investigated the mat
ter Tor the government.
The point which remains unsettled is
the question of type, whether the canal
~ - ~ oSNtAdl lbNhG dDpNt &
level or at sea level with a single tide
lock. On this point l hope to lay before
the congress at an early day the findings
OF the advisory board of American and
european engineers, that at my invita-
ton have been considering the subject.
together with the report of the com
mission thereon; and such m
thereon or Recommendations in refer
ence thereto as may seem necessary.
The. American people Is pledged to the
speediest possible construction of a cana
adequate to meet the demands which the
commerce of the world Will make upon
II, and l appeal most earnestly to the
congres to aid in the fulfillment Of the
pledge. Gratifying progress has been
made during the past year and especially
during the past four months. The great
er part of the necessary preliminary
work has been done, Actual work of
excavation could be begun only on "a
limited scale till the canal zone was
III. Tho istlImus had 10 be sanltated
first. This task has been so thoroughly
accomplished that yellow fever has been
virtually extirpated from the sthmus
and general health conditions vastly i'm
proved. The same methods which con-
verified the island of Cuba from a pest
hole, which menaced the health of the
world, into a healthful place of abode,
been applied on the isthmus with
satisfactory results. There is no reason
to doubt that when the plans for water
supply, paving and sewerage of Panama
and Colon and the large labor camps
been fully carried out. the isthmus
will be, for the tropics, an unusually
healthy place of abode. The work Is SO
far advanced now that the health
those employed in canal work is as
guarded as II is on similar work in
country and
In addition to sanitating the 18TH
satisfactory quarters are being Prov
for employees, and an adequate system
supplying then with wholesome food
reasonable prices has been created. Hoh
ped That are without superiors of the
anywhere. The country has thusA
been made fit to woSk in, and provision
has been made for the welfare and CON =
fort OF those who are to do the work
During the past year n large portion of
the plant with which the work Is to
be done has been ordered; 1t is con-
fidently believed that by the middle of
the approaching year a sufficient proper
ton of this plant will have been installed
to enable us to resume the work of exca-
What Is needed now and without delay
is an appropriation by the congress to
meet the current and accruing expenses
ton OF so, 600, 900, out of the $l35, 900 900
authorized by the Spooner act, was made
three years ago. 1t is nearly exhausted.
There is barely enough of 1t remaining
to carry the commission TO the end of
the year. Unless the congress shall ap-
propriate before that time all work must
To arrest progress for any length
IF time now, when matters are advanc-
ing so satisfactorily, would be deplorable.
There will be no money with which to
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which to meet bills coming due for ma
terialS and supplies; and there will be
Generalization of the forces, here and
on the isthmus, now working so harmon
iously and effectively, II there is delay I'm
an emergency appropriation. 4
of the amount necessary will
be found In the accompanying reports
Of the Secretary of Wal and the COM
State Department Demands.
recommend more adequate provision
has been made heretofore for the
work of the Department OF State. Win =
In a few years there has been a gre,
Increase in the amount and importan
or the work to be done by the DenaI
ment, both in Washington and abroa.
This has been caused 10y the great iul
crease OF our foreign trade, tho increasI
OF wealth among our people, which enl
ables them TO travel more generallJ
heretofore, the increase OF Amerif
capital which is seeking Investment
In foreign countries and the growth oil
our power and weight In the council
Of the civilized world. There has heelt
no corresponding increase In faciliticf
for doing the work afforded to the De )
partment having charge of our foreign
Neither at home or abroad is there a
working force 10 do the BUSH
ness properly. In many respects. he
which was adequate 10 do the
work OF twenty-five, or even ten, years
ago, Is inadequate now, and should be
hanged our Onsula force should he
and appointments should be
TO the several classes, with au-
thority 10 the executive to assign the
members or each class to duty at such
posts as the interests of the service re-
luire, instead OF the appointments being
as at present 10 specified posts
There should be an adequate inspection
service, 80 that the department may he
able 10 inform Itself how the business OF