Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-21

ADDRESS DEVOTED TO CANAL

,
4 Completed in Spite Of Many Discour-
aas,nents-canal Will Bring New
Duties to Navy.
Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 21.-Presldeht
Roosevelt and party arrived here at
3 1890 today.
Alt The depot, where there were thou
sands OF cheering people, special re-
cepticn committee of a hundred lead
ing citizens, headed by Governor Brow
ard, gave the president a cordial greet
Ing. The president looked fresh and
vigorous after his nights sleep and
expressed himself delighted with being
in Florida. The day is all one could
wish for. There were no formal ex-
I ercises at the depot, and soon the
Spresident and party We're seated In
y carriages and an imposing civic and
military procession started on a parade
Through the principal streets. About
/ seix carriages were used for the presi-
dents party, and behind them came
the carriages Of the executive COM
smittee. governors staff, cabinet officers
and supreme court Justices. state OIL
ctals and q general reception commit
tee The president was taken to the
Seminole club in the principal square
in the city, where thousands of people
greeted him with rousing cheers, as he
made his appearance on the balcony.
Mayor. Nolan welcomed the president
on behalf Of the city and introduced
Governor Broward, who presented the
president to the multitude The presi-
derrt, In his address,. devoted himself
to the subject Of the canal. He said:
.IIere in Florida, the first Of the Gulf
states which have visited upon this
trip, I wish to say a special word about
the Panama canals believe that t1lcs
canal will be of great benefit to all our
people, but most Of all to states OF the
south Atlantic, the gulf and the Pacific
slope. When completed the canal will
stand as monument to this nation;
for it will be the greatest engineering
feat ever yet accomplished in the world. 4
it will be a good thing for the world as
n whole, and for the people of the 18TH
mus and Of the northern portions OF
south America in particular. Because
OF our especial interest in 1t, and be-
ca use OF the position we occupy on this
hemisphere, 1t is matter Of special
pride to us that our nation, the Amer
lean nation, should have undertaken
the performance Of this world duty. a
body Of the most eminent engineers In
the world, both Americans and foreign
ers, 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
advice. Meanwhile the work is al
ready well under way, and has advanc-
ed sufficiently far to enable me to an
Ilo,tnce, with certainty that 1t can sure-
" be accomplished, and probably at
rather less expense than was anticipat-
ed. But upon the last point. as well as
upon the question Of time, no positive
statenent can be made until the report
of tht, commission OF engineers as TO
the exact type of canal has been re-
ceived. The work Is as difficult as II
lis important; and it is Of. course In
eyttat,le that from time to time diff
.culties will occur and checks be en-
eountared Whenever such is the case
the men of little faith at home will lose
that little faith and the critics who con-
found hysteria with emphasis will act
after their kind. But our people as
fo{ hpy$
lution, and are Of too virile fiber to be
oationalism. No check that may come
Will be OF more than trivial and passing
conseu uence, will inflict any permanent
damage, or cause any serious delay.
The work can be done, is being done,
and viii be done. What has already
been accomplished is a guaranty as to
the future.
& "When amy such work Is undertaken
there are always many mere adventur-
ers who flock to where 1t Is going on.
and many men who think they are adj
venturers but who are in reality either
weak or timid, follow in their foot
steps. Some OF the first class will now
and then cause trouble in one way or
another. But every care will be taken
to punish them as 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 cry that they are not
happy and that the conditions of life
are not easy, or that the work is not
being done as they think 1t ought to be
done.
81 call your attention specifically to
the matter of health on the Isthmus.
The climate was supposed to be deadly,
and yellow fever. in especial, was sup
posed to be epidemic. Yet since we
have assumed control there has been
far less yellow fever than in our own
country. The administration is stead
fly becoming batter and more effective.
from the hygienic as we'll as from
every other, standpoint. The work OF
building the canal is a great American
work. In which the whole American
people are interested. 1t has nothing
70 do with parties or partisanship, ard
q being carried on with absolute dis