The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-26
President Tells the Sloridans
That There Is No Use to
Rail Against u.
IT WILL DO GREAT GOOD
10 Of Immense Importance to Us and
Its Cost and Dangers Have Been
Grossly Exasserated-Means
a Bigger Navy.

gustino ut . o'clock ana IN not scheu-
ulsd to make n stop OF any length UNI
al ne reaches Mobile today.
The day In 50. Augustine was n quiet
one. lie attended services In the Pres
byterian Memorial church ut IL o'clock.
The pastor. Rev. James Cofnu stout
preached from the text. worthy the
Lamb That was Slain" He made no
reference to the president In his ser
mon, The church Was crowded. ~
tho conclusion OF the services tho pres
ident was taken for n short drive about
tho city. After lunch tho president,
accompanied by Secretary Loeb. Sur
geon General RIxcy. John McIlhcnny
n John Grccnway. tho last TWO OF
whom have been his guests on tho trip
south, drove TO Fort Merton, where
Anastasla, mn island. Here the party
donncd bathing suits and had n bath
In tho salt water.
Jacksonville. Fla. oct. 2i.-President
Roosevelt arrived here ut $3.50 this
morning. At the depot wero thou
sands OF cheering people and a spc-
cIal reception committee OF n hundred
leading citizens. headed by Governor
Broward. who gave the president n cor.
dial greeting. The president looked
fresh and vigorous after his nights
sleep and expressed himself delighted
with being In Florida.
He was taken TO the Seminole club In
the principal square In the city, where
thousands OF people greeted him with
rousing cheers. Mayor Solar well
coined the president on behalf or tho
city and introduced Governor Broward'
who presented the president TO the null
titude. lie said:
Here in Florida. the nrst OF the sulf
states which 1 ave yisiieS upon sn,s W,hpc;
Panama canal. I believe that tho canaI
will be OF great bcncnt TO all our people.
bu, most OF all TO the states OF tho south
Atlantic, tho gulf and the Pacific slope.
When completed the canal will stand as
a monument 10 his natiors Tor u VIII DC
tho greatest engineering feat ever yet nc.
complishcd In the world. II wsll be y gopa
thlng for the world as a whole. and for the
people of the lsthmus and OF the northern
portions OF South America In particular.
al hscsu.e ~ the position we occupy on
his hemisphere, II IN a matter OF special
pride TO us that our nation. the Arrerichh
nation. should have undertaken the per-
formance OF this world duty.
A body OF the most eminent engineers In
the world. both Americans foreigners.
has been summoned TO advise. as To the
exact type OF canal which should be buiIt,
AZ no distant date ! hope to be able TO an
nounce what their advice n. and also the
action taken upon their advice.
Meanwhile the work Is already well un-
der way, and has advanced sufficiently
far % enable me 10 announce with GER
tainty that IL can surely be accompllshcd
and probably az rather less cxncnS" thhh
was anticipated.
But upoE tho last point. as Wen as upon
the question Of time. no positive statement
can be made until the report OF the COM
mission % engineers rs to the exact ~"
OF canal has been received. The, work y
as difficult as Il is important: aud u j. OF
course inevitable that from time To time
difficulties viii occur ard checks be en-
cOuntcred.
He "Kneeks" the KNOCKERS"
Whenever such - the case tn" men 90
little faith NJ home viii lose that Iittlc
faith. and the critics who confound hys-
teria with emphasis viii act. after their
kind. But our people as a whole posscsg
not only faith. but resolution. and are Of
too Write nbcr 20 he swept n way or the
other by mere scnsatioral'Sm. No check
tina may com" will be or more than trivial
and passing, consequence, WIZ lntlct qny
permanent damage. or cause any serious
delay.
The work can bc done. Is being done. and
will be done. What has already been ac-
compllshcd is n guaranty as To- the future.
The veterans OF the civil war who are
here present viii tell YOU tina; the very
rear OF an army. even when II " victorioC1,
IL apt 10 look and behave as " the victory
were defeat. And iust the same thing II
true In any great enterprise In civil life;
there are always wcaklings who got
trampiCd down or lose heart, and there are
always people who listen TO their com.
plants. They amount To nothing one way
or the other. so far ms achieving results
II concerned: and their complaints anC
outcries need never dctain us.
HYGIENE Reforms Wrought.
I call your attention specifically 20 the
matter OF health on the isthmus. The ell
mate was supposed 10 be deadly. and yell
low fever. In especial. was supposed TO be
epidemic. Yet since we have assumed con-
sw.l 0kaW. AAa l..a FAR taaa NallANg ANFnE
than In our own country, The administra-
ton Is steadily becoming better and more
effective. from the hygenic as well as from
every other stand point.
The work OF building the canal II a great
American work. In which the whole Amer
icon people are Interested, IL has nothing
20 90 WIN e" ~ w,s q. bsso JIhshnp. ana y, Is
all merely political considerations with
regard only TO efficiency. honesty. and
economy.
greatly Increase our interest In the Carib-
bean sea. IL will be our duty to police tho
canal. both In the interest OF other nations
and In our own interest.
To do this IL "a. OF course. indispensable
90 have an efficient navy land I am happy
10 say that We are well on our way toward
having oncl. and also 90 possess. as We
already possess. certain strategic points to
control the approach to the canal.
In addition IL Il urgently necessary thai
the insular and continental countries with.
III VI NNAA eItNN NV III v ~ -
should be able to secure fair dealing and
orderly liberty within their own borders.
l need not say that the United States
not only has no purpose OF aggression upOp
any republic. continental or insular. TO th,
south OF "a. but has the fricndlicst feeling
toward them. and desires nothing save
their progress and prosperity. We DO not
wish another foot OF territory: and I think
our conduct toward CUB is a guaranty
that this - our genuine attitude toward
all our sister republics.
We Must Make Them lie Good.
II ever We should have 10 interfere In the
Affairs OF any OF or ncighbors IL would
only be when we found % Impossible long.
cr TO refrain from doing 80 without serious
damage following. and even In such case
10 would only be- with the sincere and
effective purpose TO make our Interference
beneficial 20 the people concerned. In the
last resort. and only In the last resort. 81
may occasionally be necessary TO inter
i,rc by exercising what IL virtually an In
tcrnational police power. II only 20 AVOID
seeing some European power forced 10
fcrc always cautiously. and never wan.
tonly: yet on rare occasions, where the
need II great. IL may be necessary - In
%tcrferc, unless We are NJ'llng to comics,
| ourselves too feeble for the task We have
undertaken. and TO avow that We are will.
ing 20 surrender ~ into stronger hands
and such confession and avowal I know
my countrymen too well TO believe that
they VIII ever make.