Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-08-23

New York, Aug. 21.-President
Roosevelt yesterday made public his
views on the party legislative policy
and the importance of maintaining
the present organization and mem.
bership of congress, in letter to
Congressman watson of Indiana,
made public yesterday in connection
with the congressional campaign. The
presidents letter, dated Aug. lS says:
81 hear through Speaker Cannon
md Representative Sherman that
7ou have volunteered to give your
.eryices to the congressional commit.
ee for the entire campaign and
feel like writing you word of con.
graduation and of earnest hope for
the success of your efforts. If there
were only partisan issues involved in
this contest | should hesitate to say
anything publicly in reference there
to. But | feel that all good citizens
who have the welfare of America at
heart should appreciate the immense
amount that has been accomplished
by the present congress organized as
is, and the urgent need of keeping this
organization in power. With Mr..
Cannon as speaker, the house has &C
complished literally phenomenal
amount of good work. 1t has shown
courage, good sense and patriotism
such that it would be a real and seri.
Gus misfortune for the country to fail
to recognize. To change the leader
ship and organization of the house at
this time means to bring confusion
upon those who have been successfully
engaged in the steady working out of
the great comprehensive scheme for
the betterment of our social, industrt
al and civic conditions. Such change
would substitute a purposeless CON
fusion for the present orderly pro-
gress along the lines of a carefully
thOught-out policy.
Better Than Ever Before.
speak with historic accuracy when
l say that not in our time has any
other congress done so we'll and in so
many different fields of endeavor as
the present congress has done. At
its first session, the present congress,
in addition to the many tasks it actu.
ally completed, undertook several
tasks which l firmly believe it will
bring to completion in its second ses-
sion next winter. Among these,
hope and believe that bills to pro-
hibit political contributions by corpor-
tons and to lower duties on imports
from the Philippine islands each OF
which has been passed by one house,
will be enacted into law. ! hope, and
| have reason to believe, that favor
able action will be taken upon bill
limiting the number Of hours of en-
plovment of railway employees. But
far more important are the measures
which have actually been passed and
as to these measures l wish to reit-
crate that they are not important in
merely a partisan sense, but are i'm
portant because they subserve the
welfare of our people as a whole, Of
our nation as All entirety The dig
ging of the Panama canal is the CO.
lossal engineering feat of all ages.
The interests banded together to OPP
pose it were and are numerous and
bitter, and most of them with pecul-
iarly sinister basis for their opposi-
ton. This sinister opposition proves
how essential it is that if the Ameri-
can people desire the Panama canal
to be built in speedy and efficient
fashion they should uphold the hands
of those, who in the interest of con.
gress, 50 effectually championed this
work.