Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20

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s sssIy sss:s' sSs S q e s ssis; . aas' ,S nc -
as a:v s. s:sn ne ss e s 70 much = sIns Z: f S:sss
Of any serious accusations affecting the
honesty. Of the commission or Of any
letter dssiins With tSs most serious
charge. that Of the ownership OF lots In
Colon; the charge wa. not advanced ~
less. II 8 not too much TO say that the
H S :@t ncn! g, the com .,n,.ncn
been kept absolutely clear OF politics.
have never heard even a suggestion Of
'pf'' have pS.'ti Sv. y =s0nnss' sysr With aom Il;
brought to me for which there seemed
to be any shadow Of f%Sundstion; IN
s S~S. 0 ind insss c IN Il. all COURSE q. ~ 81 ss.s
message. ! came to the conclusion that
there was foundation for the con.
p al ! q and g, that the methods Sa. Of shs
Of could be bettered. In the other in
stances the complaints proved abso-
i inssance e.'s "s.r. ; ss:, n 4.,s ~. Or 10 s Si:.
takes which the commission had al
ISLANDERS and llbeiers.
30 much for honest criticism. There
reckless SANDER az has ever been pub:
f tS.m. S wSsr. ,h have no fonssrn with
feel for. them the heartisst contempt
q .:n;:n d%i:hon::ty and %:lies;
hamper the e%sscntien Of. the ersatsst
work Of the kind ever attempted. and
r.; sos :ss ~ {b. 70 er,ns to taught the n%. Ct It.
thu. credit OF Amsrics one Of the giant
feats Of the ages. The outrage,
acc1sstions Oh thsse slanaersrs con
public s]erv.nt: VIZ, ior trained Intel:
t:,r and .... Ss:0t!or < duty have a'y ys.
a nan smons those directing II. work
on the isthmus Who has e6tained his
Dfon.. sn % s sny s Sss', .s ss'i Ia thu: u:.S %i sis
position In any way Tor his own per-
sonal or ~pscuniary advantage.
Plan 10 Build BY Contract.
After most careful considsration ys
%ass S 81 ee%,r "a .' II c %s e sG'' come Sa TO %
satisfa story terms With the contract:
orr ssn. Tn' whol nscv Tc,l =: ~ q ! IND
cped III. type q contractor best atted
no 5rrSH .,..r T 10 do It. tn. !; WORK !: q n eG iss::
be sov.S"%snt. %proSiasd / y. pe :
s snD. on the one he ma TO 'ssTrs to tie
sible contractors OF the best kind to
sss ots.r h sns wo san b. s"s ao 1.oo ." ssrS q:
which will not give nm excessive prone
to the contractor at the expense Of
:.dsrss,cn re plan already pro%ai:
ADOPTED. This' plan IN it's e:.en;!si
BY the chief engineer. Mr.. stevens.
who. while In the employment 81 NJ.
s;n railroad; hsa personal saIerieS%Ss
stevens then submitted the plan to
with Mr.. Rogers. the legal adviser Of
ths c9mmis.lon. to nc. that al legal
tsry TAFT and myself. Secretary Taft
submitted II TO some OF the best coun-
with Mr.. Taft and Mr.. shonts. and we
iaid the plan In It's general feature.
hat II combines the maximum 81 ad-
vantage with, tse minimum OF disad-
vantage. Under 1t a premium will be
construction Of the canal. and n PEN
atty imposed on delay and waste. The
G9n !a% a. R'o Win SaSs to- % be 'e saS,aana,Kvsd
In some respects before we can come
to a satisfactory agreement with re-
spOnsible c1ntractors-perhapS even
and Of course II IL possible that, we
can not come to n agreement. In which
ease the government will do the work
Itself. Meanwhile the work on tho
without any let up.
Single Commissioner Desired.
A seven headcd commission In Of
c0urse q clumsy executive instrument.
We should have but one commissions
err, with such heads OF departments
and other on,esrs nndsv him az we =
expressly permitted to employ the
best engineers in the country M con-
sulting engineers.
I accompany this paper with a map
will be like when 1t II. finished. When
tho Culebra cut has been made ana
the damn built az they are built as at
al both the PACING and Atlantic ends
of. the canal two great fresh watei
lakes. connected by a broad channel
running It the bottom q a rayins;
Hemisphere. Those hest informed be-
iieve that tho work will he completed
In about eight years; but II liz never
as this. especially in the tropics,
Confident Of Ultimate Success.
or the success Of tn. entcrpriss ~
OF any enterprise that IL human. II
IN n stupendOus work upon which. our
fellow cOuntrymen are engaged down
should hold them /" q strict aeeoanta:
form il. We should recognise, with
frank generosity, the epic nature Of
md It's world Wide Importance. They
are doing something. which will re:
doud ~immea.urably ia. the credit Of