The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-07
q cNAELEs ~. ARTHUR.


president as result OF his recent trip
to the canal zone and Porto Rico.
Within the next few days he will send
two special messa;e to congress. One
of these win sum up his observations
concerning the canal and outline the
laws which he thinks should be en-
acted In order that the work on the
great waterway may be expedited and
carried to an early completion. The
other will tell OF conditions in Porto
Rico and Will Insist that the lawmak-
ers pass bill comforting citizenship
on the people OF that island
! Panama Problems.
The president was highly gratifed
with the results of his personal OBJ
rervations on the isthmus of Panama.
He was able to spend only three days
there. but Tat gave him Sufficient time
TO Investigate the most important fea-
tues of the canal project and to col
Iect n mass of first hand information
which will make the forthcoming spe-
ciaI message very interesting. During
The whole of his tour of the canal zone
he saw only one thing which did not
entirely please him, and that was one
OF the places in which some of the I'M
married negro Iaborers ut work on the
canal are housed. The sanitary ar
rangements We're not what they ought
to be. the president thought. and he
instructed those in charge to make an
immediate change
The presidents message on the canal
viii be unique among the papers Of
the chief executives Of the United
states In that 1t will be Illustrated. He
ia anxious to make the document as IL
Eliminating and instructive as possible
and realizes that pictures will go
long way toward helping the people
generally to understand the exact sta
tus of affairs on the isthmus- The pho
toSraphs which will be reproduced In
the message will not only make clear
the condition of different parts OF the
work, but will show the president at
many of the various points he visited
so that his critics can have no possible
ground for asserting that his inVestisa-
ton was not thorough.
Porto Riean Citizenship.
senator Foraker of Ohio already has
u bill before congress providing that
Porto RIcans be made citizens of the
United States, and the presidents spe-
ciaI message on that subject will nat
uraIIy give the measure considerable
impetus. Indifference rather than any
real opposition to the plan seems to
have been responsible for the failure OF
congress to act In the premises before
this. The president believes that the
comforting OF American citizenship on
the Porto Ricaus is a matter of sim
pie Justice which should be attended to
at once. and as his supporters in both
houses OF congress will continue to
Dyish the proposed legislation vigorous
ly the general opinion is that 1t has
good chance OF getting through before
the end of the short session.
Spelling Legislation.
The question of simplIfied spelling
is hound to cause lot of discussion
during this session OF congress. Tho
subcommittee of the house committee
ON appropriations. which is now en%aG-
ed in getting tle Legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill in shape,
has already tackled the subject, but
has made little progress. The incllnS-
ton of majority of the Subcommittee
is TO insert in the first bill reported to
the house Il paragraph providing thai
the old STYLE OF spelling shall lie used
in all congressional and judicial docu-
ments. They do not think 1t lies with
In their province to attempt to dictate
to the president as to what form shall
be observed by the executive depart
mcnt The appropriation bill itself
viii contain both methods OF spelling.
The new form will be used first In each
case, ana the word spelled according to
that form will be followed by the sumo
word in parentheses spelled as usual
A point which the subcommittee dis
cussions have brought out is that the
simpIified spelling board which was
largely responsible For the adoption of
the new photography, contains five
members who are either publishers or
nre connected with the publishing busi.
ness in some way. All these men would
benefit financially IL 1t were found
necessary to republish all the diction-
aries, cyclopedias, schoolbooks, etc. In
the country, and II the new style spell
Ing were to be generally adopted by
the government such republication |
would be almost inevitable in time
That is one of the arguments now be
ing made in support of the old style.
River and Harbor Congress.
The meeting of the organization
known as tho rivers and hart1ors con !
gress commenced in Washington today
aud win not be concluded until tomor-
row Delegates are here from I'll parts
of the country, some of the states most
Interested in waterways Improvement
having sent large numbers of repre-
seutatIyes. The object OF the congress-
prErnafiIy ia to create sentiment
which shall induce the United States |
congress to make a regular appropria- |
ton OF S6OOOO,OoO for the dredging Of |