The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21


portance of maintaining the presen
organization and membership Of con
gress in letter to Congressman Wat
son, of Indiana. made public today il
connection with the congressiona
campaign.
The presidents letter which is dat
ed August IS, says;
Il hear through Speaker Cannon an,
Representative Sherman that yo'
| have volunteered to give your services
% the congressional committee for tht
entire campaign and feel like writ
ing you word Of congratulation an(
If earnest hope for the success d
yoar efforts If there were only par
san issues involved in this contest
should hesitate to say anything pub
licly in reference thereto. But | fee
that all good citizens who have the
welfare of America at heart should ap
oreciate the immense amount that has
been accomplished by the present con
sresS organized as ii is, and the urgent
need of keeping this organization in
lower With Cannon as speaker 1f
he house. the house has accomplish.
ID literally a phenomenal amount of
good work. II has shown courage,
GOOD sense and patriotism such that II
would be serious misfortune for the
'ountry to fail to recognize
TO change the leadership and organ.
jzation Of the house at this time means
o bring confusion upon those who
have been successfully engaged In
steady working out of a great and com.
prehensiye scheme for the bettermeat
Of our social, industrial and yiyic CON
litions. Such change would substi
ute a purposeless confusion, for the
present orderly progress along lines
If carefully thought out policy,
- spaal-@..prith historic ae opraey
When ! say that not in our time has
my other congress done so well in sc
many different fields of endeayor az
he present congress has done. Al
IS first session, the present congress
n addit on 10 many tasks it actually
completed, undertook several tasks
which | firmly believe ii will bring &c
completion in its second session next
winter Among these I hope and be
ieve and that bills 10 prohibit politi
al contributions by corporation and
o lower the duties on imports from
he Philippine Islands. each of which
las been passed by one mousse will be
'nacted into law | hope, and have
eason 10 believe that favorable action
viii be taken upon the bin limiting
he number of hours Of employment Of |
ailway employees But far more i'm |
lortant are measures which have actu /
lily been passed and as 10 these meas
res | wish TO reiterate that they are /
ot important in merely partisan
ense, but are important because they
observe the welfare of our people
S a whole of our nation as entirety.
THE digging of the Panama canal T.
ne colossal engineering feat Of all
ges. The interests banded together
, oppose 1t We're, ard are, numerous
nd bitter. and most Of them with
ecuIiarly sinister basis for their Cd. /
)sltion.
This sinister opposition proves how
Ssential it is that if the American
aople desire the Panama canal to be
lilt in speedy and efficient fashion.
ley should uphold the hands Of those
no IN the present congress have sol
fectively championed this work.
No less pra seworthy has been the !
titude Of the congress toward the !
Hiding and maintaining Of a high
aue IT efficiency iu the United States
IVY.
FaVors Perfection Of Navy.
This county Is irrereverably com.
.tted 10 he maintenance Of the Mon
q doctrine. n Is irreyocably com
tied TO the principle Of defending !
d policing the canal route. But its
Of The Monroe doctrine
d its announcement Of its Intentions
10 the canal route would both bo
surd on their face. il the nation
led TO do its duty ln maintaining a
roughly efficient navy at as hieh
point in perfection as can Dos ibivl
attained
The tremendous social and indus
al changes in our nation have rem =.
'ed evident the need ef a iarEerl
'rcise by the national government =.
its power 10 deal with ihe busi- !
.s use of wealth and especially oil I.
poFate wealth in interstate bus--
IS. II rs very easv thing fo riav'.
nasogue in this matter. 20 canfne i
IS self merely to den0uncine the -
Is Cf wealth. and 70 advocate often a.
-aeue language. measures 30 sweep
That. while they would entirely fail "a
correct the evils aimed az they ~
I'D undoubtedly succeed in bringing =.
IN the prosperity Of the nation
: a crash. But So IS not easy 20 10 ~,
the present congres ard its i'm -
Iiately predecessors have done
IS sfernir to disregard alike self