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WORK ON The CANAL
President Sends Special Message
to Congress.
PRAISES PROGRESS BEING MADE
Health on Isthmus Good and Much
HeadwaY Has Been Made
on Canal.
PRAISES PROGRESS BEING MADE

Washington, Dec. IS. - President
Roosevelt yesterday sent a special mes
sage to congress on the Panama canal
in which he reviewed his trip across
the isthmus and made many important
recommendations Among other things
he said:
+'An inspection on the ground at the
height of the rainy season served to
convince me Of the wisdom of congress
in refusing to adopt either high level
or sea level canal. There seems to
je a universal agreement among all
people competent to judge that the
Panama route, the one actually chosen,
is much superior to both the Nicaragua
and Darien routes.
"The wisdom of the canal manage
ment has been shown in nothing more
clearly than in the way in which the
foundations of the work have been laid.
The first great problem to be solved,
upon the solution of which the success
OF the rest of the work depended, was
the problem of sanitation. This was
from the outset under the direction of
DR.. w. G.. GOrgas, who is to be made
full member of the commission, if the
law as to the composition of the com
mission remains unchanged. The 18TH
mus had been byword for deadly un-
healthfulness. Now, after two years
of our occupation, the conditions as
regards sickness and the death rate
compare favorably with reasonably
healthy localities in the United States
1T is curious to note the fact that
many of the most severe critics of the
commission criticise them for precisely
opp )site reasons, some complaining Bit
terly that the work is not in a more ad-
vanced condition, while the others
complain that it has been rushed with
such haste that there has been INSULT
cient preparation for the hygiene and
comfort of the employees. As matter
of fact, neither criticism is Just. 1t
would have been impossible to go
quicker than the commission has gone,
for such quickness would have meant
insufficient preparation. On the other
hand, to refuse to do anything until
every possible future contingency had
been met would have caused wholly
nnwarranted delay. The right course
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BUILD MORE SHIPS.
Dewey Says Present Policy of Cor
gress is Retrograde Move.

Washington, Dec. II. Admiral
Dewey believes that the authorization
by congress of at least three large bat
tleships year is essential for keeping
the American navy in state of eff
cheney and that the policy of one bat
tleship year now being urged by a
certain element, would be positive
letrograde movement.
He was asked if the policy suggested
by some persons of only providing one
battleship during an entire congress
would result in an actual increase in
the navy or in a virtual decrease in
fighting strength.
"Such a policy would be retrograde
in its charaater,' said the admiral
"It would not take up the waste or sup
ply the places of the ships that are
bound to deteriorate and which should
be placed out Of commission. We have
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received at the office of the Union Oil
company, in Los Angeles, say that their
new pipe line across the Isthmus of
Panama was filled with $4,000 barrels
of salt. When ready for use the oil
will be pumped from the Pacific to the
Atlantic through this pipe. The open
ing Of the line is expected to solve
largely the fuel problem of the isthmus.
Fourteen thousand tons of coal are now
used there monthly, but it is anticipat-
ed that oil will soon be the fuel in
use,
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AMERICANS FIRST CHANCE.
Shonts Will Bar Foreigners From All
Canal Contracts.

Washington, Dec. 17.-Foreign con-
tractors are to be barred from competi-
tion for the contracts for the Panama
canal. Chairman Shonts of the canal
commission today made the announce
ment. Many changes have been agreed
to in the form of contract, but the most
important is the limiting of proposals
American firms. The right will be re-
served by the commission to reject all
bids, the commission will then either
throw the competition open to foreign
bidders or proceed with the work with
out contract. January II is the date
set for opening proposals.
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congestion to unprecedented holiday
shipments.
Urges Immediate Action

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Flint,
of California, talked with the president
today about the break in the Colorado
river, which has resulted in such dis
astrous flood in Imperial valley, Cali
fornia. When he asked that proper
representations be made to Mexico, with
a view to securing financial redress for
those persons whose property had been
injured, the president told him that the
State department had already addressed
a note on the subject to the. Mexican
government, but that thus far no reply
had been received.
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three battleships which were fine ships
in their day, but they were laid down
in 1891, about Is years ago. They are
the Indiana, the Oregon and the Massa-
chusetts. They have the defect of not
possessing balance turrets, which causes
a list when their guns are all trained to
one side, thus exposing the hull below
the water line and laying the ships
open to danger from the fire of an
enemy on that side"
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the commission has under way in the
Northwest, has been prepared, it will
be sent to the president for his infor-
nation in the event he decides to make
any recommendations to congress on
the subject. He has not yet taken any
steps indicating his probable course.
Among suggestions that have been
made to the president is that he recon-
mend legislation by congress empower
ing the government to take charge of
railroads and operate them under Ger
tain contingencies, especially in a case
like the present.
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Fed Through Long pipe.

Bakersfield, Cal, Dec. 15.-Progress
in rescuing L. B. Hicks, the man i'm
prisoned in the mountain at the Edison
company's plant, is being made at the
rate of 20 feet day. At noon the drift
diggers had still 60 feet farther to 90
before the miner can be released. Milk
is still being fed through the long pipe
at three-hour intervals, under the di-
rection of a physician. He is gaining
in strength and it is believed will hold
out until reached.
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EVILS OF CHILD LABOR.
Miss Adams Declares America Is in
Class with Russia,

Cincinnati, Dec. 15.-Before the first
session of the child labor convention
here last night, DR.. Felix Adler, chair
man Of the national child labor com
mittee and professor of political and So
cial ethics in Columbia university,
spoke on "The Attitude of Society To-
ward the Child as an Index of Civiliza-
ton" Professor Adler spoke of the
inadequacy and inefficiency of state laws
and urged the necessity for a national
law to furnish a background for effective
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Freight Congestion in Los Angeles.

Freight Congestion in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Dec. 15.-The Times
will print story tomorrow morning to
the effect that Los Angeles is suffering
from the worst freight congestion ever
experienced by the transcontinental
railways running into the city. Accord
ing to the Times hundreds of cars con-
signed to local merchants are either
delayed or lost in the congestion of coal
cars in the yards. Railway officials
deny that the situation is of seri
Gus nature and ascribe the freight
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Despatch from Grand Forks, n. D.,
says that the fuel situation today pre-
sents the most critical condition that
has existed in the history of the state.
Careful inquiry in every portion of the
northern half of the state shows that
there is not a town in which coal could
be had to supply immediate needs and
in dozens of places there is not pound
to be bought, the dealers having been
out of fuel for days and weeks.
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Raise Fuel Famine.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 1s.-The
fuel famine in the Northwest will be
broken within "a hours as a result OF
the Interstate Commerce commissions
inquiry in this city. The commission
was represented by James S. Harlan, of
Chicago, and Franklin X. Lane, of San
Francisco. Mr.. Lane has charge of the
fuel inquiry, while Mr.. Harlan is bust
ly engaged in the car shortage inquiry.
1t was decided that the fuel famine was
the more important, many more re-
ports being at hand of the suffering
from lack of fuel.
North Dakota Has No Coal.
st. Paul, Dec 18.-A special to the
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PRESIDENTS EYE ON RAILROAD
Suggestion That Government Operate
Railroads in Emergencies.

Washington, Dec. Is. = President
Roosevelt is taking deep interest in
the situation as to car shortage, COM
plants regarding which have come
from many sections of the United
States. Some time ago partial state
ment bearing on the car shortage was
submitted to the president by the In
terstate Commerce commission, and,
when the more complete report, which
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Oil Pipe Filled With Salt
Los Angeles, Dec. 1S.-Cablegrams
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to follow was exactly the course which
has been followed" !"
The president goes into details on
the work of exterminating mosquitoes
and then tells of the improvements
made in Colon. The city has been
drained, reservoir to supply water
has been huilt with capacity of 50,-
900, 900 gallons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
WHO is TO BL.AMEa

New York World.-Strfct consistency
is too much to expect, perhaps, from
any southern politician who undertakes
to discuss the race question. Senator
Tillman, who believes the south on the
verge of great race war, lays down
six propositions (which cannot be dis.
puted." 1t may be worth while to com.
pare two of these propositions:
"First-The white men of the south
are united and determined, as never
before, to maintain white supremacy,
politically and socially, in every part
Of every southern state"
''Fourth-Lynching for criminal as.
sault will continue as long as the crime
is committed. The escape of guilty
men inflames the whites, precipitates
riots and causes innocent negroes to
suffer"
Senator Tillman's logic leads
straight to the conclusion that white
mems government also is failure in
the south. 1t may be a failure, but it
need not be a failure.
The whites of the south are united,
as Senator Tillman says, and they con
troll the government. 1t is.white sher-
ifs who administer the law In the
counties, white judges before whom
negroes charged with criminal assault
are brought for trial, white juries who
pass upon the guilt of the accused, and
white governors whose duty it is to see
that the law is faithfully executed.
If "the escape of guilty men inflames
the whites" as the senator says, who
is to blame for this escape but the
white men who are in control of the
government? Mr.. Tillman insists that
the white men of the south shall do
what they believe to be right in the
matter regardless of "all the yankees
between Cape Cod and hell"
Then why not begin by vigorously
administering the law?
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teal acquaintance with affairs has
given him mastery over the practical
and applied side of the law, developing
the tendency to treat each question
separately, to avoid doctrinaire pro-
nouncements, to distrust generaliza-
lions. To make the picture somewhat
more complete it should be said that
Mr.. Hughes convinces one not only of
the vigor and fairness of his mind but
also OF the depth and sincerity of his
moral convictions He holds high
ideals, and believes in the principles
which underlie our American civiliza.
t1on. He trusts and admires his fell.
low countrymen, and while his judg-
ments on certain obhquities are severe
and his condemnation Of certain tend
encies is unsparing, these qualities go
with genuine tolerance and great
kindness, a readiness to find excuses
In the vastness and newness of our
land and the extreme rapidity of our
national growth.
1T Is interesting to recall at this
time opinions which Mr.. Hughes has
expressed as to the grave problems
which have especially filled the pub.
lie mind since the revelations brought
about by the insurance investigation.
AS TO the question whether or not the
disclosures Indicate far-reaching un.
soundness and dissolution Of ideals,
Mr.. Hughes expressed last spring, to
a representative of this journal, posi-
tive and exhilarating opinions. He be-
licves heartily, 1t was said then, in the
American people, in American ideals
and in the inert soundness of heart
and principle of the vast majority of
his fellow countrymen How, them
could the state of things disclosed in
the Armstrong inquiry come about?
Largely, no doubt through the new.
ness of the country, it's very rapid
growth, and the rawness which goes
with overgrowth.'
Are we, then, to palliate and excuse
the Indifference to law shown so often
here, and SO markedly brought out in
the revelations OF She insurance in.
quiry? On this point Mr.. Hughes
spoke with the deepest conviction Far
from validating or excusing lawless.
ness, we ought to feel, and all Ameri.
cans ought to feel, that in entering
devious ways they are gravely guilty.
Such oblique approaches to our legis.
latures as were uncovered should be-
given their true name, and held as
treason-as treason to the principles of
liberty and the principles on which our
state is built; and whoever Is involved
In action Of this underhand character
should feel that he is guilty of trai-
torous act, something more than
misdemeanor, something worse than a
common crime. Law must be held su.
preme, and must be Loyalty obeyed.
most of all in democracy where there
are no agencies Of conservation to fill
its place. We want. therefore, more
loyalty, more reverence for the law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
kEoTA WANTS INTERuRRAN
Committee From That Place Hold.
Conference in Fairfield.

Fairfield, Oct. 20.--Last evening to
meet committee OF Keota, composed
OF j. A. Richardson, editor of the Ke-
ota Eagle, Fl. p. Newton and John Ran
dolph, cashier of the Union State bank
Of that city, who are DESTROYS of hav-
ing the interurban road now in con-
temptation, extended from this city to
Keota and beyond. A meeting was
held here with IL, people interested N
the interurban. Surveys of the
water courses at Keosauqua have been
made and the road survey has pro.
crossed as far as Cedar Creek from
Keosauqua and will reach Fair.
field today. The survey now
being made Is for the purpose of draft
ing the specifications and details for
the construction company, the prelimi.
nary survey having been made in July.
Actual construction work will begin at
an early day. The work of preparing
the bonds and mortgages for issue Is
now going on in New York, and when
completed, signed and recorded, the
money will be turned over to the con.
struction company. 1t is contemplat.
ed by the company to enter Fairfield
from Cedar Creek almost due north to
the chautauqua grounds, thence down
Broadway to the railroad, with the
probability of taking up street car
to the college grounds and such other
city service as will appear to be most
feasible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
LONG AND LA TOILETTE

gu must take your choice you can
get Ilght with Roosevelt, or with La
follette; you cannot get right with
Doth OF them" That is what Senator
Long has to say of the Wisconsin re.
former. and If Senator Dolliver is right
mat is about the correct conclusion.
senator Long is not through with La
toilette. The Wisconsin man went
down into Kansas and attacked the
senator from that state in much the
same manner that he did Senator AL
l1son in this state. The Kansan is TAX
Ing advantage of this campaign the
same as Senator Dolliver is. to show
up the bogus reformer in his true
light. OF him he says:
1t mas been said that this is a per
sonal contest between Mr.. La Toilette
and myself. 1t is not correct. 1t is no
more personal contest between us
IMAM mat ten years ago there was a
personal contest between Jerry Simp-
son and myself on the money question.
Senator La Toilette and myself repres-
ent different theories in politics. 1
can never agree with him. It would
be at variance with my entire record
IN politics. for have always been
against populism.
The old brand of pcpulism assault
ed public men In Office and questioned
their character; so does the modern
brand. This has been the foundation
of both kinds of populism.
The twentieth century brand of
populism is just as socialistic in it's
tendencies as the old brand.
Senator La Toilette is one of trio
of takers in politics-Bryan, Hearst,
La Toilette. 3,
"Mr. Bryan stands for government
ownership of railroads. Mr.. LaFo1-
slette at Newark. N. j., came out In IA
vor of MI. Bryan's government ow-
nersnip. Mr.. Hearst has always stood
for government ownership
"Mr. Bryan Endorsed Mr.. Hearst in
recent speeches in Indian Territory,
and at Clinton Mo. October 10, in a
speech he commended the work in
Kansas of Senator LaFollette. This
places them all in accord
Mr.. Bryan. is the most conservative
of the three-he has been in the bus
mess longer"
BY the theory that things that equal
the same thing, equal each other, Sen
ator Long has formulated trio whose
classification will be quite generally
accepted. even by those who agree
with them.
People can call Roosevelt a demo-
crat, they may call him a refcrmer, or
call him what they will, but Senator
Long is right when he says that you
cannot get right with Roosevelt and at
the same time get right with this
trio.
Senator Long, not great while ago,
and it was in his first answer to La
Toilette, observed that each man has
an ideal that he follows and tries to
live up to or approach. He described
his ideal United States senator and
then said that Iowa was represented
by just such man. That high com
pliment was paid to Senator Allison.
If Senator Long is attempting to ap-
proach the Allison standard he can ex-
pect nothing more from the Wiscon-
sin reformer, for the Iowa senator did
not escape a similar attack.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
PROGRESS ON RIVER.

Col. James B. Quinn, United States
engineer in charge of the work on the
Missouri river, says that the old
methods of conveying freight on rivers
will not be successful today He furth.
er says that at best it can not be com
pared favorably with the rail system.
The proceedings which have led him to
a discussion of the subject are those of
the men of Kansas City who have been
promoting river traffic on the Missouri
in order to get something cheaper than
railroad transportation.
According to the engineer the meth
DDS of the Kansas City committee are
impractical and their ideas are vision
airy. He observes that instead of going
ait the matter in modern businesslike
way they have consulted the old
steamboat captains, whose ideas are
antiquated. In other words the Kan
sas City men have begun just where
they left off ten years ago instead of
adopting methods that are more likely
to be practical in competition with the
railroads.
Among his advanced ideas is that of
operating string of barges instead of
never compete with the rail- He would
have barge dropped off the same as
a train drops off a freight car to be
loaded at station. The old system is
to pile the goods on the bank or leave
them in warehouse to await the ar
rival of boat. 1t is impossible, then,
for a steamboat to start at definite
time. the work Of loading being slow.
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allze his adhesion and devotion to the
great underlying principles of the re-
publican party. Over and over again
ne has declared himself to be pro-
tectionist, to the full extent protect
lonlsu. If he differs from any mem
pers OF his party it is upon those mat
ters OF secondary Importance, the
schedules of the tariff law He thinks
mat changed conditions since the en-
actment OF the Dfngley law have fore
ed necessity for changes in some of
the schedules and that the time to
make them Is now. There are but few
republicans who do not agree with
him thas some changes in the sched-
ule would make the law better. and
that the time will come and that
speedily perhaps, when these changes
will be made. 1t is simply question
of time end detail. 1t is true that the
republican congressional campaign
committee and our great leader, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, say that the time is
not now, and that the general revis-
ion ought not to be undertaken until
the good to be accomplished will fully
compensate the harm that always
comes from revision. But again l say
that this Is a matter of secondary inn
portance. If we all agree In the belief
that protection is not robbery, but
that it has proven great blessing,
and if we are determined unitedly to
maintain it, we can well afford to over.
look disagreeing views as to when at
tempts for the improvement of the
Dingley law shall be made. We must
remember that while there are enough
of us to make a united, dominant re-
publican party, there are not enough
of us to make two republican parties,
and that when we divide, If we do,
we surrender our supremacy to an an
tagonistic party that we know to be
hostile to all Of our principles. Some
say that they will not vote for Cover
nor Cummins because they suspect
his devotion to protection, yet these
same gentlemen know that Claude
Porter is the enemy of protection.
They say that they will not vote for
Governor Cummins because they sus-
pect him Of being democrat, yet they
know that Mr.. Porter is democrat of
the most virulent type. There is but
one course for us to pursue and that
is for us to give our support to the en-
tire ticket. When in our state con-
vention majority decided in favor of
the nomination of Governor Cummins,
he became our candidate, and the only
way we can give expression at the
polls of our sentiments is to give our
support to all of our candidates"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
FEW WHISPERS IN OKLAHOMA

~
New York World-The gentlemen
who make cartoons for the humorous
periodicals of the east long ago decid.
ed that the typical citizen of Oklahoma
was a lean, hungry-looking individual
with mustache that could be tied be-
hind his ears or whisl1ers that expand
ed generously over his manly bosom
and were beautifully tinted with tobac.
CO juice.
The Oklahoma Journal of Commerce
has just issued an illustrated edition
which shows how little caricaturists
OFTEN know about their business. OF
Its 105 portraits of more or less promi-
nent citizens there are only five exhibits
OF whiskers, and four of these are as
closely cropped as Vice President Fair
banks. The sole exception is not a
type of funny paper whiskers, but of
the old-fashioned American beard that
is believed to have had its roots in the
fertile soil of the Western reserve.
Mustaches are more numerous.
Ihere are twenty-five among the 105-
not Alkali Ike mustaches, but rather Of
the well trimmed New York kind. None
of these Oklahoma mustaches would
attract particular attention in Wall
street
But boards and mustaches are in a
hopeless minority. Out of eight editors
seven have smooth faces. Seventeen
out of twenty-nine republican politi-
clans are smooth-faced and only two
nave boards. In the democracy whiskers
are held in even less esteem. forty-four
out OF f1fty-eight prominent democrats
being smoothly shaven.
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and the goods remain until the boat

and the goods remain until the boat
comes along.
Automatic chutes for the loading of
grain are not practical, and the danger
and trouble in times of storm is an
added difficulty in river traffic.
So, admitting that Colonel Quinn's
barge system is the best that can be
provided now, and is years ahead of
the old single steamer plan, the river
transportation still has difficulties
that make it hard for the managers to
enter into competition very greatly
with the railways.
There is class Of traffic that can be
handled, and probably be handled more
cheaply. which is one advantage that
the Kansas City people will gain. but it
is not probable that it will have any eff
feet upon the rates of the railways.