Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-03

the great Gatun dam aud locks. Will
there II no question as to the wor
I being feasible, there are several ele
D ments entering into the time problef
> which make Il unwise at present {
hazard a prophecy IN referenc
thereto.
The Stronger Navy.
Now. gentlemen, this leads me a
% another matter for national con
, sideration. and hat Is our navy. Tn
navy is not primarily OF impOrtanc
only to the coast regions. II Is ever.
bit as much the concern Of the farme
who dwells a thousand miles iron
sea water az to the fishermen VIII
makes his living on the ocean, for IL !
the concern or every good America
who knows what the meaning OF tn.
word patriotism Is. This country !
definitely committed to certain fun
damental policies-to the Monroe doc
trine. for instance, and to the dut,
not only Of building, but. when IT j.
built, Of policing and defending IN
taken our place among the grea'
world powers. and Il would be a sigi
og ignoble weakness. having taker
such "A place, TO shirk its respOnsibili'
ties. Therefore. unless we are Willing
10 abandon this place. TO abandon oui
insistcnce upon the Monroe doctrine
To give up the Panama, and to be con-
tent TO acknowledge ourselves a weak
and timid nation. we must steadily
build up and maintain a great fighting
navy. Our navy II already 80 efficient
as 10 be o matter OF JUST pride TO ev-
cry American. So long as our navy
Is no larger than at present. IL must
be considered as an elementary princi-
pie h a the bulk of our battle fleet
must always be kept together. When
the Panama canal Is built 10 can be
transferred without difficulty from
one part Of coast to the other. but
even before the canal Is built 10 ought
To be thus transferred TO ana fro from
time 20 time. In a couple of months
our fleet Of great aTmOrcd ships starts
for the Pacific. California. Oregon
and Washington have a coast lin ,
which IS our coast line just as em-
phatically as the oas line OF New
York and Maine. of Louisiana and
Texas. Our fleet Is going to its own
home waters In the Pacific. and after
a stay there Il will return 10 it, home
waters IN the Atlantic. The best
place for n naval officer to learn his
duties Is at sea, by performing them.
and only by actually putting through
a voyage Of this nature. a voyage
longer than any ever before under
taken by as large a fleet of any ma
tion, we can find Out Just exactly what
naval needs and practice OF our ofncers
naval needs and pratiee our officer.
and enlisted men In the highest duties
OF their profession. Among all citizens.
there II no body OF equal size to whom
owe quite as much as to the off,
GERS and enlisted men Of the army and
OF the United States, and ! be-
speak from you the fullest aud hearth
of uaaa.N..st Il. fIA 49,. 80 800. Al
and Of our flag, for the services TO
these men belong.
National Control of Corporations.
In conclusion / wish Ia say "a word
10 this body. containing az Il does SO
many business men, upon what
Il pre-eminently a business PROPOSE
Ion, n nat Is the proper national
supervision and control Of corpora
Al the meeting OF the American
Bar association Ia this city last Au-
Judge Charles Il. Amidon, Of
North Dakota, read a paper on the
iation and the constitution so admira-
DE that It N deserving OF very wide
.tudy, for what he said was. as an
Itudies of law Ia It's highest form
to be. a contribution TO con-
tructiVe Jurisprudence ns II should hc I
not only by Judges but By
legislators. not only by those who in
erpret and decide the law. hut by
hose who make IL ana who admins
81 or execute II. lie quoted from the
ate Justice Miller of the supreme
curt Ia show that even In the inter-
of the constitution by this.
he highest authority of the land. the
curtis successive decisions must bc
by the way they work in actual
To the national life, the
adding to its thought and study
ne results of experience and observa-
until the true solution Is evolved
y a process both OF inclusion and ex-
Iusion. said Justice Miller. "Thc
roaming Of h constitution IS 10 be-
~ aH much in the national life as
= the dictionary for. as has been 7
'oll said. government purely out of :
law library can never bee really good
comment. .
Constitution Ia Eit Conditions. q
Now that the questions of govern
len are becoming 81 largely ocono- :
nc. the majority of our sp-callcd CON :
.itutional cases really turn not upon
Interpretation OF the instl umont a. {
10, hui upon the construction. tho &
ght apprehension of the living con- &
va, na 10 which Il Is applied. The {
institution ~ nov and must remain \
ma n always has been; but IL can
MY be Interpreted as the interests {
7 TIE whole people demand. IL inter- q
as a living organism designed g
o. Get the conditions of life and not I
death, In other words. 10 inter I
AS Marshall Interpreted g.. as /
illrr declared Il should be interpres G
a. Phe Marshall theory. the theory OF =
ana not of death. allows 70 the g
lu bel, mat ~ 60 the people as n !
q. when once DO finds e. subject e.
~ in the national c~ognlzlnce. the e.
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