, 1907-12-06

with what remains to be done before
the Roosevelt program a be called
accomplished.
The work of the sixtieth congress
Will be circumscribed to a degree. One
session is Immediately in advance OF
the presidential election, the other FOL-
lows 1t. The work will be p~erfunctory.
II is clearly evident that in both
branches the brakes will be applied
almost continuously. There must be,
therefore, a great unfinished work ut
the close of the session.
Projects Of moment to the western
world are involved in the action Of the
next republican convention. A leader
must be chosen who Is not alone in
sympathy with Roosevelt, but n woo
can compel and enforce the authority
lodged In the executive.
The president is responsible for ma
ny undertakings. Without him the
Panama canal would still be in com
mittee or in the hands of q special
commission not out OF the o~ratorical
field; and fifteen months hence 1t can.
not be so far advanced that an indif.
ferent administration could not undo
what has been done and permit the
work to lag and drag; to have the
railroad lobby renew agitation regard
ing a sea level or a lock canal.
In the western states through the
passage of the reclamation act there
are projects under way Involving the
expenditure of two hundred million
dollars, bringing under cultivation ov-
err six million acres OF new land 50
rich in possibilities that the production
from this new acreage is bound to
have an economic effect on a number
of the older states and because OF this
one that has been looked on with mis-
gress.
In the south plans are going for
ward for the reclamation of a vast
area of swamp lands under government
aid that will also have an important
bearing on the nation
Under the presidents initiative a
commission Is at work on a system OF
inland waterways that would revolu
tionize the present methods of trans
~portation throughout the greater part
of the republic.
Through the president and men in
the government service imbued with
his patriotism and foresight, the de.
mutation of the forests has been stop
ped and steps are being taken to re-
forest millions of acres. What re-
mains Of valuable public lands, con-
tanning coal, oil and timber, is to be
saved for the benefit of the whole, and
the interior department and the depart
of justice are now in the midst
of prosecutions that must go forward
robbery of the country by unscrupu-
lous can Is to be prevented.
The administration is also In the
midst of a great constructive work
that will permit of the expansion of
the nation under the newer economies,
while at the same time preserving the
liberty OF the individual. In the last
year or two congress has recognized
the need of new Legislation to meet
the changed conditions; but congress
without the presidents incentive gain
ed through his utterances that aroused
the national conscience, would not.
and, perhaps, could not have made
much Roadway. There had been a lop'
sided inclination to permit a combina.
ton Of exploiters to get the upper
hand.
Let the message be read and re-read
md take from the nation the brain
that composed 1t, and would not there
be q void?
Who is there among the other lead
ers-and the republican party Is for
in having a number Of able men
1t the front-who would have stood pat
the gigantic blum from Wall
street?-Denver Republican.