The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-02
FUTURE OF
 ROOSEVELT Champ Clark Maps Out
 Plans. PRESIDENT OF HARVARD Senator from New York Is AIso
 Suggested. Mi..ourian Thiahs strenueus one Would Be Good Man te Put in Charge of Csmpsetfss
 Isthmian Canal.


 @e Washington, Feb. 1.-The House t0- day resumed consideration of the riv- CTS and harbors appropriation bill.
 MT Clark of Missouri opened the de- bate on tho bill with a quotation from the Scriptures. saying:
 "St. Paul, the greatest philosopher of all time in his first epistle to Timothy said: But if any provide not for his own. and especially those of his own house. he hath denied the, faith and fs worse than an infidel.''
 He then paid his compliments to Chairman Burton, in charge of tho bill That gentleman. he said. was supposed to dominate the Committees on Rivers and Harbors. and if that was true. he could have written his nams in the scanty list of the immortals by standing for the deepening of the chan mel of the Mississippi. but, he added, Mr. Burton's name was not there. In the course of his spech, Mir. Clark re- ferred to the Presidents possible future in the following words:
 Many suggestions have first ana last, been made in the public press as to the career of President Roosevelt said Mir. Clark. after his term expires. It has been suggested that he be elect ed to the Senate of the United State&
 
 New York, but if they are to contiune the unhappy custom of sending Repub- Iicans to that body, my voice is for Roosevelt for that position. The sub- sequent proceedings would be decided- ly interesting.
 "Only two ex-Presidents have been returned to Congress. John Quincy Adams served seventeen years and H fraction in this House, dying with the n nN would have desired to do so had he been consulted about hts exit from this world. It ia a truth of history to say that his fame rests more upon his ser vice in this House than upon his Ions public service in other positions. exs tending from the time when, at "A years of age. he was secretary of lsEaEs ton, to the day when he quit the Whige House in high dudgeon. refusinN f4 accompany his victorious opponent, Am drew Jackson. to the White aotssa
 Like so Head Univernity.
 Another suggestion is thatt Presis dAnt Roosevelt shall ba made ProHi-s dent of Harvard University. certainly a temptfng position for a man of snholarly tastes have freuueutlx been charged with being ambitious f0K political preferment. plead gutty 70 the soft impeachment. but It may ps A would rather be President of tho Uni- yersIty of Missouri than to be Rep resentatiye or Senator in Congress ar Governor of that imperial commons wealth. I sorrowfully recognise Ehe fact that that position is beyond mx reach because of the political ccnteatH in which I have been enBaeeu.
 "Another suggestion Is that Colonel Roosevelt be made perpetual Presidene of the Hague peace and arbitratlon tribunal. that he would discharge the duties of that high place with the en- erRv and capacity he exhibits Tn eyr erything to which he turns his hand, goes without saying; but what nc would do to peace makers with plans S,Trerept from his own would be q plenty.
 .ota bIs days to lfterature--surely notahIe pursuit. It would bring him ahnndant wealth, and he would have vast circle of readers from the begin ming. xz ha male manager of the Panama Ca- nsl--the most splendid suggestson of au An isthmian canal has been tD@ dyaauo of vnen since Balboa first looked with amazement and delight upon the neaceful ocean. The man--whether Theodore Roosevelt or ariother--who achieves the uonoI ot cSsseAf.--,s l that vast work will never be forgof- fen so long as the earth spins on It's axis Why Wallace or Shonts or any other mwn who had any chance t0 connect his name with that stupend- ous undertaking would relinQuisn for any financial consideration WpAa- soever, like the peace Of God passetn all understanding.
 supports MissiasiRpi Rtver.
 AaWh NlNfnHtM foIiovinr MT. Clark said in support ok the Mississippi river project that the hagoarIv pittance of S2b0.000 given the o,res, river in this bill is wholly inad- eouate Cor our purpose and when the time comes I will offer an amenNmSns raising the appropriation to sl'Veo.vyv.
 Representative Rainey or Aaanvls s charged that the hand of the steel trust" was seen in opposition to the Mississippi river enterprise because lk rntght interfere with the Lake Erie and Ohio river canal, winch extends from Cioyeland on the lakes to Pittsburg. '.This extraordinary measure. MT Rainey said. passed through the House xyItbont debate. giving to the iron ,asters of Plttsburg the right of eunt- nent domain along the route. It gives to them the right to issue stock upon this canal for nearly million dollars a mile and it also gives them the aif. restricted right to tix tolls upon yes sels passing through
 He added: ''The policy of river and harhor Improvements in this country ongbt 10 be a policy that will bring shont as a matter of first importance ths cheapening of rates for carrying heavy freights. This policy announced hv this b1i. makes 1t first of all the nol,cv of the country to pay tribute to Inc ironmasters who operate the steel
 Messrs. Crumpacker of Indiana and Madden of Illinois called attention Co fine Cape May project, for which $31l,- OoO ia appropriated. and both members insisted that this discrimination against inc Mississippi river is outrageous.
 MT. Candler of Mississippi made a p,ea for extensive improvements of the Tombigbee river. He read a song ded- icated to the river, after apoiogizing to the House for his inability to sing tho selection. te
 MT Garrett of Tennessee urged the extension of the levee system along the river. After his remarks tha committee rose.