The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-04

posed to be when the reports were
made and the policy determined on
led TO n visit TO the isthmus Of a
board OF competent engineers TO exam
Inc the Gstun dam and locks which
are the key Of the lock type. The re-
port OF that board shows that nothing
has occurred IN the pature Of newly
revealed evidence which should change
the views once formed In the original
discussion. The construction win go
on under q most effective organization
controlled by Colonel Goethals and his
fellow army engineers associated with
him and will certainly be completed
early In the next administration, IL not
before.
Some type Of canal must be con-
structed. The lock type has be-. a Sc
lected. We are all in favor az having
Il built as promptly as possible We
hust not now. therefore. keep upa Ere
in the rear of the agents whom we
have authorized to do our work on
the isthmus. We must hold up their
hands, and, speaking for the incoming
administration, | wish to say that l
propose to devote all the energy posi-
BILE and under my control to the push
ing Of this work on the plans which
have been adopted and to stand behind
the men who are doing faithful hard
work to bring about the early compile
tion of this the greatest constructive
enterprise Of modern times.
Free Trade With Philippines.
The governments Of our dependen-
cies in Porto Rico and the Philippines
are progressing as favorably as could
be desired. The prosperity Of Porto
Rico continues undated The bust
ness conditions in the Philippines are
not all that we could wish them to be.
but with the passage of the new tariff
bill permitting free trade between the
United States and the archipelago,
with such limitations in sugar and
tobacco as shall prevent injury 20 the
domestic interests on those products.
we can count on an Improvement in
business conditions in the Philippines
and the development OF mutually
profitable trade between this country
and the islands. Meantime our gov
eminent In each dependency is uphold
ing the traditions of civil liberty and
increasing popular control, which might
be expected under American auspices.
The work which we are doing there
rebounds to our credit as nation.
Words Of Friendship For the South.
look forward with hope to increas-
ing the already good feeling between
the south and the other sections of the
country. My chief purpose Is not to
effect change in the electoral vote Of
theAsouthern states. That Ia a second
airy consideration What I look for
wardNto is an increase In the tolerance |
of political views Of all kinds and |
their advocacy throughout the south |
and the existence of respectable po- |
litical opposition in every state e-an
more than than this, to an increased |
feeling on the part Of all the people In
the south that this government Is their
government and that its officers In
their states are their officers.
The Negro. Question.
The consideration Of this question
cannot, however, be complete and full /
without reference to the negro race,
its progress and its present condition.
The thirteenth amendment secured
them freedom, the fourteenth amend
ment due process Of law, protection
of property and the pursuit of happi-
ness, and the fifteenth amendment at
tempted to secure the negro against
any deprivation Of the privilege to
vote because he was negro The
thirteenth and fourteenth amend
ments have been generally enforced
and have secured the objects for which
they were intended While the if
teenth amendment has not been gener-
ally observed in the past It ought to
be- observed. and the tendency Of
southern legislation today is toward
the enactment Of electoral qualifica-
tons which shall square with that
amendment.
No Repeal of Fifteenth Amendment.
OF course the mere adoption of a
law is only one step in
he right direction. 1t must be fairly