The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-28
TAFT AFTER
CANNON


Taft and the fleet are steaming down
the river today, enroute to Vicksburg.
The feet Is behind schedule time but
it is believed ii will reach Vicksb1rg
at seven this evening.
Greenyille. Miss, oct 2S.-A mes
sage thrown overheard in a bottle
says Taft in the Oleander has cut a.
way from the fleet in order to keep
his engagements at the river towns
and make up for lost time.
Al a dinner given last night Speak
er Cannon placed himself on record
as opposing a bon issue 10 provide
funds for inland waterways or con-
servation. a said the opinion OF
one man or his opposition ounted
for nothing and that public sentiment
was aroused to such an extent that
congress must take action.
Taft at vicksburg.
New Orleans, Oct. 2S.-President
Taft's great fleet is today speeding
down the river toward Vicks5urg.
where ne will he greeted by a great
concourse of h people of Mississip-
ri and Louisiana. The historic old city
ohe scene of so many thrilling Incl
dents of the Civil War. will give a
hearty welcome to the chief executive
of he nation. The President will de
liver an address and visit the Nation
al Cemetery and Military Park. Match
ez and Baton Rouge will entertain the
President tomorrow. and on Saturday
ne will reach this city.
New Orleans will do itself proud in
its greeting to the President, the gov
ernors and other officials and the del
egates to the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep
Waterways Convention. Already the
streets have assumed a festival at
tire and the advance guard of water
ways boomers are arriving at the no
tells.
The arrival of the fleet on Saturday
morning will be the signal for a hun
derous salute. The President will ad-
dress the waterways convention on
Saturday and scores of other men dis
tinguished in all walk of life will add
their testimony to the general demand
for the improvement of the nations
greatest waterway.
The association that will continue
the discussion of these important
questions was organized in 1900 by
the people of the Mississippi valley,
who sent LOO delegates to a conven-
ton that was held at ST. Louis. The
next convention was held in 1907 in
Memphis. President Roosevelt was so
much interested in that convention
that he went to ST. Louis an dthence,
as the guest of the association, to
Memphis. where he addressed the con-
vention. At that time President Roose-
Welt declared to the vente COVER
norS who accompanied him that the
United States should build the great
waterway by issuing bonds if neces-
sary.
The third convention of the asso-
citation was held in Chicago in 1908.
Three thousand five hundred and sew
enteen delegates were present. Mr..
TAFT was there. and in an address ne
said that the project should, in his
opinion. be treated as government
aad treated the Panama Canal and
that provision should he made by
bonds for the setting aside of a fund
sufficient to complete it as rapidly as
possible. William ]. Bryan also spoke
on the importance of the project and
its early completion.
A brief resume of the condition of
the deep waterway work will n
the present state of the project. The
sanitary district of Chicago has built
the deep waterway to Joliet. III. forty
miles from Chicago, and 500 600 900
has thus far been expended on the
work. The entire route of the lakes
to the gulf deep waterway from Joliet
TO New Orleans. through the Des-
PLANES river, the Illinois and the
Mississippi rivers. has been surveyed
under direction of congress by gov
eminent engineers, who have officially
reported hat the builiing of the wat
erway is feasible. Illinois has adopted
a constitutional amendment for a
bond issue of $40. 900 900 to be spent
in constructing thu deep waterway
southwark from Joliet a bill is pend
ing in congress providing for The is
sue by the government of bonds 20
the amount of $500. 600 900. the money
TO he spent in constructing this wat
erway from the great lakes to the
gulf. 1t is the intention of the asso-
citation to ask the next TO
pass a bill providing definitely that
The government undertake the con
Struction of this work from the point
where the Illinois work Will end TO
he Gulf of Mexico.