The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-03-11

the cunlllciing reports OF the malorit,
aud minority OF the consulting boar
and after the Recommendation of ID,
war department aud the cxecuti,,
upon those reports Recent suggestion
that something had occurred on thu
isthmus TO make the lock type of thu
canal less feasible than Il was sup
posed 10 be when the reports were
made and the policy determined on
led 20 visit TO the lsthmus OF a
board OF competent engineers 10 exam.
Inc the Gatun dam and locks which
are the key of the lock type The re.
port OF that board shows that nothing
has occurred IN the nature Of newly
revealed evidence which should change
the views once formed In the original
discussion. The construction win 90
on under 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. II not
before.
Some type Of canal must be con.
structed. The lock type has been Sc
lectcd. We are all IN favor Of having
\ built as promptly as possible. We
must not now, therefore keep up IRE
In the rear Of the agents whom we
have authorized 10 do our work on
the isthmus We must hold up their
hands, and, speaking for the incoming
administration, wish to say that
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 depcnden.
cies In Porto Rico and the Philippines
are progressing as favorably as could
be desired. The prosperity Of Porto
Rico continues unabated. 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 to the
hntpaaffo M
we can count on an improvement In
business conditions In the Philippines
and the development OF a mutually
profitable trade between this country
and the islands. Meantime our gov
ernment 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
the southern states. That Is n second
ary consideration. What look for.
ward to ia an increase In the tolerance
OF political views Of all kinds and
their advocacy throughout the south
and the existence Of a respectable po-
litical opposition In every state-even
more than than this. to an increased
feeling on the part Of oil the people In
the south that this government IL 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,
It's progress and Its present condition
The thirteenth amendment secured
them freedom, the fourteenth amend
ment due process Of law, protection
Df 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
hey were intended. While the 1f-
eenth amendment has not been gener-
lily observed In the past, II ought to
De observed, and the tendency OF
Iouthern legislation today ~ toward
he enactment Of electoral qualifca-
ions which shall square with that
amendment.
No Repeal Of Fifteenth Amendment
OF course the mere adoption OF
law Is only one step In
be right direction. 1t must be fairly
nd Justly enforced as well. In time
9th will come. Hence II Is clear to
II that the domination of an ignorant, d
responsible element can be prevent
by constitutional laws which shall
xclude from voting both negroes and !.
'hites not having education or other '
thought to be necessary
,r a proper electorate. The danger =
the control Of an ignorant electorate !.
As therefore passed. With this change =
10 interest which many OF the south "
n white citizens take In the welfare =
the negroes has increased. The col :
ed men must base their hope on the !,
suits Of their own industry. self re- :. :.
raint, thrift and business success as = =
ell as upon the aid and comfort and y
'mpathy which they may receive
ON their white neighbors Of the
uth. There was time when north VI
ners who sympathized with the ne Of
o In bis necessary struggle for bet u
= conditions sought to give 10 him re
. suffrage as protection and to en- &C
rec It's exercise against the prevail th
2 sentiment OF the south. The move