The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-03-04

r6offOlIed by Colonel GoethalS ana his
fellow army engineers associated with
Nm and will certainly be completed
sariy n the next administration. II not
before.
some type Of canal must be con-
sructed. The lock type has been Sc
ected. We are all in favor Of having
Il built a. promptly rs possible. We
must not now. therefore. keep up fire
N the rear Of the agents whom we
have authorized to do our work on
IL isthmus. We must hold up their
hapds, and. speaking for the incoming
Administration, wish to say that
peopose to devote all the energy posi-
BE and under my control to the push
Ing Of this work on the plans which
haze been adopted and t. stand behind
De men who are doing faithful hard
sork to bring about the early compile
Mon 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 una batcd. The bust
leu conditions In the Philippines are
not all that We could wish them 10 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
domestic interests on those products.
We can count on an improvement IN
business conditions In the Philippines
and the development of n 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 a nation.
wsrds Of Friendship For the South.
| look forward with hope to incrcas
Ing the already good feeling between
the south and the other sections OF the
country. Ny chief purpose Is not to
eject change in the electoral vote or
Tie southern states. That Is second
AZ consideration. What | look for
ward to IL an increase in the tolerance
Of political views Of all kinds and
thelr advocacy throughout the south
and the existence Of n respectable po-
ltlcal opposition IN every state-even
more than than this. to an Increased
feeling on the part of all the people in
Inc south that this government Is their
eoveument and that its officers III
1neir states are their officers.
The Negro Question.
The consideration Of this question
cannot, however, be complete and fulI
Without reference to the negro race
" progress and Its present condition
IN thirteenth amendment secured
mem freedom, the fourteenth amend
neat due process Of law, protection
y property and the pursuit or happi-
IN, and the fifteenth amendment az
Wmpted to secure the negro agaihst
my deprivation OF the privilege W
'ote because he was negro. ne
thirteenth and fourteenth amend,
nents have been GENERALLY enforce.'
and nave secured the objects for whlcn
tney were intended. While the III
Nenfh amendment has not been Sehcr'
.ily observed In the past, 1t ought 10
Observed. ard the tendency VI
outnern legislation today is towaro
10 enactment Of electoral quallnca
''ons which shall square with tha'
snendment.
~ Repeal Of Fifteenth Amendment
VI course the mere adoption OF
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