Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-06

| natives, many of the latter well uuali-
fed for the rights of citizenship. He
said: Il don't want you or any other
Intelligent body of men to fear that
Alaska is to be gobbled UP by any
corporation. I don't. No matter what
the capitalization of a coropration in
Alaska, whether it be twenty, thirty.
or forty millions, theRe is no fear. for
it costs million a mile to lay rail-
road, and if the laws are enforced we
are all right and we have practically
all the necessary laws and we propose
to see that they are enforced"
He next referred to the proposed
new form of government for Alaska as
suggested by President Taft, gov
eminent by a commission At pres
ent, the government is largely by
courts criminal and civil codes. He
continued, saying:
IF you have some interest in the
affairs of our government as found in
the largest outlying possession of the
plans which the Washington admins
tration has devised for the improve
ment of Alaska's civic affairs I am
gratified by this interest and approval
course is in regard to those great,
vital policies and actions of the ma
tiOnal administration which affect the
commercial, industrial and social well
fare of the states. 1t has been pro-
posed to blaze certain new trails in
civil government in Alaska; it is,
believe, quite as true. although in an
other sense. that the present admin
istration at Washington. like the adj
ministration of Mr.. Roosevelt, is blaZ-
ing new paths which, and none other,
under form Of government by the
people and of the people and for the
people, shall be the ways along which
our Industrial. and commercial prog
ress must move. Trail blazing is not
easy work. The man who undertakes
it will surely receive a good many hard
~ rreJT A.. I1s~ 11 IT, -
who use the trail and by those who
do not assist but wish to make it as
straight and narrow as possible for
those who do. The leader of the pres
ent force engaged in what have
termed. in somewhat obscure meta
phor, trail blazing, has been criticised
like his predecessor in the presiden-
tfal Office; the venom exhibited by
some of his critics has perhaps not
been eQuaLIed before since the dark |
laws when certain men whose names |
ire now forgotten. assaHed the wise |
md patient Lincoln. Criticism by the 4
,ress and people of their public Off |
,ers is inevitable, but when the criti- |
ism is grossly unfair, 1t seldom has
any lasting significance for the per-
son or the cause subjected to the at
tack.
I'm my humble opinion, at least
eight-tenths of the criticism directed |
lgainst the great-hearted, patriotic |
nan who adopted the policies handed |
'ver to him by his predecessor and |
proclaimed his belief in them as if |
hey had originally been known as |
Taft policies instead of Roosevelt pol |
cies. is unjust criticism, absolutely
The other two-tenths of
and fault finding I should say
s only such as might cause temper
lie expressions of criticism, based on |
honest differences of opinion; and the |
nan whose heart is right and whose 1
lead is right will not remain critic |
ong
"I am constrained to say from full |
onviction of truth that the policies of /
his administration are founded upon /
he rock and must therefore prevail"