The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-03
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1910.
CAME MIGHTY NEAR SAYING
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Ibeen made in Its construction, the
|,greater part of the work that has
been done in actual building having
been done under Mr.. Taft's direction
and. partly, personal supervision APP
plauding the greatness of this under
taking, the Colonel said, ''our gratitude
Is due to every man who has taken
tan honorable part in any capacity in
Infringing about its performance" mas
tmuch as Mr. Taft has taken an honor
liable parn in carrying forward this
great work and as Mr. Taft must be
.,catalogued as of the genus homo, it
Twill be seen that he can fairly claim
Ito have been embraced in the Coloners
general compliment, and for this rec
ognition he ought to be truly thankful.
THE Colonel might have said every
Imam with the exception of Mr. Taft"
i ,but he didn't, and as no is bold bad
man who is afraid of nothing and no
{ lbody, we must conclude that Mr. Taft
lis privileged to accept a moiety of
!. fwhat the Colonel said in praise of tho
!! builders down on the Isthmus. II
(, might be that, Mr. Taft would have
4 appreciated just word or two about
himself, and his striving after the re-
/, suits that have been achieved, and 1t
} twou1d have looked a little more re-
{ fspectful If he had not been included
with the Dagoes ana Spaniards and Chi
: ..nese and Jamaican 'niggers' and the
= rest, of the workingmen down there;
hut he must take what he can get and
+ 1be thankful One of these days the
' lColonel may reach that degree of mag
b nanimity that will impel him to ac-
2 knowledge that there is really such a
c man in the world as his old friend
i Twin
The Colonel is bent now on forttfy-
9. ing the Canal. He says that it must
> be done. and that settles it. 1t is true
y that Mr.. Taft has made some indiffer-
q ent suggestions along this line, and
II that the Army engineers have been
s. considering the best plans of doing
w; this very thing and counting the cost
and all that but it was not until yes
Iterday that the people of the United
!, States, and of all the world beside,
E,were told by the voice of all authority
h,ithat the Canal must be fortified, and
it!there is nothing else to be done but
Ito go along. and do it, and do it quick.
I'll If there is no money to do it with. 1t
EEmusu be done anyhow, even if it has
Il to be done on a credit; probably some
l Hartman or other malefactor of great
! fwealth would be willing to put up the
1.tcash to.pay for it; but 1t must be done.
4 lido you hear? and done as the Colonel
1 directs.
VI Just think of what might happen If
4 I'D should turn 6it that the trip of the
l hunted states Fleet around the world,
which. We are told. assured the peace
] ,of The world, did not have that effect
4 ireally, and that some foreign Power
! without the fear of God and the Ca
nal before its eyes, should proceed to
=; use rtle Canal, would not the United
Estates bedn fix, to be sure?
Why, of course, the Canal must be
fortified, else we would incur. and
4 quite rightfully. the contempt of the
world" not to speak of getting licked
q. to boot. More of it. and worse still.
t;cif any foreign feet should sneak
In through the Canal because we have
not fortified it. that would be u
iuucwicked blow at our prestige on the
o. Pacific" Notwithstanding that Pin
to, chot succeeded in nominating Hiram
to johnson for Governor of California on
CO the Republican ticket, and failure to
! build forts would be in essence trea-
~ son to the destiny of the Republic"
! now shortly to become monarchy
anif the cowboys and the ill-mannered
1nspeople of Kansas City and the men
ar of moral fibre Eve think that pretty
80 clever description of Pinchot and
an GARFIELD and CLAWS and Kerby) can
bring it about
Co. The most terrible thing. however,
boz that will happen If these forts are not
ser built is that 'it would mean the COM
,iplete abandonment OF the Monroe
W.; Doctrine" a Doctrine which was
nrt proclaimed long before the Colonel
duiwas born and proclaimed when we did
G9lhFnot have any navy TO speak of. when
1--we were a handful of independent
Estates and not puissant Nation OF
theninety or a hundred million people,
sll'and a Doctrine that was maintained
Lsnpin It's integrity for seventy-hye years
Tbefore the Colonel won the desperate
well Battle of Kettle Hill, f'ortify the
PM Canal! Why. of course, 1t must be
wEMnfortifed from end to end, Think OF
thatwhat we shall lose If 1T isn't, and, as
Nesthe word has gone out. We may be
that IT will be done now,
~ The Colonel was very happy yester-
raay. not as happy as he was with the
(, sboys at Cheyenne, perhaps, but as
Unhappy as the circumstances would
permit We do not know where he
will break out next, but that he VIII
treak out there is not the least room