The Forrest City times., 1911-12-01
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canal purposes the United States had maIeYolent territorial designs toward all Central and South America
 No one had any conception that progress on the canal would be as rapid as | has proved to be. Much more time vas spent in taking nrfor 10 the beginning Of operations than has heeH spent since in digging SoW tlat r Is long ts the past the country Is perhaps fCrze,fl but | may be ot interest to remember that for many weary months the congress of Inc United States gave itself over 10 debate discussions and even hIek erngs upon tAe relative values Of tuo routes for the waterway the Niearaugan route and the Pan anna route
 Senator Morgan of Alabama who died few years ago Was an adyaaate Of the EHcaraugan route He an old man at the time that he undertook 10 voice sentiment and argument behalf Of the more northern waterway He worked night and day studying the questions tn. Yo1Yed from eFery possible view point and the long speeches which he made on the matter in hand were written almoet entirely bE hIs own hand He was iHdefatgable in labor and what he did on behalf of the Nicarangau route and nu behalf of the waterway scheme generally s best told in the words of Senator Jonathan Deliver Of Iowa Deliver. like Morgan is dead IT @ Iowan was in favor of the Panama foIfe while the Alabaman was in favor Of the Nic1rauEau route The two men were opposed to each other polit ically. but they were personal friends When bit ter disappointment came to Morgan in the final defeat Of the Nicaraugan project Deliver rose In his seat and paid this tribute to his aged col league
 He stands here in his old age one Of the his toric figures connected with this canal eontro- yersy He may not be the man who began the discussion but for nearly a generation he has kept il up No man has ever exhibited within knowledge any such marvellous industry energy and sagacity as he has put into the argument for the Niearaugan canal Day and night he has la bored not with the assistance Of others but per sonally. often with his own pen writing the speeches which have become the chief part of the agitation which has resulted in unifying public sentiment in the United States In favor of the canal
 T regret more than can say that he was dis appointed in his own personal ambition in respect to the route that finally was chosen but that the little controversies of this hour are forgotten his name will be connected fin immortal reputa ton with tie Isthman canal. wherever it Is built
 Few people probably have forgotten the first attempts of President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft to secure the service of a civilian eng neer who would stick at his post until the Panama canal dug Three great engineers one after another resigned their positions as engineers in chief
 It is perhaps useless 10 discuss the causes which led to the resignations of the civilian engineers All sorts of stories told from the fear of yellow fever 10 inability to maintain discipline in the working forces. It is probable that one engi neers ears tngled for long time with the re- buke which given him by Secretary of War Taft. who is now the president of the United