Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-22

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could bear without preventing its useful
| ness IN competition with the transcon
| tinental railroads. One of the chief rea.
| sons for building the canal was TO set
| up this competition and to bring the two
shores closer together as a practical trade
| problem. Ii may be that the tolls will
have to be wholly RENTED. l do not
think this is the best principle because
/ believe that the cost OF such govern
ment work as the Panama canal ought
to be imposed gradually but certainly
upon the trade which it creates and
makes possible. SO far as we can, con-
sistent with the development of the
worlds trade through the canal, and the
benefit which ii was intended to secure
to the east and west coastwise trade, we
ought TO labor to secure from, the canal
tolls a sufficient amonnt Intimately to
meet the debt which we haye assumed
and to pay the interest.
~ The Philippine Islands.
In respect TO the Philippines. urgent.
ly join in the Recommendation OF the
secretary of war THAT the act OF Feb. G.
1905. limiting the Indebtedness that may
be Incurred BY the Philippine govern
ment for the construction Of public
works. be increased from 5000 900 to SIS,
WO 600. The finances of that government.
ARE In excellent condition.
t. Naturalization.
also join in the Recommendation that
the legislature of the Philippine islands
be authorized to provide for the natural
ization of Filipinos and others who py
the la w ar fpaa a r. -.
as to enable them to become citizens of
the Philippine islands.
Rivers and HaGbors.
The estimates for the Ayer and harbor
improvements reach 1872. 900, 900 Tor the
coming year. 1 wish to urge that when
ever project has been adopted by Con-
gress as one to be completed, the more
money which can be economically ex-
pended in its construction in each year,
the greater the ultimate economy
Lakes to the Cult
The project for a navigable waterway
from Lake Michigan to the mouth OF the
Illinois river, and thence via the Missis-
/ sippi TO the Gulf of Mexico, is one of ma
tional Importance In view of the work
already accomplished by the sanitary dis
trict of Chicago, an agency of the state
Of Illinois. which has constructed the
most difficult and, costly stretch of this
waterway and made it an asset of the
nation. and in view of the fact that the
people of Illinois have authorized the
expenditure of $20OOO,OOO to carry this
waterway 81 miles farther TO Utica, |
feel that it is fitting that this work
should be supplemented by the govern
ment, and that the expenditures recon-
mended by the special board OF engineer
on the waterway from Utica to the mouth
Of the Illinois river be made upon lines
which while providing a waterway for
the nation should otherwise benefit that
state TO the fullest extent
The Department Of Justice.
The report of. the attorney general
shows that he has subjected to close ex-
animation the accounts of the clerks of
the federal courts; that he has found a
good many which disclose irregularities
or dishonesty; but that he has had con-
siderable difficulty in securing an effec-
tive prosecution or removal of the clerks
thus derelict.
For this reason I recommend an
amendment to the law whereby the
President shall be given power to remove
the clerks for cause, This provision need
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