The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-20
HIS VISIT TO ARCHIE.
Colonel Roosevelt Spends Sunday at
Mesa, AriZ.


OF 90 mile motor trip from the dam
which bears his. name and which he
formally dedicated Saturday, Sunday
was day of rest for Theodore Roose-
welt and members of his family who
are accompanying him on his tour
The automobile journey from the dam
landed the RooseVelts at Mesa, IS
miles from Phoenix, where Archie
Roosevelt is attending school,
Mr.. Roosevelt has given warning
Of his intention to devote his princi-
pal addresses to Arizona's constitu-
tcn, recently adopted and the state
hood fight the territory has been wag-
ing. He has conferred on the subject
with all of his political friends in
Arizona who have come to meet him.
Justice Kent. of the territorial su-
preme court.
His remarks have been prepared in
advance which indicates the impor-
tance Mr.. Roosevelt attaches to the
subject since it will be the only time
he has not spoken extemperaneously
during his present trip.
The clause in Arizona's statehood
constitution providing for the initia-
tive. referendum and recall, is the one
to which Mr. Roosevelt will devote
himself, particularly to that portion
providing for the recall of the Judi
ciary.
A remarkable scene was presented
at Roosevelt dam when the day broke
All along the roads that skirt the
great artificial lake, motor cars were
packed while their occupants among
them many of the wealthiest men of
this part of the territory, were sleep
ing on the ground.
The Roosevelt party will leave for
Los Angeles this evening and there
ill be no stops between.
His Speech at the DAM
the opening of the dam, Mr.. Roosevelt
said:
''It is a year ago when I first came
out of Africa that 1 received your re-
quest to take part in the dedication
exercises of this great project, and I
accepted at once.
This great project. as a part of the
national irrigation policy. was the first
bit of serious work which I undertook
as president.
about a week after I became presf-
dent Mr.. Frederick Newell. director of
the reclamation service. and Mr.. Gift
ford Pinchot called upon me and told
me the expectation in congress was
that the national government would
take up the irrigation projects in the
west as an administration policy.
81 knew the utter impossibility of
expecting the larger schemes to be
developed by private enterprises un
less We were content to have the larger
schemes become private monopolies,
which ] was not content to have, and
was, therefore, already anxious to have
this piece of work done by the only
individual that could do it-Uncle
Sam.
western senators and representa-
tives were fully awake tc the needs of
a national policy. The difficulty, Of
course, lay in the east.
Perfectly naturally, it was the same
difficulty that was encountered by
those who pressed forward the home
stead law.
"The reclamation act. like the home
stead law. was a law for the small
mana law for the 20acre farmer
law for the man who farms his own
land. and I say that one of the main
reasons why I desired to put it
through as a part of the national pol
icy was because the only alternative.
| if these water projects were to be de-
veloped at all, was to have them de-
veloped as private moEopolies.
What He Is Proud OF.
IT want to thank you for having
named the dam after me. l do not
know if It is of any consequence to a
man whether he has a, monument. I
know it is of mighty little consequence
whether he has statue after he is
dead.
''If there could be any monument
which would appeal to any man, sure
! ly it is this, and 1 thank you from my
heart.
1.-THE two material achieyem ents
connected with my administration of
which I am proud are this reclama-
ton work in the west and the Panama
canal.
"rThis reclamation act we got
through congress; the Panama canal
we got with congress tagging little
behind. Things happened to come so
| in connection with the Panama canal
that 1 had two alternatives before me:
One was to write a report with rec
concentrations and put it before con-
gress so that they might debate on it.
in which case they would be debating
lit still. and the Panama canal would
have been 40 or so years in the fu-
ture; the other was to take possession
4 of Panama. start the cana; and then
force congress to debate me instead
of the canal
| .The former alternating is carried