New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-06
ROOSEVELT DEFENDS ACTS
WRITING in Outlook UphoIds
panama Canal Proceedings.
uac7ED ONLY FOR PEOPLE"
n..lares Course Was Right, and
mere Gould Have Been No Va
sotion Except for the Worse.

.,o-e Roosevelt has an article on
,ho United States Acquired the
nv" 80 Dig the Canal IN the current
MS - .'Thc outlook" Mr.. Roosevelt
aan.. statements which have been
80, time 20 time that he acted IN
ma ,o-stftutional manner and usurped
a-,.v in connection with the Panama
'-.., and he upholds the regularity Oh
,-oceedirgs throughout.
Roossvel. says thar his messages 70
80. set forth IN full every essential
.,l7 ,onnectsd with the various phases
S' ACQUISITION Of the Panama Canal
ard ADDS.
-. ono important fact was omitted ano
'ssct of any Importance oearlhs ~"
70 4ee.rior- or negotiations OF the repre-
.he 40 ~ the United States not therc
Se-.r has been, or ever VIII De, us
e. ~ sivlrIv because there is none 70
e'r1 RI must be- q matter OF piiue ~
as, honest American, proud or thS sQou
sr- pa iris country. that the acQnSltloI
asmg o. canal and the building OF the
m sU their details, were Is Tree
sSle". .lrfaI as the public acts OF 1eOl -
gs-Ssssirctou and Abraham Lincoln;
s.,.,r,ns to the opposition to the project
and since. Mr. Roosevelt says;
-..--ss there was at the time and has
uI Ne. r,.f,h repetitiOn of statements
2ssN ,',raI ir AN Unconstitutional man
.n-' t-gf 'usurUed authority "ulCu N
~ -,ira Tines. We're the statements &c,
- ~. made again and again IN IelvI 49, 49,
!, s,mosi aI 4 did as FreSdeht l.l@. tS,.
- beneficial and most important W .u0
IT, III This country. TO whom Wa re-
Fyli and Of whose interests / was
...var1 THE simple iact vas 1u@t
- -ra interest of the American poOp't
'e-.osrauvey demanded that a certain a." -.
nlti4 4oDe and i had the power TO
STU" d,5 10 unless it was speclnca4y
o at,o4 nv law. instead of umldly re-
-~ f9 40 10 unless / coUld ma SOM
..--Ss-s.or of law which rendered IL mn
Ssrarve that + should 90 II az ,,,Gt ~
80 eve trs benefit Of the dOunJ 70
vi --s.',.-I. III the United States. ana not 70
u. l,- C- bandits. foreign or douestlC'
~ j-,s~ssts happened 10 be adverse 10
80 49, ~ rra people OF the United STATES
my Highest Duty to People"
,- Roosevelt refers to the act Of Con-
&c NJ 1902 FOR the acquisition OF the
ps-arra Canal, and says
,. October and November, 1895. events
-L - o, the Terruus of Panama Nhlcn
$3.50 pls and which made % my hsheSt
...,. ,e +-e people of the United states 20
-.-,v ON the provisions Of the ia" ol
@0ngrsss. I did carry them Out, anu LIe
.srI rs now being bullt because y. W IL ~
81 -+~s aid II i- ESQ perfct~-.N true Ihal y
bs1 wished t1 slirE my respunslplnlS ~
= taG be4D afraid OF doing my duty Cou lL
nave pursued a course Wulch WOuiu no l'.,f y
Icev technically defensiDle, Nhlcn ""Ilv
-s,s prevented criticism OF the hlHu ll'l
e IN made. and would have lett the
rrfad States no nearer bulldlnS Ihe Cotidi
a. This moment than if had been TOT tht
preceding half century. .,- Al
The interests of the American peoplt N-
handed that 4 should act Just eNaciE as =
Id sct. and 7 would have taken Jne @CIloiil
actually did take even though l-oL
been certain that 20 do SO meant ny
rr0rlnt retirement from puoAc ila az tl,00
sext election, for the oniE llli55 " ,e5,
r.Fss i- worth while 70 hold a Dig Olllcc
fagir- advantage Of the oppOT UNI res
.be ntf.a offers TO DO some big tnlhs IND b
,1rht 10 be- done and is worth dong
Concerning the purchase Of the canal
r-5ts from the French company MI
Roosevelt says:
every step taken by the government IN
injection with it's negotiations with tle
t-srcI cCrpanv and the payment 10 tS
saciaI representatives in accordance WIZ
~ agreement entered into was taken Wiz
he utmost care, and every Qetah HdS 49,
-gde public Doubtless In Parls, anu l'cL
~ fl "a lesser extent I'm New YORK, tleie
rs-a srecuIators who bought and sold III
= stock market with view 10 the vary -
NJ conditions apparent from time 10 1.i ..g9
On. course Of me nesD va .-lll9, ~,
r.b = y-,.,c 10 tine probable outcome OF tine
ss.otiatons. This was precisely WA
7elruIatofs did In England m OonneC,l 'I
Urn H. outcome of the Battle or wafer
o0. ana u our country IN cohneTllOHa y v t,-I
s9.-ior reclamation and other acts dur
ne tlo Civil War