The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-10-04
WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION HEARD
ROOSEVELT EXPRESS HIS VIEWS
Politics Dropped by Former President Long
Enough to Tell Of His Plan for Deep
enlng the Mississippi River.
fAS MUCH PRAISE FOR SENATOR JAMES P. CLARKE
CONVENTION COMES TO CLOSE AFTER ELECTION OFFICERS
AND THE SELECTION OF PEORIA ILLINOIS, NEXT
MEETING PLAcE-oLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN BARBECUE
GIVEN VISITORS.
HAS MUCH PRAISE FOR SENATOR JAMES P. CLARKE

/ have accomplished what he did il
that respect without the support an
assistance of Senator James p. Clark
Of Arkansas.
If it had not been for the activit,
OF Senator Clarke he declared. "a
best, the completion of the Pananl;
canal would be two or three years far
Their of. than it is, because we couldn'
go on with the Panama canal unit
the treaty was ratified, and the sena
tor exercised his influence to get The
senate to give the president this
treaty. The pressure brought to bea.
On Senator Clarke to prevent hin
from doing as he did would have beer
too much for any but the strongest
and gamest men. am not able Ia
speak this way of all United States
senators, and therefore it is not only
a pleasure, but duty, to bear testi.
mony now for what the senator did.
q fon,fd that he could be ruled p,l 30
sstand for any policy which Could
convince him was for the good of the
country as whole. The longer |
live the less regard l have for the
man whose principles are good, but
who lacks the courage to carry them
out"
I'VE have at Panama." Col. Roose-
welt concluded, "the machinery and a
great body of experts, and we ought
not to let them get scattered. We
ought to take this machinery and u;i-
lie it as it can be untitled in this
country. The great plan is to under.
take the task of treating the Missis-
slppl basin as a whole, by utilizing
the waters, securing levee protection
and a channel for deep water naviga.
ton, and reservoirs for storage of
water power"
Col. Roosevelt was the guest OF
honor at an Informal luncheon given
by the waterways association. at
which addresses were made by Gov.
ernor-Elect Joe T. Robinson. Senator
James P. Clarke and Col. Roosevelt
ii. f. Auten of Little Rock, acted az
toastmaster and Judge U. M. Rose.
VINO was appointed by Col. Roosevelt
while the latter was president, as a
representative Of the United States
at the Hague Peace conference, occu.
pied a seat of honor at the right of
Ntne former president. Mr.. Robinson
and Senator Clarke both paid tribute
to the service rendered by Col. Roose.
welt in securing the construction of
the Panama canal.
Governor-Elect Robinson of Arkan.
sas also spoke at the second DAYS ses.
sion OF the waterways convention no
declared himself strongly in favor Of
immediate governmental action in
aid of a deep channel from the lakes
to the gulf.
lsham Randolph Of Chicago, con.
sulting engineer for the Chicago
Drainage canal. urged the Importance
OF a 14-foot channel from the lakes
to the gulf and declared that the fed.
eral government should do the worL
He declared that it would cost 800.
ooo,ooO to build levees and properly
strengthen the banks of the INSISTS.
sipi river Mr.. Randolph told how
Chicago and the state of Illinois have
completed the drainage canal at i.
cost of millions of dollars and declar
ca that the canal can be extended to
CAIRO at cost Of s40,0OO,OOO He
contended that the federal oororn
ment should undertake the REMAINING
portion of the work.
Another feature of the copvent,o,
was an address by Lyman E. coo,ev
consulting engineer for the Iakes.to
the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association
He took up in detail the program for
the improvement OF the Miss;s.;nr,
| river and its tributaries and sbowaa
from an engineering standpoint how
the deepening of the channel could h.,
accomplished His main Statement
was that the 14-foot channel through
the valley could be provided at a less
cost than the construction of the
Panama canal and the benefits would