Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-10-04

have accomplished what he did in
that respect without the support and
assistance of Senator James P. Clarke
Of Arkansas.
IF it had not been for the activity
of Senator Clarke" he declared, "at
best, the completion of the Panama
canal would be two or three years far
ther of than it is, because we couldn' t
go on with the Panama canal until
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 bear
on Senator Clarke to prevent him
from doing as he did would have been
too much for any but the strongest
and gameSt men. / am not able to
speak this way of all United States
senator's, and therefore it is not only
a pleasure, but duty, to bear testi-
mony now for what the senator did.
| found that he could be relied on to
stand for any policy which could
convince hi4n was for the good of the
country as whcla The longer
live the less regard / have for the
man whose principles are good, bur
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 usi-
lize it as it can be untitled in this
country. The great plan, is to under
take the. task of treating the Missis-
sippi basin as whole, by utilizing
the waters, securing levee protection
and a channel for deep water naviga-
tfon, 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.
H. F. Auten of Little Rock, acted as
POSTMASTER and Judge u. M. Rose,
who 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
the 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. He
declared himself strongly in favor Of
immediate governmental action in
aid of deep channel from the lakes
to the gulf.
Isham Randolph of Chicago, con-
sulting engineer for the Chicago
Drainage canal, urged the Importance
of 14-foot channel from the lakes
to the gulf and declared that the fed
eral government should do the work.
He declared that it would cost $780,
100000 to build Ievees and properly
strengthen the hanks of the Missis-
sipi river. Mr.. Randolph told how
Chicago and the state of Illinois have
completed the drainage canal at a
cost OF millions Of dollars and declar-
ed that the canal can be extended to
Cairo at a cost of $40.000,000. He
contended that the federal govern
ment should undertake the remaining
portion OF the work.
Another feature OF the convention
was an address by Lyman e. Cooley,
consulting engineer for the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association.
He took up in detail the program for
the Improvement Of the Mississippi
river and its tributaries and showed
from an engineering standpoint how
the deepening of the channel could be
accomplished. His main statement
was that the 14-foot channel through
the valley could be provided at less
cost than the construction ,of the
Panama canal and the benefits would