The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-10-04

have accomplished what he did In
that respect without the support and
assistance Of Senator James P. Clarke
Of Arkansas.
IF 1t 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 tar
Their Of than 1t il, because we couldn't
go on with the Panama canal until
the treaty was ratified. and the sena-
tor exercised hts influence to get the
senate to give the president this
treaty. The pressure brought to pear
on Senator Clarke to prevent him
from doing as he did would have been
too much for any but the strongest
and gamest men. I am not able TO
speak this way of all United States
senator's. and therefore it is not only
a pleasure, but a duty, to bear testi-
mony now for what the senator did.
| found that he could be relied on to
stand for any policy which l could
convince him was for the good Of the
country as a whole. The longer l
live the less regard I have for the
man whose principles are good, but
who lacks the courage to carry them
out"
1--WE 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 uti-
lie 1t al 1t can be untitled in this
country. The great plan is to under
take the task Of treating the Missis-
sippi basin as a whole, by utilizing
the waters, securing levee protection
and a channel fol 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.
H. F. Auten Of Little Rock, acted as
toastmaster 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 o.
the Panama canal.
Governor-Elect Robinson Of Arkan
sas also spoke at the second days ses
sion Of the waterways convention. HI
declared himself strongly in favor %
immediate governmental action II
aid of a deep channel from the lake,
to the gulf.
Isham Randolph Of Chicago. con
sulting engineer for the Chicago
Drainage canal, urged the importance
of a 14-foot channel from the lake
to the gulf and declared that the fed
eral government should do the work
He declared that 1t would cost $50
600. 900 to build levees and properl,
strengthen the banks of the Missis
sipi river. Mr.. Randolph told no,
Chicago and the state Of Illinois hav
| completed the drainage canal at
cost Of millions of dollars and declal
ed that the canal can be extended t
: Cairo at a cost Of $4,000, 900. H
l contended that the federal govern
ment should undertake the remainin
portion of the work.
Another feature Of the %conventio
was an address by Lyman q. Coole,
consulting engineer for the Lakes-tt
the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association
He took up in detail the program 70
the improvement Of the Mississippi
l river and its tributaries and Shove
from an engineering standpoint no
g the deepening Of the channel could b
accomplished. His main statemer
was that the 14-foot channel throue
Q the valley could be provided at a les
cost than the construction of tn
t Panama canal and the benefits woul