The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-08

the part &c the s1iaaafssz1s &C rne n
sald 9s1s 4 sassIad be remembered
that ss1e szs1aarisE EuusT be. and Ia &c
minds Of uSsr Persa Rieaas 4 entire
y sisssssorsatesf rr8uf any Thought az
srsrsnosd
The ss7sfsrriasa
& bgat Il pending in eysngTsss which
reyslts s5s1ai-es the carefully EsrEed 5Slt
ss,hsene OF government srrsser which the
Pnaapgfze IsFsStts ire now znvsrnes.
and wai-is proposes al -ss1ter rEem VIZ
rzzsllly aaeons,nssas II 9nre ala sass-
saresy independent ii -i-tsr years Such
u proposal saa ansy he fsaunrfs.si IN tie
asssEzg ris1n fssssE We have now stEss. harzz
ed du- trszSTsessiy7 "a the E'iIigd1o ps.sz-
Gle. and 5sszr res 9ssrissi sslfEY for them &c
the world ana r1ar raeg are nsw pre-
pared fer sels government as wssg as
asaz1snsl ssSrrei-1sE 4 thorough and
unbiased kassx isttce ct tfze Easss clear
n sElnwz thssz these aSsurn 1rians arg
shsasa-sEy wifaatrr 5sasriiticataau
A 70 tlIzs Z nsslleTe shss. tifave IS N
ssEEata ariaa difference 81 opfazan aEran-
any NJ these Et1ss have hss- ths resE,ln
sEhflIsF q tassa.- Philippine prutsgerns
II the EsE-a-5en Of the islands
and believe sEs.ss "a one u whora the
tzSHrs af tits people is a rssoasiaEs
cnnee-n eaa ensur-nazse 1oZscT
f-aaghE wIEh the di-ssE consequences
To rhase on whose hehalf Il IS osten-
sihIy 1rEes
Our siEs1y 70 tire Esff5f-ls1s - far from
discharged Over half million FIJI
pfno stEefezrs ar Hs5E IN the Philip
Dsae schools helping 10 mait the Eaesf
Of the fUGr-e Iate a Homogeneous peo-
pfe. hs1- tsere srsts remain more than
d EtsEscn FTsIpEao children OF school
are ret Is se reached Freed frcFn
American control the IEtegra ting forces
81 ersnzaon eis1ca ton and a common
Ianxua r. viii cease and rhe etiucarion-
III systeus now well ssa-te1 VIII slip
aaex INTO Ensffactencv and DISORDER
An enormous Increase n the CON
/ naercsaG Development OF the Islands has
been g.alEee since they we're virtually
granted fGss access to oar markets
three years ara. with every prospect
! Of FncreasfEg Developments and dfve-si-
fed industries. freed from American
control sgscA Development II bound to
deeII1a
II the task ne aave undertaken Is
higher than that assumed BY ether "a
/ tioas. its accomplishment nEsst de-
/ a,aHd even more patience, We must
nor forget that re found the FiiEpsaos
i wholly nasrainest fl govenneat- Up
! to oar advent ali Other experience
sought 70 reDress rather than sacBgzr-
age pollfEeal power II takes long time
ard nnch experience 70 ingram POI
IsticaI habits 81 sreadiRess and Ell
/ cheney. Popular SELF government Elti-
EnateIy HyIst rest upon common habits
Of thought ard upon a reasonably de-
veioTei public opinion
/ a present declaration eren Of future
Independence wo6Id retard progress by
the dEssenss0n and disorder II voTsld
arouse. Or our part it would be q dis
ingenious attempt. under the guise 81
/ comforting q benefit on them. 10 relieve
ourselves from the heavy ard dif.scsiit
burden which thus far we hare been
brareIy ard consistently sustaining.
II would he Disguised ToIfcy ~ setEt-
tie. 1t Wog.d nsaEe the helpless FIJI
Pine the football az oriental politics
under the protection Of q guaranty 81
their independence which We you'd
be poweFiess 70 enforce
Regulation of Wsser Peusr.
II There are pending before congress a
. large number Of bis proposing u
. grant privileges Of ereetng dams foT
the pHrpo1e of creating water power
. IN ouS nayfgatYse -4vers The penden-
! ey of these bilEs has brought. ont an
important defect Fl the existing gen
. eral dam act That art DOES rot. IN
my opinion. grant sufficient power te
the federal government in dealing
+ with the construction 81 such dams II
exact protective conditions In the IN
I teregt Of navigation IL does not per
. nit the federal government. az con
dlrion .. its perrait to require that .
: part Of the Ea!ne thus created shall u
!. applied 10 the further general i'm
! proyenent and pY0tection Of ths
! stream. telieve this to h. one of the
most important matters ~ internal I'm
: provenent now confronting the gov
:. eminent.
: II my opinion constructive states
, raanship requires that IegisIatfo;
: should b enacted which win permit
the Development Of navigation in thes.
great rivers 70 80 hand ID hand witt
the utilization ~ this byproduet D
weter power. created in tne conrse D
the sanne Improvement and that tn
general dam act should re 20 amend
ed as 70 make tiiis p,asitsIe.
deem Il Highly important thar III
nation ghorid adopt consistent an
Harmonious treatment of these wate
POKER projects. which viii preserr
: for this purpose ti1elr value 10 the goF
erament. whose right it Is 70 grant th
9 permit any other policy Is equiva
Q lent 10 throwing away most vaiua
9 bic national asset.
The Panama Canal.
During the past rear the work Z
construction np0n flie canal has pr.
e grn4sed most safIafsf,fnrffr a hs,f1t s