Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-07-12

defiance of the constitution.
There are other indictments
against the Mckinley administra-
ton which are to be tried before the
jury Of the whole people in No
yember. As fragrant an instance
Of opposition to the will Of the
American people as has been shown
by it in connection with the Mica
ragna canal proposition is not to be
found in the annals of the country.
For some reason, which neither the
preas nor tho public can quite un-
dcrstand, the administration has
clearly demonstrated n determine
tion to prevent the construction Of
an interoceanIc waterway which
should be owned, controlled, oper-
ated and defended by the United
States.
In order to carry ont this pur-
pose, the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
was secretly negotiated. Its terms
were even withheld from the mem
bers OF the senate committee on
foreign relations until after it had
been signed and was ready for trans-
mission to the senate. II ratified
it would re.euact the old Clayton
Bulwer treaty OF 1850, which never
has had any legal existence as o
binding engagement. 1t would for
ever prevent our exclusive proprie.
torship OF Niearaguan Canal. 1t
would make any canal across Cen
trail America, English, so far as we
are concerned, and it would abro-
CRATE the Monroe Doctrine. The
object Of all this is only partially
disclosed 10 the notorious fact that
a syndicate Of capitalists, very close
10 the administration, is interested
in the Panama scheme. To that
extent the opposition Of Mr., Han.
ma and hig satellites 10 the Nicara-
qua bill is comprehensive. But
there ia reason for fearing that there
arc other matters concealed behind
the canal policy Of the admiuistra
ton. The Hay.PAunceiote treaty
was undoubtedly framed in the
British Foreign Office, aud it wac
passed around like q round robin
among the European chancelleries
before it became public in this coun.
try. There 10 strong suspicion
abroad that II does not represent
all the undertakings and engage
ments entered into between Presi-
dent Mckinley and Lord Salisbury
at the time II was agreed upon
Underneath ii there may Turk an
understanding that Great Britain
ia to get the port and hinterland in
Alaska, dishonesty claimed by that
government, in the event OF Repub.
lioan success next autumn.
There may be other features Of
the alliance, which have not occur
red to anyone outside OF The few
persons in the deal. But all men
arc on notice that the admiuistra
ton, partly to satisfy the trans.
continental railway maguates who
antagonize any inter-oceanic canal,
partly to favor the Panama syn
dictate exploiters, but more large
ly, it appears, to secure Great Brit
ain in the oyerlordship Of any water
way that may connect the Atlantic
with the Pacific, has bitterly, and
so far, successfully. opposed the
Nicaraguan canal bill, has prevent
cd its passage in the first session of
the Fifty.sixth Congress, and will
try TO kill it finally in the second
session, by forcing ratification of
the Hay Pauncefote treaty, and by
attempting to pass Panama canal
bill, TO which the railroad interests
will not object, because they are
satisfied that the de Lesseps ditch
can never be completed. This is a
sample of administration patriot.
ism.
So
As the administration has earned
the gratitude and gratuities of the
trusts by violating the constitution
in the case of the Porto Rican OPP
preston and in the canal business,
so it has in many other ways. The
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