The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-10-25

OIL the party leaders in the House He
said: Il should oppose any reciDrocitv
proposition tha. would inJure a single
American industry or cause the loss nj
days work to single American IA
bOrer. am not in favor of striking a;
one industry to help another" By tbis
J declaration every one OF the reciprocity
: treaties left unacted upon by the Sen
ate at the last session of Congress will
remain unacteo upon, if more than
one-third OF the Senate thinks as Mr..
| Dalzell does, and it will be difficult. in
deed, to negotiate any treaty that did
not injure some American industry
and there never will lie one, as if Is
necessary to make concessions as we'll
as to get them in order % negotiate
such a treaty.
Mr.. Hutin, president of the Panama
Canal Company, is again in Washing
ton scheming all he knows how to un-
load his cOmpany's ditch and very bad
reputation On the United States, and it
is by no means certain that he will
fail. Much will depend upon the at
titude Mr.. Roosevelt takeS-nobody
seems at All certain where he stands
on the canal question, except that he
favors one. One has only to notice the
utteranceS Of prominent Republicans
to De convinced Inat most of them
know or have very strong suspicion
OF the Panama zeal that Hanna and
other Republican leaders entered into
last spring they are careful not to COM
NIT themselves in favor of the Nfcara-
qua route, their favOrite expression be-
ing have no choice of routes, just so
the canal is constructed" That the
Hanna deal will have a good chance of
going through unless Mr.. Roosevelt
opposes it is the opinion of well-in-
formed men.
This has been Schley week before the
Court of Inquiry 1t has been the first
hearing given to witnesses not per-
sOnally preJudiced against SchIey, and
the result has been all that Schley and
his admirers could have asked for.
Their testimony shows that Schley was
at all times the brave and capable Off
Ger his previous TecOru has shown him
to be. Capt. Cook, who commanded
the Brooklyn, Schley's flagship, and
Lieutenant Commander J. H. Sears,
who was Schleys flag lieutenant dur
ing the war with Spain, led off, and
their testimony knocked out every di-
rect and indirect charge that had been
made against Schley by the 'prOsecu-
tiOn,' and they d.d not weaken under
crOSS-eXaminatiOn, as most of the anti
0chley witnesses did. Lieutenant Com
mander Sears, who was right along
Gil Snl, oil
his bearing under fire in these plain
words: ''His bearing and manner was
a model for anybody, worthy of imi-
tatiOn always. Under fire his facul-
ties appeared to be always with MIN.
He was under no excitement; always
cool He frequently put nImse.. in ex-
posed positions, and haA to ask him
many tunes not to expose himself"
Capt. Cook, whose opportunities for
seeing were the same, was equally en-
phatic in his praise of Schley bravery
and GOODNESS under fire. An amusing
episode occurred while Lieutenant
Commander sears was being crOsS-ex-
amined Dy Lemly. In denying that he
had said anything concerning the de-
lay Of Admiral Schley, or his DISPOSE
tiOn to get as near the Colon as 1000
yards, he added: Il felt very much IL
ritated at the delay, and it may be that
something l Sa.u was misunderstood,
but l certainly could not have made
that remark Lemly thought he hat
the witness, and after a squabble with
Mr.. RaynOr was allowed to ask the
cause of the irritation. Sears replied:
Il was very much irritated over the de-
lay occasiOned by Capt. Higginson ask
ing that the. attack be put OFF until
after lunch time" Then it was up to
the audience 70 laugh and they did.
Mr.. Roosevelt says tnat the new Is
thmian canal treaty with England will
be ready to go to the Senate as soon
as the session of Congress opens, and
Secretary Hay says he has promises
from sufficient number of Senators to
make sure of its ratification.
The sugar and tobacco interests of
the United States won their fight
against the tariff cOncess. .Ons on Cuban
sugar and tobacco, promised the Gu
bans by Secretary loot when they,
were hesitating about accepting the
Platt Amendment before the battle had
fairly opened. The administration got
frightened and caused the announce
ment to be made this week that the
Cubans had not been specifically
promised concessions in the tariff on
their sugar and tODaccO but had mere