Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-05-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.

(Fr0m our Regular COrreSpOnQent.)
Washington, May 20.-Having Sc
cured the administration favor for the
VIGOROUSLY disreputable Panama canal,
the men who are manipulating the
scheme to make millions by unloading
the Panama canal upon the United
States are seeking to create public SEN
timent in favor of the Panama Canal
and against the Nicaragua Canal, and
it cannot be denied that they are do
ing it cfeverly. Some high-priced
brain work is being put into articles
given to the press, under Washington
date lines and otherwise, In which adj
vantage is taken to point out every
thing that can be called an obstacle to
the Nicaragua Canal, and specious
reasons are given for changes of Opln-
ion among Senators and Representa-
tiyes who favored that route. And the
most is made of the opposition of Eng
land and its right to oppose the con-
struction of the Nicaragua Canal, ex-
cept upon conditions of which it ap-
proves. The last reason is also being
made use of by the administration in
an indirect way. Tips are given by
| prominent officials to the correspond
ents of influential republican papers,
limiting at the possibility OF political
complication with England, making
\ it necessary to abandon the Idea OF a
tCanal over the Nicaragua route, and,
of course, those hints are reflected more
or less in the matter sent from wash
ington. AS yet, neither the Panama
| Press Agents, nor the administrators
men venture to use names publicly
when speaking of Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes who have changed theil
minds and now favor the purchase ane
completion of the Panama Canal, but
privately the former are not SO dis
Greet.
| Notwithstanding the failure OF tn
experiment of placing the Federal pat
ronage of the state of South Carolina
at the disposal of Senator McLaurln
with the hope of building up a whit,
administration party in that state
there are reasons for the belief tina
} the experiment is to be extended t.
other Southern States. In fact, 1T !
known that men who have formerl
been active in the democratic party II
several other Southern states. hay
been sounded to ascertain whetne
they would be willing to assume tn
role that McLaurin is playing in Soutl
Carolina in their respective states
The responses have not, so far, pee
satisfactory, but the sounding Is stl
going on, and men will doubtless b
8 found: but outside of administrator
9 circles, nobody really expects any ser
7 GUS inroads to be made upon S0uther
democracy, by these experiments. bu
thew will result in one thing that wi
: be satisfactory to the white people {
the South, and that will be the aboi
{: tion of the "nigger" Federal officials
;, Evidently some of the men who hav
: grown rich by putting the screws o
q the United States government, whe
thew had advance knowledge OF tn
intention of the government, to bu
something, have been giving til
owners of the land in the vicinity
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where nav
station of the first class is to be e
tablished, some pointers. line nav
II hoard which considered the locatio
of the station on Pearl Harbor b;
8 been ordered to resume It's sittlngs
. Washington, to consider commune
ton from Capt. j. f. Merry, Con
= mander of the Naval Coaling Station
. Honolulu. Capt. Merry has inform'
the Navy Department that the price
: land around Pearl Harbor has bee
!, raised to such an extent that the $l5(
I, 4 900, appropriated by Congress, as tt
- limit to be paid for the site. will NJ
!, buy the land originally chosen, al
+ that some changes will have to
n made in the plans.
y The latest officials to discover th
- an extensive European trip. at publ
10 expense, was necessary part OF b
! \ official duties, is MI. 0. P. Austin, tt
- Hanna made statistician of the U.
y, Treasury. He says he is going to stut
IT the statistics of European COVER
~ ments, but everybody knows that
"A can only get access to the PUBLISH
10 statistics, and that they could be hi
~ in Washington as well as in the cou
!! tries that publish them.
p. Nearly all of the prominent officis
r. in Washington, attended the funeral
ID Mrs. Gage, wife of the Secretary OF t
h Treasury, which was held this NOR
" ing at Secretary Cages House. L
. remains were taken to Chicago.
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