The Washington times., 1901-10-17
FOR AN IS4HMIAN CANAL.
A New Treaty With England to
BE Submitted TO Congress.
President Approves the Stipulauons
oGProposed observation-disclosures or
Nicarnugua Route to he Chosen
Secretary Root Not to Resign.


Nicarnugua Route to BE Chosen
Secretary Root Not to Resign.
President Roosevelt considers the 18th
miah canal question of paramount i'm
portance. Senator Morgan, who has been
as closely identified as any member of
the Senate with attempts to pass a canal
bill was in conference with the President
yesterday. 1t is understood that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will submit to Congress
soon after it convenes a new British
American treaty bearing on the long
disputed points of the construction of
canal The new document will take the
place of the Objectionable Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty. President Roosevelt is said
to be more in accord with the provisions
of the new treaty than he was with the
old one. He has been made thoroughly
familiar with all the phases of it since he
assumed the duties Of President
Senator Morgan is optimistic regarding
the enactment of legislation by the COM
ing Congress on this point. He is Of the
opinion that one of the only two routes
already surveyed and found practicable
either the Nicarauga or the Panama
route-will be utilized, notwithstanding
the report that a new course has recently
been discovered
y
Secretary Root might withdraw from the
Cabine: on account of i'll health. Ii met
with prompt denial in authoritative
sources. Secretary Root is expected to re-
turn to his duties at the head of the War
Department about the middle OF next
week. Mrs. Root, who, lit is safe TO presume,
would not leave her husband were his
condition not reassuring, returns to the
city at once and viii superintend the re-
opening of their Washington home. Sec
retary Root is more than anxious TO be
back at his desk. and has been greatly
annoyed at distorted reports and rumors
regarding his health.
In connection Wlth the talk about Roots
po ible retirement, conjecture as to the
withdrawal Of Secretaries Hay and Long
has been awakened. 1t is generally con
ceded that these members of the Cabinet
desire to withdraw some time in the not
far distant future. Both have suffered
family bereavements recently, ana it is
believed have had as much political life
as they care for. But having accepted
President Rcosevelt's invitation to remain
In the Cabinet, neither presumably will
withdraw at a time when he most needs
the advice of men familiar with the pol
icy OF the old Administration which he
Intends to follow.
Representative Dayton, one of the most
active members of the House Committee
on Naval Affairs, and Representative
Meyer, of Louisiana. had q chat about
naval matters with the President yester-
day. Neither of the Representatives favors
the least retrogression in the expansion of
the sea power of the nation. In company
with Representative Foss of illinois, !
Chairman Of the Committee on Naval At |
fairs, Representative Dayton made trip !
the entire length of the Pacific Coast last 1
year inspecting the naval stations and
yards. There was insufficient time yes
terday to discuss the observations of this |
trip with the President but Mr. Dayton !
expects to have longer conference with |
MIR. Roosevelt i'll the near future.
President Roosevelt was yesterday noti-
fed of his elo ction as an honorary member |
of the Mickey National Memorial Arch /
Association This information was COM
municated to the President by a delega-
ton consisting of Henry B. F. Macfar-
land, the president Of the association:
Thomas f. Walsh the secretary; Charles
]. Bell. Chairman and John Joy Edison, |
Vice Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee.
The plans Of the association were ex-
plained to the President, who approved |
them. The delegation then conferred with /
Secretary CertelyoU, who is the repre-
sentative for the District of Columbia OF
citation.
Archibald and Quentin Roosevelt ar
rived In Washington about o'clock yes !
terday afternoon, and last night slept !
for the first time under the roof of the
White House. their new home They /
were accompanied by three of the ser
wants who had been at the Roosevelt /
home In Oyster Bay. At the Pennsylva- :
mia station the boys were met by a car /
riage sent from the White House. Ar
riving at the White House they at once
went TO the living apartments where |
they were greeted by the President and |
Mrs. Roosevelt and the two other chill !
dren now in Washington. Ethel and Ker- |
nit. The President was overjoyed at see !
ing his children, and is elated at the |
prospect of having his entire family re-
united within the near future Miss Alice !
Roosevelt will accompany her father !
when he returns to Washington from New |
Haven. where he will receive a degree |
from Yale on Wednesday next. Theo- |
dore jr., is attending school at Groton |
Pass. and will not come to Washington ]
until the Christmas vacation.
A beautifully bound volume containing
an account of the s. vices recently held |
in memory of the late President McKin- !
ley in the Cathedral at Glasgow, Scotland, |
was left at the White House yester-