The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-11-21

sane man can consider the partisanship
OF Kentucky admirable or beneficial.
even though 1t shows a dangerous ten
dency TO Spread.-lndianapUlis Sentinel.
Panama vs.. NicarlGu-.
Within the last few days we have
had more than one intmation from
Washington that majority of the
members of the Walker iSthmian canal
commission are in favor of the Panama
route.
One correspondent goes So far as 10
say that the report of the commission
will give decided preference 10 that
route. Another, who probably comes
nearer to the mark. says that for obvt
IONS reasons the commission will alb
stain from making any recommenda
tion. or that at most it will content IT.
self with supplementing the presenta
ton of facts with the suggestion tina,
il would be well 10 take over the Pan
ANA canal II the company would accept
a reasonable price-say S50,O0o.000.
The principal reasons given for pre-
ferring the Panama route are that Ii Is
free from the treacherous shoals anC
violent winds of Lake Nicaragua and
from the difficulties which must be en-
countered in securing n safe and per
manent channel through the San Juar
river. There are indeed river difficult
ties on both routes, but those on the
Nicaragua route the commission, 1t !.
understood, find TO be much more Sc
rious.
Another reason sometimes given Il
because the Panama portion of the
| isthmus is much less subject TO seis
mic disturbances. Still another rea
son is that the Columbian government;
is more friendly and more disposed tt
make satisfactory terms than are the
governments of Nicaragua and Costs
Rica.
These considerations are not likely t.
prevail with Congress. The fact which
probably will have most weight is tha,
the distance between the cast and west
coasts of the United States is consid
erahl;i less by the Nicaragua route. The
| time would be less. though the time
consumed in passing through the cana
would be greater.
For commercial purposes 1t may ya,
| be found that the Tehuantepec route Is
the best. and 4 transisthmian cana
| may never pay. in the commercial.
sense But for the transference Of our
warships from one ocean to the other n
canal is Indispensable and may prove
to be of the highest Importance.
This is likely to be regarded as a
vital consideration. not for commercial
reasons. perhaps. but for military rea
| sons.
While, therefore. much may be said
in Congress about the comparative COM
mercial merits of the two canal routes.
much more will be thought about their
military merits.
Senator Morgan is right, no doubt, in
assuming that the Nicaragua route is
the only one to be seriously thought of.
Chicago Chronicle.
Men Cannot Iic Made Loyal by LAVA.
The Philippine Commission having
found that soft words do not turn away
their liberty, and not hypocritical
smiles and fair promises. has drafted
an act against treason and seditiOn
1t is drastic in its nature. and is ex
pected doubtless to awe the Filipinos
into accepting the government provided
for them without their consent. The
act provides that death shall be the
penalty for treason, and is framed &c
include those persons giving aid and
comfort TO the insurgents as guilty Oh
treason. Persons who utter Seditious
words or speeches, or who write libel>
government are punishable by impos
ing a fine of 1000 or two years impris
Onment; for breaking the oatN of ale
glance a fine of $1,000 or imprison
ment for ten years Is imposed. For
eigners are placed under the same law
as the Americans and natives. Suct
law IL administered with fairness
would be tyrannical. but administered
as 1t will be without regard TO the
kind of evidence against alleged viola
tors, and as a weapon of ''forcible as
similatlon" it is oppression of the most
despOtic character. But 1t is just
the kind of law the imperialists believe
ia, and would like TO have enacted il
this country. and then construed to sup
press free speech and free press. The
iron hand of tyranny is the preferred
method of imperialism TO establish anu
tn, -. bAIx II will
be long before there will be an effort |
made, under one pretext or another, tC |
curtail the liberties of freemen here by |
laws similar to those this despOtic com |
mission Is promulgating in the Philip |
pines. The Car of the Russias never |
and unjust than this ukase of the Phil |
ippine Commission. Hundreds of inrO |
cent people will he put to death OF
thrown into prison to rot, under the |
workings of this law. 1t ought to be |
abrogated by Congress. 1t will create |
nothing but contempt in the hearts OF |
the FilipinOs for this country, and will |
strengthen rather than allay the antag |
onisms that exist to the government |
that is being forced upon the people
No vindictive law ever made men loyal. |
In order TO make men loyal to a gov
ernment they must be led TO respect it.
If this treason and sedition law is car.
ried into effect in the Philippines in the
spirit in which ii has been passed we
may expect more frequent outbreaks |
than ever, with more serious conse-
quences.-Illinois Register.
Young Men at the Head Of Colleges.
The youngest college president is
said to be John III. McCracken. who. at
%, pres,des over Westminster College,
ut Fulton, Mo. while his father. Henry
NJ. McCracken. is the executive head
of New York University. Jerome Hall
Raymond. president of the University
of West Virginia. was elected To that
office when 2S years old. President
Boothe Colwell Davis of Alfred Uni
.,tn oil |