The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-11-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
(FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
Washington, D. G. Nov. IS. 1905

tTtSlueut NWeeNSlt IN tNlltullN uc-
termined that the race issue shall be
kept alive, rs he has sent to the Senate,
for the third time. the name OF DR.. w.
d. Crum to he Collector Of Customs
ut Charlestown.
Twice before the Senate refraiued
from taking action in this case, as
the republican memters did not wish to
slight the President and ut the same
time desired to respect the wishes of
the white people of Charlestown aS
" ell ~ of the Senator from South Caro-
lima, who objected to Crum's appoint
ment on the ground that he WAS II
negro. As the Senate iii | not positive
ly refuse TO confirm the nomination, the
President named Crum ~ recess ap,
pointment and the negro has been serv-
ing for some months despite the pro-
tests of the people of Charlestown.
But the President is resolved that the
Senate shall act in the case and has sent
in the nomination once more. The
question il likely to cause an intereS-
ting debate and it il very probable that
Mr.. Rs ,sevelt will not be supper ed by
his own party in this attempt to force
upon the people of Southern city an
official who il d!stasteful to them.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that Representative Crnmpacker of
Indiana has reintroduced III the House
his res luton Of last session providing
for the appointment of a commissi N of
eleven members to investigate the con
ditious Of suffrage in the several states.
The undisguised purp 'se of the rrsolu,
tion is 10 reduce the representation in
Congress of those states which have
disfranchised the negroes In thi' way
number of republicans hope 10 in
crease their majority in the House or ut
least prevent the democrats from gain.
ing the upper hand Representative
Dick of Ohio will ALSO urge the passage
of II resolution providing for al inve,ti
CATION of the subject of negro disfran-
chisemeut. Ris ultimate purpose is
identical with that of Crnmpacker
Even the authors of the resolution
doubt if there will be vote on them
during the extra or regular session, but
they toyeth with Crums appoint
ment. will serve to keep the issue alive
and make the negro vote safe for the
republican party. The republi
cans seem to have protited little
by the last election in Maryland
where tn race question was rhe main
issue
With sober deliberation. in which il
marked contrast to the reckless impul.
-iveness of President Roosevelt in the
affair, the democratic senators have de
cided to wait for fuller information be-
fore they make party issue out Of the
actions Of the Administration in recog-
r:1lnx the de facto government at
Panama before the revolution WAS even
known of at the Columbian capital A
large Ame, icau feet is being gathered
on each side Of the Isthmus and Colum.
bia has been notified that this govern
ment will not permit her to land troops
at either Panama or Colon. NJ. Phil.
ippe Bunan.N Narilla who has just been
appointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary Of the new
republic, has been in Washington and
took lunch with Secretary Hay who il
giving him every encouragement in his
attempts to have our government recog-
nize tho alb olute sovereignty of Pana-
ma. NJ. Narilla sent a very patroni
zing letter to Senator Morgan asking
him to renounce his opposition to the
Panama route. After il WAS shown
that the le t,r was breach of diploma
tic propriety, the new minister excused
his action on the ground that he wrote
AZ private citizen. In the letter, how
ever, he addresses Senator Morgan AZ
the minister OF the Republic of Pana-
ma DR.. Herran, the Columbian rep
resentative at Washington has sent a
firm protest to the State Department
against the action of the United States
in recognizing the revolutonis,s and in
preventing Columbian forces from as-
sertaining the national authority over
the isthmua Az the population Of
Columbia il about four million and
that Of Panama only about 2S0. 600 the
small republic would not last long if
it were not for the protection Of the
United State4 The new minister af
fairs on the Isthmus recogni zes this
fact, aud says that the notification TO
Bogota from Washington is equivalent t
to forbidding that government from
making war on Panama In fact. ~
an officer of the Administration said,
Our government is bound to have
peace If we have to fight for it," AL.
though it has not yet taken n partisan
form, the opposition to the President $