Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-18
18Th CONGRESS-.
Hoar and German Strike Hard
at the Canal Treaty.
German Charges Directly That 1t Is
Wholly Campaign Issue.
Foraker Defends Administration for
Attitude Toward lsthmus.

Washington, Dec 1.-THE Senate,
oday, WAS the scene of most import
mt debate on the isthmian canal ques-
ion as affected by the Presidents
recognition of the Independence of the
republican of Panama. The deba te
began by a speech by Hoar on his
esolution of inquiry and lasted sew
raj hours. In addition to HAIRS adj
lress there were speeches by German
md Foraker. All three We're notable
9tterances and of historical interest
Hoar confined his remarks to his res
button and they were carefully writ
Ell out and read from manuscript. He
.eld that this country had not yet
eceived full official information con-
erning the isthmus revolution and crit
scised in sharp terms the conduct OF
his country as shown by what has
)een given out.
There WAS 10 reservation in Cor
nan's utterances. He practically alleged
hat The situation in Panama had been
reated to make a campaign issue and
harged Assistant Secretary of State
4oomiS with violation of the propria-
les III discussing the question at
,anquCt in New York. He also said
hat unless further light was thrown on
he subject he would oppose the Pan
ma treaty. lie also referred to the
npetuous action Of the executive and
declared that the Senate should pre-
vent the jcopardizing of the business
interests of the country.
Foraker took Hoar to task severely
CT his remarks rejecting on the ad-
nil ct h IN So,
paaking in open session concerning
Executive matters. Ee defended the
administration for it's attitude toward
he Panama revolt.
A heated colloquy took place batween
foraker and Hoar during an effort of
massachusetts, senator to explain more
'ully his position in the matter.
Mitchell delivered a speech at the
lose OF the day in favor of an appro-
,riation for the Lewis and Clark cen
ennial exposition at Portland, Oregon.
AT the beginning of the session of the
Senate, Comas, Maryland, reported a
bill from the committe on patents pro-
7iding for the protecting Of foreign eX-
hibitorS OF artistic musical and literary
works at st. Louis Worlds fair, and at
his request the bill was given imme-
date consideration and passed
Hoar quoted the correspondence
bearing upon the revolution and asked
why this great anxiety before any dis
urbance had occurred" 1t was, he said
clear that if the correspondence so far
printed, included all the information
possible to give on the subject, that
rom ii to As hours before the revolu
ion broke out this government had iE-
structed q man-of-war to prevent CO.
'ombia from doing anything to prevent
IT,
Il want to know and the American
people want to know and have a right
to whether this mighty policeman on
the isthmus seeing a man about to at
.ack another is justified before the blow
is struck, in manacling the assailed
narty and whether after the assault
has been made. the policeman is JUS
tilted iii claiming the pOckethook which
has been taken from the victim by the
assailant should be turned over to him
Nhe policeman on the ground that he
was the rightful owner"
Hoar quoted from an order dated,
Nov. 2, sent Acting Secretary Darling
Of the navy department to the Nash
vile, directing her to maintain an I'M
interrupted transit of the isthmus and
to prevent the landing of any armed
force with hostile intention, whether
government or insurgent at Colon, Por-
20 Bello or any other point and said it
appeared this cablegram had been sent,
sunday, Nov. |, whereas the revolution
did not occur until three days later. On
Nov. 3, before our government had re-
ceived any notice of the revolution or
ders had been sent to the consul at Co
lon that the troops should not be al
lowed to proceed to Panama, yet, up
10 8 A. NJ, Nov. 4, very few persons at |
Colon knew of the intended revolution
airy movement. He inquired if our gov
really knew of the intended |
revolution to assure its success adding: |
MIR. President, it may be said that it |
is almost an affront, certainly a great |
inciviity, to ask such a question. 1t !
may be said that anybody who knows |
the President knows that he is incapa- |
BILE of intrigue or indirection or arti- |
fee. And from all have ever seen or |
known, MIR. Roosevelt is the last man |
living who would be capable of such q |
thing as that. His faults, if he has |
them, I have always expected would |
come from a brave and honest and per-
haps somewhat impetuous nature that
would ever seek to attain great objects
in a great way. But the President him !
self has suggested and invited the de- |
sire for this explanation. RE has it due ;
to himself that the American people
should know that nothing of the kind
could be imputed to him. He has re- /
PEELED with scorn the suggestion of i
such an imputation. He has taken the .
uncommon step of giving to the press
extracts from a message which he had q
prepared to send to Congress written /
before the revolution occurred in Pam |
anna, in order that the American peo- |
pie might know that it was impossible T
that he had expected it and still more |
impossible that he had done anything /
to bring it about. did not think my |
self that such an assurance to the pub
lie was at all necessary. If the Presi-
dent has sent for any member of the ,
Senate and had proposed to show him |
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