The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-17
Says His Course in ISthmian
 Trouble Was Correct
DINSMORE IN OPPOSITION
He Asserts That But for the Action of the United States There Never Would Have Been Re-
 public of Panama.

Washington December 16--Central American affairs were discussed in the house today. and also pensions, industrial and agricultural conditions. and labor. The session lasted more than four hours, the house being in committee of the whole almost the entire time on the pension ap- propriation bill, on which no conclusion was reached.
 When the house convened consideration of the pensions appropriation bill was resumed in committee of the whole, MT. Gibson, republican of Tennessee, being the first speaker. He said the President had pursued a wise and prudent course in connection with the Panama situation. He declared that the south was prosper ing under republican tariff laws. and would prosper under a republican isth- milan canal He said the tariff was like a pair of suspenders-too tight in some places too loose in others, but very need full just the same.
 Is the Course Proper.
 MT. Bassett, democrat of New York, spoke briefly on the Panama question, saying what the country wants to know, is if the course pursued has been proper ly taken and with a view of doing jus tice.
 MT. Dinsmore, democrat of Arkansas, replying to remarks made by MT. Hit, republican of Illinois, last week, said that he had not charged the administration with lawlessness. but had eonscientiously described the act as he understood 1t to have been done. He renewed his conten- tion that it was the duty of the President to have turned to Nicaragua and repeated that the Spooner act had been violated. He insisted that the President had done wrong.
 MT. Dinsmore quoted .sen the speech made Tn New York last night byRAssistant Secretary Loomis, saying that when MT. Loomis said: Tt became evident shortly after the opening of the Colombian con- gress, in June, that there was not the least intention of ratifying the Hay-Her- ran treaty" his Dinsmore's) contention was sustained He took issue with other statements made by MT. Loomis. He said the Nicaragua route should be taken instead, asking what is few millions to this government. He repeated that but for the action of this government, there never would have been republic of Pan anna.
 Couldn't Submit to Blackmall.
 Mir. Hitt republican of Illinois. replying to MT. Dinsmore, said:
 After a treaty by which we generously agreed to give ten millions at their de- mand had been rejected with bald and palpable spirit of blackmaillng us out of fifteen millions more, the gentleman from Arkansas says he would yield 1t. I be- lieve that all the democrats and all the republicans would give President Roose- welt whitening execration and scorn if he submitted to that blackmail.
 Mr. Hit said that the President had been accused of being too slow and then with being too fast The President had only done his duty in the preserving of peace in the isthmus with which to nego- tiate a treaty than that recognized
 As to the Panama act, the administra- tions conduct was but the fulhlment of the law.
 Mir. Birdsel republican of Iowa. who succeeded Former Speaker Henderson compared industrial and agricultural conditions under democratic and republi- can administrations. He concluded with an eulogy of President Roosevelt He was followed by MT. Liyernash of Califor- mia, who spoke on the labor question.
 Livernash Talks on Labor.
 He said that labor believed that some great wrong principle existed which needs remedying 1t has been proposed that congressional committee be appointed to make a careful inquiry. but he did not want such an inquiry as would be made by the department of justice. which he as- serted persecuted some little concerns, instead of the Standard oil and the sugar trust the very air of which was poluting. Nor. he added, were such reports were wanted as would be made by the depart ment of commerce and labor. He spoke of them as kid glove" reports. because, he said he saw evidence of kid gloves and not the axe.
 "One of the greatest enemies of organ ized labor" he said. ''ls Carroll D. Wright with his distorted figures"
 He declared that there should be Rocke- fellers or Carengies.
 At 4:15 D. m. the house adjourned until tomorrow.