Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-08-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.


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Cable communication is again
established between the United
States and Bogota, the capital OF
of Colombia, but the first news re-
ceiyed from that point i'll several
weeks is by no means encouraging
for the ratification of the Panama
canal treaty and the advocates of
the Nicaraguan route are much en-
couraged. No test vote has been
taken in the Colombian Congress,
but in committee a large number
of amendments were adopted by a
vote of II to and the two MEM
bers who voted negatively are in
favor of the entire reputation of
the treaty Senator CullOm has
been in Oyster Bay in conference
with the President regar ding the
possibility of getting the acceptance
of the treaty by the Senate in its
amended form and he plainly told
that he believed there was little
likelihood of the Senate's sanction
ing any changes in the convention.
DIR. Herran, the Colombian charge
d 'affaires in Washington still
maintains a hopeful attitude but it
is believed that he is almost hoping
against hope. By the provisions
of the Spooner law, under which
the treaty with Colombia was nego-
tiated with Nicaragua and Costa
Rica in the event that negotiations
with Colombian fail and the repre-
sentatives of those governments
are on the ground and ready to
complete a treaty under the most
favorable terms.
A report has been received in
Washington from Oyster Bay to
the effect that there is possibility
of the Presidents calling Congress
in extraordinary session, even be-
fore the date heretofore announced,
November .. This report is be-
lieved to have grown out of a
statement made by Senator Aid
rich in which he says "should the
President call Congress in session
in October or November. 1t is
reported that the members of the
subcommittee of the Senate COM
mittee on Finance, who have been
in Oyster Bay comforting with the
President with regard to the finan-
cial bill they are charged with
drafting, have urged upon Mr..
Roosevelt the advisability of auth
orizing Congress to take up the
financial measure in advance of
the resolution necessary to put the
provisions of the Cuban treaty in
to effect and that the President
has refused to do so but has said
he would call Congress even earlier
than had been anticipated, if that
were considered advisable by the
members of the committee. Poll
ticians and officials in Washington
are hoping the rumor to prove
unfounded as they believe it would
be a mistake to attempt to convene
a session of Congress before the
local elections are over.
Secretary Shaw, Comptroller of
the Currency Ridgely and former
secretary of the treasury John G.
Carlisle, have all been at Oyster
Bay to confer with the President
with regard to the needed financial
legislation. Mr.. Carlisle was in
vited to the conference because the
President wishes, in so far as
may be, to defer the views of the
democrats and thus insure large
majority for a measure which he
and his advisors regard as so es-
sential to the future welfare of the
country. In this connection it is
pointed out that the financial
market is in a somewhat precarious
condition and a scarcity of money,
when it becomes necessary to send
funds west to move the crops,
might be attended with disastrous
results. This argument is doubt
less another that is being with
the President in favor of an extra
early session.