The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-12-25
EDITOR HOWELL ON ATTl-
TUDE OF SOUTH.
Political Death to Those
Who Oppose.
ARE SOME OBJECTIONS


Insist Upon National Honor" Being
Upheld, SoFar as Overthrow on the
Isthmus is Concerned.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 22-- The dec
laration Of Editor Clark Howell Of At
Ianta, Ca, that the south will sustain
the administrations Panama policy,
and inferring that political death may
overcome those senators who oppose
the ratification Of the Panama 18TH
uian canal treaty, proves gratifying to
administration circles, but disconccrt-
ing to those who have been attempting
to uphold Senator German in his ef-
forts to present a united Democratic
front of opposition.
A slight, but nevertheless, apparent
tendency to more clearly define their
position can be detected among sew
eral OF the minority members who have
been looked upon as opponents OF the
treaty.
A slight, but nevertheless, apparent
tendency To more clearly define their
position can be detected among sever
a1 OF the minority members who have
been looked upon as opponents Of the
treaty.
Evidences strengthen the belief that
tie whole question will be made to
hinge upon that Of national honor"
A strong oppcIent OF the treaty said
today, in denouncing what he consid-
cred Mr. Howell's interference:
THE administration must have
clean bill of hath. Not until IL has
shown that IL has not been in coliusron
with the men who brought about the
revolution at Panama, will the mi
nority senators look with favor on the
treaty and be willing to allow it 10 pass
the senate"
:. Others declare that the only way in
which the administration can show it.
self to be guiltless Of any collusion at
Panama. is to have that resolution |
adopted, and to place the Information |
IT calls for before the senate.
Many minority senators wish IL nm
herstood that they do not oppose the |
building of 4 canal, not even the PAN
anna canal, under the provisions or the
Spooner act. They state that II the
treaty with Colombia had been ratified
by tho congress of that republic, they
would have gotten in line ready for
the building Of me waterway without
opposition. That having failed. they
still contend that the president should
have proceeded to negotiations with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica for canal
by that roure. in accordance with the
NJ ha
While that is the general attitude
OF the Democrats of the senate II is
recognized that the only way they can
be kept together in anything like a
solid column against the Panama can
al treaty with the new republic of
Panama Is on the ground that the aG-
ministration violated good faith with
Colombia while conspiring with the
people at Panama to set up q govern
ment there merely as pretense and
Tor tho purpose Of securing by that
method what could not have been at
tained through negotiations with Col
ombia.
IL 1t is proposed to attemp, 10 de-
Feat the treaty, II will be necessary
for the opposition to prevent FIVE Dem
ocrats from voting for the treaty
That Is, In case Senator Huar and
Senator Hale Of Maine, both of whose
votes are said to be In doubt. should
vote against the treaty II they sup I
port the treaty, 1t will be necessary q
Tor the opposition to prevent three {
Democrats from going with the major c
Ity s. .. L.p |
The Republican membership OF the }
senate la fifty-seSen. Thesvotes neces- y
'ary for ratification number sixty. II d
me Republican vote Is solid and In ad- ]
dition there can be obtained either
of the Montana or Kentucky senators. t
or Senator Cockreil and the two 0eor- \
CLANS. or the two Florida senators who Y
are known to be favorable to a canal.
can be accomplished.
The resolution which was adopted
last week In the Democratic caucus. li
piedging the minority as a whole to '
fhe support of proposition agreed up 4
On By swo-tldrds of a caucus. con- 8
aimed the following provision. "Ex- e
cepting when previous pledges have v
been made. by senators to their con- I
'tituents or instructions have been re- I
'eiyed from their state legislatures. or 4
when g question of constitutional con- ~
'truetion is involved"