Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-12-18
REVOLUTION
IN PANAMA
Resolution Requesting President
to Send to Senate All Infor.
nation on Subject.
JUMP BEFORE SPURRED
Senator Daniels So Characterizes Ner-
vousness on Part Of Republican
Members Of Upper House.

Washington. Dec. 18-When the
Senate met today Senator Daniel was
recognized to speak on Senator Hoar's
resolution requesting the President to
send to the Senate all information
bearing upon the revolution in Pana-
ma.
Senator Cullom called attention to
the fact that the treaty has not been
acted upon by the committee on for
eign relations and intimating that it
was not in order to discuss it.
Senator Daniel retorted by saying:
<'There is 50. much nervousness over
any injury on the part of the Repub-
lica Senators as to cause them to
jump before they have been spurred." ;"
Daniel said the President has dis
cussed the treaty in public and de-
clare1 never before has there been
such contempt for the, law of secrecy
which prevails in diplomatic affairs, as
is displayed in this matter. He said
the independence of Panama has not
been well established, as has been
stated, and in this connection called
attention to the fact that the country
has no constitution.
In the Lower House.
Washington, Dec. 1S-When the
House convened today, Wagner. Re-
publican of Pennsylvania chairman of
the committee on expenditures of the
postoffice department reported favor
ably the resolution authorizing the
committee to request the postmaster
general, for the papers in connection
with the recent investigation of the
postoffice department and asked imme-
date consideration.
Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi,
asked the Republican members ii they
were afraid to have the House and
country know the information sought
in the resolution, and if they were
afraid the work of their own fourth as
sistant postmaster general would
make good campaign material. Payne
called attention to the fact that 1t was
the Republican administration that
had ordered the postoffice investiga-
tion and it's resultant action. Division
ON the question adopting the resolution
resulted in a majority vote in the mega
tive the Democrats with two or three
exceptions voting for the resolution.
On the yea and nay vote the resolution
was adopted 109 to 100.
Senator Morgan's Resolution.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Nor
gan today introduced resolution de-
claring the President has no right to
wage war against any foreign power
without the consent of Congress when
such country is in peace with the Uni
ted States and that the provision of
the canal treaty between the United
States and Panama is, in effect, a dec
laration of war with Colombia, and
that the Intervention of the United
States in preventing Colombia from
suppressing the secession of Panama,
is contrary to the law of neutrality and
the law of the nations.
Report Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion.
Washington, Dec. 18-The seven
teenth annual report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, transmitted to
Congress today discusses at length the
Elkins Law. valuable as such an
amendment is" says the report. at
has added nothing whatever to the
power of the commission to correct the
tariff rates which are unreasonably
high or which operate with discrimi-
mating effect. The report says that
one of the significant things Of rail
road operations is that although they
have shown a marked increase in the
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