Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-07
The President Explains to Con-
gress This Governments
Position in Panama.
NO PART IN REVOLUTION
open Transit VIII Bc Mnintnincd-scn-
ate Opens with n Discussion of rnn-
anna SttuntiOn--Co rcssn,nn Hay
Attempts to Get Postal In
Vcstigation in the House.


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'Hh'nS ION Jan. 4-The Sonatcs hrSt
soSSlon following the holiday rocess was
ueNotod entirely to Panama. President
roosevelt sent a message on the subject
,H,nrn was received with great interest
ru''Sior continued throughout the day
'pe'eheS p'Ing made both IN defense OF
anu aSaihSt tho policy which has been
pursued
Mr McNomas asserted tn" Presidents
a'',"n Wouli stand If tried in court We
.idiiI''iheu mat even without recognition
,i'V new repubhc OF Panama would nave
''h cSthhnSh"d ana maintainci
WI stewart of N"Nara severely crlt-
e'seo me B"gott governments
WI MorSah OF Alabama stltcd his pref
e'"hce Tor the Nicaragua route and main
tainco mat the present course of the dd-
"ilSfation was breaking down the es-
tapiished p"lrN of the United states re-
earolhs neutrality.
~ new 1T EDWARD Everett fiilI'' inc
ue"lN erected chaplain of the senate, Of
'ore' stirring invocation. His prayer
was q pea for the wisdom of Heaven In
inc affairs of government He referred
briefly to the Chicago disaster
UOI-sE ppcc1I,DtHGs
I'm the House the chaplain rravcd that
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rental OF premises hcso 'n'rH'S NI'
nay n'oac"' ne 'nNtHt.s"'ru ny a. ''''i''''n
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NJ ~ messaSe from
VeIt was received Ny '"e H'l'"'c ana i'S
readlne pcGah'
DprcrD->r,e ,,,ccAcE
y
TO the Senate ana House of Representa-
I lay before the Congress for its in
formation IL statement of my action up
TO this time in executing the act entitled
IAN act to provide for the construction
of "a canal connecting the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans" approved
June Is 1902
I3v the said act the President WAS au-
thoriZed to secure for tho United States
The propcrtv of the Panama cana! com
pany and the perpetual control of n
strip six miles wide across tho isthmus
of Iraiuma The President WAS allt lorized
on tn the Nicaragua route ouly If
WITHIN n reasonable time he could NOT
,h.,iu control of the necessary. territory
or the rpDihlic of Colombitt This control
has now been obtained: tho provision of
the act has been complied with it is uo
,nnga,. nossihlo uudor cXistfni, l.ot.l.,-
tio, f. 90 ia the Nicarnpua rottr "a. .l,
aT,ar,,.,,i,,o
I.nder the IInv Pauncofnte treaty il was
,vnIicitlv provided that The United
s,,t.e uho,Id control. police and urnt.ct
,ha ,.,r.,I which was tn ho huut la,riuo
:, o,o' ro, Tho vessels of ali nations On,
=. towns mo l,nit,d states linus
,,,,,,od tho r,nsit,o.1 of .ruura,,t,.. of th..
.o,,,I ,nI of lis ncac,rul lis. b,. an fla.
world rho guaranty included as "a mat
Tow Of coursr fine building of the canal
Uvban this novcrnnnut s,,bni,toI "a
rrI,,,iio tho ,lav-Uorr4u tr,,,tv tbr.n
.,,,,,1. ,,,,n therefore afro. IL, enttIad
r'1 ,,,ns maj tho canal shnild he, huilt
n,hn ,in,o for dolov INC time for norn,i,
,im,r ,bn attomnt 10 h. made h> uriyut,
~ NV ,hn tino for ,,orn,i,tin,r .,',
.n,.o,nr,o,,+ Of nnti-sociil srii.it ana Of
.t t,.atorr,out ia L,, ,b. vo,i,'
, ,. ,,ho Initcd STATIC b.,d .,.,,n,,d
in connection with the canal certain re
.nopsihilities not only to its nvu pooplo
~, 80 ne rivilizod world which ,munru.
,N,ol,. donnanded that there ehnuld mo