The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-25
KNEW OF THE REVOLUTION
President Wrote of It Octo-
 Der 8, Last.
Republicans Thrown Into Coaster ation and Vote to Have the Matter Treated as a
 Senate Secret.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building.

WA8NsM8EOHs r sD.s 44s It transpired today that a sensation
 was sprung in the executive session yes terday by Senator Cuibers0n in the course of his vigorous speech against the
 ratification of the Panama canal treaty. The Texas Senator surprised the Demo< crafs and chagrined the Repubitcans bw
 reading a letter written by President Roosevelt October 10, last to Albert
 Shaw of Philadelphia, the editor of The Review of Reviews, and in which tue President told Mir. Shaw that there was then revolution about to begin in Pan- anna and that 1t promised to be entirely successful A
 that he had done all he could to per- suade Colombia to agree to the building of the canal, that further effort along this line seemed useless and that tle country would have to so the Nicaragna route which engineers had declared ina practicable. build at Panama by force of arms, or recognize the independence of the revolutionists on the isthmus when ever they should secede. from Colombia and set up a government of their own. Letter Was Frank.
 Shaw and the President are intfmAta
 friends. and the letter was written in
 very frank spirit. as it's substance given above plainly shows.
 1t is told on the outside that 1t would be difficult to describe the consternation
 felt In the ranks of the Republican Eena-
 tors after the reading of the letter. The missive spoke for itself and not | even the plausible Spooner or the faith l ful Lodge found himself ready to taik away the thunderholt the Texan had | brought to the chamber.
 | The action of Senator Culheraon leaked out this afternoon and he has haen be- tEeigea by neWanapsr men to give thern Il copies of the letter with which he had put the adherents of the Panama treaty | into temporary rout.
 The Texas Senator is considering the l advisahiilty of giving out the contents of the Presidents epistle to his Philadel~ l phia friend, but has not get decided to the course he will follow.
 It Is admitted that Mir. Culberson has i a perfect right to give out the letter | whenever he chooses. It was not an of- 1 ficial document. and the ban of secrecy | supposed to hedge about the doines of the Senate when 1t is in executive eassion
 does not hold good with the letter t0i | Shaw.
 | During the executive session and after | the reading of the letter. one of tho | Democrats present made a motion that l the Texan be allowed to give the Presf- | dents letter to the public. The motion was voted on and every Republican in the chamber voted that the matter should not be given to the press and that it should be regarded as one of the secrets of an executive session.
 | May Give it Out, Despite this. however, the Texas Sena-
 tor win use his discretion in the matter. It has been already spread to the four winds, and the consternation that began | with the Republicans of the Senate now | fills all their party'B Washington camp.
 The letter supports over the signature | of Theodore Roosevelt ali that the
 Democrats say, would bring conviction
 before any impartial jury in the world.
 It is expected to be in every Democratic hand book during the coming campaign
 and in the mouth of every Democratic orator till the election Is over. It Is told that nobdy ever saw the President in such a rage as he exhibited
 whom he learned what Senator Cuiber-
 son had done. He was not in any bet
 ter humor today and went out this after.
 noon to think over in solitude how fool-
 ish 1t is to write letters even to personal
 friends when marked Personal"
 R. IT. Watkins.