Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Jan. 8, 1904.


q few pension bills with a quarter
of the members present. The
Senate convenes without q quorum
by a good deal, and many of the
members go to sleep in the cloak
room while Senator Morgan of Ala
bama drones along in what he
calls an arraignment of the admin
istration on the Panama canal
treaty. The treaty is not publicly
before the Senate but the rules of
that body permit talk and libitum
on any matter that happens to
come into the head of the talker.
Senator Morgan takes radical
ground, that there is no republic
of Panama; that this country has
no right to foster or encourage the
preposterous notion; that the whole
scheme is conspiracy for the
plunder of Colombia, with which
we are at peace; that the French
canal company which has lost half
a billion of dollars has still vitality
enough to make an immense row
to our great expense and detri-
ment; that we shall hear in a few
days that his prophecy has come
true; that Colombia could reclaim
it's own and "wipe out the adven-
lures and spoliators, Indians, neg
roes, and Chinaman who now con-
stitute Panama" in about one day
without interfering with the traffic
on the isthmus if Mr.. Roosevelt
would keep his hands off, &C., &c.
There is shadow of support for
this, in the morning papers, which
announce that Colombian has ap-
pealed to the French courts for an
injunction to prevent the transfer
of the Panama Canal Company's
rights on the isthmus to the
American government without the
consent of Colombia. The report
causes q rufIling of the waters.
Senator Marcus A. Hanna will
make strong speech against the
promotion of Gen. Wood to be
Maior-General. \ good many Re-
pnblicans will probably vote
against confirmation.
Congressman Rider, from New
York City, has been politely but
forcibly requested by Tammany to
resign, so that ex-senator Charles
a. Towne can be sent to Washing
ton in his place, He fatty refuses.
Rider doesn't propose to be ridden.
Since Panama has become the
centre of international interest it
is not amiss to recall the fact that
as long ago as 1862 President Lin
coin urged delegation of negroes
to found colony there. He
agreed to protect them if they
should go to the isthmus and told
them they would be free and equal.
1t seems certain that old Abe
would have hesitated to interfere
under present conditions to estab-
ish q republic.
The Panama question seems like
ly to take rest in Congress. Yes
terday was spent in the Senate dis
cussing the resolution for q Con-
gressional committee to investigate
post Office frauds. Democrats in
sisted that it was necessary because
such an investigation cannot pro-
perly be entrusted to the depart
ment where the fraud existed; Re-
publicans opposed the resolution
on the ground that the investiga-
tion by the Post Office Department
is very thorough and that Con-
gressional Investigations seldom re-
suit in finding out anything.
Next Tuesday there will be a
mass meeting in the interest of
peace and arbitration at the Lafay-
cite Theatre in this city. The
speakers announced include
Andrew Carnegie, Rabbi Hirsch,
Cardinal Gibbons, Edward Everett
Hale, Governor Durbin of Indiana,
and the Presidents OF Princeton and
Columbia.