The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-26
WANT ALL FACTS
The Caucus Agreed on Two Resolu-
tions That Will be Presented 10
the Senate Monday-They Gall for
Full Information Concerning This
Governments Connection With the
Isthmian Matters-Several Scna-
tors Expressed Themselves rs Anx-
ious for the Canal.

Washington, January 23.-Tbe
Democratic Senators were in confer
ence for almost three hours today
on the Panama question and when
they adjourned it was announced by
Senator German, chairman OF the
caucus. that the conference had
agreed upon a resolution to be pre-
sented to the Senate asking for all
the correspondence between the
United States and Colombia since the
negotiation of the Hay-Herran treaty
The fact was brought out in the
course of the meeting that there are
documents missing from the corre-
spondence as published and the con-
culsion was reached that a resolu-
ton calling for all the missing pa
pers would, if passed and complied
with by the executive, meet all the
requirements. The correspondence to
be called for also will cover the pc
riod Of the recent Panama revolt and
all the official writing on that cpl
sode. The resolution will be present
ed Monday.
The conference also decided upon
a resolution directing the Senate
committee on foreign relations to
make an inquiry into the events con-
nected with the Panama revolution.
Both propositions were agreed to
by all the Senators present
The resolution of inquiry is so
worded as to call for a statement
from the President as to whether all
the papers bearing on the situation
have been sent n and if they have
not been communicated and the rea-
son for failure TO communicate is the
fact that the President believes that
10 make them public would be in
compatible with the public welfare.
then the President is requested to
send them to the Senate in conf
dence to be use6 in executive session
only.
The resolution asking for an in
quiry by the foreign relations COM
mittee is dfrected toward securing
an investigation iniO the Panam af-
fair and its purpose Is to chow wheth
er or not the administration had
foreknowledge Of that affair and In
any way encouraged ii.
There were a number OF speeches
but they related In the main to the
phraseology Of the r-soi Itions. There
was. however, more or less reference
to the merits OF the canal treaty. and
In that come ction several Senators
expressed themselves as very anx-
ious to secure the canal. Some went
50 far as to Saf they would vote for
the treaty. but all condemned the
methods of the administration in
connection with the Panama upris-
Ing. Senator Money was among
those who announced themselves for
the treaty. Senator Clay and 9TH
ers expressed themselves as verr de-
sirous that AN amicable ARRANGEMENT
be secured with Colombia, and in this
connection hope was expressed that
the government Of the United States
would see its way clear to accept the
proposition said to have been made
by General Reyes that the United
States should pay Colombia 10000
900.
There was D effort to secure a
rule for united action on the treaty
and. the general opinion among
speakers is :hat there will be no such
effort unless positive information
should be secIred showing the COM
plicity OF this government IN the
Panama rebellion.