The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-05
LATEST BOOM ERANG.
DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TO DIS.
CREDIT THE PRESIDENT.
letter in Regard TO the Acquisition
of the Panama Strip That Reflects
Much Credit on tho Chief Executive
Cry of "Uncleau" Should Stop. Ii

NptnlnS cOUlu more Sharply eupudSIGe
the poverty in initiative of the Demo
cratic party and its utter failure to com
prehend the temper of the American peo-
pie ut the opening of the twentieth cen
FURY than the attempt to discredit our
acquisition of the right to dig the Pan
anna canal. Having failed to make any
impression on the popular mind along
other lines, Senator Culbcrson Of Texas
was pushed to the front in New York
last Thursday night to spring a scnsa-
tional attack on President Roosevelt for
his alleged revolutionary course in this
matter.
Although the Subject has been thor.
oughly thrcshed out in Congress and the
public prints, and the seal Of legislative
approval put upon the course Of the adj
miHis ton by the ratification of the
treaty with Panama, and the appropria.
don and payment of $500O0,0OO to the
republic of Panama and for the acquire
meut Of the rights and works of the
PaGaml Canal Company. the Senator
from Texas had the hariihood once more
to assail the honor and good faith of the
administrations acts in the premises
Without producing one scintila of new
evidence he flashed a private letter writ
ten by President Roosevelt over a year
ago to his personal friend DR.. Albert
Shaw. editor OF The Review of Reviews,
before the eyes OF his audience to JUS
&fy the accusation that the President
contemplated building the canal across
the iSthmus, treaty or no treaty which
would have necessitate1 taking posses
aion or the canal zone by force
Neither New Nor True.
Like every other sensation sprung in
Ehis campaign, what was new in Senator
CulberSon's exposure was immaterial
and what was material was Mother new
nor true. The letter, about which Sen
ator Culberson made such an ado as a
carefully suppressed piece of evidence
Of the Presidents intention to do by force
what was subsequently achieved openly
and legally, was made public by DR..
Shaw nearly year ago with the Pres!-
dents consent. AS it is characteristic
of Theodore Roosevet's rraukurSs, both
IN public and private correspondence, it
Is itself the best possible rcfutation of
the charge that he actually contemplate
cd resort 20 any Indirect or improper
means to bring about the consummat;on
we all deSrrl--the building Of the inter.
oceanic canal, it is herewith presented in
full:
Copy
Personal
White House WASHINGTON Oct 10, 1903
My Dear DR.. Shaw; incloSr you, purely
for your own Information. a copy " let
ter Of Sept >. from oar minister to TO-
ION a., LINK IL m'Sht interest you TO-
aiighteSt chance Of securing by treaty ANY
sitnr, ,ti',r WI "'Gn n 10 i'
against the advice Of the great majority ~
competent rn&inrc% some, Of the most
sohpe1rHt S'\tnE i' i W, mnu "'tl"r II" W.
else to take the TERRITORY hy force without
any attrmnt at getting Il treaty. east
ss,ae t"F rroi'o*i.'nm 'nH'I H ,,S IN t"
ever Other rSyernp,pnts can dc" the I'nltrd
States can not 20 into the SECURING ly s.uch
Sre en saw tn v",, t,t .1,d hn G",.iioi
Il Panama were aa nanIruaent s,ato, or,
II 1t made iirrR s.. al l..'S m"nrhi, but Tor
ne+i J." S ra'n}t and ,,n,n[1 a, "
n say it. Vita -,cnt rr.ar.l. sincerely
yours. THEODORE Rpo"DNE!.T
The more of such VrFaj" lrItr; the
Democrats can produce out Of tn"ir ~
SeHf.@ Il exploded campaign fakes the
bettrr or Theodore Roosevelt. 1t is a
frank stat .laemt Of a groa. national prob
lem % friend. Ii tells him pI the
Failure p H'li VITA '"i'''i'"t' 81 'le
alternatives If trying the Nicaragua
,,uta-pr,f,.t.,n,,.li ,,,,.,1,,i,.a,I1n Ia. ,nln.
petchl eng ''"HtN--pf ttN!h- tl' I''H.''hl
territory without Il treaty, Of the rrjog-
dion of any rrnn,si,inn tn r,nnat fine
-, - ri...,,,,,,
Jeai"n' % the Sountry'' Honor.
1t aiS9t gives an Instructive glimpse Of
how jealous the President was OF the
honor Of. the United states in dealing
with what would have been an irresiSti-
BILE temptation to other governments and
clearly shows how he refraincd from Civ
ing any public expression to thoughts
which would have been an instigauon to
the revolt.
Theodore Roosevelt is master of his
impulses, Just as he is master of his acts
and words. He refrained from tanning
the revolt by single breath.
That revolt came without any hint or
pressure from WASHINGTON. The Tnitcl
States Joined with Europe in recognizing
the revolutionary government Of Panama,
Then came the treaty. the ACQUISITION Of
the rights to build the canal and finally
this declaration of the convention at st,