The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02

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minAble:::. discuss1on: preceding. the
:c5ocirsiderati6h :.o$: the Raaiama treaty;
in Executive. session by the Senate...'Is is
delaying a lot of important legislation.
;One' item ::..thls::dela,y of especial fn-
:tefesr TO: the. Pacific COAST is Senator
;F:yeS. bill for; the :extension of :eoast7.
wise. shipping. regulations to the trade
Of. the 'RhiliRpines.. This .bfll is. almost
.ceEtaih,. TO .beGoneo la'W, at least .so*say'
MEM bers. OF the Senate ComTnittee be-.
.foI'e. which a: NUN ber of cdEdage: ma pu:3
,facturers. appeared. a few days ago to-
make p+otest. Pie effect 0f:4the protest
shas been to cenfirnr. the members. DEM
ocratS.'ald RerAblicans calikep i'm. sup
port. ..of the bill. :fof it made. it:evident
the basis. OF. the protest was narrow
and selfish--a protected industry oppos-
ing itself TO- ths protection. of another
and greater one. % ..
Senator Lodge is warmly. in favor Of
the Bills Secretary Root is quoted as In
doubt is otoS the ability of qAmericap
ships to cope with the trade and is irf
favor ofoextsnding thee tSfne until 1t is
.ffr1ade. certain that. there is. AmePicap
tonnage Suff1ciept to: meet the, demand
that wohtd follow the &: enectment.
Lodges answer to tlffs Is. that foreign
ships would tak@.the American flag 5ust
as fast as. and. to the olimit that lit. was
shown. there was something in Sit..
:. :. =. 20 - - e..
. The Panama, discussion in the:Senate6
began with Senator Hoar's. speech De%
cernber Il, and, 'wfth othe.Eecess cut out,
has been proceeding steadily from day
TO day ever. .stnce Just how much
lsriger 1t 6Tpay3 drag it's slow length 20
man: can .teh.'. 3When this preliminary
+discuAsiGn.. closes the treaty will. .'be
taken up in executive. session. Enough
that viii be- the realo workoin this con-
necti6I9 it iss not .thpught that 1t will
consume anXthing like .stbe time. that
this discussion 9of a series OF yesoluy
.tions erilanating:. from the minority has
provoked: For the. treaty means the
canal, ana the canal is a 'consummaSion
d'eYoutly Wished, by many Democrats
as: weTf: as epublicans-9enough: 10 Sc
cure il. TherHe are Democrats osched5
tiled for reopen support Of Che President
in all"his ACTS CONCERNING Panama in
Speeches: to be. made before. tffe discus
sionss;closes. Therefore when It does
close and the eyessaTd ears of the pub
Gc: ayeo withdTa an the Business VIII be
dispatched, The speech. making a.as
pToFoked by otlIe minority has been
addressed to the public for the most
part for the. political capital that may
be m. it. fore ft:'hasG long been under
stood as a cut. and. dried Programme
only'to ES carried out too a copcidsion-
tine cobelus1on to be reached wlfeh there
is no mGiss capital 5t6. be .msde' NsVer-
theless the discussion developed a 4ot'
Of learning concerning Q Panama, has
revNffieds az great deal Of history con-
cerniHs tr5atiesa and International re-
lations of the past and has been the
sVbjecto .ofenot a litrfe real eloquepce8
t4ls ebest9f6rfn Of Senatorial debate and
hr1lliant tsore barteeas The'gallerisS shave
kepp 19-aH HIhad jnNa9-IB ia We
90 o.: - az - % $
Sc One or. the most eloquent ahI patri-
otic- addresses of .ffle Ebole panama
discussion; was shat of Senator Polli-
yer Q OF: iowa. Pin, his .peroTation his
seBtences N'ere:' like the'9 blows of a
slsdge add lirefaliy. undertook, % as
EInersop: says some9of Flato's do. to-
Presidefi's every act and Sssatflted
tlTbse .Hthe Rou96 allow sucff "a Gov
ernment as BeSota too stand. in 3the
wax ef'as .entefprise 50 necessary to
the.ptoSgess of3the- XoElJf asstfe isths'
1hiap qcahal.. he vanted to see the
digging begun dndohe belfeved:.s9 thor
0lIghly an: the ability ard o the enter
pE5se OF America. aer'3 engineers, SIN
.ven+6Is aTftr contra acforsSthat Mhep0theo
word .Wasa at iast given thepaS to- go
ahead ne. expected hothfpg else than
that She. canal would ne .cutSpot only
Straight. through the mountains, ebut.
at sea leyel at shat He believed that
AmeBican .ehgineers wonld T:sss. to the
fuJE height ef the great s,erftetnvtse and
new onSethods :and Appliances would
be eTs1Ved such as0 WOULD :cause the
fi0untaiSs 10 roelt away: before them
and iR inuQh lessa timeSothan I'VE now
eoideAnElate. Ships would be- admit
ted ITO. pass from, ocsan' TO ocean Syith
no locSs nor bags nor oEher hshdranee.o
: .SenRttq. .SsSooher is an aeloqient and
persistent cTfanspioh of the Presidents
acts. in relation. to Panama ana of the
.caual.ss .'SFe { had heen speakfAg for
thTee hours orI. the subject With veryo
little oiIfteiF3IpUoh Nvhe4sss as :oqaestioh
arose as to the nPe$ning.:of "a. certain
form OF expression he had Used. "Oh,
I care nothing: about wardst;i .he 'ex-
claimed. impatfsAtyo -: o:
o.. ..''E1s:fdently;" :$inTeyjeetedl Nj. Bacon
ef Georgia. = =. 80.
&. In. the '%Ieuse; last Wednesday Mr..
Bouteus' paid a tribute to:the south and
its ;c0mphte reiIicofporation:ow with the
Union in: eloquent style, 2p0inting TO the'
patri0fisu1. displayed by it's. leaders,
they rsho led in the Confedefacy,. and
by ats rank and' file during the: Spanish
war. The address drew liberal :ap-
.::9 took a little journey ..doW.g. East on.
one OCCASION not long ago. in cempany
with the: gentleman from Illinois" Said
John: 9SharP Williapls of Mississippi,
leader. OF the :mihority' and: probably
.tfre. NEST brflliant debaterin theo House,
replying to- Mr. Bduteu. 'Qn that,
iQur1;ey ne told Hhe.othat the. ohly diff
ference d3etween the North apd the
South was thai oneo 6reckoneG and the
other guessed Recently 1 had. occa-
Sion to make an address 10 some fellow
Democrats down there and 1 told them
about what the gentleman 'had said
and. tooS occasion to. fe1icitate them. on,
the fact that even that difference be-
tween the. North and SoUth0 had 'disap-
rrsared .snce Mr.. Roosevelt had taken
his. plaoa- as the executive head of the
9evernTiient. .r.caIled their attention to
the fact: that since then nobody at
teyapted TO reckon, for they. have no
basis to reckon On. Everybody :: has
fallen in with. the ways Of the East;
they are. kept guessing"
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