Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-14
IRONTON. MO. THURSDAY. JANUARY A. 1904 NUMBER 3
Washington Correspondence.


of the canal among all sorts of
public men, but they differ radio
ally when it comes to the route
and the methods adopted by the
Republican administration in maxi
ing the Panama route the only one
over which the canal can be built.
The Democrats in Congress are a
unite in favor of the canal, but
they do not intend to let the skull
duggery of the present admins
tration prevail if they can help it,
and think they can. They are not
satisfied with the message of the
President which he sent to the
Senate on the subject of Panama,
and they think he has evaded the
main questions asked him, and
they will not stand for it. He has
not cleared up the mystery sur
rounding the movements of this
government just previous to the
announcement that the Panama
republic was born, and they either
will have the facts or the Panama
treaty will not be ratified, all the
talk of the Republican leaders to
the contrary Notwithstanding. The
Democrats want a canal, but they
want it with honor.
They know that the Panama
route is not the only one that there
is in that section of the world, and
that the Nicaragua route is better
than the Panama; that not so
many people will die of fever while
the canal is being built, and that
there is a law unrepealed on the
statute books of the nation author
izing the President of the United
States to negotiate with the re-
publics of Nicarauga and Costa
Rica for the right of way for such
a canal. Furthermore, they know
that the money has been appro-
priated for the Nicarauga route,
and has not been appropriated for
the Panama route. They do not
like the antics of the administra-
ton in this matter, and, notwith-
standing the instructions given to
some southern Senators by their
Legislatures, they will refuse to
obey them so far as the Panama
route is concerned, because they
know that is not the only chance
for canal, and they will defeat
the ratification of the Panama
treaty and demand that the law
concerning the Nicaragua canal be
carried out.
We will then have a canal much
nearer the United States, and
especially the Southern States
than would be the Panama canal
and they will have rebuked the
Republican administration for it;
disregard of law and the outrage
Gus conduct of robbing the United
States of Colombia of one of its
States. Unless the President O.
the United States can make a bet.
ter defense of his position in this
Panama deal than he has done
the Panama treaty will not bt
ratified, provided the Democrats
stand together as they now say
they will do. We will have &
canal and we will swat the Repub.
lican administration in the neck.
The Democrats in the House O
Representatives tried mighty hare
this week to get the Republic
cans to agree to an investiga'
ton of the post-office scandals
but they failed. The Republicans
refuse to be investigated. They
killed resolution for the purpose
of calling an investigation of th'
Bristow charges by referring it tt
a committee by slim vote of 10
to III. After it is referred to tn,
committee it will continue to sleel
in the pigeon-hole of the desk o
the chairman of the committee.
That should show the people O
the country where the sincerity o
the Republican party lies in thi
matter. They know full we'll tina
if the investigation is ever pulled
OH IL Will put more Kinds or bl&
Republicans in the hole and soa]
the sides and pull up the ladder
than any man now dreams OF
That is why they will smother tn
thing in it's inception. The peopl
may draw their own conclusions.
Some Of the Republican leader
on the floor of the House are re
peatedly saying on their feet tina
there were never more prosperou
times in this country than at pres
ent, and that the working man ca
get all the work he wants at re