The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-19
STANDBEFORE THE
WORLDAS BANDITS
Teller on Our Course in
the Panama Revolt.
TO REPORT THE TREATY
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
Iations Thus Directed. Three
Amendments Relating to
Sanitation, Control
of Harb0rs.
of Harb0rs.
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, Jan. 1S.-The postotfice IN
quiry resolution and the Panama Canal
Question divided the attention OF the Sen
ate today. The first half of the session
was given up to the inquiry, and Messrs.
Hale and German were the speakers.
Mr.. Hale made plea for the reference of
all the resolutions looking to an investi-
CATION to the Committee on Postoffices,
and Mr. German repeated his assurance
that he would be satisfied with that
disposal of the question. The question
went over until tomorrow with the I'M
Outstanding that after few more
speeches the resolution would be allowed
to go to the committee.
The discussion of the Panama Canal
question was confined to the continuation
of Mr.. Teller's argument that the course
OF the United States IN the recent revolt
of Panama was contrary to international
law and sound morals.
Mr. Hale said a number of Democratic
Senators had been disturbed-Mr. Bacon
of Georgia-'by the apparition of Berry
Heath in the postoffice scandals and Mr.
German, said Mr. Hale, naturally looks
upon himself in the role OF prosecutor OF
the Republican party for all the delin
quencies in the investigation"
Mr.. German said it had been far from
his purpose to become a public prosecu-
tor What he had uttered on the sub
ject, he said was to bring out the fact
that the investigation was incomplete and
ought to go further, and that it could do
no harm to have the work reviewed by
persons not connected with the admins
tratioa IF there are further frauds in
the department we ought to have light
on them,'' he said.
MIR. Clay asked Mr.. Hale if he believed
all the guilty persons in the Postoffice
Department had been exposed, indicted
punished or will be punished through the
investigation conducted by the depart
ment.
Mr.. Hale answered that he could not
say that the full results had been reached
but that the department had been com
mitted to the investigation and he re
peated that never in the history OF the
country had there been an investigation
SO relentless.
Mr.. German responded to Mr.. Hale
saying that he could agree with him IL
1IlOSL lHlUSS, UuG lDdO Lon
gressional Investigations he believed that
much good could be accomplished if only
in detecting the flaws in the laws which
permit such frauds, such as those which
have been disclosed in the Postoffice De
partment. He said that the party in
power must be ready to take the credit
or the blame for all that transpired in
government affairs. "The Republicans
are taking the credit for the exposures
in the Postoffice Department" he said,
''and I suppose if the positions were re-
versed we would do the same thing"
The Carmack resolution calling for in
formation concerning a report of an IN
vestigation alleged to have been made
into the conduct of A. r. Cruzen, former
collector of customs for Porto Rico, was
adopted with slight amendments.
The Senate adjourned until tomorrow
morning.