Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-23

having miSfepfeSented him on the first
occasion. but of disappearing him. to-
day. The result was 4 sharp collouuy at
short range and when it came to q con-
clusion the senators did not appear to
have approached any nearer to an under
standing than at the beginning.
Other speeches were made during the
day by Mr.. Carmack, whose remarks were
devoted to a censure of Minister Bunau-
Farilla, and by Mr.. Cullom, who as chair
man uf the committee on foreign rela-
tons. had had charge of the treaty. H.
upheld the treaty throughout.
While the Senate did not desist from
it,, labors in observance of the holiday,
today, the day was not allowed to pass
without observance. In his opening
prayer Chaplain Hale referred to the
example set by Washington and his
compatriots. Eve thank Thee Cor the
example they left" he said. We thank
Thee for the example of him who w
first in war, first in peace and first in
the hearts Of his countrymen." The
prayer was Immediately followed hy
address, which was done by Hepburn in
well filed by visitors.
The Bacon resolution of the Panama
canal question was then taken up and
Hoar addressed the Senate. 1T seems"
he said, that the dream of centuries is
about to be realized" For more than
four centuries the commercial world
had been Chaiing against the rock con-
shutting the isthmus of Darien and all
this time there had been n general de-
sire to penetrate the barrier. For him.
self he would have been glad if there
could have been q more careful selcc-
ton of the Panama route, but he was
willing to submit to the Judgment Of
others, was r.ady to join in the enthu-
siasm with which the neOple CT the
United States are about to enter upon
the great enterprise.
IIoar then turned his attention to the
canal treaty announcing his intention
to give his vote in favor of it. lie said
he had thought that he mad this posi-
ton plain in his previous speech on the
subject and that he would not speak
again, but for the fact that his pre-
yious remarks had been misunderstood
and criticised.
lie then entered upon an examna-
ton of the circumstances connected
with his former speech, saying it had
been connected with q resolution ask
ing for information such as was usually
which he quoted. He was doing the
freely given. He had been surprised at
The efforts to delay and hinder that res
olutiOn and had TO feeling against the
President. which, ne said, was abund-
antly shown by other expressions on
his part favorable to Mr.. Roosevelt.
so,ne of which he quoted. He was doing
The President n real favor in asking for
the information because of the criti-
cisms of unfriendly papers and he be-
iicved that all the foul and infamous
charges would be fully met by supply
ing all the information to be had.
These charges. he said, were having
an ill effect at home and abroad as had
5nen evidenced by the letters which
he received. These letters were from
personal and political friends-men of
high standing and not from Mugwumps
OF mon without standing. He had then
said that the President was the last
man living who would be guilty of the
nhiscretion charged. and had also alb
solved the secretary of state as not
capable of the conduct charged. At
that time. however, it seemed to him
that the explanation of the circum-
stances at Panama were in a very i'm
perfect state. Consequently he had
felt justified in pointing out that all
the documents bearing on the question
should be supplied. There had, for in
stance, been no information Of the
fact that the administration had been
Informed Of the threatened revolution.
Indeed. the only important fact known
was that the landing of Colombian
troops had been forbidden.
In view CT the circumstances, Hoar
asked. was it an act of disloyalty to
party to ask the information requested
in the resolution. Replying to his
Grnry he said that the friend of the
President who could take exception to
it must be sensitive indeed. That the
President and the secretary of state
had agreed with him he thought was
evidenced by the fact that the testi-
n:nny asked for had been given.
Hoar quoted the Presidents denial of
completely on the part Of the United
States and asked:
rs there any man, friend or foe
who will doubt that statemanto viii