The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-24
Democrats Ask for a Look
Into the vitaIs.
OH, LORD, WHAT NEXT?
Do You Know, They're Spending Your
Money to Buy French Novels for
the Army? Does Camille
Teach Discipline, ma
ma Tactics?
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, Jan. 23.-The Democratic
Senators were in conference for almost
three hours today on the Panama ques
ton. and when they adjourned it was
announced by Senator German, chair
man OF the caucus, that the conference
had agreed upon a resolution to be pre-
scented to the Senate asking for all the cor
respondence between the United States
and Colombia since the negotiation of the
Hay Herran treaty The fact was brought
: out in the course of the meeting that
there are documents missing from the
correspondence as published and the
conclusion was reached that a resolution
calling for all the missing papers would,
if passed and complied with by the eXecu-
tive, meet all the requirements. The
correspondence to be called for also will
cover the period of the recent Panama
revolt and all the official writings On
that episode The resolution will be pre-
scented Monday.
The conference also decided upon res
olution directing the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations to make an inquiry
into the events connected with the Pan
anna revolution.
Both propositions were agreed to by
all the Senator's present.
The resolution of inquiry is 50 worded
as to call for statement from the Pres
ident as to whether all the papers bear
ing On the situation have been sent in,
and if they have not been communicated
and the reason for failure to communi-
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believes that to make them public would
be Incompatible with the public well
fare Then the President is requested to
send them to the Senate in confidence to
be used in executive session only.
The resolution asking for an inquiry
by the Foreign Relations Committee, is
directed toward securing an investigation
into the Panama affair and its purpose
is to show whether or not the administra-
ton had foreknowledge of that affair and
In any way encouraged 1t.
There were a number of speeches, but
they related in the main to the phrase
ology of the resolutions.
There was, however, more or less refer
ence to the merits of the canal treaty
and in that connection several Senators
expressed themselves as very anxious to
say they would vote for the treaty, but
all condemned the methods of the admin
istraton in connection with the Panama
uprising Senator Money was among
those who announced themselves for the
treaty Senator Clay and others ex-
pressed themselves as very DESTROYS that
an amicable arrangement be secured with
Colombia and in this connection hope
was expressed that the government of the
United States would see its way clear to
accept the proposition said to have been
made by General Reyes that the United
States should pay Colombia s1O,OO0,o0o.
Among those who spoke in opposition
to the treaty were Senator's Bailey, Nor
gan and Tillman. Some of the speakers
who took the opposing view sharply crit
icised those who favored the treaty.
There was no effort to secure rule for
united action on the treaty and the gen
eral opinion among Senators is that there
will be no such effort unless positive in
formation should be secured showing the
completely of this government in the Pan
anna rebellion.