New-York tribune., 1905-11-19

their s, s0pyeti0ns the The sspa 1erhl h
Trajan chsBa antoh sf Penonome
San Safs ceIos os La pnfada Asuadqiee chitre Posr
uar caasas si96re ssnie Rgnbs M9nb3o san
qorenso qe Pordobeio chagres Donoso and Bast7
fhese districts the authorities prevented the count
ing OF the votes in some 6 OF tneR nRt of
" fall into the hands OF the election committees; tees
R declared Ieds and the new municipal councilen had
nsn9s es @ tae We to Base h ACTION and
in the most outrageous manner declared the cleo
ss ons captais na S Of the rovnees Of coe VeTasua
Peaonds pea Santiago and David and
those of the districts of Aguadulce Chitre. La
Il the agents Of the government made Of all
kinds Of articles eeets & Violence lien nn snd ranos IN @ IN
nicipal elections in which only minor interests were
vi asa s5afs t comes Ss ouS 70 he sset0n
the National only BODY 5hat Rasar mas rne
PSEti mPent? = ''ee ''''' '''' 49,
and that in order to raaintain it. the government
Of the United States may intervene being accepted
we have deemed it prudent and opportune to pre-
tended TO clearly state the ideas of the Liberal
party Of the istnus and the hopes it bases on the
ernment
guarantees public order in the territory Of the Re
public of Panama and insures the constitutional
~ logical and Just that it should also guarantee the
nen Witch q an sh respect hight Of free
frage. right which forms the foundaIion OF @ dne
guarantees public order and at the same time in.
hd she dases would of Be to oe
offence to the country that has held out TO- us
The several questions which we hereby present
First-Does fG the AmeScan government guarantees
public order and constitutional succession In ohce
IN this repuhIic?
second-fs a government which violates constitu-
citlzenthe right of free suffrage-within the pale
Third-Grsnted the possibility. and to us It is an
absolute certainty that in the coming elections al
people win the government Of the United States
look on with Indifference at the spectacle e Of. Of
who tIsmpIs P on !. their lights m t,, t the United
prevent their appearing before the eyes Of the world
The directorate of the Liberal party request your
es o sd bg to ponf
that reply eapsng II the t affairs 9d t9s o
friendly nation could not be considered by US in
fers Upon your government the right to intervene
for PURPOSES OF T1aintanag @ d1 t es 9raeT
war It is natural that It also should be used @ o,{ to
"'S'es '''sA' p'''''e PABLo ARosEMENA
EUSEBIO A MORALES.
B. B. P6RRAs P5RFA
D. DIAZ
F. FILOS. Secretary.
Panama. Nov. 5. 1905
Secretary Taft received and read the memorial,
with serious attention, and expressed his inten-
ton of laying it before President Amador and
on his return to Washington-President Roose-
selt While entirely non-committal concerning
# and the questions raised in it, he did not
hesitate to repeat emphatically his expressions
of q year ago to the effect that a. Republican
government to be worthy of respect and sup
port must be based upon something better than
fraud and violence at the polls The Llberal
leaders left his presence with the utmost con-
fdence in his and President RooseVelts lnten-
tions to assure Panama square dear SO far
as It lies within their province.
The situation is somewhat intensified by the
uersonality of DR.. Belisarlo PorraS, the most
I1ors1Isr leader of the Liberal party and the
favorite candidate for its nomination for the
Presidency At the time of the revolution two
wears ago, DR.. Porras was absent from the
country and afterwards he was bitterly antag-
onistic to the American relationships OF PAN
anna and he was widely suspected of being i'm
plicated in the attempted revolution OF a year
ago He is now, however, entirely friendly to
the United States. On account Of his absence
from the country IN 1903, on other grounds,
however his right to citizenship in Panama
was some time ago challenged, and after long
controversy in the courts and elsewhere 1t has
now been decided by the Supreme Court that
he is not a citizen of Panama Yet at this very
time he is president of the municipal council OF
this catyi There are those who think that a
mistake was made by the government in chal-
Iengtng his citizenship and that he has been
strengthened in his party leadership by the ap-
parent persecution to which he has been sub
jected.