Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
WELCOMED AT PANAMA
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION AC-
CORDED JUDGE MACON.
Cordial Greeting From President
Amador and High Hopes Expressed
of the Canals Future.

Judge Charles e. Magoon. formerly law
| officer Of the insular bureau, and now act.
ing in the dual capacity of governor of tho
Panama canal zone and United States min
lister to Panama. has evidently made q
great hit with the officials and people Of
the Panama republic. He was accorded
| unusual honors the occasion of the
presentation of his credentials as United
States minister to President Amador on
the 18th instant and the addresses ex-
changed showed the existence of good will
and friendship between the United states
and Panama. In the course OF his address
| to President Amador Judge Magoon said:
The President desires me to convey to
you assurances of the high regard in which
he holds you personally and to express the
great interest he feels in the development
welfare and prosperity of the government
of which you are the head. and the people
by whose allegiance that government was
established and is maintained
with the exec Jtion of our own there is
no flag upon which the United States looks
with such pride and flvor as on the flag
of Panama. for the United States feels
that by prompt recognition ii was largely
| instrumental in establishing the sovereignty
that flags represents, and that in meas
ure there deyolves upon il the pleasurable
duty OF protecting that banner, should 1t
be asSailed by foes from without or within.
The great work of constructing the
isthmian canal has brought the people Of
both nations together, and evidences ac-
cumulate daily that kindly consideration
has ripened into enduring friendship; that
we are learning to know each other, and
with that knowledge comes respect con-
sideration, admiration and affection. 1t
needs not the gift of prophecy TO see that
the isthmian canal Will unite not only two
oceans but two nations and two peoples,
each preserving its Identity. yet both iden-
titled with a great achievement.
Il wish ii were possible that the construc-
NJ
pleted during the administration of Presi.
dent Roosevelt. as chief executive of the
United States. and of President Amador,
as chief executive OF the republic of Pan
anna. If such consumnation is not within
the range of possibilities we are at least
at liberty to hope that the great work OF
deciding what type of canal shall be con-
structed, selecting the plans completing
the organization by which the work is to
be accomplished and perfectns the sys-
TEN by which the achievement is to be ar.
tanned will be completed within that pc
Rod, and when the enterprise has reached
that stage of its development the real VIC
tory has been achieved and the canal is an
assured fact"
In his response President Amador said IN
part:
1.-The isthm!an people, together with their
government, will make every effort to JUS
tify their independence and merit the cs-
teen of the civilized world, acting always
with the crcumspection of Il cultured peo-
Die and with the noble resolve that the
time shall never arrive when the magnant-
nous assurance to maintain our severe gnty,
which the American people have given TO the
world, need be made effective; because our
conduct viii be one OF the best means OF
demonstrating our gratitude and the Eff
ficacy of your example.
The certainty that the great task Of
constructing the interoceanic canal Will, at
no very distant date, become an undeniable
fact is, / can assure you, implanted in the
mind of every isthmian citizen. and not one
amongst US entertains the slightest doubt
regarding the incompatible enterprise OF
your nation the most classic exponent Of
which is the illustrious executive who rules
over its destnies and whose moral emil
nence has come to be acknowledged from
all parts Of the globe
In the evening an informal reception was
held at the American legation, when many
more government and canal oflcials VINO
had not been present at the afternoon cere-
monies came TO tender their respects and
congraS ula tons TO the new minister. Fol-
lowing closely on the heels of this came q
grand popular demonstration and torch
light procession partiCp ated in by hum
dreds of native Panamans who WISHED
to show their appreciation of Gov. MaSoon.
Minister Magoon and Ell Senior Magoon. Tho
Panama Star and Herald says that tho
KEYNOTE of this latter manifestation was u
serenade brought to the legation by tho
volunteer fire brigade, who, to do honor TO
the popular official, who has come to be-
regarded by the people there as un verda-
dero amigo, turned out in full uniform.