Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
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presidents disposition to participate
Ia the affairs OF San Domingo without
the consent Of Congress He expressed
apprehension that the end of such a
tendency might be disastrous In view
or the presidents threat to use the big
stick"
Speak softly, carry big stick. and
you VIII go far says the president"
said Mr.. Money, "and | interpret this
expression to mean that the president
means TO speak softly In dealing with
| the big nations and to use big stick
In dealing with the weak, when he
sets aside the law Of the land and SUBJ
stltutes for It his own Judgment
Mr.. Tillman reiterated his declaration
that the presence OF United states
authorities In Santo Domingo was the
| result OF a trick
Speaking of Mr. Shonts. Mr. Tillman
said he had understood that Mr.. Shonts
was to resign as president OF the Glow
err Leaf road. Did any one know wheth-
| er he had reslgned2 He appealed to
MT. Allison, but that senator said he
| ala not know. Mr.. Tillman said that
he had found Mr.. Shonts' name In the
Railway Register as still president of
the road.
Mr. Hale spoke In very compliment
airy terms Of Mr.. Shonts, expressing the
opinion that his selection was wise
one He was certain that. whether or
not he had resigned from the railroad
ne mad given his entire time to the
canal enterprise.
Mr. Tillman said that he was not
cunning for MIR shonts nor for any
particular man. He had, as he under
stood, been on the isthmus but twice.
ana then only for week at a time,
since his appointment.
Mr.. Tillman then took UP the cues
ton OF Secy. Bishops connection with
the commission. lie said that MIR.
Bishop had never gone to the isthmus
ana that any $4,000 or $4,000 clerk
could perform his services; that would
be ample pay even for a first-class
newspaper man for such service. He
characterized Mr. Bishops work as "a
process of hypnotizlng public opinion"
ana expressed the opinion that "people
entirely innocent would need no de-
Tense and would not be SO worried as
to employ a $4,000 man to defend
them"
The press representatives in Wash
lngton may be dirty and disposed to
lie, he said, and 1t might be fact that
there had been an organized crusade
against the canal; but, even II true, he
did not believe that the method of de-
Tense adopted could be justified, and
he expressed confidence that IL other
methods were adopted all the gnats
and mosquitoes that beclouded the
situation would disappear
Mr.. Hale took occasion TO voice his
own dlsapproval OF the commissions
employment of press agent, and TO
say that he was confident that the en-
tire committee on appropriations felt
as he did on this subject. He believed
that II Mr., Shonts or Secretary Taft
had been responsible for Mr.. Bishops
employment he had made a mistake.
journalism" he went on rs
great estate. At times the press is
cruelty unjust, but as a rule its purpose
is high and benefcent. II the govern
ment or any part of 1t established a
press agency, the result would be a
preJudleed and selected press and, IN
case OF corrupt administration, a
hirellng press"
Mr.. Tillman agreed with Mr.. Hale
that the commission must rely on the
purity OF its administration to secure
the good VIII of the public rather than
upon paying $4,000 for the luxury.
Mr.. Culberson proposed an amend
ment to the bill providing that no part
VI viz hiVhNy APPROPRIATED shall De
used 10 pay the expenses OF literary
bureau, or for the salary Of any per-
son employed to create popular senti-
ment in favor Of the canal.
Proceeding TO discuss the adverse crit
lclsm or the Panama railroad manage
ment Mr.. Tillman provoked protests
from \ Gallinger and Mr.. Allison. the
former calling attention to prepare
lions to double track the railroad TO
relieve the blockade and the latter say
ing that more than half of the money
to be appropriated In the pending bill
is to be used for improvements o-the
railroad and wharves.
Mr.. Tillman asserted that the issu-
ance of bonds by the Panama railroad
Is Illegal, declaring 1t amounted to an
issue OF bonds by the Panama canal
commission. He declared that the
whole thing was "hOcus-pocus, and
that the railroad and panama canal
commission are one and the same so far
as the actual conditions are concerned
Mr.. Allison said the railroad claims
the right to issue bonds by virtue of
the fact that II Is q separate corporation
organized under the charter laws OF
New York.
1T would be easy enough for us to
leSislatc so that this anomaly would
end" said MIR. Hale. but certainly we
cannot blame the railroad directors for
exercising the authority that IL given
them by their charter.
But they are executive agents, mere
instruments In the hands OF the presi-
dent and the commission. who elected
them2n shouted Mr.. Tillman.
THE stockholders" said Mr.. Allison
'IIut the United States Is the only
stakeholder The whole thing amounts
TO nothing more nor less than increas-
ing the public debt OF the United States
In way you all know"
Here Mr.. Allison interrupted; THAT
may be. though technically"
Technically" repeated Mr.. Tillman.
oh, yes, technically | suppose they We're
all right. Technically Taft was a king
IN the Philippines, but we are degener-
ating far sway from a self-governing
people IN our management II these af-
fairs. | think ! shall use a former
phrase of mine, that kaiserllke methods
have been imported from ;he Philip
pines, OF course Taft has been used to
having his own way"
Mr.. Tillman argued finally that Con-
gress should say whether this debt
should be created. He thought the
money was needed, but said he did not
like the way II was being obtained. He
protested against what he called a Do
minican or Morales way OF uolilb JUST
ness, declaring the whole procedure to
have been an usurpatlon OF power.
Mr.. Tillman had read newspaper
publication alleging importation into the
canal zone of women from Martinique
for immoral purposes; that govern
ment ship had been used, and that ca
nal officials in the zone had sanctioned
the transaction. Mr.. Lodge Interrupted
10 say that he had considered the
charge that "A government vessel had
been used In matter 30 monstrous."