The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-16

you will go far. says the president"
said Mr. Money. and l interpret this
expression TO mean that the president
means TO walk softly in dealing with
the big nations. and 10 use the big
stick in dealing with the weak when
he SETS aside the law OF the land and
substitutes for it his own judgment"
Mr., Tulman reiterated his declara-
tion that the presence Of United States
authorities IN Santo Domingo was the
result OF a trick. Speaking If Mr..
Shonts. Mr.. Tillman said he had un-
derstOOd that Mr.. Shonts was to re-
sign as president of the Clover Leaf
road. Did anyone kaow whether he
had resigned? he appealed to Mr.. Al
lisOn, but that senator said he did not
know Mr. Tillman said that he had
found Mr.. ShOnts' name an the Rail-
way 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 a
wise one. He was certain that. wheth-
Ell or not he had resigned from the rail-
road. he had given his entire time to
the canal enterprise
Mr.. Tillman said that he was not
cunning" for Mr.. Shonts nor for any
particular man. He had. as he under
stood, been on the isthmus but twice,
and then only for week At a time,
since his appointment
The Press Agent.
Mr.. TiiIman then took IN the ques-
tion Of Secretary Bishops connection
with the commission. He said that Mr..
Bishop had never gone 10 the isthmus,
and that any -. 600 or So 600 clerk could
perform his services: that would be
ample pay even for a first-class news
paper man for such service. He char
acteriZed Mr.. Bishops work as "a
process of hypnotiZng public opinion. -
ana expressed the opinion that people
entirely innocent would need no de
Tense and would not be so worried as
10 employ Il $4,000 man 10 defend
them"
The press representatives in Wash
ingt0n may be dirty and disposed 10
lie. he said. and II might be a fact that
there had been an organized crusade
against the canal but even If true he
id not believe that the method of de
Tense adopted could be justified, and he
{ expressed confidence that if other
methods were adopted all the Snats
and mosquitoes that be,louded the sit
uatiou would disappear.
Only an Opinion.
Mr. Hale took occasion To voice his
own disapproVal of the commissioner $
| employment of a press agent. and 10
say that he was confident that the en-
tire committee on appropriations felt
as he did on this subject. Hle believed
| that II Nj Shonts or Secretary Taft
had been responsible for Nj Bishops
employment he had made a mistake.
Journalism he went on. is a great
estate. At times the press is cruelty
unjust. hut as a rule it's purpose is high
/ and benafCent; if the government or
any part Of it established a press
agency the result will be prejudiced
and n selected press and, i'm case of a
corrupt administration, hireling
press
Mr.. Tillman agreed with Mr.. Hale
that the commission must rely on the
/ purity of its administration 20 secure
the good will of the public rather than
upon paying $4,000 for the luxury.
Mr.. Culberson proposed an amend
ment 10 the bill providing that no part
of the money appropriated shall be
used TO pay the expenses of a literary
bureau. or for the salary of any person
employed 10 create popular sentiment
in favor Of the canal.
4 resolution by Mr.. Carmack III
structins the senate committee on IA
/ val affairs TO INQUIRE into reports Of
brutality praCJiced by haZers upon stu
dents at the naval academy Of Annsp-
oils. with 81 view 10 putting ? stop 10
such practices was adopted
Protests Provoked.
/ Proceeding TO discuss the adverse
criticism of the Panama railroad man
! aeement. Mr.. Tillman provoked pro-
/ tests from Mr.. G9llinger and Mr. Ali
son, the former calling attention To
preparations to dOuble-track the rail-
road To relieve the blockade. and the
/ latter saying that more than half Of tn
/ money To nc appropriated in the pend
I ing bill is TO be used for Improvements
| to the railroad and WharVes. Mr.. Till
man asserted that the issuance of
( bonds by the Panama IA lrOad is Illegal.
declaring il amounted TO an issue of
[ bonds by the Panama commission. He
declared that the whole thing was a
/ 'hOCus-pOcus, and that the railroad
/ and Panama canal commission are one
} and the same thing.
When the senate adjourned the bill
/ was still pending. but there was an
/ agreement for vote tomorrow.
/ Before the Panama bill was taken IN
/ the senate adopted a resolution calling
/ upon the postmaster general for infor-
] nation as to whether there is discrinl-
/ inat-On between college publications i'm
] the matter Of admission 10 the mails
/ as secoud-Class matter.