The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-07
GOOD WORDS
 FOR WALLACE Shonts Defends Ex-
 Chief Engineer. THE CHAIRMAN AS A WITNESS Says He is Ready to Quit the Clover Leaf Road. Declares, However, That He VIII Not Take His Family to Reside On
 The Isthmus To Please
 Anybody.

Washington, March 6.--ChairmaIi Theodore P. Shonts, of the lstnmiah Canal Commission, under examination all day by the Senate canal committee answered questions technical ana per sonal concerning the plans for the con. struction of the great waterway ana hts relations to tile organization. m- cidentalIy he left the inference that ne would sever his connection Witn tne Clover Leaf Route if this was demana- ed of him but he would not take ms family to the Isthmus.
 He gave former Chief Engineer Wal lace a good record and said that ne was entitled to consideration In the ! matter of taking his family to the lstn~ mus. Mir. Shonts closed by urging con- rress to take action Immediately on tne 1 tyne of canal to. be constructeo. i1e l said that economical procedure on tne mart of the canal commission demands such action. ...
 When MT. shonts today resumed his 1 tasttnony before the Senate committee on fntero-oceanic canals, MT. Tall- aferro had read the protest or Hoo Ins and Dumas, of New York. to Presloen1 ,r Roosevelt. against the manner .,hJch inc con,missary concession had | heen granted to Jacob F. Marker, or Omaha. and urging its disconuneancss z < | on the ground that 1t has been eutets0 into irregularly. o.
 The New York firm said the pros eeedinRs in connection with the lettlns of the contract intimated eoilusion @ anu | a nre-disposition to award 10 Mat Mr Shonts said the President nao rsSarrsd this protest to him and he read | .,.o ,-anlv he had made to the Presloeh t' | These documents were made pupiio at
 The change Hudgins and Dumas niaue 1 In their bids after certain coholtioiis ' 7 | had been called to their atsensio .lsn ;, MT. shonts made thelr pio hie"s | that of Mr. Market. .o l Referrinx to Mr. Shontss repls eo l inc President wherein 1t was stated .n, | T,ommission had the right 70 canes. tbs Markei contract on giving thirty l days notice. Mir. Tasiaferro asked 1 shofts to point oat Tn the eontfaes lhs | right of caneellation. MT; tal.s.rs ss.,. ~ '
 sboSeed atnat at thc time the eontrAeA ,.,sa Iet, there was no way in which the I en,,trae4. noilId be cancelled as Ions as | inc soncessionaire lived up to the terms l of the concession. ,..4b | Tho witness was examined dt ienee
 eoueerntng the differences between ths | Marke and the Hudgins and Dumas
 bids.
 Reyerting again to the Markell con ! tract Mir Shonts said he understood 1 inc eight of cancellation" as ne nae
 stated fin his letter to the President but that he had not analysed It rom
 legal point of view. n, . wac it not your duty to do soF
 asked Mir. Taliaferro.
 : "I suppose 1t was, but then l under
 stood it as I said before" replieH MT
 shonts. personally. however. l had | little to do with preparing the con
 tract. That was done by MT. Ross.
 MT. Taliaferro asked Mir. shonts fol
 names of the employees and thelr TOT.
 ner railroad connections. The witness
 mentioned himself as connected witt the Glover Leaf route. Purchasing
 Agent Ross, the Illinois Central; Audi
 tor Benson, tha Southern Pacific. ane Chief Engineer Stevens the c. R. I,
 and P.
 DO you intend to continue youl
 connection as president Of the CloVel | Leaf?'' asked Mir Taliaferro.
 '"rhat depends" said the witness.
 "On what?"
 Well" said the witness, "the Presi'