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FEW FACTS IN
THE CANAL CASE
Senatorial Investigation Fails to
Bring out Much TO Work
Upon.
LOCK TYPE QUITE PROBABLE.
Wall Street Method of Doubling Mon.
ey Over Night--Fryc and the
Ship Subsidy.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Washington. Feb. III Congress
waits until everybody gets through an
swerlng questions concerning the canal
II Will be a long time before there Is
any legislation on the subject The
senate committee has been sitting as
an inquisitorial body now for some
weeks, but the value OF the Informal
ton 1t has obtained Is doubtful. At
least It has obtained nothing that will
guide II In the legislation that a great
many people think is necessary. There
has been such a vast amount Of dues-
tioning upon nonessentals, such va
riety ~ views obtained upon triyiali.
ties, that the committee is not much
wiser than when It began. Strange as
II may seem the senate committee on
appropriations In one day and the
house committee on appropriations in
another day obtained about all the in
formation that Is necessary for canal
legislation.
THINGS TO DETERMINE.
OF course Congress must determine
the type of canal, although II seems TO
me that the president has already done
that. IL Is not likely that Congress
viii go against the judgment Of the
president. secretary Of war. chairman
OF the commission and chief engineer
and decide In favor Of tne foreign con-
gIiltfpp apulnanpu g. ft f,1 l..
said that a canal with s5 foot locks
Is already agreed upon. Then there IL
the suggestion that there shall be
reorganization OF the commission. but
II Is doubtful II anything upon that
line Will be done. Satisfaction Is ex-
pressed by the administration with the
present arrangement, and Il is very
much to be doubted whether a better
one can be devised. Still the senate
committee Is going forward asking
questions. II would not he surprising
20 see the real legislation for the canal
enacted by the committees on appro-
priationS, In abrogating the eight hour
law the house committee has already
taken the initiative. and both commit
tees have legislated as to bonds aud
restrictions on appropriations.
EAST AND THE WEST.
Representative Martin OF South Da-
kota was making speech criticisng
trusts and combinations and spoke Of
the Wall street method OF doubling
your money overnight without putting
in any and added, II think there has
never been more effective method
devised OF getting rich quick, of amass-
ing large fortune without labor, than
4.
We are still pursuing the simple life ="
II would like to ask the gentleman
II they have ever INDUCED In over
capitalization In the Black Hills coun-
try in South Dakota2" asked Repre-
sentative Dwight Of New York.
"Oh, yes" responded Martin, there
has been fictitious capitalization IN
mining operations everywhere. but gem
orally by eastern men,"
FRYE WANTED TO KNOW.
For years Senator Frye OF Maine
has been an advocate of the ship sub
sidy BILL and IN days gone by he was
the man who had charge OF the bill In
the senate. Then Hanna was the man,
and since the merchant marine COM
mission was appointed with Senator
Gallnger as It's chairman the New
Hampshire senator has been In charge.
But Frye Is chairman OF the committee
on commerce, which reported the bill,
SO when several important amend
ments were made TO the bill on the sug-
geston OF Gallinger. Frye rather Sc
verely said 81 should like to know
what consideration, by what commit
tee or commission, has been given 10
the amendments which the senator has
offered today
OF course these amendments had not
been before any committee, and CALM
ger. after moments hesitation, said
that he did not think II necessary 10
take the amendments TO committee.
At the same time II was pretty thor
oughly understood in the senate that
Senator Frye proposed to be consulted
about ship subsidy methods,
SENATOR STONES TEA BILL.
Ever since Senator stone OF Missouri
has been In the senate he has endeav-
ored to secure the passage OF a bill TO
prevent the importation OF impure tea,
He had a favorable report on the Bill
In the last Congress. but II did not pass.
This year he began early. He intro
duced his bill the first week of the
session and reported 1t from commit
tee Dec. 10 last. II Is now at the head
of the calendar, but every time Il comes
up some senator says, Let 1t go over. "
and 80 It never gets consideration. 1T
has heen passed over four times now
said Senator Stone the last time II came
up, land there Is not any reason that
know OF why It should not be consld.
cred" But no one gave any reason for
putting Il over.
WOULD EXTEND CIVIL SERVICE
Democrats generally are not fond OF
the civil service law, but Representa-
tive Moon of Tennessee would have an
extension of the examinations. Speak
ing one day OF what he termed the dis
regard OF President Roosevelt for the
! Constitution. he said: Il have just one
fault TO ind with the civil service regu-
'afi0ne, They 40 not 90 far enough
They ought to go higher and make q
m4H WAC Is a candidate for president
stand an examination on the Constl-
tuition