Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-09

which 1t is unusual to obtain receipts. |
think no one can read his evidence without
oeing convinced that the claim which was
allowed by the railroad company was meri-
tous and moderate. ! have submitted the
question TO the attorney general whether
you may legally confirm the action OF tho
railroad company and make the payment
a legal one. The opinion of the attorney
general In the affirmative will be found as
| respectfully recommend that the action
ot the commission in settling with MFR.
Market now have your formal continuation;
further request that the two reports aud
the letter Of transmittal, with its appen-
dices. be submitted to congress.
In conclusion the secretary says:
Those who are responsible for the work
Of the canal commission court investigation
Of the most thorough character into every
thing which has been done under Its au-
thority"
The presidents letter to the secretary fol-
lows:
THU WHITE HOUSE Washington Jan.
4. 1905.-To the Secretary of War: | have
received your letter Of January 3, transmit.
commission and the Panama Railroad COM
panN. / hereby formally approve your ac-
lions and recommendations as therein set
forth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Letter Of President.
TIE letter Of President Roosevelt trans
hitting to congress the annual reports Of
Panama Railroad company. together with
Secretary Taft's letter transmitting the
same. is as follows:
TO the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives: 1 enclose herewith the annual re-
port Of the Isthmian Canal commission, the
pany and the secretary OF wars letter
transmitting the same, together with car
tain Dapers
The work on the isthmus is being ad-
mirabl! done and great progress has been
made, especially during the last nine
months. The plant is being made ready
and the Organization perfected The first
work to be done was the work of santa
ton. the necessary preliminary TO the work
pushed forward with the utmost energy
and means. In a short while shall lay
before YOU the recommendations of the
commission and of the board OF consulting
engineers as to the proper plan to be
adopted for the canal itself, together with
my own recommendations thereon. All the
work has been done, not only with the ut
most expediency, but in the most careful
and thorough manner and what has been
lieye that the canal will be dug in shorter
time than had been anticipated and at an
expenditure within the estimated amount.
All our citizens have a right to con-
graduate themselves upon the high stand
ard of efficiency and integrity which has
been hitherto maintained by the representa-
tives of the government in doing this work.
If this high standard of efficiency and in
tegrity can be maintained in the future at
the construction of the Panama canal will
be one of the features to which the people
of this republic will look back to with the
highest pride.
False Reports Circulated,
From time to time various publications
have been made and from time to time SINH
lar publications doubtless will be made.
purporting to give an account of jobbery. or
immortality, or inettCiency, or misery, as OBJ
tanning ON the isthmus; | have carefully
examined into each of these accusations
Xpn oh u nf a N N-HT
instance the accusations have proved to be
without foundation in any shape or form.
They spring from several sources. Some
times they take the shape of statements
of irresponsible investigators Of a sensa-
/ tional habit of mind. incapable of observ-
ing or repeating with accuracy what they
see, and DESTROYS of obtaining notoriety by
widespread SANDER. More often they origin
ate with or are given currency by indiVid-
uals with personal grievance.
The sensation mongers, both tfoSe who
stay at home and those who visit the 18TH
mus, may ground their accusations on false
! statements by some engineer who. having
applied for service on the commission and
been refused such service, now endeavors
to discredit his successful competitors, or
/ by some lessee OF owner OF real estate who
/ has sought action or inaction by the COM
! mission to increase the value of his lots
! and is bitter because the commission can
| not be used for such purposes: or on tho
tales of sappolnted bidders tor contracts;
/ or of offceholders who have proved ncom-
petent. or who have been suspected of cor
ruption and dismissed, or who have been
/ overcome by panic and have fled from the
Isthmus canal. Every specific charge re-
latng to jobbery,dte immortality or TO M
I efficiency. from whatever source il has
; come has been Investigated and in no sin
! gle instance have the statements of these
| sensation mongers and the interested COM
! plainants behind them proved true. The
| only discredit inhering in these false accu-
| sations is to those who originate and give
! them currency. and who, to the extent OF
their abilities thereby hamper and obstruct
the completion of the great work in which
both the honor and the interest OF America
are so involved. II matters not whether
those guilty of these false accusations utter
them in mere wanton recklessness and folly
| or in a spirit of sinister malice to crafty
some personal or political grudge.
| Salaries Must He High.
Any attempt to cut down salaries Of
| the officials of the isthmian canal or OF