Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-11
PANAMA INVESTIGATION.


ntrtrf, INTERPOLATION
flAlMl AtNNihlI HIN
go - i'-''
-el lors trerl1e Pos. January 9'h.
We never heard Of Complete Mes
sage Writer. uut If there were one 30
would surely adduce President ko0se-
feiis communication 90 Congress yester-
eHy as siodel ui how not Co DO b. It's
tone was most unfortunate. And IL was
quite ont oi the Presidents supposed
character. lniaIiihiIty Do IS inevitable
tn1t Doe should assume, but real iniaili-
uintF would not Be so angry. Perfect
rectitude of intention Is is natural that
De snqHd assert but e is not O neces-
saff inference from 30 that all who are
nlt % Dos mind must hs "sens1ticn-mou-
gers, appointed bidders. office
holders WHO have proved Incompetent OF
Hiu have necn suspected 0t corruption
lf men 1ctmtei lF -some personal OF
political grudee Indeed. this sg0ldin1.
violent and illiudged message of Dir.
holaerell's seems ns IF written Co &c
li'h 'l 'feeeh 1s i.pia
4t.,. ei H,''
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NilAput tNe power 20 ne severe
curry I'D tle temper and famine m the
phrase.
Iho President assures Conrras4 that ho
has .rrrnf.rlf.. a.r,,ir.4r fnt, an tLo
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'- f'it Nnt 70 Nt "lt-ouN
ia'.iAA.lon ln any shape or Iorm. AS
some NJ fhe grfVfst and most detailed of
them were nuhiishai iu the Inloueufont
ONLY last Tfnrs.Int- ,,ar Az. r.-,,. 10 ar,
po,,ltra,. p..-.f.., 81. ~. VA. .....,.-- IN.
...f
..'-ee N'fe 1taA- ll l- GET talli
however tnati with whatever zeal De
may have coniuted outside slauderers, he
bias not even read the accusations made
hv his otrn sfifo~1insfa. ria r.os.a,.a
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~ ctsvers T, b ,.i,i,, +f,s NJ 5.',.-
vait o4r-,t .,'o,, NJ, ..i,'.,..i a. .t.t.
offer,.i.. t. .,.,if ,.,t 1-,-. I'll. i,;,,s.if
into s,,ah or..,, .'..-,.i i,, ~ e. st,t.-
monte p,r,fi.i ,,i,,,.',.- Gan 80 ~.
rr t,,re If fti. e.iiisi,.,. i.., ,,.es ~, riisf
7r,oistrste and M fss;ef Fr.,ireor
h- '' NN AN,'iNAA"
All lne work no tar' thousands OF yards
zone not or uiHi eiinl we ll4u-
eer.i,io, I.,, T., ~, XIV, -, .''s
most ca-nfvi ana fr.c's- to and eurnfa
thorough manner. tho latter imrrousrlg
located and 10 char
lacier unsuiied 70 tha
ena M view. BQuut-
49,. ,,.,. III. . ...I'-i ks
,-rrt v-es ,tr5eriot.,
uas wise one. bat
the long continuance
Of IT, and the utter
ipaence, a. rag a.
N .s.... ,ts'i's-' ~
,s-grt HI -I", j 49,
tsmaiio method Of
handling tho work az
whole. would seem
20 pe open 20 grave
il'1il'
The part Of the message dealing with
the nigh salaries paid &C the Presidenta
order might be- set ns a useful exercise
Tor The first class iu logic. First, Alr.
Roosevelt tells POS, "Alcn iit for the work
Will NOS undertake. it unless they are
wen paid. Presently we learn, Among
the men 90 20 Do the task only those
with a genuine sense of public spirit and
eager 70 do the great work for the
works sake can be obtained" But the
Presidents blander goes deeper than for
NAL logic. Ho knows and every one
knows that the chief cause of the cutlery
against the high salaries De has assigned
out of the Panama siOO00O0O, was the
discovery that DE had used one of them
TO take caro- of a personal friend. He
talks now about the need of high pay
for those who have 20 work in "the pecu-
liar conditions of the tropical land.' but
the scandal was IN his ordering $4,000
q year paid TO an intimate who had not
10 60 south of the tropic of Washington,
and even there had little OF nothing TO
do. OF that bit of gross favoritism the
President became so ashamed that he
ngroed. on the urging of Republican SEN
atorss 20 abolish the useless olicei but
now he rails of "any attempt TO cut
down the salaries as "ruinous." Was il
ruinous whom his waste of the public
funds on bis cr0ny Bishop was detected
and DE was compelled to recede from it
OF course. there viii be a Congressional
Investigation Of the whole thing. Senator
Hale agreed with Senator German yes
terday that there ought TO be. It has
long been inevitable Congress would be
Timinally negligent If it did not look
into the scandals. Secretary Taft him
self In Dis severe criticism Of some Of
the methods of Chairman Shonts, has
just shown how grave are the financial
and other irregularities TO De inquired
into. All The Presidential shouting in