The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-04-04
BIG lSTHMIAN QUARRELS
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but he did not like the way employees
were being picked off by the Yellow
Jack. The sanitation was not as good
two years ago at it is now, and Mr..
Wallace became more and more uneasy.
thinking that he might be the next
victim.
So he figuratively threw down pick
and shovel and FASTENED away to New
York. The bitter quarrel that followed
a, a conference between him and Sec
rotary Taft is matter of history. 1t
| figured in Congress to a degree, and 10
still alluded to.
Stevens and ShOnts Quarrel.
John f. Stevens was chosen to sue
coed him, and Theodore A. Shonts had
already been designated as Chairman of
| the Commission. Both were given good
big salaries, but before long Mr.. Stevens
and Mr.. Shonts began to quarrel. Mr..
Stevens became very jealous of Mr..
Shonts for the ease he had in Washing
ton. and good many people in authori-
ty think Mr.. Stevens had some justifi-
cation. Meanwhile Gov. Charles L. Ma
COON. was also performing good
service ON the Isthmus in an admins
trative capacity. He had the confidence
of the President and Secretary Taft to
an unusual degree, and this seems to
have aroused the jealousy of Mr..
Shonts. So he and Gov. Magoon were
soon at loggerheads, altho the situation
was not very acute because of the alb
sence of Chairman Shonts most of the
time in Washington.
Finally Mr.. Shonts had an opportuni-
/ ty to leave the Commission, and Gov.
Magoon was slated by Secretary Taft
to become Vice Governor-General of
| the Philippines, but the Cuban trouble
arose. and it was decided to send Mr..
Magoon to Havana as Provisional Gov
| hot altr ina n1 fy-a ara
who had been quarreling, altho it is
probably fair to Mr.. Magoon to say that
| he did not participate to any great ex-
i tent He is very diplomatic and not
| combatative.
Stevens and oliver Quarrel.
| r, -, ,,o,h,o oba,d
ner1 was q iot No. .;nnatinn
Cne. ns ineei o.essns ..s1 80
a .i;.,, me ' ..,,u e.a,. a., ~, ',hI;a I'D
WI MIN ale sun ,lesLl III INC pWoi' nii,,or
nc Wae 'eaus " pouee oiI w; -. - 60,
.rio ii -. nc 80 g. aiaa;,, q
way W .lie ,. III oSS >
sne ea h,,. oIi,,o,. ..Eano1aon af Cnn-
seois aov"' 80 E,,;,os,
c ot ny ie,,a,a,
.',s .aiius' lIiu M uns ~
, mp. co e,. , .t,a.
~ ie'iueiIl WI. C..,. ~;
! w NaPoieoIi u, Coai.i q" $50. - ~ =.
Oh 'he is.hihuS. o'et.ao n"u :.
get OUT because VI Inns a.',.uuI' anu
me AINhy eng ,,,,.,ns ny q, ~,
~. "oe'h"''' az -. LAS
Seeau ~.
| All ma uiI ~. SIP III ~ ~.
.Ichaiu neiu I.osets. .oi ~,
NoiihiiSsiom, WIN OIiSs III 'l U -
was 'ua.iy inaue ...i:I..;.' s
the .i.'t VI Id" anu n,s' a.i.. o,.,
80 On" NJ "a. -
l S: "no ioon.1 aio D., en-" NJ d.
ula.e NoIh VI suseins o. Nj 49,,
81 mas De s M. eS .or, lei go
i Maeoon has been entirely ont of Mr.
Rogers's baillwick. This has annoyed
the Administration, ana "hiie MT. Ros-
1 ers might not nave peen continued iofle
as Governor IN any event. ms attltuoe
| toward Gov. Magoon caused the haste III
getting ex-senator Blackburn TO the
lsthmus and in imposing upon MIN the
| duties OF governing IL he VIII attend
to business and not FUSS with ms col
leagues. the president VIII thlnk MN
i well worth the $l4,O0O ne is 10 De pald
| All these troubles with the persoilhe
or the COMMISSION raises an interesting
question as to whether hlgh salaries al
ways command the pest men Tor uoV'
eminent service. the salaries on the
isthmus or Panama nave peen the iars'
est this Government ever pald IN an its
hlstory shonts ana stevens eacn nae
SoV'Voo year. VI course the Ifesi'
ueht was sidu ehoush " pe riu VI W
ohohts. VINO hau proven serious JUS
appointment But ne was not Wiling
10 De rid Oh MI. stevens any NOR tliai
ne was Wiling 10 De riu OF MT. "aiiace
also the recipient OF 1ancy salary. bu'
potn THESE engineers uio not sop
moment because OF the salaries tne
Government was paying them; heitnei
did they snow any particular zeal tha'
they would not nave SHOWN, perhaps
on smaller pay
The Big Salaries Paid.
MI, .h Cove, Co,,,,;S
.;o hanus y. .ms 80 oIi H.
o 80 poai u iHa,. - a., e.
poo LEI m 49, ..bn -
~ ao on $500, 80 49, 80,
ny, ~ .r ,1a NJ g.
80 Ia n..nIAniS n,., -
49, p - n.,SI P
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u ~ -. 80 - 49, -
na'. avn PC ,e .s pp ~
| ' s
nlsn s"iailes n",e NO Pi nj, NJ
PeiloI Grass VI puoic eerHai.s- ne ne
II. iias i. .i =. ~ ms 49, ~
and he has been liberal in all cases He
has paid men more than they coult
earn in the States, as a rule. In spite
of this fact, he has had neither perma
nency of tenure nor extraordinary ca
pacity and efficiency.