The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-02-05
INVESTIGATING CAPT. CURTIS.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 24.-It
developed at the investigation held yes,
terday by Captains Bulger and Bolles,
the United States local inspectors of
boilers and bulls, into the stranding
of the Pacific Mail steamer City of
Para inside the breakwater at Salina
Cruz on November 2Sth, that u wrong
signal given in the engine room from
the bridge was the cause of the ac-
cident.
Captain E. Curtis, the vessel IS mas
ter, stated that as soon as he saw the
ship going ahead instead of astern
as the gongs given intended she should,
he let go of the port anchor.
e. M. Simpson, the third officer. who
gave the signals, stated that the YES
sci was old and rugged with bell pulls
which are now obsolete. 1t is the first
steamer he has been on that the pulls
are used. All new steamers use indi-
Gators. The engine room got only one
gong and a jingle (full speedy. The
witness could only account for it by
saying that the second pull was not
effectual as he started the jingle too
soon.
The case was taken under advise
ment.
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to Senator Lodge, and other friends
who visited him. Yes, they are the
men who fought me in my campaign
against the corporations. They made
the Republican party the appendage of
Wall street. Now they are trying to
wrest the control of the party from
me and take 1t back to Wall street. Let
us have a test. The Brownsville matter
la only one feature of this present fight.
There is politics behind all the maneuv-
eringA 1 see no objection to the Black
burn amendment. l am giving my
friends to understand that am for it."
The above does not purport to be a
stenographic report of what the Pres
ident said, but entirely authoritative
accounts, current in Washington, run
very close to the language quoted. And
in any event Senator Lodge came away
from the White house. ready for
aggressive tactics The metropolitan
newspapers Sunday morning fiared
with first page articles OF the Presi-
dents defiance. All that day, the con-
sentative Senators. amazed at the
smashing of their harmony plans, be-
gan to gather their scattered forces.
They conferred all day long, brought
Senator Lodge into their conferences,
had word likewise with the President.
who spent part of the afternoon at Sem
ator Lodges residence talking over the
war plans, and finally by evening had
agreed upon still another compromise
resolution. This resolution was almost
a complete surrender by the conserva-
tives but nevertheless was not quite so
abject surrender as the President and
Senator Lodge have wanted. And so
the dickering Is proceeding. but there
may be an end to II In few days and
at last the Brownsville matter may be
settled till after the Senate Committee
on military affairs has concluded Its
However. probably one
should not prophesy too confidently,
for there may be another sudden turn
and twenty -four hours may suffice to
change the situation entirely. AS long
an ~ 10 PoobiDiC " obiCC hpNii opiAAS
harmony plan the Republicans will not
permit the vote to be taken In the Sem
ate.
There is one Senator, Mr.. Foraker Of
Ohio, who stands out boldly and who
Is ready to go on record against any
that the President acted
within his legal and constitutional au-
thority In disoharging the negro troops |
When there is SO much skirmishing |
and so much running to cover when the |
foe stalks in sight, Mr.. Foraker Is gain
Ing much commendation for his |
straightforward course. however much |
some may disagree with his Views. 1t
mas always been possible to state with
confidence just where Mr.. Foraker
stood and that has not been possible Of
my other Republican In the Senate.
ERNEST G. WALKER.
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