The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-09
WORLD CALLS
Continued from Palge One.

Continued from GalBe One
"The investigation OF 1906 by the
senate committee of the interoceanic
canals was blocked by the refusal of
William Nelson Cromwell to answer
the most pertinent questions of Sen
ator Morgan of Alabama. Since that
time, nothing has been done, because
after Senator Morgan's death, there
was no. successor to carry on his
great work dof fcreyealIpg Gthel l.trnh
about. Panama earrlPtian aniI edi.Isr'
tgJThe lndtapapqlis News says jR'tho
Editorial, for which Mr., ,ieposeveltas--l
sails Mr.. Smith,.
.hsIb has beens charged hthahothe
Upitedo STATES bought. ifrom SAmericanr
PitT7eepSi foyg $40 9Oe0, 900 ,propertyDGhat
cost those citizens only $l2,000nVO.T 7
There is no dorbt-that the govern
ment ppid $i0,pO99OOs s9fepl,tha prop
ertX but, who gget 1.-the, tmeneYI?fnhi
"President Roosevelts reply to this
most proper question IS for the most
part Il string of abusive and defama-
tory cpithets. But he also makes the
| following statements as truthful in
formation to the American people:
g The United States did not pay
cent of the $40,OOO,0OO to any Amer
lean citizen. The government paid
the $40,0G0,OO0 direct to the French
government, appointed by the French
| government to receive the same.
'The United States government
has not the slightest knowledge as to
the particular individuals among
whom the French government distrib-
uted the same.
$50 far as | know, there was no
syndicate there certainly was no
syndicate in the United States that to
my knowledge had any dealings
with the government, directly or in
directly
''To the best of the Worlds knowl-
edge and belief, each and all of these
statements made by Mr.. Roosevelt,
and quoted above, are untrue and Mr..
Roosevelt must have known they
were untrue when he made them.
"As to the detailed distribution of
the Panama loot, only one man
knows it ALL And that man is Will
liam Nelson Cromwell. The two men
who were most in Mr.. Cromwell's
confidence are Theodore Roosevelt,
preside ntof the United States, and
Elihu Root, former secretary OF war
and now secretary of state. 1t was
they who aided Mr.. Cromwell in con-
summating the Panama revolution;
arranged the terms of the purchase of
the Panama canal; made the agree
ment to pay $4,000, 900 on the canal
properties, and an additional 10000
pGJ for a manufactured Panama re-
I public every penny of both ofa%hiSh
I sums '&as paid ~ "s3eck on The
United states TREASURY TO r., P, Nor
u gan G Co., not to the French gov
4 efRn1eat',,as tSIr. Roosevelt says, But
4 70 J"'P, Morgan 8 %. "' : ''o' ~
4 I4They natiifal queeSry 81 the 'offhdiaH-
q aP0fg News as " Who g9t the money,
q was based on Th9 Worlds hislarcaI
summary Of Nfr. nCtom@ells PcsonneG7-
tioh' with the Panama canal The
inquiry was Originally the Worlds
and the World accepts Mr.. Roose-
velt's challenge. III congress can
have all the documents in the case
= as Mr.. Roosevelt says, let congress
make a complete investigation of the
Panama canal affair and in particular
: of William Nelson Cromwell's rela-
4. tion with the French company, with
Panama and with the government OF
the United States. Let congress Of
fcially answer this question: 'WhO
got the money!"
give million dollars was more
than ample to buy the majority OF
the old Panama stock. AS the World
II said on ,0Gt,s %;ncs .as.s,e sss4,
81 ""fn1r. CfomyeIl applied 10 the ca
/ bal situation 'thea @hetfiods Aof Amer
fcan high fpanceijbyt which syndls
I, cate takesp oyer the property of a
: bankrupt % copierphd th2n creates a
holding company and decentralization
!, keeplnsi q. the maiqritgy control in a
J, syndicate trusteeshipsio,syliumoe
Il fE9llowlngs that tp quote, from
! GromgelIs ,testImonli IN May, 1904
/, representing the new Panama canal
and Judges Day and Russell, repre-
senting Attorney General Knox, con
summated the transfer and sale tC
the United States.
''Mr. Roosevelt says the govern
ment paid this $4,000, 900 direct tC
the French government. Mr.. Crom
well testified that the United States
raid the money to J. p. Morgan 4
Co.
''Nfr. Roosevelt says: "The rfencl
. government distributed the sum"