The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-29

to congress. The senior senator from
Massachusetts,, I believe, is still invit
ed to the White House dinners, is the
presidents friend and adviser an(
the cabinet maker for the incoming
president. [ have not heard Of any
secret service agents disturbing thu
senior senator from Massachusetts,
and vet he is directly. Individually
and solely responsible that there was
taken out of the treasury Of the Unit,
ed States over one million dollars.
Cromwell's Part in the Deal.
"a year Or two after the independ,
ence Of Panama. continued Mr.
Rainey, "the officials Of the little Re-
public commenced to absorb ideas of
patriotism peculiarly distasteful to
Mr.. Cromwell. Mr.. Cromwell deter
mined to displace DR.. Amarado, and
the other leaders Of the constitutional
party Of Panama, and put in as presi-
dent some more plant personages,
less devoted to high ideas and, of
course, in such an emergency as that
his attention was directed to his old
friend and ally, Obaldia. He was a
man after Cromwell's own heart. So
it was determined that Obaldia was
| to become president of Panama.
Cromwell and his friends had devel-
oped certain methods for despoiling
and robbing the little country, and
they did not propose to be interrupt
ed in any way by the awakened public
patriotism and honesty Of Doctor
Amarado and his friends. -
| "Subsequently," he said, "Obal-
dia's opponent withdrew on account
Of the interference Of Secretary Taft
in the elections, and Obaldia was
elected" In President Amarado 5
farewell message to the general as
sembly, said Mr.. Rainey, he directly
charged Mr.. Taft with forcing the
election Of Obaldia.
"The plan Of Mr.. Cromwell and
his associates" he declared was to
absolutely appropriate to their own
use the revenues of the Republic and
to steal the forests and the public
lands. The necessity for Mr.. Taft S
interference and for the election OF
| Obaldia becomes now as plain as
day."
Mr.. Rainey referred to the fact
that there was pending and about to
be adopted in the general assembly OF
Panama "the most Infamous railroad
proposition ever submitted to any
governmnt,'' by which Randolph G.
Ward, Of New York, was to be large
Ily the beneficiary. He called atten-
ton to what he said was the failure
Of Arnold Shanklein, the American
consul general at Panama, to make
a report required by the bureau Of
forestry last year because she evl-
IDENTIFY feels he owes his position there
to VIM. Nelson Cromwell" and
charged that certain interested par
ties were seeking to levy tribute up
on the people Of Panama and indi-
rectly the people Of the United States
in connection with these timber land
deals.
"It will be interesting to know
who the gentlemen are who are at
tempting in this way to impoverlsh
the Republic Of Panama. he said,
and he mentioned William Nelson
Cromwell, Roger T. Farnham, W. S.
Harvey and Charles P. Taft.
"Since the election Of last Novem-
ber," he continued, ''under the shad-
ow of the dome Of the capitol a bread
line appears daily, constantly increas-
ing in length. If we permit the
scheme of VIM. Nelson Cromwell,
Roger T. Farnham, Charles P. Taft
| ana OIuc'S " gu bulouSn VA o
Isthmus of Panama this government
will have there bread line contain
ing four hundred thousand people. "
If we "pernit the men who are at
tempting to steal and appropriate to
their own use the revenues OF this
Republic" we place upon the United
States the burden of caring for those
people, he said.
"I do not charge that the gentle
man who will be inaugurated .presl-
dent Of the United States on the 4th
day of March is party to this lnta-
nous scheme for robbing this little
/ country. His friendship for Crom-
we'll, Farnham and E. A. Drake, as
members Of the board Of directors OF
the Panama railroad. his continued
endorsements Of both Cromwell and