The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
IS
 MADE PUBLIC (. P. Taft Declares He Is Innocent. ASKS RAINEY TO RETRAcT Never Had Business Association
 With Cromwell The President-Elect's Brother Also Declares He Hss Never Bee, In-
 terested In Panama Canal Purchase.

Washington, Jan. 2s.--As soon as he could get the floor today, Represen- tative Rainey, of Illinois, read to the House the cablegram which he re- ceived from Charles P. Taft -yester- day. in which the brother of the President elect, denied that he has ever had any business association with William Nelson Cromwell or. any in- terest at any time in the Isthmus of Panama.
 In his message, he asked Mir. Rain ey to retract his statements regard Ing MT. Taft which he made in his speech on Tuesday.
 Mir Rainey said he had not the slightest desire to controvert the was not necessary for him to retract anything he said in his speech from which he quoted his reference to MT. Taft.
 'The country will be glad to know that MT. Taft's name is being used there without his consent" he said. "I desire to say in this connection that MT. Taft could render great service and his denial will be of greater val ue, if he should, without delay. ad- dress a telegram to the general assem- bly of Panama, denying his connec-i ton with the scheme I have described and repudiating Mir. Cromwell on the Isthmus of Panama with as much en- thusiasm as he has in his telegram to me repudiating all. connection with that gentleman.
 "1 think that 1 might also with propriety, suggest that the President elect can, at the present time, render no greater service to his country than he can render by with drawing his frequent public endorsements of Vii liam N. Cromwell At the present time. Mir. Cromwell and MT. Farnham are proceeding under certificates of good character given them in the past by the President-elect." V
 Mir. Rainey declared that as Pres ident, Mir. Taft should remove both MT. Cromwell and Mir. FarnhaEn from their present official positions. Sg 4
 Following is the text of c. P. Taft's cabIeSram to MT. Rainey: ..
 Havana, Jan. 27, 1909. Congressman Rainey, House of Rep
 resentatives.
 "I assume you have been misled into uttering the sheer and absolute false hoods concerning me. you are reported to have spoken yesterday. I have never had any business association oft any kind or description, past, present 1 or prosL ective with William Nelson | Cromwell. nor any interest of any | kind with anybody, present, past or prospective on the Isthmus of Panama and l confidently rely upon your loy- alty to the truth, to retract what you l said about me in the same high place l where you made yourself responsible I for those misstatements s ie
 (signed) eCharles F. graft.n
 Statement As Graiasseak -
 Representative Lowering aDf Afaksh- :husetts, read the folfoWine fte him l rom Mir Cromwell, under date Of New I York. Jan. 2S: @
 "Although the affairs of the Panama Government are not properly "a sub Iect of consideration by the Ameri- Il can Congress, wish to waive all | -echnicality, and say at once that I I never have had, and have not now, I any interest of any kind. direct or in- l direct. present or prospective, in any concession, contract, proposition or other business affairs in any part of l he Republic of Panama, save only a 'mall stock in the local electric light | of Panama City, which I join- 4 sd some years ago at the request of | Panama citizens, to encourage a local q the conditions of which in- l Vestment were fully stated hy me be- fore the so-called Morgan inquiry"
 Mir. Lowering said every one know | .hat MT. Rainey "had been filled up | with material from a weil-knOwn Jource.'
 MT. Rainey demanded what tsis Iource was.
 ''The New York World" responded Hr. Lowering.
 MT. Rainey stated that he had never .ecelved from The World nor from any | Ither newspaper assistance fin his earch for information regarding the purchase of the canal.