The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-26
CHARGES ROBBERY.
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awakened public patriotism and hon.
esty of DR.. Arrna dor and his friends
Charges Against Taft

awakened public patriotism and hon.
esty of DR.. Arrnador and his friends.
Charges Against Taft.
| subsequently" he said, "Obaldia' s
| opponent withdrew on account of the
| interference of Secretary Taft in the
elections and Obaldia was elected. In
! President Amadors farewell message
| to the general assembly" said Mr..
Rainey, che directly charged Mr.. Taft
with forcing the election of Obaldia.
THE plan of Mr.. Cromwell and his
assoc iates,'' he declared was to lab
solutely appropriate to their own use
the revenues of the republic and steal
the forests and public lands. The ne
cessity for Mr.. Taft's interference and
for the election of Obaldia becomes
now as plain as day.
Mr.. Rainey reYerred 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
government" by which Randolph d.
Ward of New York, was to be large
ly the beneficiary. He called atten-
ton to what he said was the failure
of Arnold Shanklin the American con-
sui general at Panama, to make re-
port requested by the bureau of for
estry last year because ''he evidently
| feels he owes his position there to
William Nelson Cromwell and
| charged that certain interested par
, ties were seeking to levy tribute upon
the people of Panama and indirectly
the people of the United States in con-
nection with the timber land frauds.
'It will be interesting to know who
| the gentlemen are who are attempting
| in this way to impoverish the repub-
lie of Panama" he said, and he men
| L. Farnham, w. S. Harvey and
Charles P. Taft.
Extending Bread Line.
''Since the election of last NoVem-
ber,' he continued, under the shadow
of the dome of the capitol a bread line
appears daily constantly increasing in
length. If we permit the scheme of
ham, Charles P. Taft and others to go
through on the Isthmus of Panama,
| the government will have there a
bread line containing 100000 people.
eff we permit these who are at
tempting to steal and appropriate to
| their use the revenues of this republic,
we place upon the United States the
| burden of caring for those people"
| he said. 81 don't charge that the gem
| tleman who will be inaugurated presf-
fdent of the United States on the fourth
| day of March is party to this in
| famous scheme for robbing this little
| country. His friendship for Cromwell
| Farnham and E. A. Drake as members
of the board of directors of the
Panama railroads, his continued en-
dorsement of both Cromwell and
Farnham, his interference on the
| Isthmus of Panama, which compelled
] the election of a corrupt statesman,
| absolutely under the control of Crom-
| Well as president of that republic
| all these things and other things for
which the present administration is
esponsible-made possible the signing
of contract by ObaIdia which may
bring. to the gentlemen interested
| therein riches, beyond the dreams of
| avarice. 1t will not be long, if this
scheme goes through before the cam
paign contributions made by some of
| the gentlemen interested in this enter
prise will be returned hundred fold. -
Mr.. Rainey charged that Cromwell
and F-arnham have been actively en-
gagged here for two or three weeks
Colombia and Panama. pending be
| fore the senate. He said that if the
plans of Mr.. Cromwell and his asso-
ciates go through and if these treaties
are confirmed, there will be no
revenues in Panama out of which to
pay the million dollars or more in
| demnity to Colombia, payment of
which is guaranteed by this country.
THE United States government will
| be called upon to pay it ALL" he pre-
dicted, land if these plans for the
| spoliation of Panama proceed to a sue
cessful conclusion, it will not be long
until immense burdens of a different
| character could with Panama be i'm
posed upon our treasury.
These patriotic gentlemen, said
| Mr.. Rainey in conclusion, therefore
are being permitted not only to rob
| the republic of Panama but indirectly
to rob the treasury of the United
| States and in their efforts in this
| direction they have had so far the
| complete cooperation and the active
| assistance of the present administra-
ton and of the next president of the
/ United States"
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