Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-22
.RAINEy WOULD SQUARE
HIMSELF WITH THE
PEOPLE
Illinois Congressman Again
Speaks Concerning Graft
In Panama Canal
Zone.
THREATENS MORE
EXPOSURES SOON
Says He Has Just Begun and VIII
Try TO Dig up All He Can In
Connection With tie
Little Southern
Republic.

Washington, Feb. 22.--Asserting
that his recent speech in the House
relative to the purchase by the United
States government of the Panama
canal had brought upon himself "vll q.
lification, Misrepresentation aud
abuse almost without a parallel in the
history of that body Representative
Rainey of Illinois today delivered in
the House of Representatives a
lengthy speech in reply to the charges
that the Information upon which his
remarks We're based was obtained
from "ex-convicts and clackmailers.
this accusation having been made
openly in the House of Representa-
tive Lowering of Massachusetts,.
True loyalty to this great enter
prise" Representative Rainey said,
means that you must expose and de-
nounce all kinds of graft in connec-
ton with 1t, in order TO avoid the pit
falls In which the French companies
fell, and l propose to do this whether
IL meets with the approval of fhe
ReSt president of the United States or
not | want to say to all those who
are Spending so much time abusing
me that l have not yet commenced
this fight. / have only trained my
guns on some of the least objection
able features in connection with
Panama matters
Representative Rainey declared
that he did not attack the canal but
simply attacked the graft connected
with the enterprise. He asserted that
Representative Lowering had not at
tempted to deny a single fact he had
stated but after making his charges
proceeded to eulogize william Nell
son Cromwell.
II never heard until he made mis-
speech that any persons were trying
to get Mr. Cromwell to purchase any
alleged evidence OF the guilt Of Mr..
Cromwell" he said. Il knew nothing
of any attempts to sell any story to
the Democratic national committee
until the gentleman made his speech
on this floor
Got IL From Panama.
Mr.. Rainey further stated that in
the evidence he produced in support
Of his charge of graft In connection
with the buying of the canal, nearly,
all was obtained from Panama. Then
he added
The attack / made was entirely
unexpected and the next attack /
make upon this gentlemtn viii be
just as entirely unexpected when IT
comes"
Continuing Mr. Rainey said:
Mr.. Cromwell, in the speech made
through Mr.. Olcott (NeW York; has
seen fit to discuss his present efforts
to conclude a treaty between Column
bia and Panama in which he refers
to the necessity for some contriOu-
tiOn from Panama to Colombia as
her proportion Of the public debt to.
Colombia"
Referring 10 these as the "prupOs-
"a Cromwell treaties Alr Rainey|
asserted that Mr.. Cromwell proposes
to change the -Nerialll
treaty as to impose upon this country
an additional burden of $1,25O,O00.
"And he proposes that this sum
be taken from our treasury ana paid,
not To Panama but TO Colombia. In
addition To that he proposes that for
five y'arr after 1913 tho S250.0OO We
agreed to pay Panama shall be paid
to Colombia direct. In other words
10y the treaties of which ne Is 50
five years of her fixed source Of rev
euue and consents that II be paid 10
and the United states con
tributes from its treasury $1,35O,OOO
ana pays it 10 the treasury of Colon
bia. l know Of no precedent for MIR.
Cromwelrs treaties No people in tn 2
world after successfully completing
"A revolution have ever been called 10
pay any portion of the debt foreign
or domestice OF the country from
which they separated
Against the Payment.
The situation Mr. Cromwell is en-
10 force Dy the treaties is
that the United States is 10 be re-
qulred 10 Increase its treasury deficit
and 20 pay to Colombia $1.25O.00O;
Panama impoverishes herself by Civ
ing up the S1,250,OOO clearly belong
ing to her am give up for five years
after 1913 the revenue We propose to