The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-03
SHOWS Up TEDDY
Ssnsaeloaa! Charges Made
Against Him and Others
TO SWlNDLE PANAMA

TO SWINDLE PANAMA
Congressman Rainey Makes the Ac-
cusstions and Declares That the
Present Administration and the
President-Elect Have Aided in
e. r. Frauds in Central America.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-Represen-
tstiye Rainey, OF Illinois, this after
noon delivered a scathing and SEN
sational speech in the house, upon
the Panama canal purchase. He at
tackled President-elect Taft, William
Nelson Cromwell, q number of New
York fnanciers, and others. He
said, in part:
1T is to be regretted that the
time of the president Of the United
States has been so much taken up
with outdoor sports and among the
pleasures Of the lighter literature.
He knows nothing OF the drudgery,
physical or mental, that is required
to arrive at matter Of fundamental
Importance.
DECLARATIONS Of alleged facts that
come with so much assurance and
such frequency from the White
House are not always entitled to the
weight we would like to give tc
communications from the chief ex-
ecutive Of the nation. The state
nents with reference to Panana ca
mai matters are sometimes particu-
larly inaccurate.
'For some weeks the secret serT-
ice agencies Of thu government have
been at work Investigating the senior
senator from South Carolina. They
have succeeded in discovering that
he used his frank Inadvertently in
private correspondence, and so de-
prived the government Of revenue
to the amount Of two cents, and the
matter was considered important
enough to be embodied in special
message from the president to con-
sress.
The senior senator from Massa-
chusetts. I believe. is still invited
70 White House dinners, is the presi-
:ent's friend and advisor and the
cabinet maker Of the incoming presl-
dent. have not heard of'any secre;
service agents disturbing the senior
senator from Massachusetts,, and yet
he ls directly, individually and sol
emily responsible FOR the fact that
on the first day Of January Of this
wear for the purposes have named.
there was taken out Of the treasury
f the United States over one million
oilers.
eve have embarked now upon the
Stormy seas Of Central American
politics. Our flag is floating now
= The rstbrous Of Panama. It seems
that the Constitution does not always
ollow the flag. In fact, it has not
followed it at all in it's recent ram D.
tings, but coterie Of New York Cit.
fnanciers follow it and flock around
like vultures, wherever it goes.
They have followed it to the 1sthmus
Of Panama and have already, unteI
It's sheltering folds, pounded down
upon that defenceless little country.
They have taken everything in this
country that is not nailed down an6
it was they that have commenced
their operations on the Isthmus Of
Panama.
''It becomes necessary now to
know something about Central Amer
lea politics, and I desire to intro
duce to the country Senor Don Jose
Domingo de Obaldia It is impor-
taut to know something about the
career of this interesting Spanish
American statesman.
Senior Obaldia's connection with
the Panama canal and its purchase
by the United States was then gone
into, the speaker declaring that
Obaldia and, William Nelson Crom-
well, together with nigh oScials q;
Washington and elsewhere ha5
agreed upon certain actions not to
their credit.
There is pending now in the gen
eral assembly, Of Panama. he said,
1.-The most Infamous railroad .propo-
sition ever submitted to any gov
ernment. That infant republic has
had no experience in building or
managing railroads. This propo-
sition is being seriously considered
and about to be adopted by the gen
eral assembly. Randolph G. Ward,
Of the city Of New York, is the per-
son who appears on record in the
matter and who seeks to get for his
successors, his heirs or assigns, most
valuable concessions.
Mr.. Cromwell's record, as general
counsel for the Panama canal COM
pany was gone into and also his
legal connection with E. H. Harri-
man and the trans-continental rail
roads. Mr.. Cromwell's organization
Of an American syndicate to pur-
chase the canal was referred to. AZ
ter he had obtained s3,00O,000 out
OF the s5,O00,o0o subscribed for the
purchase Of the Nicaragua canal
project, Cromwell cropped that
scheme and sought to sell the Pan
ana canal company to the United
States government for s109,G00,000.
but finding it impossible, reduced
his price in one hour to s4o,000,o00.
81 propose to discuss later how