The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
WILL EXPOSE
 CANAL CRAFT Rainey Makes Another
 Hot Speech. HAS JUST BEGUN HE SAYS Declares He Obtained His Evidence
 From Panama Direct. Illinois Congressman Says He is Going to Bring This Matter Out
 Whether 1t Pleascs

Washington, Feb. 22 2.-Asserting tha' his recent speech in the House rela- tive to the purchase by the United States Government of the Panama Canal. had been brought upon himself 'villiflcation, misrepresentation and abuse almost without parallel in the history of that body" Representative Rainey of Illinois today delivered In the House of Representatives lengthy speech in reply to the charges that the information upon which his re- marks were based was obtained from "ex-convicts and blackmailers," this accusation having been made openly In the House of Representatives by Representative Lowering of Massachu- Setts.
 True loyalty to this great enter prise" Representative Rainey said, means that you must expose and de- nounce all kinds of graft in connection with 1t in order to avoid the pitfalls in which the French companies fell. and I propose to do this whether 1t meets with the approval of the next President of the United States or not :. I want to say to all those who are spending so much time abusing me that have not yet commenced this fight.I have only trained my guns on some of the least objectionable fea- lures in connection with Panama mat ters."
 Representative Rainey declared that he did not attack the canal, but sim ply attacked the graft connected with the enterprise. He asserted that Rep resentative Lowering had not attempted to deny a single fact that he had stated. but after making his charges, proceeded to eulogize William Nelson Cromwell.
 'I never heard until he made his speech that any persons were trying to get MT. Cromwell to purchase any evidence of the guilt of MT. Crom- any attempts to sell any story to the Democratic National Committee until the gentleman made his speech on this floor"
 MT. Rainey further stated that the evidence he produced in support of his charge of graft in connection with the buying of the canal. nearly all was ob- tained from Panama. The he added;
 "The attack I made was entirely unexpected by them when 1t comes" "
 Continuing, MT. Rainey said:
 MT. Cromwell, in the speech made by him through MT. Olcott (N. Y.). has seen fit to discuss his present ef- forts to conclude a treaty between Colombia and Panama, in which he refers to the necessity for some con- tribution from Panama to Colombia as her proportion of the public debt of Colombia.
 Referring to these as the proposed Cromwell treaties," MT Rainey assert ed that MT. Cromwell proposed to so change the Hay y-Bunau-Varilla treaty as to impose upon this country an ad- ditional burden of $1,260.000.
 And he proposes that this sum shall be taken from our treasury and paid not to Panama, but to Colombia direct. In other words, by the treaties of which he Is so proud. Panama deprives her. self for five years of her fixed source of revenue and consents that 1t be paid to Colombia and the United States con- tributes from its treasury $1,250.0O0 and pays 1t to the treasury of Colom- bia. l know of no precedent for Mr |. Cromwell's treaties No people in the world, after having successfully completed revolution, have ever been called upon to pay any portion of the debt, foreign or domestic. of the country from which they sepa- rated.
 The situation Mir. Cromwell Is en- deavoring to force by the treaties, Is that the United States is to be re- uuired to increase its treasury dehcit and to pay to Colombia $1.25O,OOO. Pan anna impoverishes herself by giving m the sl,250, ,000. clearly belonging to her, and gives up for five years after 1913, the revenue we propose to pay her In return for this. Panamans are