The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-04-15


In 1885, when Mr. Cleveland into the Presidency the
Kentucky Delegation in Congress- along with many other influential
oner Of Internal Revenue He popular and highly quail
flied His friends grew urgent Of delay
peemptory demand Mr. Cleveland
then than later pared and pareyed awhile then he said
Gentlemen has not Mr. Thompson brother engaged in the
business of distllng?'
The answer that he had
''Now, gentlemen" Mr. Cleveland "that settles it I will
mot appoint him Find other place the public
will gladly give to Mr. Thompson. be nice Ken
ucl and want to be nice you and him. But will make
him, any Kenucan presumably in sympathy with the produc
hon Of whskey, Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Mr. Taft would have shown wisdom and forecast had he applied
such test to Mr. Banger Mr. Banger had been Commissioner
of the General Land Office Having drawn line upon the good
things the land business West had resigned his post
Washington and to Seattle and put out Single Prosperity
followed of course He became great land lawyer That
sufficiently disqualified Mr. Bange Secretary Interior
All the inevitable
Hence is that say that attempt the Administration
leaders in Congress and its newspapers throughout the country to
whistle down questions of such magnitude and moment will nowse
the coming The wiser among them already real
e that it is going be the tempest teapot which the
foolish were SO ready and so eager to forecast It, anger may be
little and Pnchot be less but when the Attorney General of
the United States the law officer Of people, takes the field
backed by the President OF the United States in effect the attorney
of andprates and rabbeor that the real and only
involved engaged sh the facts tnd upright
oflc1a matter OF discipline having tailed by sar-calber pro
ceshe Nation thrown upon primal and reserved rights and
perfooe will know the truth or have the reason why
Lest we forgetl All we orge From Credit Mobiler
and Pacific Mail onward this BalngerPnco business the Re
publican party has reeed with corruption robbg the people Of
thousands of millions through the Tariff yet still seeking ship subsidy
and every of public and private pef At the risk of being
proli close these desutory remarks without recalling
of the gaste stories in all the annals of political scoundres
the story of the Panama Canal
the end the canal may bring dire tragedy and scandal
America brought France AS is redoent of tergver
aon and van All the early and official reports
favored the Ncaraeuan route Until questionable French
pany upon regarded mpac
icabe where considered all Behind the Nicaraguan
scheme there was neither organization nor money
plain open-anhu proposition for right Of way price
concessions franchise grants lobby Washing
ton nor na at Granada straight easy digging up
TO
strip Pacific For in of two
the canal could have been completed and except
the inception Of the Panama project would be completed
The Panama Canal company OF France had eliminated IN ship
wreck 1t had gone under amid ruin and disgrace Those who
Americans arrived in Paris with scheme Of resurrection
Their plan organize company to take over the holdings
company This hard do and being done both
cheap easy the Yankees keeping of sight its French anpu
ators appeared in Washington
They had in reality nothing but few worthless pots and
pans some and mdheap the Ishnus Of Panama
agend of enyear concession from the Republic OF Col
operation and water backed by mpudence and the promise
Of pelf. But it gained a footing and it got hearing
AS the wolves about Washington ne blood they turned
Engineers who had time and again reported Panama o
e induced their Judgment Nothing good had
agents of the French Company the ground their jackets
lined their pockets stuffed with lottery tickets good the steal
beat both Panama Nicaragua took hand One could actually
almost physically the old familiar crowd who DAYS Of Re
construction batany under the motto Of the old
flag and appropriation nbng over themselves TO get Denea'
the banners of the Panama company OF France
Upon the face this company showed us auduleny II peSd
demanding hundred and fifty millions OF dollars Tell to hund
red millions and finally offered to take and did take forty
millions papabe confidence greater robbery was
never perpetuated upon peoples treasure house
The genius of the piece certain NJ Philippe Bunau
Varia From first to last under the counses OF American law
yer b the William Nelson Cromwell he was the star per-
former been Panama with De Lesseps lie witnessed
the awful collapse and if reports be true contributed to IT. he or
qanaton company take the holdings OF the Old
company with the purpose Of selling them at Poht TO the ned
States was his conception He claimed be an Engineer He was
in reality promoter He proved before the end lightning
The Republic of Panama too was fSnent OF ms
ton and the creation his agency Whilst his coeonspirators were
nnn off the "Revouion the Istmus Bunau Vara was at