Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-30

toon,'nued From First regel
New York harhor last night In eons
veraat tlon and Ia a carefully prepared
! interest IN both national and nroAreas
alVe politics,
i1ndorses rerSlns
In HIS talk he spoko Of the atlempt
10 read ueorge w, ferklna out OF the
Progressive party,
"Mr perklns has heen on the
whole" he said Nhe most useful
member of the Progressive party"
After enumeratlnA some OF tho
thinas Mr., ferkina has done the colo'
mel aaidl
"Aa for reading him cut ot the
party when that In done they viii
have 10 read me out, too,"
Condemns Wilson and hryan
Hia prepared statement denounced
the Colombian treaty with Va pros
posed payment ot tsN,oOO,eoo TO Co.
lomhia because OF the Panama Canal
Ra "the helated payment et hlRekmall
with an Rpology 90 the hlaokmailers,"
and said that the handling OF our foru
elan aftalrs by President N'lleon and
Secretary nrNnn "has heen such ~ to
make the United Atatea q figure OF FUN
In the International world"
Makes t0rmal Statement
The Colonel made the followlnA foru
mai statements
"The pRyment Of twenty-five mnu
liens "a Colombia, together with the
expression OF what Ia ln effect an apolu
osy for our having seeured the NAht
to hulld the tanRma Canal Ia merely
the helated payment of hlRokmAil with
an RpoloAN 70 the hlaekmallera "
this proposed treaty suhmltted nv
Iresldent Wilson thrOuah Mr. NyAn
N rlAht then our nresenee on the
isthmus IN wrong, In such ease l'Nnv
anna should At once he reslored TO Cos
lomhla and We should atom work on
the canal and abandon the pleoe haa
ana hRsease, There ahoNld he no half
way meAaure,
"Ir We Rs u nation have heen mllN
Ot theft we should restore the alolen
goods, II we have net heen gNllN ot
THEFT we ehoNld not paN hlhckWAlN Vhe
handling of cur tOrelan NrAlW w
prealdent Wllson and AeoretRW NrNNn
has neen such as TO mANe the United
States a haure OF fun IN tho lnlernR'
tlonRl world,
"ThIs proposed Colombian treaty
Clps the onmaX and " ratt0ed u win
rightlN render W an object ot coNa
lemptNoue derlelon 10 every WeNt ma
ton
"1r | had followed rFeeident VIII
sOnH poOoy Ot WNtOhN( WNitWA "
would have WsNred half u century or
additional conversation ana the VNnNl
would attn he Ia the dim future Ana
II In only he0NuAe tho then AdWlnlsv
tratlou acted preolsely as II dld act
that We now have the NRnanR NNnNl,
The mtereats Of the olVilleed peop)e ot
the word demanded the construction
of tho canal
WUnul the preseW proposed treaty
was negotiated w tresldeNt Wilson
and Seoretary OryRn | had net upr
pOsed that amy AWeWoAn AdmlnletrRr
tlon would thus hetCRN the honor and
lntereel of the AmerleRn people m
submitting To- hlRekmAth hNt al Nny
rate the Colombian NoVernmeW WRs
Ia error when II hdNlaed IN sNeh a
supposltlon about my Administration,
nlo,ator Ia Von,roi
81 have no quarrel WhRteNer with
the Colombian people and do not 0uesv
tion THEW ine private qualities, nut
Unfortunately IN mteWetlenNl RuNlrA
u nRtlon must he tudAed by the gov
ernment that speaks tor w. Vhe then
Colombian Q0Vernment wNs emhodled
IN the persen OF u slNRle man, u dletau
tor with absolute executive ana leutsy
tAtlNe nOwer tie hNd heeN elected
Vice PrealdeW and Rtter a abort time
he selaed the fresldeNt ana rNt him In
iail,
ute then puhllshed an edlct sRylNg
that Wnder the eOnstltNtlom tor he was
an ardent adherer TO the letter ot the
constitution, u WRa his rlAht 90 NssWMe
all executive noWeN OF the AoNernu
ment In the absence or the trealdent,
tie refused 20 permlt CoNaresa 10 Nsv
semhle, ile then pNNllehed another
edlet reoltlnH that NNder the eoNetltNs
uon II was hls Wght ~ Rssume al or
the legislative noWeN IN the absence
ot NonAresa
"Phe absence ot the PresdeNt SOON
heeNme permanent, W he died IN lah,
NeRr aGter year went M and Nlll ne
Congress- was allowed 10 meeL 40 the
elected Nieevrresldent continued Na
absolute aud uncontrolled dletNtoN em,
hodyma tho eNtlre NoNerNMentNl
power ot Nolomhla,"
Tr,ed ~ Ge, More MoNey
white this WRa tho altNNlloh he,
not only emhedylna hut helnH tho Cos
lemhlRn NoNepNment, neAollNted tho
canal treaty with Va FeN Mllllon dol,
lara was the sum aupNlated to he Maid,
Rememher that the ColoMNlaN goVv
ernmentM power witch NeAotlAted tho
treaty Was the same that Mtlhed W
rejected w. u was mepe(y enc man IN
two dlnerent eNpeeltleA
Nnd u was pRrtlN IN consideration
or, this treaty that We abandoned the
NioAragNR FoNte, hut WheN we had
thus committed oupselVes and the Nau
lemelaN dletetoS that m the Nolemu
hiRn aoVernmend houAM II MAS too
late tor Va to ehRNae he decided 70 ivy
TO set moro MONEY tpem VS.
vile had absolute peWep 10 execute
the treaty with the eonseW W his Cow
Hress, A little mter he oIrepea 10 eNeu
cute II without the eeNseNt M Cow
Aressl hNt IN opder 20 HlNe him u npNn
text he summoned NoNaress, u SeNv
Apess that eRrrled oNt his erieN Wllhu
oW Nlterlna them IN the sMNOest nav
uoNlRN Whloh dd NothlNg whatever
eNoeW reject the NeaN and then Rd,
ioNrm
Proposed C0NnsNtlM
"Nne h the speAke@ Rsalened the
real reRsen for theM action with much
tranknesA We had apeed 10 NAY the
FFeNeh oompany sAN,NNN,NNN Me Nou
lomhlan aoVernmeNL IN dehNNee of lta
own leslaletlNe NeA propoaea ~ oNNu
hseRte the Nponerty M the kpeNeh AoVu
ernment 80 Rs thepeM 20 he IN n hel1
ter pesltlon % nesotlAta with VS. ~
ether Worda 70 he ahle W get this siN,u
NNN, ,NNN from VS.
"lneldentNlly | would VN the al
tentlon &c t'resldeM WILSON, and Secg
retAN hrNAn 10 the Met that this AAN,u