New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-25
.,or Denies Railroads
Tried to Influence
His Course.
.cOI les TO CRITICISM
~ CAMBRIDGE COLBY
.e Peace Foundation
r,,al Committee Extends
Hearings.

.,,-.-, The Tribune Bureau
/ ...,sston. April 2i-Senator Root ris-
,,y 70 his defence against charges
.xas acting in the interest Of the
..enental railroads in his fight
:. ,epeal Of the tolls exemption
the Panama Canal act pleaded
81 ~, olay. Incidentally he defended
u ~ Peace Foundation.
SENATOR from New York spoke, he
u .~cordance with the conviction of
g. $50, He expressed honor for the
- -, FOR his courage and his re-
- ,be dictates Of his conscience
e., We come TO such pass. ~ he
"a, oAiclal restriction upon Amer
~ ..dorn that these men Cthe trustees
- carnegie Endowment are 10 he
y. and condemned for spreading
60 60 among their countrymen n
-, Of their opinions on a matter
o.. o., the vital interest and the good
-. ., their country o.
- Poindexter, who raised the issue
...nttng the letter from cambridge
" r-,t,cising the administration and
-, Root. replied by declaring that
= carnegie was unpatriotic, more a
,~..s subject than an American citizen
:, ,,st the institutions endowed by him
!, Iobn D. Rockefeller were an evil
..:,ncs. c,..
-..,,,uy decided to-day TO extend the
,.,,r. on the tolls repeal bill. the fiji
- S.v, at first agreed upon for this
.--,oss having expired. Senator O'Gor-
:, aid several witnesses were present
:. had not yet been heard.
s.,,or Simons received from Colonel
,,.A,ls A dispatch stating that al yes
!. ,assing through the canal should pay
u
,. Colby letter. which aroused Senator
=. contained the following statement:
r,d,r the captivating pretence of
s-.shing our honor by splendid renun-
,,.s,. the forces of monopoly. under
g,,s experienced guidance, hoped TO
- rout into victory by snatching from
!. PEOPLE control Of this great water
r,7 the only effective means yet devised
q, hating down hitherto invincible rail-
vs monopoly Senator Roots
s,..cA was only a motion for rearGument
r t,hsli Of a defeated liugant.'
Senator Root denied that he had re-
.,s a communication from any rail-
va interest on the tolls question.
7 care nothing about the interests Of
.,,and: they are trining. The one great
.,ssr which looms large in my mind in
,z,.a TO the discrimination as 70 the
Is UPON the Panama Canal is the alb
usns interest of good faith and honor
r our country.
srsior Root then called the roll Of the
-sses OF the Carnegie Peace Founda-
q.
Have We come 70 such a pass Of Official
,a.ncdon upon American freedom 10 he
iissl. "tnst these men are to be criti-
dset and condemned because, holding
szroas and convictions upon a matter
cs,ing the vital interests and the good
AZ. Of their country they print state
"a, o, their opinion and spread it broad
n among their cOuutrymen?
Aii.tional testimony in favor Of tolls
uszpton for American cOastwise vessels
ns presented to-day 20 the Senate Inter
s.srs Canals Committee. Mayor Don
Nj, Of Trenton. y. o., heading a dele
nao- from the Trenton Chamber Of
l'uzsrce. stated that Trenton capital
NJ preparing 10 invest in ships if the
Es-ption remained.
Rdam n Randall president OF the
a,av Steamship Company. Of Boston
4. that his company began SIX months
q to build two ships TO carry lumber
" Washington state 10 Boston. but
"a ii me exemption were removed the
@-isay would put the boats into other
ne and carry British Columbia lumber
. Boston n foreign bottoms.
A.y J allen. editor Of The Wichita
lll Beacon. said Western men who
"a seen commerce driven off the Mis-
H,3l b. unfair railroad competition
ne. American ships exempted from
AS
Il STATE Department documents rela-
'' % negotiations Of the Hay-Paunce-