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Show PAHA1M CASE"" ' I Report of the Investigating I Committee. I Ml hVlllUMK rOlIM) ' 9 That Honey was Spent la a Corrupt 9 Way on this Side of the Y.stcr. 9 iiriimni Mitrmxa miir. HJ Ilia Amrtlrai. l'rnile aliuiilil lolilrot Name Oiillrl uu ll.s M Wasiiimiton, I). C, March; Tho M Houiu Panama Inveatlgallng cimmlt- fl tee In Its renrl today flndl that oa fljB far back ns ISO with New (Irrnada concerned and aofar as I he concessions flfl were gruntid to nnd c ntiacta made H with thu resent Panama railroad cor- HI boratlcn loncerued, there Is no clear flfl c,roun 1 for the asatrllun that auy ex- iluslve tight tu croia Iho Isthmus wns flfl ever In lhu terms granted or by lni II- BI callous jeiuieJ either to an American HH cor4irallou or a cttlreu of tho United flfl Hlalea to lhu exclusion of the cltlicos flfl of nu) oilier countri. There Is no flfl ground, aofar us Iho evldiuco beloru Mmi thecoiumltteegois, for the claim that MWt the kovemmenliof .New UrenndaanJ flfl thu United Htslis of Colombia ever flfl guaranteed that tho United Blalrs HH shall control the Iranelt or I lacu un? HH limitation ou tlin ligal rights of share- flfl boIJirs In Iho railway company or a flfl restriction In the nationality ol Ul UmM owners. HJ Tho coraiulltro bu done Ul ut- flfl most In thu limited lime before It HH to Investigate the chargea that money flfl waa ixpruJod In oppoiltlon to the flfl plans of Ihn canal, II has bean un- flfl able to thus far trace directly or , flflf Indirectly tnu exptiidllure of any flfl money whatever In u correct way to n flfl Inllueniu the legislative, or executive I flfl ncllon uf the United btatea govern- flfll ment. It may bo thai uo Investigation, flflfl hoauvir tolonged, after this lsio of flfll time, vouldbuetllcleut In making ouch 9 Lflfll dlsoovery, even If suih corrupt 11.0 of flfll money had been made, but (hla la a flfll suljeit on which Ihuoununllteedots flflfl not dislru authoritatively to el reaa lis flfl opinion, I urther Inveitlgallon would flflfl bo entirely frultliis. flflflsl Tho retwrt comments upon De Lei- flflfJ sos'liltlo Iho United Htulea In 1879, flfll nud the remarkable changoof seull- flflB ment In the American lommltteu a flflH lolnlod to convey tho Intprerslou that flflH American capital und sympathy weru flflflj bsck of the enterprlie. The commute flflfl further rays that it. W. riiompiou be- iflflH cauiu secietary of the American com- IflflH nilltie and resigned his lice lu lhu 'flflfl cabinet. riioniwoii staled that ha flflfl notllled tho President, and the l'reil- flflfl ilent arUiriied In bis reslnnatlon. flflfl Under these ciriuniitanoes 11 caused flflfl 110 severaucu of lhu iiersonal frloadly flflfl relatione between Iheni, flflfl Testimony was taken by Iho com- flflj miltee aliening that this aoilonou the flflfl purl of Hrcnlsry Thompson was a flflfl kriat dllaUKjIulment and surprise to flflfl President ilajes, and he so ex (reined flflfl himself to others. Thu c'auimlttre flflfl finds that ThomSon, for tbe next flflfl three or four years, was exceedingly flflfl vlgllaut lu winching legislation aud flflfl most uctlvu and ablo In his titorts and flflfl Inllueticuto iuitponu consideration of flflfl any legislation tending to work Injury flflfl to the cauiu of the Panama Canal flflfl company. Ho far as the testimony flflfl gits, It shows that Thorn) son did the flflfl work of the American committee, flflfl sutervliod Iho urchmon for the cou- flflfl itruotloo of the canal, watched leglsla- flflfl Hon elc. rheulject of tho contract flflflf between the Pailtla Mall coiuuny flflflfl and thu Panama llailroad oompiny H a Io maintain rates abovu the level flfl tu which limy would fall If free com- flflflf istlllon between aeveral routes were flflflf continued. It seems to bucerlaln that IflflH u very large If not an absolute control- flflflf Hug Interest In the slockand directory flflfl of thu Paclflo mall com! any was flflfll owned by Individuals and estate very flflfll largely luterrslel In the stock and flflflfl directory of the transcontinental roads, Mmmmj and It was rovud lhal thu eame Indl- flflflfl vlduala composing a msjorlly of the flflflfl directory of Iho Paclflo Malliompauy flflflfl at the time composed a majority of tho flflflfl directors flflflfl It lectin to the committee) that this flflflfl statu of things caunot be tenellclal to flflflfl thegeuiral Interstate oommercu of the flflflfl country, nor ran It see that It Is of any flflflfl particular benefit to our trade with flflflfl rurelc.ii countries. Tho committee flflflfl recommends that whenever, under the flflflfl irovlilonaof lhu mall subsidy act, tho flflflfl oitmailor c,eueral shall uuter Into a flflflfl contract with any Iluu of vessels, a flflflfl clause shall ha I liter ted In the contract HBflflfl totheiltect that If tho sliamshlp Una fl shall enter Into any combination or fl arrangement with competing lines of HBflflfl trafllo, th result of which Is to dlnilu- lflflfl Isli trafllo or ralsuaud maintain freight flflflfl 011 American commerce, foreign or flflflfl domestic, ovir what free competition flflflfl Hiuld tiled, the contract may to flflflfl terminated forthwith by thu poetmast flflflfl c r general. The conimltteu regret that flflflfl mfar as thu ownership of nearly all flflflfl thu gis stock gois at the control of any flflflfl American corporation, as tbu Panama flflfl railway l, should be held In foreign flflflfl hinds, particularly In the bunds of u flflflfl liquidator receiver. flflflfl Thu committee tu concluilou caunot flflflfl refrain from calling utteullou tJ what flflflfl Hums (0 be tho obvious deduction flflflfl from thu facts nho.ru, that It ll to lhu flflflflfl lulurislof the United Htalea that the flflflfl Amerloau juiple should absolutely flflflfl control toiuu outlet airosa the Isthmus fl at some point which shall buuiolfor flflflfl Ibu beuetlt of lhu American trndo In general us uu nuu uud conlluuous fl uiinielltoi, allordiug uo ujorluijlty fl lor unUuglliu sul sidles irom great H com) etlui; llm or a cuanca ol lulling flflflflfl Into thu g aji of any mvuoiwly flflflfl thiongh stuck maalpulatlou- flflflfl |