Show 4 44 4 4 M M 4 M MM 4 4 M t Ml H M 41 THE ISTHMIAN CANAL J 1 A t I 44 M t M I H 4 I Q t 4 t M M I M M Although the Senate Committee e on Inter Inter- oceanic Canals lids has v voted te to report the I Nicaragua bill that does not mean n that the canal question is settled There is a long fight light ah ahead ad before be- be fore ore any canal m measure asme can be passed At this distance dis dis- tance ance it is not easy to un understand the strong opposition which undoubtedly exists in Congress Every EvelY cO sent to investigate the facts has lias rePorted re re- ported in fa favor VOl o of the Nicaragua agua and against the Panama route All seafaring men familiar familial with isthmian a conditions have han concurred in iii condemning the he latter lutter because its Pacific terminus tes would throw sailing ailing vessels into nto the region of eternal calms calms in ino in- in to o what t mariners call the dol doldrums thereby rums thereby in its Giving a tow tow- of seven seyen or 01 eight hundred miles But this is only one of f the minor reasons wh why I thoughtful people have ave been indisposed d to s see e tl the I Panama inama route adopted Its line is one of seismic disturbance and one of floods Hoods It is more than su sus- sus that long before his death old de Lesseps s came ame to tho the conclusion that the scheme in which he lie had lad caused so many of his countrymen to Sink their the i tunes fox or sa-r sa savings was unfeasible Yet so shrewd a business m man n as Senator Hanna favors the Panama Paua- Paua ma na seeing J and op the Nicaragua What his reasons may be it might be hard to guess The fact face remains and he has hasa a strong following in Congress Congre s The he rh outcome is har hardly ly in a position to discount as us' us yet et |