Show I. I I TURNS SEARCHLIGHT f r ON PANAMA CANAL t f Rainey of Illinois Brother Charley Taft Taft i t t t. t IL L Farnham and W. W N. N Cromwell fire Arc Ar Eni En- En II- II Most Railroad PropositiOn ito i- i I tion tOll Ever vcr Presented t to toy Any Government I W WASHINGTON J Jan 26 Charging Charging that William Nelson Cromwell Roger L. L Farnham Charles P. P Taft and others are parties to the most infamous railroad proposition t c tion ton ever submitted to any government and that they are arc being permitted not only to rob the republic of Panama Panama Pan Pan- 11 ama but indirectly the tile treasury of the United States it if Representative Rainey Bainey of Illinois today directed the searchlight of publicity upon the affairs in the canal zone I in a n startling speech in support of his resolution providing for an investigation by congress of the Panama canalIn canalIn canal In their efforts in this direction he continued they have had hal so far the operation co-operation and active assistance of the tho present administration tion and of the next president of I the United States Mr traced the thc history of or tho proposed canal four tour hundred years cars back warned arm that s wo o have ready already started start start- ed M 4 In n tho the direction o of the rocks upon which the tho French companies were wrecked to tn th the thO governments government's libel Ibel suit the New W York World and grand rand I Jury jur now tinder r ra way a In this I city dW and In New i York Mr Rainey said i lr If we 0 are arc to carr carry this project J through h i to a successful conclusion lon we must avoid I raft graft It i Is not the part of or wise to dispose of or resolutions asking for an Investigation o of an any phase of oC the i canal question with the sweeping and absolutely ab ab- ab- ab unsupported official declaration I that there Is nothing to Investigate investigate- atc It ll Is not the part of or sound statesman statesman- I ship and 1 true patriotism to attempt to LU re revive i-c- i DIve vive he the obsolete common law customs of or oft all tho tre- tre t 00 01 years can ago and to employ agencies of ot the government o In attempting ng to crush the tho newspapers which have hlll the courage COUl-ae to call c attention to toa a 1 questionable transaction in connection 11 the Ule cana canal Bitter Ditter Against Cromwell hitter In Mr was wag particularly particular his denunciation n of or Mr Ir Cromwell gen gen- nil el for tor the New e French rench Panama f Canal company and coun counsel cJ and And- director of the Panama railroad which I is owned by the United States Slates government lIe He lIel 1 l manipulations ch r ed that through the of Mr hr Cromwell ell tho the French canal company com corn ran pany was permitted to tu steal from Crom tho the United States government o three or four million and that after afler he hart had become come an officer In fact of or the UnIt d di i Mates he ho a party part to an attempt ti la lo collect from frum the United States a fraudulent fraud fraud- F 1 alent claim on th the part pait of or the canal company com corn pany of or 2 He lie also aho was In his lila attack upon l Don on Jose Domingo ue ut pre pre- of oC Panama who whoP II he lie said i tented as IS no other Spanish statesman man in Iii generation all that Is corrupt In Spanish American politics Without he ho stated Crom Croin adis carf career er would ha have hae e been heen Impossible Cromwell would have been Im Impossible O t Says Taft Taft Butted In Against President elect elect nt-elect Talt Ta now en on route to tho the canal zone Mr lr di directed dl- dl tho accusation allon that on the occa ocea- occasion Ion sion of his lila last Jast trip to P Panama nama In May ay I he te o did nothing on oti tho the Isthmus except openly to push the candidacy of or for the presidency Ho Ilci averted d that a aery very ery thinly veiled threat to seize selzo tho thc republic If tr as aa as not elected was contained In a letter letterI t I written b by Mr Tart Taft to the then president Amador and that to prevent pre this Arias opponent withdrew Reference to President Roosevelt's recent re recent re- re cent attack on ou Senator Tillman Tiliman was mado b by y Mr air b by asserting that Senator J Lodge of or Massachusetts was re responsible for Cor the expenditure f on January 1 last of or 1 over r to purchase tho steamships and Tremont for the Panama Railroad company compan These ho lie said tho canal commission did not want and did V. V not need but they viero bought because of ot the tho senator from Massa Massa- rh wanted to sell them He lie Wonders Why lb JIo HI said Mid Id that thai tor for s some omo weeks week the secret cret of or the tie government go had been at r 2 ork investigating the ho senior senator from m So South Carolina he v. v The The have hc sal said discovered ered that Used usei hi his frank Inadvertently In private and so BO deprived tho the ROV- ROV of or revenue rovenUA to th the thi of or 2 I cents and id the matter was considered 1 tin tin- in- in f cial enough to bo be embodied In a a. special message o from rom the president to conot conI con- con gross I Sj 1 not ot h hoard heard rd o of any secret f service V agent disturbing Ul the tho senior senator from r Il Massachusetts and yet h he is d directly In- In r- r f Y there Vly and solely responsible that that th the there e IT United was Waa taken loken out of ot the tr treasury Mury o of States Slates OV over r More Big steals j p. p AIr n alny RaIMY ud declared that there thore was j and bout about to bo be nf adopted adapted In the r n amous of or Panama tho the most railroad Proposition over vcr sub sub- 1 to u r any government by hy which 0 P 1 1 Ward ard r J Vie of or Now ow ov York wa was to lo largely lh the He lie called at- at of n ln Arnold Ito to t Kihn what Ii he said Raid wa was wag tho the failure Allure e dt the tho American n consul ra a at Panama to make mako a report re- re by the bUreau breau of oC forestry last aI ear II he he o I evidently fools hn ho owes position there to William Nelson Cromwell and charged that certain In Interested Interested Interested In- In I parties i were Yere seeking to le levy tribute upon the tho people of or Panama and Indirectly th the people of the tha United States In connection with these timber land Jand frauds I It will b be Interesting to know who the gentlemen aro who aro are attempting In this wa way to Impoverish tho republic o of Pana Pana- ma and he ho mentioned William Nelson Cromwell Rogert L. L Farnham W. W S. S Hari Harvey Harvey Har Har- c vey and Charles P. P Taft These patriotic gentlemen enU said ald Mr Ir In conclusion are heln being permitted permit permit- ted teil not only onh to rob the republic or ot Panama Panama Pana Pana- ma ma hut Indirectly to rob nob the treasury of or orthe the United States and In their efforts In Inthis Inthis Inthis this direction they have havo had so far tar the complete operation co-operation and the active as assistance as- as of or the tho present administration and anal I ll the next president of tho the United States i |