Show PANAMA IAN IA CANAL COMMISSION ling has I lit In Scour lug ing Men He lie WillitS Washington Fob Feb I eb la is I experiencing sonic come difficulty In III securing tile the services of uC men mell of lit such fluch ability ns OR to warrant him In appointing them members of ot the Isthmian Canal Canol commission An 11 Instance of ot this Is I the declination of at John of ot San Ball Francisco of ot tho the proffer made to him by the tho prest president dent Mr Is IR n a 1 mining lawyer of ote en es I position and wide reputation Ho Ito could Uhl not afford alTor to sacrifice his practice e to accept a 1 position on n the commission Similar l ho being encountered encounter ll llIn In the raso o of Alfred Noble of ot the Pennsylvania railroad whoso services i the officers of oC the Pennsylvania railroad do 10 rot lint want sant to relinquish be ho because hOt cause of ot the largo large projects ho he has hili under supervision sU Some arrangement nt may maybo mn maybe bo be effected however by hy which Mr undertake e tho tIm government work worl Under tho the Spooner net tho th president has authority to fix tho the compensation of yr Jr tho the commissioners until Congress shall determine tho the salary The r c o numeration of ot engineers nail other em on or tho canal conol will vIii be fixed by tho the commission Itself AH Ao Mr Garber has hns declined the tIO lip ap It l III expected the president will select pome some other man who resides In one ono ot of the Pacific const coast states It has haR not yet been determined wIse who that man will be 00 beIt beIt It lt Is I likely like that the southern mom mem member ber br of ot tho the commission will he M t II n one mio of ot tho the engineers of at tho the Ms MR Ho lie Is n resident or of New Orleans Ho lIo In 18 re to regarded roo ns as one of ot the best equipped en enIn In the country |