Show C CONSTRUCTION T TI OE r rP P PANAMA M C CANALI L Admiral Walker Waller Favors Beginning it at the Earliest Possible le Moment AS TO LETTING LETTINO OF CONTRACTS No o General One Will be Awarded A to be Solved Salved is That of Labor Special Correspondence Washington March 13 Tho Panama canal commission with Admiral Walk Walker er cr at lit Its head will sail for tor the Isthmus on oil the Ih In An the tho meantime William Nelson Cromwell agent of ut tho the French company has halt gone to Paris to secure tho the final papers necessary for tor tho the transfer and representatives of the United States Stales will twill check up the tho proper property ty which Is to be turned over with the tho stock and deeds when tho the formal pos possession session Is la assumed Admiral Walker la Is that there thero shall bo be as ne littie lit Ill tic tie delay os possible In beginning oper oler operations aliens Ono thing has already been Settled set let settled It 11 Is that no general contract will be Le awarded for tor tho the entire work In III Instead Instead stead Hie Nm route of oC tho the canal will viii bo bI divided into lute sections and contracts to such auch firms corporations or Individuals as alt have hao the tho necessary neCe machinery mid and tools too There Thero are aro already a II large num her ber of ot such luch persona and andl firms In III the tho field attempting to secure the contracts One of lit tho the greatest to In be b encountered Is III In connection with the labor problem At first negro labor rill bo IJo employed almost exclusively th the negroes of ot Jamaica furnishing the ma Ina majority of lit the th workmen Hut U tJ expected with Wilh time the Ih contract labor laws of ot the United States It IB is feared that lint the Ilse authorities may tray hold that the tha III American III r to alien ollen labor lallor applies to the tho canal zone ZOIl of ot tho the lath Isthmus nun mus In fin which event It will twill he ho Impossible file ble to Import labor from Jamaica Tho Tiro experiences of the French company have hal shown that the tho Jamaica negro can on stand tho the climate of ot the tha Isthmus better than any other The fhe na no natives tires tives themselves are useless and even the Jamaica negro will not work after atter pay dirty day until he ho has hM succeeded lIue In iii ex cx exchanging changing every dollar of or his wages for Cor run rum Some of the men best posted ns as to climate and labor conditions predict that before the canal ennui Is la completed It will be bo necessary to employ Chinese coolies Hut here hero again the exclusion e I la Ja w looms up ns as n a possible obstacle and und Congress may mil bo he culled called upon to enact I law looms up Ut as all a possible obstacle and upon the importation of or labor to the tho Isthmus It Is hi believed that lint when tho the work ork Is III under full tUli swing owing ut nt least and a tI possibly men m m will be lip under em ems employment employment upon the g groat gr nt t ditch BAN SAN DOMINGO TO OCCUPIED D San Ran Domingo will wilt lw bu 11 occupied by tha United States Slates forces farces within the next 60 days unless there thorp is la a n change chango In tn the tho administration program All advices received from tram the tho republic Indicate that thata a u state of ot anarchy exists which threat threatens ens the tho Interests of ot every nation milieus hav having hn log ing commercial relations with San Ban Do Domingo mingo The Tho United States will not nol permit England Franco J or to Interfere with the domestic affairs of the republic and ns ne this country has assumed the roll role of ot protector of or nil all the tho Independent countries of ot Contra Central American and adjacent Islands 1 there Is IR nothing left but to establish n II gov goy government eminent which shall afford protection to all nit persons alike Asat Aut Sony Seny SeO Loomis Is la expected hack back from ruin his mission to San Domingo with withIn withIn lIh In 10 days and upon his hili report the tho ad uti will act promptly No clash of lit t arms la Is i expected PS 08 the tho de lIe facto government Is noxious and will willing ing log that lint the tho United shall Inter f tire and n that happens hawen to la bo be b exact what the numerous revolutionary lend lead cr era cra A d CONSUL It IH is not generally general known that the tha States Is represented In III the tho fur tUI rn rOM cost by a n colored man mil n The American ln consul at nt Vladivostok Is IR Richard T Greener the tho first runs mill with negro blood la I his hl veins to br bl b graduated front from hard Bur Harvard vard Greener was waa horn born In South Carolina and nn after receiving his hula do lie greo grea reo nt ot Harvard ho lie h cane tamo to Wash Washington ington ami and was for Cur several years enn theo the theIn law In In III the co of ot thin tho of ot tho time treasury Later hi hl proc lied law In ton and ami nun for or Johnson chestnut Whit Whittaker taker takor before the court of ot Inquiry when that hut unfortunate colored cadet was nc sic cU cured NI 1 of ot slitting his hili own curt curs In iii his hili dormitory at Wont st Point Greener left lott Washington Id ie become secretary of or time thu Grant Monument commission and at nt atthe atthe the same clinic acted In III Ilko capacity for tho rho civil service board hoar of the time city of Now No York lark limo consulate nt ot Vladivostok lol was virtually created for tor him some four tour or orlive orlIe live lIe years ago President McKinley as n one of ot the very foremost colored men III In tho the country mid and It was waa due duo to tho time presidents sug suggestions that what had formerly been beena a small enroll consular or commercial agen agency cy cl e was elevated to the rank of ot u II con roil consulate with u II salary of per an nil annum nuns num Mr Ir Greener Is a I man of oC wide willa reading mind and great groot intelligence Ills His HI reports from far eastern port have furnished the state stale department with Invaluable data In fact eo so much Information has hns been received from front this source that th the greater of at the tho archives of ot the Intelligence oil otil ces of ot the war mid lord state departments department was true obtained from this source Tho ho of oC the tho from the tho consul Is of such a character that It Itan cannot an not bo be published but It is la l nevertheless nevertheless less les fully tull appreciated by the tho war wor and andI I navy us MS well as liS tho the state department I There Thero will be no m n over oCr the tho HC se of at a 11 chairman for lor tho the National committee This state anent ment Is la authorized d In the tho last few tew days the tile subject of at a n 1 national chair choir chairman chairman man InAn has hams been belli broached to President In reply ho has stated staled em emphatically that he lie has not considered the question of chairman oar nor would Je he I until tho time proper time camo came about Ho lie has hils stated to friends who have havu hll visited him In the last u n rk k old and representing all sections of oC thu country that ho he believed the tho national committee committe entirely capable of ot naming a chairman to direct t the tho coming coining campaign and anil that ho he would not In any wise Interfere with the tho rights and amid prerogatives of oC that lint committee In the naming of ot a chairman There are ure those tho c who true believe belloe that tho the presidents mind Is made up an nR to the tho person whom ho would like Uk to see o at nt the tho head hend of oC the tho committee If Ie his mind Is made mado up he lie has hils kept the time ammo of o tho person religiously to tl himself for tor his hIli closest advisers that they know the president presidente mind Is 18 not nol fixed upon any an particular In Individual In Individual Jt it la is true truo that thol a number of ot distinguished He Republicans publicans have hoo been suggested to Mr Roosevelt as nil well quipped equipped to II perform the exacting duties of or national chairman Hut But beyond the lime suggestion nothing substantial has Got Gin Udell Odell has been mentioned aa ins a 1 very ery likely candidate tor for the tho th place but the this governor of at Now New NewYork uw York 10 lees lias put a IL quietus on the tho use of ot othIs his name by emphatically stating staling that lie ho Is 19 not only not a u candidate but that he ho could not net take tho the position It If ton loud him trim Ex Murray Crane of Massachusetts who has been very I generally suggested for lor the position I occupies much the same samo relationship to tho the as 1 Gov 00 Odell Senator Pen len Penrose ruse rose of ot Pennsylvania Is looked upon as ns one olle of vt the moot moat likely men Inn who might be selected for tor the tho place lid hilt haM the tho support not only of his col eel colleague league Senator r Quay lIay but tho the whole of ot tho Pennsylvania delegation Upon Senator Penrose will devolve devole tho the re to reP P sl of It keeping Intact tin tho Ro hod publican organization of ot the Bin state then Senator Quay retires front from active politic politics In fact much of the detail of oC the thu tie party machinery In iii Penn rests now upon tipon Senator Pen len IrtO shoulders and us as he In Is growing beggar every year ho he remains In ht tho the fondle thero are Olf many who believe that the mantle of ot the Iho lat Int senator front from Ohio Marcus A lInna will eventually nil fall upon tho the Junior senator front from Penn He lie U is ono one of oC time the presidents nearest ne friends and as nil ho has had find wIde training In politics politic It Is thought tho tim party would b bA In his hands Then Scott of or West Wesl Virginia inn hilI also an ai enthusiastic following rind and as en he lie Is III from Irom that stale It Is I that ho lie will ha have hlo support In ii the committee It Jt Is III true truo that flint Senator Scott has hM not been h as us n closely km III n touch tonch with tile president ns nil tho the othorn mentioned tl above but hut fo Is h 4 no imp ass who tm ho intentions his hili loyalty to the hue party or m to the thi nominee Senator Scott stated the th other day to your our cor cot that U it was nue vitally I wry any to maintain tats as us compact an In organization In III the Iho coming four tour years yearn ns nil char I the till party part In III time the last lant In t two presidential The rho party ha h j said must mint ho bo kit Idt In the tho same tamo position by II President when he lie quits tho limo presidential attire om e an where ho he found It II There Thera Is no question as to 10 Senator Scotts HIott ability to conduct n a successful campaign Tune The question of ot expediency is the tiro one ono thing however which will play piny no small part lart In the Iho selection of ot a n national chairman Then Thou there hero Is J W V of Hurling Burling ton tun la Ia Il than whom when there Is 18 no more adroit politician In all nil the tho west His JUs Iii name came line has been wary very vcr largely used In con connection section with will tho the chairmanship But Hut hl hlll his association with tho railroad and alit hIs connection with James Jamen J Hill Hilland and the time merger place ploce him wholly out of ot tho time running But Hut Mr 11 will find himself In III an 1111 advisory position with the national committee and his advice and counsel will be greatly Catl In IIi demand by b the national chairman whoever ha ho hamay slay may ml h bas If Wore Were Mr In any other oilier business than that hat of ot looking after the tha legal department nt of ot tho the great Hurling Burling ton system It Ills Is le believed In iii Washington that the word would go out to make Mr Blythe time the notional national chairman The power of the tho cartoon however ls Is well wall known In III presidential campaigns Tho The will readily recall with what tro trod force tho the cartoon trims used usell against that very ery distinguished Amen Ameri American can nn James CJ i 1 and Urn thIS ii cartoon would be ha Invoked with probably an as much telling effect against Mr nooRe Hoose yell veil elt should hould Mr Ir Illy tho bo be chair chairman moan man of ot the tha national committee A man wholly free treo of ot entangling alliances will be bo selected for tor national chairman but the tha name nano of ot that at nt tide this Is wholly a matter of ot J i |