Show I ANXIOUSLY PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Members of Canal Commission Are Fearful of Losing Their Jobs Washington Dee Dec 16 The The members mem mem- bars bers of the Canal commission lon of tho senate make no attempt to conceal their heir deep Interest In tho the forthcoming message by President Roosevelt Roose With Witha it a number of ot Important questions before before be- be fore them coming over from the long longe session e slon the they have C not c considered tho the holding of or an any meetings I The present Isthmian Canal com com- has been serving sor for more moro H than nan a year without l confirmation Th The Tho tact act th that lt the nominations were not sent in at cit the opening of the has hns led lcd to the belief that the tho President has in contemplation some ome different plan Some senators quote him as declaring that th the present size of the commission is too largo large and They The hint h at ut an organization tion of or three members rs Another subject that has lost loit Inter- Inter 1 e cst t with the committee ommittee Is the tho Invest Invest- gallon gatlon be begun un Jast session and conducted con- con dueled ducted for 01 several se months It was aimed to develop de the tho actual condition of ot affairs on tho the isthmus It is realized b by the members that the PIe Presidents President's recent trip of or Inspection Inspection tion has practically nullified the re results results re- re suits of ot the tho Inquiry and made unnecessary sary any further Investigation In I Many lany senators In private conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion express the belief that tho the conI construction construction con con- of or a n lock canal will prove a I failure But nut there Is no inclination on their part to place pIneo any obstacles in the way of the President In hl his execution I of the plans which he has mapped out |