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WANTS INVESTIGATION OF CANIL PURCHISE CROMWELL FARNHAM AND C. P. TAFT DENOUNCED. Congressman Rainey Makes Sensa tional Speech as to Panama Can al Purchase. Washington, Jan. 26.-Charging that William - elson Cromwell, Roger L. Farnham, Charles P. Taft and oth ers are parties to the "most infamous railroad proposition ever submitted to any government," and that they "are being permitted not only to rob the Republic of Panama, but indirect ly the treasury of the United States,'" Representative Rainey, of Illinois, to day directed the searchlight of pub licity upon affairs in the Canal Zone in a startling speech -in support of his resolution providing for an investi gation by congress of the Panama Canal purchase. "In their efforts in this direction," he continued, "they have had so far the complete cooperation and active assistance of the present Administration, and of the next president of the United States." Mr. Rainey traced the history of -the proposed canal four hundred years back, and warne44 that we have already started in the direction of the rocks upon which thi French com panies were wrecked. Referring to the government's libel suit against the New York World and the grand jury investigations now in progress in this city and in New York, Mr. Rainey said: "If we are to carry this project through to a successful conclusion we must avoid graft. It is not the part of wise statesmanship to dispose of resolutions asking for an investiga tion of any phase of the canal ques tion with the sweeping and absolute ly unsupported official declaration that there is nothing to investigate. It is not the part of sound statesman ship and true patriotism to attempt to revive the obsolete common law re medies of two hundred years ago, and to employ all the tremendous agencies of the government in attempting to crush newspapers which have had the courage to call attention to a ques tionable transaction tin connection with the canal." lie submitted for record various papers and documents in support of many allegations contained in the Cromwell Bitterly Denounced. Mr. Rainey was particularly bitter in his denunciation of Mr. Cromwell, general counsel fodl the new Freneh -Panama Canal Company and counsel and director of the Panama railroad, which is owned by .the United States government, He charged that "through the manipulations of Mr. Cromwell the Freneh Canal company was permitted to steal from the Unit ed States government three or four mion dollars.'' And that after he "had become an officer in fact of the United States, 'le became a party to an attempt to collect from the United States a fraudulent claim on the part of the Canal company of $2,200,000. He also was unsparing in his at take upon Don Jose Domingo de Obal dia, president of Panama, who, he said, represented "as no other Span ishi-American statesman in his genera tion all that is corrupt in Spanish American politics.'' "Without Obaldia,"''he stated, "Cromwell's career would have been impossible. Without Cromwell, Obal dia would have been impossible.'' Against President-elect Taft, now I en route to the Canal Zone, Mr. Rainey directed the accusation that on the occasion of his last trip to, Panama in May "he did nothing on! the Isthmus except to openly push the candidacy of Ubaldia for the * presideney.'' He asserted that a very thinly veiled threat to seize the Republic if Obaldia was not elected was contained in a letter written by Mr. Taft to the then President Amar ado, ar d th.at to prevent this Arias, Obaldia's opponent, withdrew. President's Attack on Tillman. Reference to President, Roosevelt's recent attack on Senator Tillman was made by Mr. Rainey in asserting that Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, was -responsible for the~ expenditure on January 1 last of over one million dol lars for the purchase of the steam ships Shiawmut and Tremont for the Panama Railroad company, which the canal commission did not want and did not need, but which were bought because "the constituents of the sen ior senator from Massachusetts. want ed to sell them.'' He said that "for some weeks the seeret agencies of the government had been at work investi gating the senior senator from South Carolina. "'They hiavt-,'' he said, "discovered that he 't.ed his frank inadvertently in private correspond enee and so deprived the government o.f recvenue to the amount of two cents, and the matter was considered important enough to be embodied in a spcal message from the president to C0ng'reSS. The senior senator fro Massachusetts, I believe, is still invi ed to the White House dinners, is tl president's friend and adviser ar the cabinet maker for the incomii president. I have not heard of ai secret serviee ag,ents disturbing t] senior senator from Massachusett and yet he is directly. individual and solely responsible that there w. taken out of the treasury of the Uni ed States over one million dollars. Cromwell's Part in the Deal. "A year or two after the indepen ence of Panama," contintred M Rainey, "the officials of the little R4 public commenced to absorb idea:s < patriotism peculiarly distasteful i Mr. Cromwell. Mr. Cromwell dete, mined to' displaoe Dr. Amarado, an the other leaders of the constitutionc party of Panama, and put in as pres dent some more pliant personage! less devoted to 'high ideas and, o :ourse, in such an !emergency as tha his attention was directed to his ol friend and ally, Obaldia. He was man after Cromwell's own heart. S it was determined that Obaldia wa to become president of Panam Cromwell and his friends had dev6l oped certain methods for despoilin and robbing the little country, an, they did not propose to be interrupt ed in any way by the aWakened publi patriotism and honesty of Docto Amarado and his friends.' "Subsequently,'" he said, "Oba' dia's opponent withdrew on accoun of the interference of Secretary Ta-f in the elections, and Obaldia wa elected." In President Amarado farewell message to the general a sembly, said Mr. Rainey, he directl charged Mi. Taft with forcing th election of Obaldia. "The plan of Mr. Cromwell an his associates," he declared was t "absolutely appropriate to their ow use the revenues of the Republic an to steal the forests and the publi lands. The necessity for Mr. Taft interference and for the election c Obaldia becomes now as plain a day.'' Mr. Rainey referred to the fa< that there was pending and about t be adopted in the general assembly c Panama "the most infamous railroa proposition ever submitted to an governinnt,'" by which Randolph ( Ward, of New York, was to be larg ly the beneficiary. He called atter tion to what he said was the failut of Arnold Shanklein, the America consul general at Panama, to mal a report required by the bureau < forestry last year because "he ev dently feels 'he owes 'his position theri to Win. Nelson Cromwell,'' an charg'ed that certain interested pa ties were seeking to ievy tribute ul on the people of Panama and ind *retly the people of the United State in connection with these timber lan deals. "It will be interesting to kno' who t-he gentlemen are who are ai tempting in .this way to impoveris the Republic of Panama,'' h,e sai< and he mentioned William Nelso Cromwell, Roger T. Farnhamn, W. E Earvey and Charles P. Taft. "Since the election of last Noven ber,' he cont-inued, "under the shai w of the dome of the capitol a brea line appears daily, constantly increas ing in length. If we permit th sheme of Win. Nelson Cromwel Roger T. Farnham, Charles P. Tai and othe"s t<, go .through on th~ Isthmus of Panama this governmer> will have there a bread line contair ing four hundred .thousand people. f we "permit the men who are al tempting to steal and appropriate t their own use the revenues of th: Republi,'' we place upon .the Unite States the burden of caring for thos .people, he said. "I do not charge that the genth4 man who will be inaugurated ,pres dent of the United States on the 4t day of March 'is a party to this inft mous scheme for robbing this littl country. His friendship for Cron well, Farnham and'E. A. Drake, members of tshe board of directors ( the Panama railroad. his continue endorsements of both Cromwell an Farnham, his interference on th Isthmus of Panama, which compelle the election of a corrupt statesmai absolutely under the control of Cron well as president of that Republic, a these things and other things ft wich the present administration responsible-made possible by ti signing of a contract by Obaldi which may bring to the gentlemen ni terested therein, riches beyond ti dreams of avarice. It will not 1 long, if this scheme goes through, b fore the campaign contributions mad by some of the gentlemen intereste in this enterprise. will be returned hundredfold.'' Mr. Rainey charged that Mr. Cron vel and Mr. Farnhami have been a, iiely engaged here tor' two orP thr< weeks pro~mptinH treaties affectic Colombia and Panama pending befo: the senate. lie said .that if the plar of Mr. Cromwell and his a.ssociat< go through, and if these treaties m: confirmed there will be no revenut n Panama out of which to pay ti: m iillion dollars or more Indemnity to t- Colombia, payment of which is guar ie anteed by tfhis country. id "The United Statesgovernment will y 1g be called upon to pay it all." he pre- g 1v dieted. ''and if these plans for the T le spoilation of Panama proceed to a| successful conclusion. it will not be 1Y long until immense burdens of a dif- L IS ferent character connected with Pa t- nama. will be imposed on our treas- y urv.'' 'These patriotic gentlemen.'" said I- Mr. Rainey in conclusion, "therefore r are being permitted not only to rob the Republic of Panama but indirect f ly to rob the treasury of the United ; States. and in their oeffrts to advance - their own interests, they have had so d far the .cornplete cooperation and theE 1 active assistance of the present ad - ministration and of the next presi dent of the United States. f The President Defended. t From the very outset of his re a marks Mr. Rainey claimed the abso- F a lnte attention of t.he house, and h;e 0 was frequently applauded. s Incensed at the remarks of the Ili - nois member. Mr. Stevens. of Minnes ota, declared it to be "extremely re grettable that any member of this house feels called upon to rise in his place and slander the ruler of a e friendly Republic and defame the ad r ministration of his government. He had proceeded that far when he L- was called to order by Mr. Shackle t ford, of Missouri. who objected to the t use of the word 'slander.'' S The chair admonished Mr. Stevens, a who promised to keep within the rules. He argued that it was no Y business of the American government e what any other government did with S its persons or its property. "provided b d it does not affect our interests." 0 "The steamships referred to by n Mr. Rainey." said Mr. Stevens. d ''were a legitimate purchase, and O e were doing valuable service in pre s venting Trans-Continental lines froml robbing the government. He knew of I s no work, he said, which was being prosieuted as efficiently and as hon estlv as that of excavating the canal. 0 He scouted the talk about graft, and d declared that those having the under- S d taking in charge were proceeding i without self-interest. "and in spite . of the detractions at home in news papers. by public men and by others who have other ends to serve.''" e Mr. Stevens was followed by Mr. "Kuesterman, of Wisconsin. who ex e pressed his disapproval of what he said were the slighting remarks against the president made by Mr. eRainey. He paid a tribute to the d president, and said that while the c hief executive 'had his faults, the 7 would be recorded as one of the greatest presidents the 'country had sever had. - LIFE ISN'T WORTH LIVING.I hThis Statement May be Generally At- 8, tributed to the Lack of Good 10 Health. co We want to talk to people who are Bi - nervous, who suffer frequent head- fr . aches, who don't enjoy tieir food, be a who are irritable, quickly lose their . temper, are so tired and worn out iis e that they feel they must give up, and di ,have become so despondent that life st doesn't seem worth living. We know Li e exactly what is the ma.tter with .peo- p t ple in this condition, and if they will .- follow our advice, we can tell them how to regain good health and that a --bouyanrey of feeling which makes life o seem all sunshine and happiness. s Most of the above deseribed con d ditions are chiefly caused by catarr e hal inflammation of the mucous mem- pi branes. This delicate web-like lin- er - ing of the body becomes inflamed and F< i- congested until weakness and mental 12 h depression follows. The only way t that this can be overcome is through e a treatment of the blood. We 'have -the treatment, and we are so positive ~sthat it will produce the results we f e laim for it that we will supply it to jhc d anyone with the understanding that Pi d we will return to them every penny le~ ethey paid us in everV instance where er a the treatment is not in every way sat .isfactory and beneficial to them. 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