The morning call., 1894-02-16

trans Mississippi States, on behalf OF the great
American people, hope that amendment viii
be adopted. was quoted. or rather the press
in referring to what said the other night took
occasion TO remark, that had settled the ques-
tion as TO Hot being an antl-monopollst. Now,
| am nol man who is a crank on monopolles
Sometimes il may occur that monopoly Is
good thing. Sometimes doctor thinks IL IS
good thing 10 give patient dose OF calomei II
it does saliyate bin, But we do not want these
great waterways 10 fall into the hands OF any
corporation. We do nor want TO speak
IN any uncertainty. and by the adoption
OF the anne endment which has been
read from the STAND there Is no uncertainty
In the resolutions whirh we are TO adopt We
want the people of the Atlantic States, the
10 understand how we feed about this question.
We have enough object lessons of corporate
control OF highways. This great Government
of ours is able TO build that canal; ills able
10 control IT.; ii Is able 10 run iI, aye even
against the combined forces of Europe, il
necessary, and let Us do it, Let il go out over
the wires tonight IN the dispatches of the
Associated Press that The Trans Mississippi
Congress Is opposed to corporations; that the
delegates who come here honeS ly to represent.
rheii constituents are not in the pay of corr
Dorations-they are here in the interest of
humanity and the people of this country. [
Will noI deIalO you longer. i believe the intel
ligencs OF the congress will dictate the proper
course in:thls matter.
/. Merry of California said the man who
voted Tor the amendment would vote for
delay of three years in the completion
of the canal. His views were we'll known.
No one was more loyal to his country than
himself. The argument of tilbusters,
free hooters and bncaD neers was not patri-
Otic. The. danger of creating foreign
complications was insuperable except by
corporate work. The idea of condemning
all corporations just because they are
corporations was absurd. Spread-eagleism
was not argument; tnerlghts of other
Ma ions must Ue respected. +.
~ "When think" said Captain Merry,
chow commerce has been paralyZed for
want .of this waterway consider the man
who saws we+d0n't want this canal because
il will be built by co rporatiOn. is without
reason: The: Government would take
longer than "a corporation" / want to: see.
the canal and j advocate the most practical
way to have. it built under the present
circums tances. -. - =: ~. :: -.
<;& Thorn psun Of California said that Merry
himself was sorry that Cleveland had
withdrew the measure for completing
the:canalfrom the Senate. The congress
ought not to: ind0rse the error of the
President. -: u. s.: :
s: {: .barcar of California favored the amend
ment =: 80 :
l.: Van der Werker Of Arizona favored the
amendment. -. =. -.
Sharp OF Fresno said all the great work
OF the world had been done BY corpora
tions. He did not favor the amendment,
which he thought would inure to the dis
advantage of the ..poor: and suffering
people Of.the United States"
/: Warner OF Washing ton said the whole OF
his delegation would vote against the
amendment on the score of the delay
which it would EN- tail. The Northwest
wan ted the canal and must have it. The
speaker saw no danger of monopoly in the
resolution, but. rather the aecelera ton of
the work. ~ -; -
Shanklin of California favored com
promise making the amendment an alterna-
tive. ~: 81. -: