The Washington times., 1894-04-08
ALL FAVOR THE CANAL.

Expressions from Governors of Many
States on the Nicaragua Enterprise.
Boston, Mass. April THE Traveller, OF
this city. which has been an earnest advocate
OF the building of the Nicaragua canal, re-
Gently sent out letters to the Governors of the
various states and the most prominent mem
bers of Congress, asking their opinion as to
the value of the canal to this country and
whether or not the government should con-
struct and control the waterway. Answers
have been received from thirty-one Governors
and forty members OF Congress, and are
printed to-day.
The Governors of the southern states with
out exception either favor the government
building and owning the canal outright. or,
at least extending aid to whatever corpora
ton builds it.
Governor Stone, of Mississippi, says:
1t is no longer question whether the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans shall be united by slip
great waterway after its completion. The an
swer is practically unanimous that i, should be
controlled by the United States
Governor Waite, OF Colorado, says:
The United States government, in conjunction
with the Central American republics, should
build this canal at national expense. / do not
favor the passage of the mortgage bill for the
construction of the bill, any other bill which
provides Tor It's construction by any private
corporation or provides TO issue government
bonds in aid of any private corporation.
Governor McGraw. of Washington. believes
that the United States should construct. own,
and operate the canal.
Governor Hogg. of Texas. takes very pro-
nounced grounds against the United States
fostering such an enterprise while under
private control. He says:
The government should prohibit foreign or
w hal nal nd
construct, own and operate it herself.
Governor Greenhalge, OF Massachusetts,
says:
1t is sufficiently certain that no such under
taking will be contemplated as a private ven-
ture If IT is to be achieved at all, it must be
a national undertaking Our country cannot
suffer the control Of such a waterway by any
foreign power
Governor Llewelling, OF Kansas. declares
that it would be desirable that the United
States should own and operate the canal as
the exclusive property of the United States.
Governor Carr, of North Carolina, writes:
1t would open the markets of the East to the
products of our cotton mills, and thereby in
crease the demand For the benefit of this coun-
try, both from military and commercial stand
point, the canal should be under the supervision
OF the United States government
Congressman Bryan. of Indiana; Washing
ton, of Tennessee; Kilgore, Bell, and Abbott,
of Texas, declare themselves heartily in favor
of its construction. but say they would not
vote for any measure which would pledge the
United States to guarantee the bonds of any
private corporation.
Senators Stockbridge and Mcmillan, OF
Michigan; Perkins, of California; Dolph and
Mitchell, of Oregon; Morgan. of Alabama;
Frye. of Maine, and ConGressmen Henderson.
of Iowa; Burrows, of Michigan; Storer, of
Ohio; Van Voorhiss, of New York; Doolittle, of
Washington. and number of others in both
political parties, say they are in favor Of and
will vote for such bill as that proposed by
Senator Morgan.
The Traveller editorially in commenting
upon the symposium of views presented
takes advanced grounds in favor of either
government aid or government ownership
and the early completion of the canal.