The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-04

holiday recess lie quoted literally from
the speech, paid considerable attention to
the conspicuous errors of fact upon which
the Senator's argument is based. The Sen
ator had contended. said Mr. Morgan, that
the company must complete the canal BY
1897. ten years from the date at which
the concessions were granted. The fact
was, however. asserted by Mr. Morgan,
that the company had two years to make
preliminary arrangements and ten years
after that, or until October, 1892 to com
pietc the project. He argued against the
proposition of Mr.. Turpie, that the canal
should be built by sections and asserted
that the cost would be three times greater
to build it than If constructed in the or
binary manner. Mr.. Morgan declared that
If the Senator's position regarding the pos
shility of the successful completion of
the canal in view of the obstacles named
by him was correct, the substitute offered
by MIR. Turpie, providing for survey
To ascertain the practicability of con-
struction vas Illogical If the pictures
the conditions existing were true, there
could be nothing but an affront to Nicara
qua in a survey designed to bring his
sketches into stronger light and to dis
play that country in horrible nakedness.
If the company had gone TO London in
stead of coming to Washington for char
ter the canal would now be completed or
nearly so and 1t would. like the Suez canal,
be under the civil and military control
Regarding MIR. Turpie's illusions to the
'beneficaries. under the bill, Mr.. Mor1 N
said in part:
THE Senator. In his wild raid against the
so-called benefciaries of this bill who will
In fact be driven out of the most valuable
of their rights If they be compelled to
accept its provisions, seems to ignore the
fact that another great Senator from In
diana, now dead, was beneficiary as he
calls 1t, and that an ex-President was it's
open and firm advocate. ] do not know
that these facts at all recommend this
,snide corporation TO his friendship. In
deed. 1T may be that President Harrson's
support of the bill is the worst feature
In it, according to his way of view
ing. the matter. l shall be sorry if such
a fact should so faint the whole canal
scheme that the Senator cannot stomach
1t. There was "A man, told, who
was advised by his doctor to abstain to-
water exclusively. He protested that If
he did that he would soon starve for fluids.
He said that since Noah's flood the. water
has tasted strongly of sinners that he
never could swallow a drop of it. / fear
that this enterprise has such lingering
odor of Harrison about it that the Sena-
tor Will never give his consent to the build
ing of a canal in Nicaragua"
The Senator from Indiana had said. Mr..
Morgan continued, that after long search
he had failed to find any legislative pre-
cedent for the BILL In this connection Mr..
Morgan cited the action of the government
in taking $,0O0,000 stock in the Bank of the
United States and the law of 1874 provid-
ing for the Endorsement of $50, OOO 900 of the
bonds of the District Of Columbia. Moth
ing. Mr.. Morgan asserted, existed or could
exist beyond our territorial limits to abridge
the power of Congress to regulate COM
merce with foreign countries This SUBJ
gsct, said the Senator, lis too great to
be dwarfed into a target for the Senator's
tMr. Turpie') sardonic wit and the bill
before the Senate is too strong and too
well adjusted to fall before any mans Gym
teal sneerS. The Senator from Indiana
has only been threshing over old straw,
and the meager yield of grain seems to
provoke him. held as he is. under the torrid
analysis Before Mr.. Morgan finished his
remarks the Senate. at o'clock, adjourned.