The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-26
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been made to this government by these
canal companies, he inquired: It'd like
to know how much OF his kind OF insO-
lenCe the senate can stand without
having its stomach turned"
He bitterly denounced the syndicates
which had been organized under New
York and New Jersey laws FOR the
purpose Of controlling canal routes on
the Isthmus of DaTien."
ct is an outrage on all public de-
cency." he urged, AN open violation of
States. While [ stand here to rebuke
it. the railroad commission opposing
the canal is today controlling the people
of the United States by a conspiracy
and combination, compelling them to
pay full rates charged at the pleasure
of this great combination, by which
their industries are suffering to an
extent indesCTibable and which nobody
has yet even attempted to estimate"
Government Is Cuffed About.
With earnestness and vigor. Mr.. Nor
gan arraigned the new Panama Canal
company, for having been instrumental
in preventing the passage of the Mica
ragua canal bill at the present ses-
sion.
Never he declared, has the United
States government and the United
States congress been badgered and
cuffed about as we have been by this
Panama company; and the quiet sub
mission and ease with which we take
| it can be accounted for only in one way.
That IS that the presidential election
is pending and we are afraid to tackle
any corporation that has, or processes
TO have, some great power.
Mr. Morgan maintained there was no
| proper reason why the pending Mica
ragua canal bill should not be passed
at once. 1t was demanded by the peo-
! pie and they would demand an account
/ ing from the politicians. He could not
| believe the president was in league with
/ the politicians who were antagOnizing
/ the canal bill.
/ For" he inquired, Yehemently, rs
! il to be said that the president is
party to this ambideXtrOus and cross
eyed political rascality2"
He did not believe, either, that the
/ president was so afraid Of British in
/ fuence that he had an idea in his mind
/ of abandoning the canal project.
'As to the bin before the senate,
declared Mr. Morgan, referring to the
! Philippine measure, 1t is manifest tnat
/ it cannot pass congress at this session;
! indeed, il can never pass this congress
/ It Is irrational now for congress to
/ Iegfslate for conditions so remote, 50
( unknown and so hazardous"
/ ssThe president. who IS a candidate
/ for reelection" said he, SIS in the
/ hands of his friends. and his friends
are the enemies Of the Nicaragua
canal I hardly know whether to say 1
/ hope for the passage Of he canal Dill
/ at this session or not. That depends
uoon two men upon this floor If they
! ere controlled by a determination that
/ the revenues for Republican campaign
purposes shall not be cut of from the
/ great railroad and canal commissions
/ and svudicates. the bin cannot pass at
/ this session. The responsibility, how
/ ever, must rest unOn them.
Appropriation Bills Up.
Mr. Allison then called. up the sun
/ dry civil appropriation biz, which car
ries $65,S129S0, or over S4,OO0,OOO more
/ than the bill as X .3assed the house.
Sixty-five pages of the bill were dis
posed of.
/ Some discussion was p1eclpltated over
| q committee amendment providing That
the secretary of the treasury should
prescribe rules and regulations for the
enforcement of the contract labor law
and Chinese exclusion act.
Mr. Lodge (Alass.l offered an amend
! ment providing that the commissioner
/ general of immigra ton should prepare
the rules and regulations, and they
should be enforced after the secretary
of the treasury had approved them
Mr.. Allen (Neb.) opposed the amend
ment of the committee, maintaining
that It was a practical notification Of
the Chinese exclusion act and the con-
tract labor law. The whole matter, ne
declared. was IefI 70 the caprice OF
the secretary. ard this, too, while the
railways were hur1ying into the coun-
try thousands of japanese contract Ia
| bOrers.
Without action upon the amendment
the bill was laid aside until tomorrow
Speeches in honor of the memory OF
Hon. Daniel Ermentoutt, late repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania, closed
| the day