The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-26
And Raps sAnti-Imperialists by Saying
the United States Owes Nothing
to the Rebel FiIipinos.
POLITICS AND THE CANAL
THE SENATOR MAKES CHARGES
AGAINST THE PANAMA COMPANY.
Says IL Is influencing Those I'm Au-
thority to Hold Up the Nicaragua
Bill TIL After Election.

the Spooner Philippine bill was continued
in the Senate to-day by Mr.. Morgan. OF
Alabama. On the general question Of the
ownership and government of the United
States of the Philippine islands he was in
accord with Senators Spooner and Lodge,
but he regared the pending bill unwise
and dangerous legislation because of the
great power IT placed in the hands OF the
President. He was satisfied. however, that
the measure would not be passed by this
Congress and declared that IL was being
used as a foil to thrust aside the Mica
ragua canal bill. Much of his speecn was
devoted to the canal bill and to denuncia-
ton of the efforts to prevent its enactment
at this session.
At the opening OF the session Mr.. CAL
linger presented conference report on the
bill granting to Mrs. Guy V. Henry. widow
of General Henry. a pension. The conferees
reduced the amount Of pension from 500 to
s75 a month. The report was agreed TO.
Mr.. Morgan introduced a bill TO punish
crimes against the United States commit
ted within State. He said the bill seemed
TO unlock the difficulty the government was
in now as to the extradition of an offender
from the United States TO Cuba. The bill
was referred to the judiciary committee.
MR.. MORGAN's SPEECH.
The Philippine bill was then taken up
and Mr.. Morgan addressed himself to it.
He agreed with Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Spooner
In their contentious as to the Philippines,
but to the pending bill he differed from
them on some constitutional points and as
to the necessity for and wisdom OF the
enactment of the measure. He agreed that
the Philippines were ours and that the
title of the United States to the islands
under the treaty of Paris was clear and
beyond any question. Mr.. Morgan declared
that no promises had ever been made by
our military and naval commanders to-
recognize the Tagalo government In fact,
no such government existed In the Philip
pines when Dewey arrived there and took
Manila At that time Aguinaldo was In
Singapore enjoying the pay for his treach-
cry he had received from the spaniards.
He denounced Aguinaldo as a political adj
venturer and traitor. and asserted that we
would have disgraced ourselves before all
the nations of the earth had we yielded
to the demand of Aguinaldo and his fol-
lowers to loot the islands. and especially
Manila"
as concentrating all the power over the
Philippines in the President of the United
States. 1t was legaiizing sbsolutism and
took away from the Senate the power TO
confirm the appointments OF the President
II do not know" said Mr.. Morgan
whether the President is demanding from
Congress this imperial power. His con-
duct thus far of our island possessions
does not Justify the suspicion that he de-
sires the vast powers conferred upon him
by this bill merely for his own aggrandize-
ment or for any imperial purposes This is
an unhallowed power and ought not TO be
conferred upon the President" Fraud had
already touched his administration in Cuba,
but no one is more sorrowful over IL than
he; no one Is more indignant than he
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Mr.. Morgan made long argument In
support of the Nicaragua canal as doubly
necessary now we were I'm the Philippines
He declared there was even now revolu-
ton in the State of Panama which was be-
ing fomented, melted and aided by various
canal companies which had propositions
before the United States for its considera-
ton. Referring 10 the suggestions that had
been made TO this government by these
canal companies he inquired: I'D like to
know how much OF this kind OF snsolence
the American Senate can stand without
having its stomach turned" He bitterly de-
nounced the syndicates which had been
organized under New York and New Jersey
laws "for the purpose of controlling canal
routes on the Isthmus OF Darien.
at is an outrage on all public decency."
laws of the United States. While I stand
here TO rebuke # the railroad combination
opposing the canal bill is to-day controlling
the people of the United States by a con-
spiracy and combination TO compel them to
pay full railroad rates charged al the pleas
ure of this great railroad combination.
from which their industries are suffering 10
an extent indescribabie and which nobody
has yet even attempted TO estimate"
With earnestness and vigor Mr.. Morgan
arraigned the new Panama Canal Company
for having been instrumental in preventing
the passage OF the Nicaragua canal bill
al the present session. Never" he de-
clared, has the United States government
and the United States Congress been
badgered and cuffed about as we have been
by this new Panama Canal Company. and
the quiet submission and ease with which
we take IL can be accounted for only In
one way. and that Is. the presidential
election is pending and we are afraid TO
tackle any corporation that has. or pro-
fesses TO have. some great power"
Mr.. Morgan maintained there was no
proper reason why the pending Nicaragua
canal bill should not be passed at once. Il
was demanded by the people and they
would demand an accounting from the