The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-12
ALABAMA SENATOR OPPCS SES THE
PANAMA ROUTE.
ADJOURN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Senate in Executive Session This
Afternoon for the Considera-
tion Of Hay-Pauncefote
-t Treaty.
(By Associated Press.)


Washington, Dec. 12.-The senate to-
day passed the house resolution to ad-
tourn for the holidays from December 19
to January g.
The senate committee on is,thmian
canals today authorized a favorable re-
port on Senator Morgan's bill providing
for the acquisition Of Nicaragua AMI
Costa Rica of the right of way via the
Nicaraguan route.
Senator Morgan later presented this
report to the senate, accompanied by the
return of the bill with report on the
subject of 8 canal across the isthmus.
Action on the bill providing for the
construction of the canal was deferred.
Makes Thorough Inquiry.
Senator Morgan's report deals with
many questions connected with the con-
struction Of the canal, including thor
ough inquiry into the attitude of Great
Britain upon the subject and the differ
ent canal routes. He also discussed the
relationship of the Panama Canal COM
pany to the construction by the United
States Of waterway across the isthmus,
and while he makes reference to letter
written by President Hutin of the
Panama Canal company, to Secretary Of
State Hay. he does not give the text of
the communication.
Mr.. Morgan says the letter to Secre-
tary Hay was dated November %. and
that it was written after Admiral Walker
as president OF the commission, had
closed his correspondence with M. Hutin,
relating to the sale of the Panama canal.
He then adds:
Admiral Walkers Letter.
1.-The letter to Mr. Hay, with the ap-
pendixes thereto and the memoranda
that accompany it, is an attack upon the
president and the commission, replete
with false assumptions and perversions
Of facts, and is evidently intended to
create a side issue, the debate upon
which it is hoped by M. Hutin will delay,
If 1t does not. defeat, the final action of
congress in providing for the construc-
ton of any canal.
This proceeding and the placing of
this correspondence in the hands of the
president by M. Hutin, with request
that 1t be communicated to congress, is
but continuation of the presumptuous
and offensive proposition previously
made by the Panama Canal company"
''This company in a previous adminis-
tration had succeeded in obtaining the
resignation of secretary of the navy, to
accept the nominal position in their SER
vice, at large salary, and expended
N.5O0.000 in New York chiefly in acquir-
ing the aid Of leading business houses in
promoting the De Lesseps plan without a
dollar OF stock being subscribed in that
company. The desperate financial straits
Of the new Panama Canal company COM
PEELED them to make overtures to the
United States to unload their enterprise
on the United States and their agents
became accordingly aggressive in this
effort"
In the senate today Mr.. Allison, from
the committee on appropriations. favor
ably reported the concurrent resolution
adopted by the house providing for a
holiday recess from December 19 to Jan
uary 8. 1902. and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Mason, from the committee on
manufactures, submitted a favorable re-
port on bill relating to the adulteration
Of food products and addressed the SEN
ate briefly, criticizing certain products
which had come under the observance
Of the committee. On motion of Mr..
Lodge the senate at p. H.. went into
executive session.
At p. m. the senate went into execu.
tive session to further consider the Hay
Pauncefote treaty.