The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-12-19
Y &c Gives Endorsement to
E,Organ's Canal Plan. d.
SOF WATERWAY ROUTED
RrDoeuA .nator Hurls scathlng Re
'dlqnl those Who Have Here
, 'r'1 and Are Now OPP
posing canal.

The ate committee on isOnni'aA
canals rsday authorized a favora'
BILE repcip on Senator Morgan VA.
providin,r The acquisition from Mica
ragua aroi sta RIGA Of the risnt oi
way via nicaragua route, Senator
Morgan / presented this report to
the senat cd ompanying the, return
of the bil4tH a yoluminous report
upon the ,e vi subject of a caaal
across thev"ssphus. Action upon the
bill providin(N the construchon 81
the canal waSaferred.
Senator Nouns report covers
more than 500 Res Of printed matter,
and deals with any Of u, questions
connected with I, construcnu OF the
canal, includingk thoroush CURRY
into the attitude 4 Great Britain pom
the subject Of Ae dineren' nal
routes. He also dfusses tlie on
ship Of the Panama Cana OonR g 70
the construction bt the vhivS states
of a waterway acrdy th9islts. and
while he makes reRd letter
written by Presidef 141Nfnf the
Panama company, hS6es not give the
text of the communil ion, which was
written to Secretary State Hay.
Referring to the Pa ma Canal Com
pany, Mr.. Morgan sal:
The desperate tin&ial straits OF
the new Panama Cana Company COM
PEELED them to make 4rtures to the
United States to unlo their enter
prise on the United Sizes, and their
agents became accordi1y aggressive
in this effort"
Contending for the lportance OF
the enterprise, Mr.. Morn urges that
no nation nor any combation Of prl-
vate interests can haveln my right to
prevent its construction,
He attributes the failurto construct
the canal in the past to IL attitude OF
other nations, saying;
For the past fifty yearthe power
and influence Of the Brish'> govern
ment, aided by combinatns in the
United States and France, LAS defeat
ed all efforts to open an Amican 18TH
milan canal"
Continuing on this line, ltsays:
THAT antagonism which an i'm
perial policy of Great BritA in the
beginning has become a planlor gath
ering wealth by levying tolls pom tbs
commerce Of America, and its trengtl
Of purpose will increase unit some
more powerful and just indcemen
viii lead Great Britain to rtax iii
grasp and permit us to take are o.
our country. The combinatins a
home and in France that have hsisteC
in suppressing the demands of ur In
dustrial classes for canal TO cameo
the great oceans are chlehy the rams
continental railways in Canada aid II
Panama and those in the United Safe
eight great corporations that nov
control almost the entire transprta
ton service between the oceans tina
wash the coasts of the western hdnis
phere."
He declares that II diplomatic etor
to rid the world of the baneful domps
ton of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty faf
congress should abrogate it. The ms
jor portion of the report was made u
fore the new -Pauncefote trest
had been promulgated but in an appa
dix the following reference is made
that treaty:
III two-thirds of the senate shall co
cur with the government Of Great BrI
ain in establishing an effective bas
on which a canal for ships through IL
American isthmus shall be operate
for the security and benefit Of all n
tons, such agreement will be consl
cred as an advanced step in true ci
ilization honorable to both COVER
ments and rich in blessings to ma
kind"