The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-18

four hours today Mr. Morgan CAlal. chair
man of the isthmiau canal committee. al
dressed the senate on the subject OF thN
Nicaragua canal lie devoted the greater
part NJ his speech to a consideration "
tho dcsirability aud practicablity of tho
two principal routes, Nicaragua ANA Pan
anna. lie Strcmou,ly favored the former
and maintained that in every possible re.
spcct It had many advantages over tle
Panama route.
soon after the senate convened hill
granting to the Mobile. Jackson and Kan
sas city railroad the right To use tract
pt and held for lighthouse purposes on
thoJaW poin. Mobile county, Alabama,
WIS passed providing for the transfer nf
the ttlc to tho military reservation at
Baton Rouge. Lat. tp the Lon 7anu state
uu r~ity aud Agricultural and Merhan
rhc resolutions offered hv MIR. Culbcrsou
lIrvas'. directing tine secretary of war to
send to the sonHtc statement Of money
puiI hy On" United States on account of
tho Philippine commission and q statement
oI the money expended for sending troops
10 the Philippines ana for their maintnn
auCo. wore agreed To-.
Mr.. Morgan lAIt. chairman of the com
Wul"" Oh isthmian canals, At the conon
sion Of routine business addressed the sen
NE upon the Hepburn bill providing for
NiEnIuguHu canal
lie assumed. I'm beginning, that the sen
atc was convinced of tine Indispensable
.nWoctcr ~ q clnal- that 1t was % No
ttoual necessity. and that 1t was only
choice OF method, aud q comparison of VA.
iipuaI advantages which Wis left TO decide.
aN questions OF financial ability on private
interests ot political HAS having hncn
rclcgatcd to the rear hy command of
free. honest and powerful people. II Is t.
reach the Logical results that should FOL,
y
either canal route i'm deciding the prefer
ouce and : win try to present an outline
of the questions that now require discus
sion. -....... ,...,, ..,.,
with conclusive force in-thc form stated i'm
the six propositions. which I will now
state:
II W. bayc rrgrhod iho noint whore
uya.tIratiun IL r0mpIrta hv observation.
cxpefrncc. sceiutlfc research and forecast
ana these means of luoylodge arc as con.
it.i,. ~ thT f.,t. as ,,. T,t,Id borc a.
make them i'm aWotbor btn century 6f de-
law
:2 TN. question now tn boz decided il
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i"r i \ >.,.7r' 5 ., pt ,' ""'"
.a rho rontreiIinr fa.tor in m9ling This
.ci..tion tbc .ys,iror.' ~ 49,, i
,.r.,r",,i,., ,I tba, ;u $50, III
ronti, r.rf7l fo. ,,,,,,,,i15,, e.. Tho ,,a,Is
~ ,5s goLc,un,o,t .,n5 H. noli.io. ". a,,I
l III ~u' H"'y"' 'uu ~ i,"l,l'S, aug
soL inc o'"'N' OF tue Pe"p'' " inc 'h'ted
'"i .,,,, If ,,,.,ro, ,,,..,,..,.,. Gov. .,.
v sum ot money necessary Tor "N
p'uulIII' j." 'u' WIFE OF 'GnSl II'uhE su'n
" 'Hu'' lT "''ump hsu, Suyh N""N can not
ne igaNvNanE compared WIN m" rc9i 'alu'
"l Inc results 10 inc peunlr and the gov
"rumoht of the United states. and the
,n"'r "t GiiAer route. win Nnto' mlelli.
-'hl ana sincere regard To rs permanent
controlled or affected hr difference i'm th,
present cost OF conStrnrllon, J will say,
within limit Of S'o"""o
81, -. ne assured certainty Of suoccsS IN
w., on OF y prLu9nrhl 'Snal u or
Of tho r,ngl rnutp CoosiIornI s. ~ yi,,,