Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-20
SPOONER BILL PASSED
Senate Leaves to President Choice OF
Canal Route.
THE VOTE STOOD AZ TO "a,
Closing Hours of the General De-
bate Heard Able Arguments
In Favor of Both Panama
and Nicaragua.

| WASHINGTON, June oO-The senate
| during the afternoon. by a vote of ~
| to "a. adopted the Spooner amendment
| offered as "A substitute for the house
| lstlnian canal bill.
| TIL" first yea and nay vote was upon
all amendment offered by Mr.. Bacon
| Wa) to the Spooncr amendment Great
| Ing commission to have charge of the
preliminary work of constructing the
canal. 1t WAS in no way test vote,
1t was adopted-52 to -.
When the days debate on THO bill
was begun. Mr.. Spooner ot1creH form
ally his amendment rs II SUBSTITUTE for
Ill" pending SO called Hepburn \ira-
ragua canal bill, The alIudment left
the choice of routes/to President
Roosevelt.
IIr. Clark tMont) t(lcn addressed the
senate in support N the Nicaragua ca
mai route. He thouuht if onn-half the
objections to "th the Nicaragua and
the Panama ;nutcs were valid neither
route WouIT be adopted. However, he
WAS SaU@fVd the CONSENSUS of con-
StrVatl|e opinion in this country was
'hat y -reat isthmian waterway should
b" y Instructed. The American people.
h. sad. We're not to be deferred. You
Iua' delay the project said he. but
ytu cannot defeat it.
Panama IL iI""d"". Says Clark.
The difficulties of constructing the
canal. he believed. We're exaggerated.
He thought that the Nicaragua rout"
was to he preferred. as II was. in his
'piuiuh. more feasible and practi
cable than the Panama route Mr.,
Clark declared that the Panama canal
schom" was Il hoodoo which ought t"
be stunned and avoided. He said the
Panama canal plan had left Il heritage
Of ruin. disaster and IrSolaton.
Mr. Allison rNl ailird why he should
vut" for the Sp0oNpr substitute. H."
Believed there was Il general desire
among the American propl" for AN
isthniAn canal. and the pC0p!" desired.
TOO. that the United States government
should construct and control the canal.
He pointed out that the eyes of the
American people had been directed
particularly toward the Nicarag qua
route because il was supposed that as
French company had the concessions
for the Panama route the United
States was barred from that route.
Mr.. Allison said it was proposed now
to build a canal thirtyfve feet deep
and wide enough and with a volume of
~ fnn liirt
ship II float. The minimum expenditure
for the construction of the canal, he
> .;n,yn ,I5s0d!d be more than S2uO,uoO.
tsr. 40 meet this enormous eXpendi-
tlre he favored the borrowing of the
money. making proper provision for
liquidating the principal and interest
Of the bonds.
Morgnn's Final Effort.
Mr. Morgan. chairman of the inter
oceanic canal committee, ut the con
cllsion of Mr.. Allison's remarks began
his speech closing the debate. He said
the canal issue seemed to have come
down to q single pont-that of finance.
ON that point he deferred to Mr.. ALI
son. hut he did not believe with him
that il would he necessary to issue
bonds to pay for the construction of a
canal
Mr. Morgan presented the follow
ing letter he had received from Sec
rotary of State Hay concerning the
point raised in the isthmian canal de-
bate by Mr.. Kittredge Is. d..
II am requested by the minister of
Costa Kica to inform the committee on
interocranic canals that he has been
instructed by his government to make
known to that of the United States
that the government of Costa Rica is
prepared to take all necessary steps to
! II themselves in II position to ncgO1i-
AZ" with the government Of the United
.,tos Il treaty for appropriate cnncrs-
sj"ns FOR an i>lhniHn canal on terms
substantially rs proposed Ivy the GOV
e.i.lMVnt Of tn" United States
The communication was laid on the
table
Mr.. Morgan particularly denounced
tn" Panama canal route as "a place
where labor and death join hands"
He said he had been trying to protect
the United States from the shame of
intercourse with it. Those who want
ed ito touch that thing" might do so.
Il would not do it," he declared, "for
both canals"