Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-10
THEWORK OF CONGRESS-
Closing Words In the Debate on the
Canal Bill.
SPEECH BY MR.. CANNON
The senate Confirms the Nominations
Of Shaw to BE Secretary of Treas
ury and Payne to be POST
master General.

the house met. Mr.. Adamson (Ga),
the first speaker. urged the passage of
the Hepburn bill without amendment.
He argued that the time had come for
action and that equivocation now could
only result in delaying the commence
ment of the canal.
Mr.. Wooten CreX.) also argued that
the bill should be passed without
amendment. If the Morris amendment
were adopted, he said, the canal would
become n conditional project surround
ed by doubts and difficulties which
might doom it to final failure owing to
international political complications.
Mr.. Wooten said he did not favor an
amendment to fortify the canal. He
| believed such an amendment savOred
more of spurious sentiment than sound
| trail canal.
| At this point. upon the request of
Mr.. Davis (Flal. the time for general
debate was extended.
Mr.. Sparkman (Fla.) spoke in favor
of the Hepburn bill.
| Mr.. Cannon Gll), chairman of the
appropriations committee, then took
the floor. His remarks were given
| close attention.
MIR. CnnnOn's Speech.
The building of this canal, he said,
was business proposition and should
be considered from a business stand
point. 1ientlemen talked about this
proposed canal having been agitated
for 400 years and used that as all ar
gument why members of congress
should fall over each other to vote for
the pending bill Personally he had
favored a canal for.years. but because
he had not been willing to proceed
without information and against fixed
treaty lava he had been called hard
names.
| Mr.. Cannon at this point clashed
sharply WITH Mr.. Hepburn. who is in
charge OF the bill. Mr.. Cannon criti-
cised .the Iowan for withholding his
| speech from the record. and Mr.. Hep
burn characterizfng Mr.. Cannon's crit
icfsm as "querulons and for an i'm
proper purpose" stated that he had
only exercised privilege customarily
exercised by members. but Iae offered
then and there to give Mr. Cannon the
speech and sent 1t over to him by a
page.
MnsCanncn. discussing the Language
of the bill, said that under it's "artfu
language" full power was given not
only to pay Nicaragua and Costa Rica
and the Maritime Canal company then
demands. but also the American and
Nicaraguan spectators who owned
property along the route. He criticised
the undue haste of the promoters of
the Nicaragua canal He wanted to see
the protocol that ha:l been recently ne
gotiated. He objected to the provision
that contracts could tie made FOR the
whole work.
Mr. Cannon said he would vote fol
The Morris amendment, and if thai
failed he would move to recommit, sc
the bill could be amended.
Senate Confirms Nominations.
The senate in executive session con
firmed the nominations of Hon. L. NJ
Shaw to be secretary Of the treasury
and of Hon. Henry T. Payne to be
postmaster general.
As soon as the senate met, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Hale (MN the senate
agreed that when-it adjNurn 1t be un
til Monday next.
Mr.. Cockrell (AIO.) reported from the
committee on military affairs the re-
suit of the Heistand inquiry that was
conducted under the Pettigrew resolu
ton of the last session. No action was
taken on the report.
A house bill appropriating $4,000 fol
furnishing transcripts of records OF
the general land Office was passed.
At 1910 p. nj. the senate, on motion
of Mr. Cullom. went into executive
session and at 1 80 p. IN. adjourned un
til Monday.
The senate committee on commerce
has authorized favorable report on
Senator Nelson's bill for the creation
of an executive department of the
government, to be known as the de
partment of commerce.