The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-13
Mr.. MORGAN ON THE CANAL.
He Took Three and n Half Hours of
Senate's Time Yesterday.

ScHHte time yesterday
Washington, June 12.-After consid-
ering the London dock charges bill for
an hour and a half to-day without COM
pleting it, the Senate resumed consid-
Grafton of the isthmian canal question.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama occupied the
floor for three hours and a half, dis
cussing the diplomatic phases of the
question.
Mr.. Morgan intimated that Minister
Silva of Colombia had been recalled
from Washington because the Colom-
bian government could raise no money
on his opinion, which was not in ac-
cord with the views of Colombia as to
canal concessions. He said that CO.
lombia, if the United States should pay
10000, 900 for the Panama canal, would
get $1,OOO,OOO down, and how many
millions more God only knows-or his
Satanic majesty-who, think, has
more to do with this business than the
Almighty
He said the Liberal party in Colom-
bla would never extend the concessions
of the new Panama canal company,
and if the United States should pay
$4,000, 900 for those concessions and the
property, it might as well as throw the
money into the sea. He repudiated the
idea that the Americans could be de-
ceived by any such foul and dirty
scheme.
He declared that there was never a
more mistaken piece of legislation than
the, Spooner amendment and referred
to it as having been offered lin the
name of the senator from Wisconsin,
Mr.. Spooner warmly resented the in
timation that he was not the author of
the amendment
To Borrow S13O,OOO, 900.
Mr. Fairbanks offered an amendment
to the Spooner amendment authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to bor-
row, from time to time, $3.50, 100000 for
the construction of the canal, bonds to
be issued for the amount borrowed, to
hear interest at per cent, payable in
gold; the bonds to be disposed of at
not less than par.
Mr.. Morgan Immediately criticised
Mr.. Fairbanks proposition, as being
simply another feature of the methods
being employed to delay the canal
construction.
With some heat Mr.. Fairbanks in
sisted that his amendment was per-
fectly reasonable and proper. He be-
lieved it, he said, to be in accord with
wise craftsmanship to distribute the
cost of the canal over a period of
years. instead of putting the burden
of the entire cost upon the people of
the present time.
HOar TaffIes Morgan.
Later Mr. Morgan suggested that he
was holding the craftsmanship of the
Oceanic Canals Committee as placebo
thrown to the Democrats; but Mr..
Hoar assured him that he did not hold
the position as a placebo, but because
the Republican side had regarded him
as one of the greatest living senator's,
as one of the greatest of living au-
thorities upon one of the greatest
questions.
II shall soon be one of the greatest
dead ones" suggested Mr.. Morgan
facetiously, unless the Republican
side shall take up this question in the
view of William Mckinley. who was
more responsible for 1t than l am, or
in that of Gen. Grant, who was more
responsible STILL
Earlier in the session Senator Mall
lory of Florida advocated the passage
of the London dock charges bill, al
though he was not certain that the
shippers would get very great benefit
from 1t.