The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-13
Vigorously Attacks Fairbanks Amendment for a Bond
 Issue
MR. HANNA WILL SPEAK
 WEDNESDAY, AT Z O'CLOCK
Senator From Alabama Announces That He VIII Close the Debate If 1t Takes Till Midnight.
 Grows a Little Facetious.

Washington, June I1.-A1ter consluerd- tion of the London dock charges bill for an hour and a half today without com pIetng 1t the senate resumed considera- tion of the isthmian canal question. MT, Morgan of Alabama occupied the floor for three hours and a half. discussing particularly the diplomatic phases of the question.
 From this point he was diverted by an amendment introduced by MT. Fairbanks of Indiana providing for the issue of bonds for the construction of the canal. MT Morgan vigorously attacked the amendment, maintaining the expenses of the canal construction should be paid from the trearurys current receipts.
 Incid sntally MT. Morgan opposed the Panama route and assailed the report of the new Panama Company to dispose of the concessions 1t held from the old com Iany.
 The Debate.
 At o'clock consideration of the isth- mi.n project was ref tuned and MT. Hoar formally offered his amendment of which he gave notice some time ago In form of a substitute. The amendment provides that 1t shall be the duty of the president to cause an isthm!en canal to be built by such route as he may select; that he ,hall obtain all advice necessary and that s1O,0Oo ooo be appropriated to begin tho W work
 Mir Morgan. In chal Ue of the pending bill. in taking the floor and noting the absence of a largo majority of Senators, said 1t rattered not to him whether the Senators listened to his refnarks or not. as he was addressing himself to the American people, in order that the facts concerning the canal question might be well understood. He discussed at length the attitude of Nicaragua and Costa Rtca toward the isthmian canal, ana the diplomatic negotiations between those two governments and the United States look ing to the canal construction.
 Further discussing the diplomatic ne gotiations, the Alabama Senator 1nti- mated that Ministe CT Suvela of Colombia had been recalled from Washington be- cause the Colombian government "could raise no money on his opinin,' which was not In accord with the views or Co., lonbia as to canal concessions.
 He said that Colombia, if the United States should pay $40,00000o for the Pan- ana canal, would get $l,00O.0OO down and "how many millions more God only knows: CT his satanic majesty, who, l think, has more to do with this business than the almighty"
 Devil in the Deal.
 'IIe said the Liberal party in Colombia never would extend the concessions Of the new Panama Canal Company and If the United States should pay S40,0OO,OOO for those concessions and the property, 1t might as well throw the money into the sea.
 He repudiate6 the idea that any Amer ican could be deceived by any such foul ana dirty scheme" He declared that there wss never a more mistaken piece of leg islation' than the Spooner amendment, and referred to 1t as having offered ''in the name of the Senator from Wisconsin" MT Spooner warmly resented the intima- tion that he was not the author of the amendment, and declared that he was not only its author, but that he had ad- vised it in every part. With certain amendments he proposed to insist upon it's adoption.
 Mr. Fairbanks offered an amendment to the Spooner amendment authorizing
 
 row from time to time l30,000,000 for the construction of the canal, bonds to be issued for the amount borrowed to bear interest at two per cent payable In gold; the bonds to be disposed of at not less than par.
 Mir Morgan immediately criticized Mir. Fairbanks proposition, declaring that 1t was simply another feature of the meth ods being employed to delay the canal construction.
 Reasonable and Proper.
 With some heat MT. Fairbanks insist ed that his amendment was perfectly reasonable and proper. He said that if the bill providing for a canal by the Nicaragua route were enacted he would offer the same amendment to that. One of his principal objections to the Me aragua canal was that 1t proposed to pay expenses of construction from the current receipts of the government. Later MT. Morgan suggested that he was holding the chairmanship of the oceanic canal committee as placebo thrown to the Democrats, but Mir Hoar assur- ed him that he did not hold the position as a placebo because the Republican side had regarded him as one of the greatest living senators, as one of the greatest living authorities upon one of the greatest questions.
 "I shall soon be one of the greatest dead ones," suggested MT. Morgs facetiously. unless the Republican side shall take up the question in the view of William Mckinley who was more responsible for 1t than I am, or that of General Grant, who was more responsible still"
 After Mir. Morgan mad pr ocecded until 5:2O, refusing to yield the floor to any other business. MT. Hanna gave notice that he was obliged to leave the city this week to be atsent rLtil next Wednesday morning, when he would address the sen- ete upon the bill that day at o'clock.
 "Will the senator occupy the floor until 6 o'clock?" inquire'l MT. Morgan.
 Mr. Hanna replied that he did not know that he might emulate the senator from Alabama in that respect
 "Well" replied Mir. Morgan. If the senator occupies the floor until o'clock l shall take it then end speak until mid night. l am responsible for this bill and have the right to olose the detate."
 Mir. Ills snna said hs had no desire to pre- vent MT. Morgan from speaking and