Arizona republican., 1902-01-10

this work. md authorizes the secrs- tpry of war to enter into proper con trGcts for such material and work as nay be deemed necessary therefor; su"h work and material to be paid for as appropriations may he made from tune to time. This section fixes the aggregate cost g. s1SOOO0.OO 70 rc drawn from the treasury On the war rants Of the president.
 OPENING DEBATE.
 MT Adamson Of Georgia. the first speaker today. urged the passage of the Hepburn bin without amendment. He argued that the time had come for ac- ! tion and that equivocation now could , cniy result in delaying the commence ulent of the canal. If the Panama com 1 pany had an offer to make which could accept. he said, there would be [ tune enough to take advantage of it when the bill is pending in the senate ! or later in conference.
 ! NIr Wcotan also argued that the bill should be passed without amendment. ! T. the Morris amendment were adopted, he said. the canal would become a con 1 ditional project surrounded by doubts end difficulties which might doom it to
 final failure owing to internal tional
 
 rather strange coincidence that those
 who no;r wanted to amend the bill had
 iii the past opposed the passage Cf any
 bill. He regarded the Morris amend
 T,cut as d modern TTcjan horse Mir ! Wooten said he did not favor the . amendment to fortiiy the canal. He believed that such an amendment savored more of spurious sentiment ifan sound and salutary sense. He l ia vored neutral canal
 Al this point, upon the request oe Mir. Davis of Florida. the time for gen. cral debate was extended until 2:5o D. IT.. Mir. s5parknan oi Florida spoke in
 favor Of the Hepburn bill.
 CANYONS OPPOSITION.
 MT. Cannon oc Illinois. chairman of
 the appropriations committee. then
 took the floor. MT. Cannon. discussing
 the language Of the bill. asked what
 was meant by authorizing the president
 jo "obtsin full control over the land"
 uTon which the canal was to be built.
 Did 1t mean ''purchase and ownership
 of miles Of property owned by spccu- lGtors. both American and Nicara-
 ruan." With great emphasis MT. Can
 non declared that. in his judgment, the ssn-r appropriation which the bill
 contained and the ''artful language Of it FtuIt Cd use q cram tilttt il HeN ' tiiS president full power uot orly to pay
 NiCara qua and Costa Rica. but the
 Maritime Canal company and Ed
 ropean. American and Nicaraguan speculators, how much he could not tell. It might be five, ten or twenty
 five millions. He denounced what he | termed the undue haste Of those who
 want to build this canal ''bctween now
 and sunrise tomorrow" He also ob-
 jected to the authorization the bill con l taiHed to negotiate contracts for the . whole work. MT. Cannon said he would - vc.e for the Morris amendment, and if : il failed. he would move to recommit ,. the biii with the amendments he had : suggested.
 :. Mr. DcArrlond of Missouri said the :. question before the American people : was not as to whether congress would :. pass q bill for an isthmian canal. but :. whether tl7e bill be ma tured and proper :. when passed. If confidence existed ir :. the president. why should he not b, : given the opportunity to negotiate witf = Colombia or Nicara qua, according tC :, the iaforna ton in his possession? Al : tcr1ative authority should enable hin :. 70 Jrake better terms.
 :. Experts differed as to the advantag :. of the two routes. Why not give th' :. president discretion to scleCt2 Neither : peril or risk would be involved in it :. The bill. he urged. needed maturing :. Tt was silent on many points. Wer' : the army engineers to build the cana ;. or was there to be one gigantic syndi : cate whose influence baleful perhaps : but certainly mighty. would eXtenc :: over many years? Were the principle :. ot civil service to obtain or were polit :. teal considerations to govern2 :. MT NandiVer of Missouri and Mir = Hooker of Mississippi advocated tn :. passage Of the unarendcd Hepburn :. bill.
 :. SARCASTIC MTc. HEPBURN. :: MT. Hepburn answered the criticism :. aGduced against the bill during the de ':' Fate, devoting much time to Cannon :. The gentleman from Illinois. he said =. demanded cIearress and definiteness :. yet he purposed to support the Morri :. amendment. which. MT. Hepburn point :. ed out. was vague and indefinite. H :: had imputed bad motives to no one, bu .:- he believed there were forces workin = for delay.
 =. II GO not impugn the motives of tn z. gentleman from Illinois, said he :: when he says he is in favor of thi :. canal. In d parliamentary sense ar ':' convinced. yet I am free to confess onl