Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-19
PANAMA ROUTE
IS ADOPTED
The lsthmian Canal Bill Passes the Senate
With ths Spooasr Amendment
lacked TO II.
MoRGAN's FoRcIBLE TALK
The House Goes Into Committee Of the Whole TO Con-
slider the Philippine BM--Cooper Of Wisconsin
Made a Brilliant Address In Favor
Of Its Passage,
SENATE.


Of Its Passage,
SENATE.
Washington, June 19.--When the ser
ate convened today, it was with the in
tention of beginning the voting upo
the ssthmian canal question at4e o'olocl
Morgan of Alabama, presented a lette
from Secretary Hay, concerning poin
raised in the isthmian canal debate b
Kittredge of South Dakota. The lette
stated that the minister of Costa Ric'
wished to inform the committee on in
teroceanic canals, that his government
is prepared to negotiate with the Unit
ed States, treaty to appropriate con
cessions for the isthmian canal terms
substantially as proposed by the gov
ernment of the United States" The
communication was laid on the table.
The consideration of the isthmiar
canal question was resumed and Spoon
er offered formally his amendment as a
substitute for the pending so-called
of Montana, then addressed the senate
in support of the Nicaragua canal
route. He declared the Panama canal
scheme a hoodoo, which ought to be
Stunned and avoided. 1t had left a
heritage of ruin, disaster and desola-
tion. Mr.. Allison explained why the
senate should vote for the Spooner sub
stitute. He believed that there is a
general desire sof the American people
for the isthmian canal, and the people
desired that the United States govern
ment should construct and control the
canal.
Morgan, the chairman of the inter-
oceanic canal committee, at the con-
clusion of Allison's remarks, began the
speech closing the debate. He said the
canal issue seemed to have come down
to single point that Of finance.
Morgan particularly denounced the
Panama canal route as 'place where
labor and death join hands. He said
he had been trying to protect the Unit
ed States from the shame of inter-
course with it, Those who wanted to
"touch that thing might do so. He
would not do 1t, HE declared, for both
canals.
Morgan urged that congress determ-
inc the question of route and not cow
ardly refer the matter to the president
In conclusion, he said: "Just one word
s,,, r+i, +I,se 5,s
ty was assigned to me by the senate
and not sought by me. If we are to be
beaten down here today, and America
Is to be disgraced, I shall have had
the honor, and the American people
will give 1t to me after am dead, of
having devoted honestly and sincerely
the best labors Of my life to the sue
cess Of our project
At 2 p. M, the debate on the canal
question was concluded by previous
agreement The Spooner amendment,
as perfected, was read. First yea and
nay vote was taken upon the amend |
ment as offered by Bacon to the |
Spooner amendment, announcing that
d
preliminary work of constructing the
canal. It was in no way test vote. It |
was adopted 81 to o. The first actual
test was on an amendment offered by |
Mitchell Of Oregon, giving the presi-
dent the choice of routes, even If he |
could secure title for the Panama |
route. 1t was laid on the table, AZ to 32 |
The vote on the Spooner amendment |
was AZ to "a and 1t was adopted.
The Spooner bill for the construction |
of the Panama canal as amended, pass
ed the senate 81 to 6.
+ HOUSE.
Washington June 19-The attend
ance both upon the floor and the gal
leries of the house today is larger than
usual in anticipation of the opening of
the debate on the Philippine civil gov
ernment bill.
Some routine business was transact
ed before the regular order was deman-
ded
At o'clock the routine business was I
Of and in pursuance to an
agreement, the house went into COM
mittee Of the whole to consider the bill
a civil government. for the
Philippines. Cooper Of Wisconsin,
chairman Of the insular committee, be-
gan an extended speech In opening the
debate In support Of the bill. He re-
ferred to the momentons and world
wide Significance OF the cession Of
the Philippines, creating new era in
the history Of the world. Our mission
in the archipelago was, he said, one
for the tranaction Of business and for
commercial considerations. We are in
the Philippines to perform our duty. to
expand the bounds Of freedom, to carry
the blessings Of civilization to a be-
nighted race, to establish, in place Of a
decrepit old monarchy, an invlncible
young republic.
s = CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
washington, June Ex-senator Platt
Of Connecticut. chairunan Of the COM
mittee on Cuban relations, was today : I
caller at the White House, where he
held conference with the president or,
the subject Of the probable fate Of the
Cuban reciprocity measure in the sem
ate. He declined to make any state
ment concerning the presidents views
as they were expressed to him, but he
said, speaking entirely for himself, that
he would force the senators who are
holding out against reciprocity, to cast