Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-01-16


believed they would be harmed by the :,
rivalry of this canal and there were |
gentlemen of honest purpose who |
thought the time was not ripe for the |
building Of canal or that an enter |
prise of such magnitude should not be
undertaken. They were, perhaps, ter
rified by spectre of a scandal. But"
he continued, 81 insist that the Ameri-
can people have made their decree
| that the canal shall be built and now
is the time to build it." Mr.. Davis
| (Fla.), a member of the committee
which reported the bill, followed Mr..
Hepburn with an earnest plea for it's
| passage. Mr.. Richardson (Ala) sup
ported the bill, arguing that the
| Nicaraguan was preferable in many
ways to the Panama route. Mr. Mann
| Qll) declared the experts who had
examined the routes had differed
widely, but he did not believe a mis-
take could be made in passing the
pending bill. Mr.. Adams (Pa.)
thought that the Panama Cumpany's
offer should receive careful considera-
ton. Mr.. Morris (Minn) gave
notice that at proper time he would
offer an amendment providing that if
the Panama cOmpany's property, etc.
can be had for $40,000,000 the presi-
dent be authorized to purchase and
complete the canal and appropriate
ing $4,000, 900 toward the project.
OF mr. N ~ -
consideration by the senate of private
pension Legislation Mr.. Gallinger
chairman of the committee on pen
sions, said that none but absolutely
meritoriOus cases would be presented
to the senate for it's consideration and
that the. closest scrutiny would be
given by the committee to every bill
introduced. He said that no pension
exceeding $50 a month would be
recommended by the committee for
widow Of a general officer, and that
pensions for the widows Of other
officers would be scaled down pro
portionately. The case of Or
Lazeare, who, at the instance of Johns
: Hopkins university and of the govern
ment, went 20 Cuba and submitted
himself to incubation with yellow
fever through mosquito bites and dieG
from the disease thus contracted, was
brought to the senate's attention by
: Mr.. McComas, who inquired whether
DR.. Lazeare's widow would be en-
titled to a pension. 1t was the
opinion of Senators Gallinger and
: Cockrell that the case had no pension
able status.
Among the bills passed were the
following: providing for the refund OF
$612,472 to the republic of Mexico
fraudulently collected in the We'll ant
La Abra claims; granting permission
| to Lieut.. General John M SchOfeId
J retired, to accept the decoration 81
J the cross OF commander Of the Ma
| tiOnal Order of the Legion of Homo
: conferred on him by the President ot
! France
Il Washington, D. c. Jan. 8.-The de
bate on the Nicaragua Canal bill il
} the house developed sentiment il
favor of giving consideration Of The
recent offer of the Panama company
: to sell it's franchises and property
) for $40,000,000. This sentiment took
the form Of advocating the Morris
J amendment to empower the presiden
) to select the latter route if the cana
commission, upon considering the
: cOmpany's offer recommends it anC
The required concessions can be oh
tanned from Colombia. Mr. Parker IN
j. argued that the question of routes
should be determined by the eXecu
tive. He made comparison of tn
two routes, using the data compiled
by the commission, cOntending that
the Panama route had many adVan
tages over the Nicaragua route. He
appealed to the house not to fettcr
: the president.
Mr.. Morris (Minn.), who offered the
amendment yesterday to give tn
president the alternative authority
explained the purpose Of his amend
ment which, he said, was not t.
impede the construction, but to insure
the selection of the best canal-tht
best as to location, cost Of main
|
freedom from danger from destruc
ton.
| Before the istnmian commission
made it's report he did not believe
the Panama route feasible. He
thought it had been used solely for
the purpose of delay. But since read
ing the report he was unable TO
reach a conclusion as to which was
the better route. Moreover, he did
not believe that any man could read
the report and tell which route the
commission would have selected had
the cost and conditions been equal.
In embarking upon an enterprise that
was to cost $200,000 900, perhaps
more, he considered it wise that the
experts should have an opportunity to
| consider the new offer.
Mr. Burgess (Texas), who repre-
sents the Galveston district, supported
the bill in an earnest speech. The
only amendment he favored was one
! declaring in unequivocal language
that the canal should be fortified.
Mr.. Cummings IN. ", opposed
| further consideration of the Panama
| company's offer. The company want
ed s4O,000,000 for the work already
done, which covered about one-fourtb
Of the canal. The completed one
| fourth had cost the French stock
holders $4,000. At the same rate it