The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-11
Effort May be Made to Close
 Debate Today
FRENCHMEN IN GALLERIES
Represent Panama Canal Company and Are Watching Proceedings in- tently-senator Turner Pleads
 for the Nicaragua Route.
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Washington. June 10.-(Special)-The ad- vocates of the spooner substitute or Pan- anna canal are said to be willing to take a yote An effort may be made in the Senate tomorrow to close debate on the hill. A feature of the days proceedings in the Senate was the presence in the galleries of a number of Frenchmen, who are in Washington representing the Pan anna Canal Company. Under the terms of the Spooner substitute the company receives s4O,OOOOOO for Its property It is . big stake they are playing for
 The Proceedings.
 Washington June 10.-Another of the big supply bills of the government was disposed of by the Senate today, the na- val bill, carrying more than $780OO, 900. be- Ing passed It includes provisions TOT two first class battleships, two first class armored cruisers, and two gunboats but strikes ou the house provision that one of each shall be built at government yards.
 When consideration was resumed Of the Isthmian canal question, MT. Turner de- livered an extended argument in support of the Nicaragua route. He maintained
 
 that the new Panama company could not pass clear title to the Panama com pany's rights, franchises and property to the United States and if this government purchased 1t, it would be with all It's in- cumberances.
 The "Panama Derelict."
 Every route except those of Panama and Nicaragua had been eliminated from consideration. "The Panama derelict, he said, had disadvantages which were overwhelming and insuperable, while the Nicaraguan canal presented no difficult Hes that could not be overcome with com Mir Turner urged that there was no diplomatic legal, or equitable differences in the way of construction or the Nica- ragua canal. He presented at great length the differences in which the United States might become involved by an acquire ment of the rights, concessions and prop erty of the Panama Canal Company, say Ing that it was manifest that this coun- Try could not get clear title to the prop erty based as the sale would be upon an insufficient' order of lower court Of France.
 Under no system of jurisprudence of which he had any knowledge could the rights and property or the olu FdHdiid Canal Company be disposed of by the new company without the company hav- Ing been made a party to the judicial pro- seedings.
 Would Keep Smaller Industries. In conclusion MT. Turner urged strong ly that by the construction of the Isth- milan canal the stified and cramped infant industries of the Pacific coast would ob tain an outlet for their products and would be relieved of the grossly unjust discrimination to which they were now roads. The project furthermore would promote national integrity and national progress He favored the house bill. say ing he believed that its enactment was the only method by which an isthmian could be constructed by the United States. Mir Morgan discussed the local difficult ties of acquiring the Panama canal prop erty and declared that the United States could not buy the property without as- suming encumberances upon it.
 A bill was passed appropriating $15,S45 for the relief of the persons who sustain ed damages by the explosion of an am intuition chest of Battery F. Second Uni ted States artillery in Chicago July 16 1894.
 The house bill providing for the protec- ton of the President was referred to the judiciary committee although MT. Hoar chairman of that committee thought it would be impossible to get action on 1t at this session.
 Then after brief executive session the Senate at 5:20 p. m. adjourned.