The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-07
.ad Sedition Laws Were Brought Into
F. the Warm Discussion.
sxrlcAL WITH OUR REVISED STATUTE
,,ker Said Law in this Country Would Apply to
TiIman for His Expressed Sympathy With
FiIipnos If He Were Not Senator.

rebruary a. For four hours
W. n senate bad the Philippine taria
y y, alsoussIon. Toward the close
w. .,..lop the discussion became heated.
% "a resolution offered several
Mr.. Rawlins UTAH the seerc'
s,,r transmitted to the senate tue
nrS enacted by the Philippine
wv They were read in fun anu
p, ,...,v drew the FIRE Of the opponents
s'''- ...,rment's Philippine policy. Mr..
w,ssl expressed his ostonishmeht
IN l.ws should be enforced ny the
lament authorities.
-..t.r fohlo) had read from the Re
!, statutes of the United States the
n ,.,rsress relating 20 the crime OF
"a similar ofleuses against the
~. and said that the acts passed
pai,,rnine commission were almost
I, their language with the laws
NJ congress in the days OF the
y. :, tbe republic, and that there was
~ .nrrsceaeuted or unusual about
I. oA,o senator was interrupted continu-
"a Ma several warm colloqules with
rbo we're opposing him. In one OF
,nnounced with great earnestness
4. American army would never re
!. rom the Philippines until 1t returned
Hte,lously. 60. Cp ", A.
M .neech In which he advocated an
'-'s,s,lon OF the san Bias route for an
"a s,nsl. and Mr.. Hansbrough made
.,-sfr,ly prspared address on his bill to
sS A National system of irrigation of
~ ,spste today Mr.. Scott rep. w.
i, 4 rsiled up aud mad read a resolution
&sh he offered several days ago proYld.
d, The appointment Of a commission OF
=. VITA to examine what is known as the
N Elias or Mandigo Bay route for an lstn.
H. waterway and % report to the senate
4 eost Of constructing an iuteroceanic
In BIS that route He disclaimed any iu-
mn 10 obstTuCt consideration of a canal
\ n 10 delay the building of the canal.
Il pId after thorough Investigation he
II, convinced the san Bias route prac.
Eily met every requirement. Because,
a SID, the adoption of that route involved
4, irving OF tunnel through the granite
"a UOunlelu IduEt HllllfitliiA tNibN ~
&at o. the passage of any ship the route
u hseL regarded as impracticable,
MA Scott explained that the san Bias
y .a connected the two oceans from the
I.ya MRndlgo In the Gulf of san Bias
! he Atlantic side TO Pearl Island harbor
4 he Gulf Of Panama Oh the Pacific side
y ihe isthmas. Including the 1--WE mile tuI-
he canal would he Thirty miles long,
n, sli that the hsrhors of the San Bias
ne had excited the enthusiasm Of all en-
beers who had investigated them. He be.
kyed thst electrical power made it en-.
ty practicable by this route to sailing
Us through the canal by electric trolley
E route be proposed. he said. offered
sN patural aud commercial advantages.
1 " quoted both American and European
slnee,ing authorities to show that the
<1slqGatlon Of the san Bias tunnel was
PIE practicable. For the following rea.
p NJ, Scott believed that the san Bias
Hut Was the only feasible and practica.
y, level canal route:
n ~ healthy location.
!. It's shortness.
> It's magnificent harbors.
~ total absence OF locks.
lae probability Of working gangs of
"a rlsbt and day, In the wet and dry
f,sols and under good sanitary condi-
The very important consideration that
4 VIZ route and no other, sailing vessels
ne Se toTed by electric power by night
4 vel as by day.
Z Iae economical maintenance Of the
knl when completed
I. ne ,permanency Of its rock bed and
4 w aosence Of earth embankment.
.ls desirable fact that II can be con-
s..fo within three or at most four
VI Scott concluded ~ ...o,
adoption OF his resolution.
ah sorgan, chairman of the committee
Issioeeanic canals, moved that the res
4 ma.a ouered by Mr., Scott be referred
An. .s' committee. He said that the COM
~ s.. nao mad General Sorrell the pro
E \. q me San Bias route, before It and
ae matter had been referred to
n ltiee which was now conducting
k,,.s esNsauon OF THAI prolect. nS
E,-s. a ~ mat Colombia probably would
~. a9eption of the San Bias route,
4 von, w the Panama Railway company.
sUala Ne a hopeless task. he thought.
~ -,iace Colombia that the san Bias
E,sc,sSsO ulu he the most desirable one
safsut objection the resolution was
bss, 70 the commits on intayoceanic
|. y ,.l ai..nshrough ~. d. then addressed
Eri,,ss.ne On the general subtecr OF the
',ssd ~. VI hfd lands, lfs remarks being
kols w W. ms bill appropriations the re-
Ersg 9 states and Territories to the con.
nv. ny. 81 aTld lands NV
|siijor.ii was Passed providing for two
ssJ ~ ns associate justices for the Terri