The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
PANAMA PROJECT
 WINS IN THE SENATE
SpoOncr Substitute Adopted by a Vote of 42 to 34---MOrgan'S
 Final Effort.

more to be preferred. as it was. h hin opinion, more feasible and practicab1o than the Panama route.
 MT. Clark said the Panama canal plar nad left heritage of ruin, disaster ana desolation.
 Mir. Allison explained why he should vote for the spooner substitute. He be- iieved there was general desire among the American people for an isthmian ca nal, and the people desired too, that tho United States Government should con- struct and control the canal. He pointed out that the eyes of the American people had been directed particularly toward the Nicaragua route because 1t was supposed that as a French company had the com sessions for the Panama route. the Unit ed States was barred from that route.
 Mir. Allison said 1t was proposed now to build canal s feet deep and wide enough and with . volume of water suf- ncfent to hoat the largest. ship afloat- The minimum expenditure for the con- struction of the canal he believed. would be more than $eoooo0.0o0. To meet this enormous expenditure. he favored thu borrowing of the money, making proper provision for sliQuidating the principal and interest of the bonds
 Morgan Makes Speech.
 Mir. Morgan. chairman of the Inter- Oceanic Committee. at the conclusion of MT. Allison's remarks, began his speech, closing the debate. He said the canal issue seemed to have come down to aI single point--that of finance. That point he deferred to MT. Allison and he did not believe with him that it would ba necessary to issue bonds to pay for the construction of canal.
 Mir. Morgan particularly denounced tho Panama canal route as a place where labor and death join hands," He said he had been trying to protect the United States from the shame of intercourse with it. Those who wanted to touch that thing might do so T would not do it," he declared. flor both canals"
 Mir. Morgan urged Congress to deter mine the question of route, and not cow ardly refer the matter to the President In conclusion he said:
 Just one word in parting with this question. This duty was assigned to me by the Senate and was not sought by me.
 If we are to be beaten down here to- day and America Is to be disgraced, shall have had the honor and the Amer ican people will give 1t to me after am dead. of having devoted honestly anu sincerely the best labors of my life to the isuccess of our prsjscts'
 At 2 D. m. debate upon the canal qies ton was concluded by previous agree ment.
 Mir. spooner then perfected his amend ment.
 A Canal Commission.
 An amendment providing for the ap- pointment of an Isthmian Canal Commis- sion to direct the construction of the canal and providing that several mem- her of -t Iray tst. compensations as the President shall pre- scribe until 1t Is otherwise fixed by the Congress. was agreed to--5z to 9.
 An amendment providing that if the President could not within six months get a clear title to the Panama Canal Company's rights and concessions. he should proceed with the Nicaragua Canal. was laid on the tabie. A to 3t. and one limiting the time Of the Presidents decis- ion as to the Panama route to twelve months was rejected-S to 8. and the same fate. by vote of q to g awaited Mir. Mitchelrs amendment to the Spoon- CT substitute providing that even though the President Is satisfied he can obtain a clear title to the Panama Canal Com pany, if he shall be convinced for reason that 1t Is not for the best interests of the United States to purchase the Panama or if he shall think the canal ought to be constructed by the Nicaragua route. he shall proceed to the construction of the canal by tho Nicaragua route.
 A direct vote was then obtained on the spooner substitute. It was adopted. az to 34. the detailed vote being:
 Vote on Spooner Bill.
 Yeas-Aldrich. Allison Bard. BevefF1ge. Burnham, Burrows. Burton. Clark (wyo). Cullom, Deboe Dietrich, Dryden, FAir- banks. Forakey, Foster (Wash), Frye. Gamble, Hale. Hanna. Hans hrough, Hoar, Jones (Ark-). Jones (Nev.). Kean. Kittridge. Lodge. McComas, Mo Cumber, McMillan, Mason, Willard, Plat (Conn). Pritchard. Proctor, Quarles. Scott. spooner. Teller. Warren. Yelling ton, Wetmore-42.
 Nays-Bacon, Bailey, Bate, Berry. Blackburn. Carmaek. Ciapp, Clark CMon- tana). Clay. Cocxrell. Culberson. Daniel. Dubois. Foster qsouisiana), Harris, Haw- ley, Heitfeld, McLaurtn CMississippi) Nal lory. Martin. Mitchell. Morgan, Nelson. Patterson. Penrose, Perkins, Pettus. Platt (New York). Quay. Simmons, Stew art. Taliaferro. Turner, Vest-34.
 The following pairs were announced, the first name in each case being favorable to Panama and the second against it:
 Depew with McEnery, Dillingham; with Dollivar with Money. Kearns with Gibson, McLaurin South Carolina) with Simon.
 Elkins and Rawlins were absent and impaired.
 MT. Hoar (Massachusetts) then offered a substitute for the Spooner proposition. making it the duty of the President to decide by which route the canal should be It was rejected-13 to 62.
 Fairbanks's Amendment.
 Mir. Fairbanks then offered an amend ment providing for the issue of S130,000.0O0 of gold bonds bearing ? per cent. interest to pay for construction of the canal. MT. Culberson moved to lay the amendment 1n the table. The motion was defeated. I6 to 39. The amendment was then adopt sd, 3S to 36, as follows;
 Yeas-Aldrich. Allison, Beveridge. Burn nam. Burrows. GaIlinger, Gamble, Hale. Hanna, Hansbrough. HIawley. Hoar. Jones (Nev), Kean, Klttredge. Lodge, dcComas. McCumber. McMlllan. Mason. Willard Nelson. Platt (Conn). Proctor, Quarles. Scott. Spooner. Warren, Well ington, Wetmore-SS.
 Nays-Bacon. Bailey. Bard. Bate. Berry. Blackburn, Carmack, Clark (Montana). lark CWyo). Clay, Cockrcll. Culberson, Daniel, Dryden. Dubois. Foster ua.), Harris. Heitfeld. Jones (Ark). McLaurin Miss). Mallory, Martin, Mitchell. Nor ran, Patterson. Penrose. Perkins, Pettus, 9latt tN. Y0. Quay. simmons. Stewart, raliaferro. Teller. Turner, Vest-sS.