Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-24
5sTH CONGRESS.
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Morgan criticized the, good faith OF
| the Pr esident in not enforcing the
Spooner law. The President, he said.
had completed his campaign against
that act by having Mr.. Hay sign a
| treaty with somebody from Panama"
| He said the President had known OF
the uprising on the isthnus before it
| began and had stood ready with armed
ships to protect those who engaged
| in it.
| Morgan, charged that the President
| had made the canal question q party
question, and added:
Il think that the Presidents appeal
| to party discipline to force his opinions
on the country and heaps measure of
| aggression on foreign countries. in ad-
| dition to his power as commander in
chief of the army and navy, which he
| uses with dreadful latitude of con
| structiOn. is SO strong a proof of heart
| failure in the present wild moments
| that 1 am encouraged to hope that
| there are still some barriers that We
may rely upon to protect the peace ana
save the commerce of the country. l
| regret that party discipline is to b,
| used as a domestic police force to pro-
| tCbl tiic lt,iitSIl III anu "
guard the interests OF the new canal
| company. That we will get L canal If
one can be built in Panama, have 10
| doubt, for the President has said so.
Yet this result is not nearly so certain
| or SO safe as if he should obey the
Spooner law"
| Morgan said that he had only con-
| scented to the enactment of the Spoone!
| bill because Of his confidence in the
| good faith of the President in enforce
| ing the law. and now that the Presi-
dent had not seen fit to keep that faith
| it remained to be seen whether the
| Senate would support him in that posi-
| ton. The President, he said. had COM
| pleted a treaty with somebody from
| Panama" who had no authority except
| that conveyed in a cablegram from a
| junta at Panama.
He read the correspondence bearing
| upon the revolution to show, as he
said, that the President had known OF
| the uprising in the istlImuS before "
| began and had stood ready with armed
| ships to protect those engaged in it. y
| The pretence in Assistant, Secretary
LOOMS dispatch that it was our desire
| to maintain peace, Morgan declared
| was the grimmest piece of irony that
had ever graced diplomatic annals.
Morgan expressed the hope that Mr.
Hay had been asleep when some of the
! messages of his subordiaates had beer
| flying over the wire. -,
"As for the President" he said. "he
never sleeps on his post of duty o.
desire, although he sometimes closes
l 7, hat to- SIr,er OH
him.
| He commended that Colombia had had
Il perfect right to suppr ess an uprising
of the isthmians and declared that the
| United States had faile 4 utterly to OBJ
serve it's treaty obligations in pursuing
the course it had tax en-. Our course
there, he said, had been such that |,
would bring down the ccnsure of fu-
ture generations upon us, and he pre-
dicted that the i'm mediate result would
be disastrous and, cause the loss OF
both men and treasure. The conse-
Quence would be such that the Presi-
dent would have no time for dreams
of diplomatic triuf1phs
Mr.. Hay had not been, in his (Mor-
gans) opinion, a fr%cc agent in nego-
tiating either of the canal treaties
Morgan charged that the President
had resolved when the Hay-Herral
treaty was under consideration, tt
push the canal through, and if author
ity did not exist, had made up his mint
to create it. With the understanding
that he should continue his Speech to-
morrow, Morgan yielded the floor.
Platt, Conn, said he had regretted
the introduction of the Newlands bill
because he feared it would lead to mis-
apprehension in Cuba and Porto Rico
He did not believe that the resolution!
represented in any considerable degree
the business or political sentiment OF
the United States. Moreover, he hoped
| that there would he no expansion OK
cept where it is necessary in self
defence or representation.
| Platt said that the best interests
both of the United States and Cuba
would be subscrved by separate exist
cncc.
I'VE are he said. "neighbors ans
friends Of the Cubans and nothing
more. We have made a glorious RECORD
in our relationship to Cuba and let us
not mar it,
| Lodge, Mass, also expressed rcgre,
over the introduction of the resolution
He believed the present debate wouic
be of good service as giving assurance
that the bill does not represent tbs
wishes of the government or of the
people of the United States.
! Spooner gave notice that he wished
to address the Senate in opposition tc
the resolution and the motion to re-
consider the vote Of reference wen;
over.
Hale then presented the list of SEN
ate committees as adopted by the eau
cuses of the Republican and Demo-
cratic senators.
Cullom presented an agreement that
the Cuban reciprocity bill shall be
taken up on the converting of the reg
ular session of Congress. Dec. Z. and