The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12

Mir. Hitt--The ons purpose that has been effected is the one that has been voted for in this body end has governed the action of our Governn1ent and the one that every good American citizen heartily sympathiEea with.
 That is the reason ws do not apologize for the conduct Of our Government in following the precedenfs of its past his- tory and we are proud that we have . President that did not walt ten years." :" Loud applause on the Republican side.l
 The whole world. he said. had been in favor of canal and, added Mfr. Hitts I've have got man to work on it who will soon cut it through" This was loud- iy cheered by the Republicans.
 Williams Aasumee Burden.
 Mfr. Williams iStsxrsxptfns. said ho wanted to take tho burden of saying yes to the question as tc whether the 0ov- ernment had been virtually guilty of moral obliqufty In it's international rela- tons in It's action concerning the Repub- lic of Paama.
 Referring to the government of Bogota. Mir. Hit satd that distant country, cold ly plotting to get hold of the great spoil they hoped to get from the United States. deliberately threw away the treaty and these millions In the hope of getting stiil more. utterly regardless of the great perfl to which they put the people of the province of Panama.
 Replying to Mr. Dinaznore, Afr. Eitt said: 'srhe President of khe United States had no representative on the Isthmus ex- cept two iow-salaried consul officers and one clerk and he had no money except what has been appropriated by this body.
 Continuing his renaarks, MT. Hitt said: Following the spirit of tho treaty and of the legislation since ft was sisued. the President, while waiting a reasonable time. found that the win of Congress should be carried out and would not sub nit to the blaclkmafI that was tried to be imposed upon the people of the unitsd States. owing to the rapacity of band of men who abused their authority. It is not in the spirit of our people. When tbe open hand of bounty is met hy the clasp ed hand of greed the xanlkes knows how to stop that businea8. < "A <,
 Answer by Williams.
 MT. Williams, the minority leader. foi- lowing, charged that this was the first time that this Government had interfsred in the domestic affsir of . South Ameri- can country. He said that the minority side could not be made to make the mis- take which the majority desired tt to make. The Democrats want canal, he said. They wanted the Nicaragua canal, but if they could not get the canal where they thought 1t ought to be. they would take 1t where they could get is. and take 1t as they might get it.
 He thought possibly the Nicaragua route was regarded as too great competitor of the trans-continenta1 railroads. He said the Democrats are not proud of the part this Government has taken. but they must recognize a fact as fact
 Mir. Williams said that virtually it had been confessed that if Coiombia dared to land a soldier in the newborn Republic of Panama-''new-born with the birth foreseen and aided. as believe. from Pa- ris and from Washington United States will treat it as an act of war"
 "There was one fact that could not be gotten around. and that was the manner of the birth ofathe new Republic's
 A Deliberate Action.
 Continuing Mf Williams said: sTf the Democratic Party and a few Republicans had not hedged up end h6uhd this Cfus erumsnt in the two elauseg which compel us to give Cuba freedom ana indepefd- once. you would have treated Cuba as you treated the Philippines. AS to the new Republic of Panama. I am eatisfied that the most deliberate. long reviewed. well thought out project ever completed or ever thought of since the world began Is the birth of Panama and our connection with it,
 After some further remarks on the same line. Mfr. Williams closed as follows:
 ''If the President refuses to obey the plain words of the Spooner act. approved by him, perhaps suggested by him: if he is going to override the law; if. after hav- ing waited reasonable time to enter into a treaty with COlembia, he now refuses to obey the IanguegA Of that law and pro- ceed to try to negotiate a treaty with Costa Rica and Nicaragua. then in Gods name hurry up your canal"
 The committee rose at 4.08 p. m.. report ing no conclusion, and at 4:1s the House adjourned until Monday.