Arizona republican., 1903-11-24
Say Senators Are Relations
 Between U. $. and Cuba
NfWLANDS RESOLUTION
An Effort Being Made to Recall it From the Committee-nr. Morgan Begins to Present His We'll Known Views on Inter-Oceanic Canals.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.-Pana- ma and Cuba engaged the attention of the senate today to the exclusion of all other questions.
 MT. Hale moved to reconsider the vote by which the Newlands joint resolution for the annexation of Cuba was referred to a committee and several speeches were made on the motion without oIsposing of it.
 Messrs. Hale, Lodge and Platt
 (Conn) disavowed any desire on the rart of the United States to acquire Cuba and expressed great regret that the resolution had been introduced
 MT. Newlands defended the measure as presenting a natural solution of the problem of the relationship between the two countries.
 The Panama question Carce up in connection with the announcement of the reorganization of the senate com mittees, MT. Morgan, democrat of Alabama, being relieved from the chairmanship of the committee on in
 ter-oceanic canals. Before the order went into effect MT. Morgan took the
 floor and his speech proved to be a discussion of the entire canal question
 with liberal criticism of the president
 for his course. He had not concluded
 when the senate adjourned and will
 proceed tomorrow. Before adjourn ment the senate unanimously agreed to
 vote on the Cuban bill on December Is next.
 Speaking of the Newlands resolution
 Mir Platt, (Conn.) said he had re-
 gretted it's introduction because he had feared it would lead to a nisappre- hensiOn in Cuba and Porto Rico. H"
 did not believe that the resolution represents in any considerable degree the business or political sentiments of the United States. He did not believe | there would ever be any considerable sentiment in favor of Cuban annexa- ton.
 Moreover, he hoped that there would
 be no expansion except where it is necessary in self defense or self.
 preservation, and he considered it | strange that this suggestion should come from those who so recently had
 been so loud in their denunciation of the policy of annexation.
 MT. Newlands interrupted to say that the democratic party had been always favorable to the expansion of the republic and not of the empire. Mr. Platt said that the best interests both of the United States and of Cuba would be subserVed by a separate ex- istence. Furthermore he was anxious that the Cuban people should have an opportunity 10 show their capacity for maintaining republican form of government. as he believed them to be so possessed from the beginning.
 The course of President Palma and the leading men of Cuba had been worthy of all commenda ton. He did
 not agree with MT. Newlands that the United States is today exercising a protectOrate over Cuba.
 We are,' he went on, ''neighbors and friends of the Cubans and nothing more. We are friendly to them and our power has been exercised with reference to Cuba for purposes of friendship and not for aggrandize- ment."
 MT. Lodge of Massachusetts also ex- pressed regret over the introduction of the resolution. Many people of our country, he said, do not understand the distinction between the introduce ton and the passage of a bill and if our own people do not appreciate this difference the Cubans must have a Inucn SIndlleT ueSTGe or unutTSIdIulllS He believed the present debate would be of good service in giving assurance
 that the bill does not represent the wishes of the government of the pcO- pie Of the United States.
 Mir Lodge said that Cuba and tho United States, each acted towards the
 other in absolute good faith in all re- spects.
 lie (Mr. Lodge) was opposed to is land states.
 MT. Spooner gave notice that he
 wished to address the senate in oppo- sition 10 the resolution and the mo- ton to reconsider the vote of refer ence went over. MT. Hale then pre- sented the list of senate committees agreed on by the caucus of the repub- lican and democratic senators. On motion to adopt the report, MT. Morgan of Alabama took the floor and addressed himself to the Isthmian can
 al question. He said he did not regret his retirement as chairman of the com mittee on interoceanic canals. He
 disclaimed partisanship in the conduct of the affairs of that committee and declared that he had not and would not reverse his position on the canal question at the instance of any party caucus. He discussed at length the at titude of the president in the matter of the selection of route for the pro- posed Isthmian canal and in doing so accused him of using his official posi- l tion to adVar ce his personal views. He referred to the SpcCner act and said
 no one could nullify it. The revolution
 in Panama, he said, was a Caesarian
 operation. which took Panama alive
 from the womb of Colombia.
 MT. Morgan charged that the presi-
 dent had made the canal question a
 party question and added
 T think that the presidents appeal
 to party discipline to force his opin-
 ions on the country and his measure
 of aggression on foreign countries, in
 addition to his power as commander
 in-chief of the army and navy, which