The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-17
TALKS ON TREATY
MORGAN OF ALABAMA cHApGHc
BREACH OF FAITH.
Declares the Country Has Grovn
Covetous and Has Strayed From,
Paths Of Rectitude--Cuba Fer.
tered to the Decks of United
States Warships.

Ter concluded his speech in opposit;on
to the Cuban reciprocity bill, and SEN
stor Morgan also was heard in opposi.
tion to that measure. The Alabama
senator devoted the greater share of his
attention to the Panama canal ones.
ton. He charged that the United
states had broken faith in failing to
obey the Spooner law. and warned Cuba
that the same course might be followed
by us toward that country in case the
pedning bill should become a law.
Mr.. Morgan took occasion to refer
frequently to the Panama canal treaty.
and in that connection again freely
criticised what he denominated "presi.
dental usurpation." He declared that
the United States is becoming affected
to the core by covetousness, and he said
the country seemed to be quiveripp
with doubt as to whether it should 90
over entirely or pursue the better
course followed by our national fathers.
So far as he was concerned he would
not be 30 mean as to yield to tempta-
ton simply to advance the commercial
interests of his state. He asserted that
the United States would do as it might
please with tthe island of Cuba, and
added:
Pays Respects to Bunau-VariIla.
He spoke of the negotiation of the
Panama canal treaty as grotesque act,
and declared that Panama had mo
more right to appoint minister to the
United States than that country had to
consecrate saint
"He CAME" the senator continued,
"as swift-winged messenger of false
hood, dispatched on his mission by the
Panama Canal company"
So far as the concessions made to
Cuba in this bill is concerned. he SAID,
it would not be regarded by the Cubans
in anything hut serious light, what.
ever the result may be.
Mr.. Morgan also said that Cuba
would do we'll to give careful heed to
our purposes in the legislation under
consideration. They should not follow
the old adage not to look gift horse in
the mouth, for in this case the gift
horse is broncho which greets them
with whinny and may send them
away with kick"
Returning to the Panama situation,
Mr.. Morgan said that the United States
is practically at war with Colombia as
the result of the fact that the president
had fallen into trap. He wanted. he
said, to save the senate from this same
trap, and again referred to M. Bunau-
Vanilla, the Panama minister, and after
reviewing briefly that gentleman's his
tory as an engineer and contractor on
the Panama canal, said that he had
contracted wisely and we'll. and had
left the isthmus a rich man."
Warns the Senate.
Mr.. Morgan said THAT his whole pur-
pose was to warn the senate against
ratifyipg treaty the negotiation OF
which he characterized as most
wretched, most abominabIe and
most horrible transaction" Notwith-
standing this was the case, the senator
continued, "the senate sleeps over this
breach of the Monroe doctrine, while
the president of France and the presi-
dent of the United States stand over
the recumbert figure and tone in uni
son their solemn and satisfied amen"
He expressed the opinion that the
cost of the Panama canal in it's early
stages would be 60 great as to cause
congress to stop the appropriations be-
fore the enterprise had gone far and
thus accomplish the purpose OF the
transcontinental railways in preventing