The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-02
MORGAN IS AT WORK
INTRODUCES REVOLUTIONS RE-
 GAHDING THE CANAL.
Desires investigation as to the Part Played by the Pacfic A.ail- roads-Commission Also
 Under Suspicion.

Washington. Dec. i..-sena4ur Morgan today introduced resolutions authorizing s3he Committee on Inter-oceanic Canaie I to investigate the part alle8pd to have been taken by the trans-comhnental rail- roads in the isthmian canal matter and also to inquire into the plans of the Integ- oceanic Canal Commission.
 The preamble to the first resolution l'calls attention to the fact that leading journals of the country representing pub lie opinion and exercising Influence in the great political parties of the United States have charged that trans-continental rail- road companies have opposed the public policy and laws of the United States in respect to the ratification of the Hay Herran treaty. It declares that the rall' roads are obstructing the full and com plete execution of the duty and the poll cy of the United States as declared in the act of Congress approved June 2S, 1902, providing for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
 The resolution provides that the Com- nittee on Pacific Railroads is authorized and required to make careful inquiry into the facts on which such charges are made and report the testimony and the findings of the Committee to the Senate.
 The second resolution introduced by Senator Morgan provides for reference to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals of the plans for government of the canal adopted by the Interoceanic Canal Com mission and for a review of the accounts and plans of the Commission. It asks the Committee to decide between the plan
 for a canal submitted in reference to both the Panama and Nicaragua routes. In the preamble, Senator Morgan al. rects attention to the expenditures of the Isthmian Canal Commission up to the date of its final report to the President as stated in a report of the Secretary of
 State dated January g, 1908. Senator Nor gan then includes in his resolution the two plans for canals together with esti- mates for the salaries and compensation of officers and employees and for animals , vessels and other necessary equipment.
 The report shows that $l5 900 remains of the sums appropriated for canal surveys.
 Provision is made in the resolution tha. | the Committee on Interoceanic Canals ex. anime and report on all matters referred to in the report and also on the following questions:
 First--Whether the plan of government and administration of an isthmian canal.
 as set forth in the Commissions plan. is
 wise and economical and worth adoption. and in what respect if any. it should
 amended. And to report such a plan for
 the consideration ot the Senate as will in
 the opinion of the Committee be wise.
 safe and economical.
 second-That they will inquire and re.
 port whether it is necessary in order to establish the axiaI line of location for an
 isthmian canal either on the Panama or the Nicaragua route. to make a furtheS survey of either or both routes, and tho approximate cost of such surveys, includ- ing the use of maps or surveys heretofore made by the Panama Canal Company. Third-That the Committee inquire and report whether any expenditures have
 been made for or by the Isthmian Canal Commission since 1t made its final report to the President on November. 1901, and fl such expenditures have been made to as.
 certain and report the items thereof and
 when and by whose direction the same vara unada