The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-10
WAR, SAYS \
MR. MORGAN.
This Practically the Situation
Between the United States
and Colombia.
THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY E,
Its Negotiation Designated. Il
Grotcsquc Act-Co Of
the Canal Great.
tBy Associated Presso

(r3v Associated Press)
WASHINGTON D. O.. December o.
Sam Tor rellor concluded his speech
against tho Cuban reciprocity blli TONY
and Senator Morgan was heard y, oppo.
srtion to that measure. inc A s'l.s IT,
Senator devoted the greater share OF ms
attention TO the Panamn cana luestll.u,I !s
Mr.. Teller took UP the question OF the
ACTIVITY OF General Wood. while actlns
81 Governor of Cuba. in behalf OF GU
ban reciprocity with the United states.
He said that there were !, ON cial rec9I =, :
70 show that the Cuban Government had
& r,aid to exceed $4,000 In That interest dur
;nr General Woods administration. he
declared that the press OF both the United
states and eide had been utilized In stip-
Yjort OF tho policy Of reciprocity, and M, !
quoted figures showing the amounts pau
I for newspape. advocating this policy. 4
PRESIDE INITIAL UsURTATION.
Mr.. Morgan took occasion in the course
ar Ills remarks to refer frequently 10 the
Panama Canal treaty, and In that conliec-
ton, he ngu, freely criticised what ne
Ienomnatcd %Prcsidenual usu 7, p ton; &.
lie declared that the United States IS
& becoming affected to the corew Coyetous-
ness and said The country seemed to DO
u,livering WITH doubt AS to Whether4lt
should 90 over entirely Or pursue the
better course followed by our national
fathers. So far as he was concerned. nc
would not be SO mean MS to yield to q
temptation to simply advance the COM
mcrcial Interests of his State. he spoke
of the twenty Eer cent reduction guar
\ antecd blythe bill to Cuban products, but
warned the people that 1t might turn out
4 to be d Spooner bill, which this govern
nlent may cvauc or not as IT. sees ut.
Indeed, he asserted that the United States
would do as 1t might please with the IS
land or Cuba, which he declared Is little
more than /, dependency. She H." no
said, "Inow fcttcred to the decks OF our
warshIps as firmly as Professor Lang
ley's aFrshp was ever attached 70 4 MS
Y houscboat.
3 ASGROTEsoUEfA ACT.
4 f IIc spoke OF tho negotiation Of the Pan
anna Canal treaty as q grotcsquc act, and
declared that Panama had mo more
right TO appoint minister to the United
States than that country had to const~
crate Il saint I'M
;He came" the senator added, "as a
swift winged messenger of falsehood dis
patched on his mission By the Panama
Canal Company. III
Mr.. Morgan said that Cuba would do
well to give careful heed totour pur-
poses in tho legislation under consdera-
ton They should not follow the old
adage not to look n gift horse In the
mouth, for In his case "thc gift horse lis
broncho. " Mich greets hem with q
whinny, and may send them away with
a kick vi
Returning to- the Panama situation.
Mr.. Morgan salo that@th United States
is practically al war with Colombia as
the result OF athe fact that the President
Z fad fallen Into trap. He wanted. ne
said. to save the Senate from this same
trap. and again referred to Mr.. Bunau-.
Varlla,S the Panama minister, and after
reviewing briefly that gentleman's history
as an engineer and contractor on the Pam
anna Canal, he said that he had "con-
tracted wisely aid we'll, and had left the
Isthmus a rich man." Mr., Morgan de-
y cared that lie had no purpose Of Great
nting a sensation, but that his whole
purpose was to warn the Senate against
ratifytng. q tteaty, tho negotiation OF
which no characterized as ~ most
swretched, q most abominable and a most
horrible transaction Notwithstanding
this was the case, the senator continued.
tho Senate sleeps over this breach OF
the Monroe Doctrine. while the President
OF France and the President of the United
States stand over the recumbent figure
and intone IN unison their solemn and
satisfied amen.
COST TO BE GREAT.
He expressed the opinion that the cost
of the Panama Canal in Its early stages
would be SO great us to cause Congress
to stop tho appropriations before 1t had
gone far, and thus accomplish the pur-
pose OF the trans continental railways In
preventing tho construcs1on OF any canal.
Discussing the Presidents message, no
\ said the Chief Executive had failed to
execute the Spooner law because 1t was
distasteful TO him, and had not succeed
cd In formulating any satisfactory excuse
for his course. He predicted that TIE
time would come when Cuba would "cllp
the threads that restrain her and bind
her to us, and again float Oft Into the
sea of liberty" In such an effort. he con-
tinued, Cuba might find n friend IN
Germany which might follow our ex-
ample and create q state OF Independence
in n night, and then annexit with the
coming sunrise. No doubt there would
be fighting, for who. he asked, sis more
eager to fight than Emperor William
: III, OF our own strenuous President
11e then proceeded to say that only yes
terday he had met great man who had
had place in our affairs only second in
Importance to the presidency. and had
made a name for himself In diplomacy.
(evIdently meaning former Secretary OF
State Olney) who had bowed his head
rs he said: TOR tho first time In my
life have to confess that am ashamed
of the attitude OF my country.
.EF AhF WolSa'l GieSciIiH6 Su6Ht' ~ >> .
said: "Our relations With that island
ought to remain as they are so far as our
economic policy is concerned, or she ought
: to be admitted as q State"
Mr., Morgan closed by reading an article
from the Financial News OF London, OF
which he said: III that is true, or If It is
a presentation In advance OF the conse-
quences that arc to follow, we have got
to fight Great Britain on account OF
this treaty or else we have gut to be
dlsgraced,"
The Senate adjourned until Tomorrow,
The House,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 0,-Nrr, Payne,
chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported when the House con,
vened to-day, Il resolution providing for
the reference Of the Presidents message