The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-27
stance Of any party caucus.

stance of any party caucus.
Mr. Morgan discussed ut some length
the attitude of the President in the
matter of the selection of q route for
the proposed isthmian canal. and in
doing so. accused him of using his Off
ciaI position to advance his personal
views. one man in the presidential Of
flee NAV be able, ne said, TO crush all
opposition. but it remained 10 Ire seen
whether he could crush the statutes OF
/ Congress. He referred TO the Spoorer
act and said no one could nulllfy it.
The revolution in Panama. he said. vas
Il CaeSarIan operation, resulting in ak
ing Panama alive from the womb Of
Colombia. In connection With his
charge, the President has made the
canal question q party question, Mr..
Morgan said: Il him that the appeal
TO party discipline TO force his opinions
on the country. and his measures of
aggression on foreign countries, in ad-
dItlon 20 his power as COMMUNICATIVE
chief OF the army and navy, which he
uses with 4 dreadful latitude of con-
struction IS So strong 4 prOOt Of heart
! failure in the present villa moments.
that | am encouraged to hope that there
are still some barriers that We may re-
y upon TO protect the peace and save
the commerce of the country. | regret
that hearty discipline is to be used as
i domestic police force to protect the
transit in Panama, and to guard the
interests of the new canal company.
That We will get a canal if can be
built in Panama, | have no doubt, for
the President has said 50. Yet this re-
suit IS not nearly so certain or 50 safe
as if he should obey the SpOoner law"
Mr.. Morgan said that he had nearly
consented 10 the enactment of the
SpOOner bill. because of his confidence
in the good Of the President in enforcing
the law, and now that the President had
not seen fit to keep that faith, it re-
mained to be seen whether the n
would support him in that position. The
President had. he said. completed his
campaign against the SpoOncr Act by
having Mr.. Hay sign Il treaty with
some body from Panama." who had
no authority, except that conveyed in
a cabIegram from a junIa at Panama.
He read the correspondence bearing
upon the revolution to show. as he said.
that the President had known of the
uprising in the isthmus before il be-
7sAAi tilAA A4tA SbO'0 Wv WAL
ships to protect those engaged in it
The pretense in Assistant Secretary
LOOMS dispatch, that it was our desire
to maintain peace. was. Mr.. Morgan de-
clared. the grimmest piece of irony THAT
had ever graced diplomatic annals.
Mr.. Morgan expressed the hope that Mr..
Hay had been asleep when some of the
messages OF his subordinates had been
flying over the wire. y for the Presi-
dent" he said. he never sleeps on his
post of duty or desires. although he
sometimes closes his eyes To- what is
going on about him"
He coutendcd that Colombia had had
"a perfect right to suppress an uprising
on the iSthnuIs. and he declared that the
United States had failed utterly to OBJ
serve its obligations in pursuing the
course ii had taken Indeed, he said.
u course there had been such that it
would bring down he cuSure of future
generations p o us, and he predicted
tina the Immediate result would be dis
IstrUu~. causing The loss of both men
and treasure. The consequence would
be such that the President would have
no time for dreams OF diplomatic tri-
umph. He declared mis- opinion that
Mr.. Hay had not been a free agent
in negotiating either of the canal trea-
ties.
Mr.. Morgan said that the most siren
nous part of the career of the PreSl-
dent had been covered by his effort TO
secure a canal with Panama and that
the President had resolved. when the
Hay-Herran treaty was under consider
alton to push the canal through and If
authority did not exist he had made
UP his mind to create it.
With the understanding that he
continue tomorrow. Mr.. Morgan
yielded the floor, and Mr.. CuIlom pre-
sented an agreement fixing December
10th as the date for taking a vote on
the cuban reciprocity bill The agree
ment provides hat the bill n be
taken up upon the converting OF the
egular session of Congress. December
7th and remain the order of business
each day after the routine morning
business until the 10th, on which date
a vote shall be taken. the time on the
18th and 10Th to be equally divided be-
tween the friends and opponents OF the
bill
The agreement was accepted without
The Senate adjourned until tomorroW.
SENATE COMMITTEES.