The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-14
MORGAN ATTACKS PANAMA COMP ANY Should Carry Provisions of Treaty Into Effect. CHAFES Al THE DELAYS Implores the Republican Senators to Give a Reason for Delay In
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CHAFES Al THE DELAYS

Washington, April 13.-The senate be- gan today consideration of the bill pro viding for the government Of the Pana- ma canal zone. The greater part of the day was occupied by MT. Morgan in sup porting amendments offered by himself. None of them was accepted and the reading of the bill was nearly half com pleted. Mir. Morgan attacked the new Panama Canal company and contended that the United States should carry into effect the provisions of the treaty with Panama regardless of the demands of that company
 Upon the request of MT. Fairbanks. the senate ordered the printing of the late President McKinleys last speech at Buffalo, as a public document. In pre- senting the request Mir. Fairbanks stated there are many inquiries for the ad- dress
 A bill was passed fixing the salary of the United States consul at New Chwang China, at $4OOO per annum.
 MT. Hale presented an amendment 10 the Panama canal government Dill re- quring that all stores, machinery and men to be used in connection with the construction of the canal be transported in United States built vessels whenever reasonable rates can be secured. When the bill was taken up. MT. Morgan enter ed upon a general discussion of the canal legislation and expressed the opinion that some occult influence was operating to secure expedition. He then temporar- fly withdrew his substitute for the entire bill, asking that the bill be read section by section for amendment. This request being compiled with. he offered section II of his bill appropriating $10,OOO'W0 to be paid to Panama as a substitute for the first section of the bill reported by the canal commission. He said that un- til the purchase of the property was consummated no hing else should be done and that the pending bill made no provision for the acquisition of the rail- road and the ships owned by the new Panama company.
 Morgan Chafes at Delay.
 Mir Morgan spoke of the delay in pay ing the $l0O00OO0 to Panama and implor- ed republican senators to give the rea9on for 1t. You know what the reason is, he said. 'I do not, give it to us.
 He accused the President of defying the law in making the payment of ten millions to Panama with the payment to the new Panama Canal company and again refer ring to the difficulty of securing infor- ma tion, exclaimed "in that nest of fradu- lent spectators in Paris possibly in New York if not still nearer home Is to be found the explanation of the mystery and delay Somebody is going to profit by it. Who is it?'
 Mir. Morgan spoke of the interests of France and a banquet at which the cele- brated Bunau-Varila and the equally celebrated Loomis met together and con graduated each other on some dangerous situations which they had avoided by the fact that they had negotiated canal treaty. Now what was this danger ous situation?
 MT Morgan said 1t must have been something that Bunau-Varilla was fa- miliar with for he did not think MT. Loomis "can be charged with excessive familiarity with anything outside of the United States"
 Mir Morgan said it was the interest of French citizens they were protecting.
 Talks on Mosquito Question.
 He read from an article giving an ac- count of the British government send ing a gunboat to Nicaragua for the pro- tection of the Mosquito Indians under treaty entered into between Great Britain and the tribe. He suggested that this mosquito question had been stirred up to disguise a plan on the part of Great Britain to bring about the building of a canal by the Costa Rica Nicaraguan route He said the government of Great
  vide for the building of the canal just as the Suez canal was built
 That is all there is to the mosquito question:" he said. He added in con cluding that he knew MT. Kittredge was burning with anxiety to reply"
 MT. Kitteredge responded by simply moving that MT. Morgan's amendment to the first section of the bill be laid on the table. The motion prevailed-ayes 33, noes 15, a party vote. The canal bill was then temporarily laid aside and the senate passed two bills in the interest of Hawaii.
 The consideration of the canal bill was resumed. As the reading of the blll pro- ceeded Mir Morgan suggested various amendments but none of them were adopted.
 At o'clock, when the reading of the bill had been about half completed. it was laid aside and after passing 2l9 pension bills the senate at D. m. ad- journed.