The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
MORGAN MAKES
FINAL SPEECH
will Not Again Talk Upon Pan
ANA Treaty.
SPOONER BOBS UP AGAIN
SPIRITED coLLoaUY WITH SEN
AToR TILLMAN.

Washington. Feb, 20.-At the request
Of Mr.. Patterson, the senate today or
dered the printing OF u statement by
the Western Federation OF Miners rel
ative TO the labor troubles ia Colorado,
and IN reply to the statement of the
mine operators of that state, which
has already been printed. The docu-
ment also was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary. having under con-
sideration Mr.. Patterson's resolution
looking to an investigation Of the Colo
RADIO troubles.
The Panama canal question was
then taken up and Mr., Morgan spoke
IN opposition to the ratification of the
canal treaty. He said this would be
his last speech on the subject.
Mr.. Morgan urged that the treaty
should be so amended as unequivocally
10 permit the intervention of the Unit
ed States in case of necessity. He
urged as a reason for this suggestion
his opinion that ultimately Panama
would drift back into the union with
Colombia unless held III leash by this
country.
Congress Not to Blame.
Mr.. Morgan declared that the vote
on the treaty was being unduly hast
ened and asserted this haste TO be due
to complications with the new Panama
canal company. Mr.. Money in a
speech said: Whatever broken faith
or blighted honor attaches to the coun-
try was not brought on by the Demo
cratic party; neither is either branch
OF congress responsible. The censure
belongs to the administration and its
supporters as they are accessories aft
er the fact
Mr. Money declared that the presi-
dents course in violation Of interna-
tional law had been such as to render
Il indefensible- He was sure that this
and other acts of the United States
in connection with the Panama revolt
would deserve and receive the ceasure
of history. But, bad as our course had
been in Panama. he said that it was
no worse than our course in Hawaii
and the Philippines had been. He also
contended that the president had been
wrong in his recognition of Panama,
but concluded that as ne had given it
recognition it was established and its
rights as q nation fixed and this status
being fixed, the new republic had a
right to enter into the treaty.
Money VIII Obey.
Mr.. Money referred to the action of
the state legislature Of Mississippi re-
questing him to vote for the canal
treaty, saying that that request had as
much influence with him as would a
command.
Mr.. Spooner resumed the speech
which he had begun Thursday last.
He said that if the United States had
abandoned the treaty the French gov
eminent would have assumed our re
spOnsibilities, which this nation would
not have tolerated. Mr.. Spooner de-
clared it to be strange thakE men who
had spoken with such feeling of the
condition of Cuba before the Spanish
war should not have had a word to say
for Panama.
In response TO a question from BIr.
Tillman Mr.. Spooner defended the or
ders Of the government Of the United
States prohibiting the landing OF troops
within fifty miles Of the canal. Mr..
Tnlman said that the United States
never would have interfered in Pana-
mas affairs if the canal had not been
Involved and Mr., SpoOner replied that
the president had Obeyed the acts Of
congress in all that he did.
Compliment For Tillman.
The president, Mr. Spooner con-
tended, had every reason TO believe that
the government of Panama was stable.
for Columbia. without treasury or
navy, and with n small army and no
means Of reaching Panama could not
be expected to be very formidable. He
said that if the South Carolina sen
ator had been in Panama he would
have beeen the chief cOnspiTatOT there.
Mr.. Tiilman replied that his antagOn-
list had paid him great compliment
Dir. SpOOner retOrted that in making
this admission Mr.. Tillman was con-
ceding that all he had himself con-
tended.
Mr.. Tillman would not, however, ad-
mi bot he fgh
the ColOmbians. Il have called EN-
NANCY lot he said, and the senator
from Wisconsin has made en- out q
mangier lot than I have"
NIr. Spooner then entered upon q dis
CussiOn of the question Of the benefits
to be derived from the canal, the presi-
dents right tO-recOgniZe and Colombia
ownership % property in the Panama
railroad and Panama canal under pres
ent conditions. On the last named
point he took issue with Mr.. Morgan,
contending that Colombia's ownership
had passed with her sovereignty.
Right Of Secession.
Referring to the presidents course,
Mr.. Spooner said that no one need roll
under his tongue as a sweet morseI the
contention that in recognizing Panama
the president had committed himself TO
the secession Of the southern states,
which was, he said an entirely differ
ent matter That would do for COnfed-
crates Daughters meetings, but not for
I confederate veterans themselves.
Mr.. CuIbersOn asked. How about the
/ presidents Canon Springs sDeech2"
Mr.. Spconar declared that the doc
trine Of secession in this country had
been sufficiently covered by Daniel
/ Webster,s reply to Hayne to render it
! necessary TO go into that question.
Moreover, the~Anerican secession had
failed.
But, asked Air. TiIlman, would we
have failed # We had had ia France or
England a big f<end like Panama had
| in the United States to keep you people
away?"
Nj. Spooner concluded at 500 p. m.
The senate then went into executive