Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-13
Amendment to Garry Goods
in American Vessels.
McKINLEY'S LAST TALK
HISTORIC WORDS TO BE PRINTED
AS PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
Senator Morgan Discusses Financial
Phases Of the Panama Litigation and
Wants to Know Reasons for Delay.

Upon the request of Mr.. Fairbanks the
Senate today ordered the printing OF the
late President McKinley's last speech at
Buffalo as public document. In present.
ing the request Mr.. Fairbanks stated that
there arc many Inquiries for the address.
The following bills were passed: Fixing
the salary of the United States consul at
New Chwang. China. at 600 per annum.
Providing for the opening of the abandon
ed Fort Abraham Lincoln military reserva-
tor in Morton county, N. D., to settlement
under the homestead law.
Mr. Hale presented an amendment to The
Panama canal government bill requiring
that all stores. machinery and men TO De
used in connection with the construction or
the canal be transported in United states
built vessels whenever reasonable rates can
be secured. When the bill was taken up
Mr. Morgan entered upon general discus
sion of the proposed canal legislation, and
expressed the opinion that some occult in
fuence operating to secure expedition.
He then temporarily withdrew his substi-
tute for the entire BILL asking that the bill
be read section by section for amendment.
A Substitute Offered.
This request being complied with, he Of
fered section II of his bill appropriatiug
the s10,000.000 to be paid to Panama as
substitute for the first section of the bill
reported by the canal committee. He SAID
that until the purchase of the property was
consumated nothing else should be done,
and that the pending bill made no provision
for the acquisition of the Panama railroad
and the ships owned by the new Panama
company.
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the delay in paying
the ten millions to Panama, and implored
republican senators to give the reasons for
it. You know what the reason is he
said. Il do not; give it to u.s..
He accused the President of defying the
law in yoking the payment of the ten mil
lions to Panama with the payment to the
New Panama Canal Company, and again
referring to the difficulty of securing in
formation. exclaimed: 'In that nest of
fraudulent peculators In Paris. or 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
1t. Who is it?''
Strikes at Loomis.
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the interests Of
France and a banquet at which 1.-The cele-
brated Bunau-Varilla and the equally cele-
brated Loomis met together and con-
graduated each other on some dangerous
situation which they had avoided by the
fact that they had negotiated a canal
treaty. Now. what was this dangerous
Situa tom
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something that Mr. Bunau-Varilla was IA
miliar with for he did not think Mr..
Ioomis can be charged with excessive IA
miliarity with anything outside of The
United States Mr.. Morgan said it was
the interest of French citizens they were
protecting.
Mr.. Morgan read from an article giving
an account of the British government send
ing gunboat to Nicaragua for the pro-
lection of the Mosquito Indians, under a
treaty entered into between Great Britain
and the tribe. He suggested that this
Mosquito question has been stirred up to
disguise plan on the part of Great Britain
to bring about the building of a canal by
the Costa RicaNicaragua route. He said
the government of Great Britain could fur
nish the money and provide for the build
ing of the canal just as the Suez canal was
built.
That is all there is to the Mosquito ques-
ton. he said.
He added in concluding that he know
MIR. kfttredge was burning with anxiety
to reply
Mr.. Kittredge responded by simply NOV
ing that Mr.. Morgan's amendment to the
hrst section Of the bill be laid on the table