Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-21
WOULD GRAB PANAMA.
fforgan's Bill in the Senate to Annex
 Isthmian State.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-In the sen ate MT. Patterson and Mir. Platt spoke at length on the Panama canal ques- tion Mr. Patterson declared that the president was largely responsible for the revolt in Panama and announced his decided preference for the Nicara- qua route.
 MT. Platt took this pronouncement for Nicaragua as the text for his re- marks. He said it explained the mys- tery of the otherwise unexplainable op- position on the part of the Democratic senators to the Panama treaty.
 MT. Patterson referred to the portion of the presidents message, in which he stated that it had been his intention if Colombia did not accept our terms to submit to congress tthe propriety of direct arrangement with Panama or take what other steps might be need full in order to begin the canal enter prise" Such proposition, Mr.. Pat terson declared, would have been an insult to the dignity and honesty of congress- He repeated the charge that the presidents mind was known In Panama and asserted that his course was pure, cold blooded participation with the rebels ! t. MT. Patterson having quoted certain newspaper reports, MT. Aldrich inter rupted that the statements were unau- thorfzed newspaper reports.
 MT Patterson replied that he had ob- served that incorrect newspaper re- ports concerning the affairs of the ad- ministration are promptly contradict ed As an instance he cited the de- nial of the report that the president had said concerning a certain sena- tors attitude toward the presidential nomination that he would 'either have to Ash or cut bait"
 MT. Patterson asserted that MT. Bu- nan- Varilla had come to Washington to lobby the canal measure through for the Panama Canal company and declared that Mir. Bunauvarilla had not even been in Panama since 1886.
 He charged that the effort to displaee the Nicaragua canal with the Panama canal was in the interest of those who want no canal at all and, at the worst, one which would give the least compe- tition to the transcontinental railroads. He believed the Nicaragua canal could be completed in fifteen years less time than the Panama canal, He therefore would vote against the ratification or the treaty. ..x e.. @s5s
 Mir. Platt then argued in support Of the course of the administration in Pan- anna. He declared that the Democrats lost sight of the fact that Panama's in- dependence was an established fact, recognized not only by the United States, but by all the great nations of the earth, and If we had violated inter- national law so had Great Britain, Germany and France.
 Senator Morgan introduced bill pro- viding for the annexation of Panama to the United States, ''the rights and property of Panama resting in the United States without reserve" The bill appropriates s1o,0oo,o00 as com- pensation to Panama for it's, cession, places $15, 100000 at the disposal of the president for the compensation of Co., lombia and appropriates $40, ,00O, 900 for the purchase of the property of the new Panama Canal company in Colombia, including the Panama canal. n@
 It is especially provided that the pro- visions of this bill shall not have the effect of repeating the spooner act. <
 MT. Morgan gave notice that he would submit some substantial reasons why the United States should take over Pan- anna at an early date. -.....
 Senator Morgan also introduced a concurrent resolution directing the president to enter into negotiations with the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the construction of a canal via the Nicaragua route.