The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
MORGAN'S LAST WORD.
FINAL ATTACK ON THE CANAL TREATY.
Money Arraigns the President for the Cdarse He Pursued, But Says He Will Vote For
 Ratification,


 | subject of three speeches in the Senate to-day and was the only subject of gen. | eral importance that received any at , tention. MT. Spooner completed the speech begun by him on Thursday and l Mir. Morgan and Money both made brief addresses. Mir. Morgan spoke in oppo- sition to the treaty as usual and anA nounced that he would not be heard again on the treaty. MT. Money announced his intention of voting for the ratification of the canal treaty, but criticized the part taken by the United States in con- nection with the secession of Panama. During his speech Mir. Spooner engag- | ed in a spirited colloquy with Mir. Till | man. He defended the President against the assumption that his position on Pan anna involved the recognition of the right of the Southern States to secede. Minister Bunau-Varilla was an inter- l ested spectator of the days proceedings. occupying a front seat in the diplomatic gallery.
 MT. Morgan declared that the vote on the treaty was being unduly hastened, and asserted this haste to be due to com plications with the New Panama Canal Company. He said the principal object of the treaty was to provide for the pay ment of AO.0o0.000 to that company. MT. Money in a speech said: "Whatever broken faith or blighted honor attaches to the country. is not brought on by the Democratic party, neither is either branch of Congress responsible. The censure belongs to the administration and it's supporters so far as they are aeces- sories after the fact"
 Mir. Money declared that the Presidents | course in violation of international law had been such as to render 1t indefina- ble. He was sure that this and other acts of the United States in connection with the Panama revolt would deserve and receive the censure 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 Pres- ident had been wrong in his recognition of Panama, but concluded that as he had given it recognition. its independence was established and its rights as a nation fix ed. and this status being fixed, the new republic had a right to enter into the treaty.
 Mir. Money referred to the action of the State Legislature in Mississippi request ing him to vote for the canal treaty saying that that request had as much in- f1uence with him as would q command. He regretted that the vote for the treaty on the Democratic side of the chamber would not be unanimous, for he thought such unanimity would be a very happy circumstance
 MT. Spooner resumed his speech which he had begun Thursday last He said that if the United States had abandoned the treaty the French Government would have assumed our responsibilities which this nation would not have tolerated. Mir | Spooner declared 1t to be strange that men who had spoken with such feeling of the condition of Cuba before the had word to say for Panama,
 In response to a question from MT. | Tillman MT. Spooner defended the orders | of the government of the United States | prohibiting the landing of troops within fifty miles of the canal.
 MT. Tillman said that the United States never would have interfered in Pana- | mas affairs if the canal had not been | involved and Mir. Spooner replied that the President had obeyed the acts of | Congress in all that he had done. He | said that If the South Carolina Senator had been in Panama he would have been the chief conspirator there. Mir. Tillman replied that his antagonist had paid him a great compliment.
 Mir. Spooner retorted that in making | this admission MT. Tillman was conced- ing all that he had himself contended MT. Tillman would not, however, admit that he had any high regard for the Colombians. "I have called 'em a mangy lot" he said. land the Senator from 1 Wisconsin has made 'em out a mangier | lot than I have"
 Referring to the Presidents course, MT. Spooner said that no one need roll under his tongue as a sweet morsel the contention that in recognizing Panama the President had committed himself to the secession of the Southern States which was. he said. very different mat 1 ter. That would do for Confederate veterans daughters meetings. but not | for Confederate veterans themselves.
 Mir. Culberson asked: How about the Presidents Capon Springs speech?" but | Mir. Spooner declared that the doctrine of secession in this country had been covered too fully by Daniel webster's reply to Bayne. to render 1t necessary to go into that question. Moreover, the | American secession had failed But" asked MT. Tillman. would we have failed If we had had in France or England a big friend like Panama had in the United States to keep you people away:"
 Mir. Spooner concluded at 5:2O D. m. | The Senate then went into executive ses- sion. ana at 5:27 adjourned.