The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-06
ATraigns New Panama Company
in Speech in Senate
MAKES AN APPEAL FOR VOTE
Resolution Offered BY Him Is Referred,
However-Some Progress Made on
the Postoffice Appro-
priation Bill.

Washington, April 5-The senate today
listened to a two-hour speech by Mr..
Morgan on the Panama canal question
and then again took up the postoffice ap-
preparation bill. but adjourned without
completing its consideration. Some i'm
portant amendments aside from those
suggested by the committee were agreed
to- among them one increasing from two
to four ounces the size of franked let
ters, and another adding twenty-five
members of the force of rural free de-
livery agents.
Mr.. Morgans speech was in especial ad-
vocacy of his resolution requesting in
formation from the attorney general con-
corning concessions to the original Pan
anna Canal company, and was in the
main an arraignment of the new Pam
anna company.
Mr.. Morgan called up his resolution
directing the attorney general to inform
the senate whether he has made or is
making on behalf of the United States
purchase of rights granted by Columbia
10 N, B. Wyse for the construction of an
isthmian canal or any interest in the
Panama railroad He used the resolution
as the foundation fer a speech on the
Panama canal situation, declaring that
the new Panama Canal company is only
lessee of the property rights on the
isthmus, and said that when we pay to
the government of Panama the $4,000 900
this government will be entitled to deal
with the canal company as an tenant.
Calls 1t a Surrender.
He criticised in sharp language what
he denounced as the surrender of the
United States to the new Panama Canal
company, saying that there 'is some in
fuence at work which has given that
company control of all our recent actions
with the canal enterprise" He predicted
that If there should be delay, the new
canal company, backed by France, would
be responsible for 1t, and he hinted at the
possibility of the company's refusing out
right to make satisfactory sale. He
pointed to what he called the delay in
making payment to Panama and said 1t
was In strong contrast with the haste
manifested in securing ratification of the
Bay-Varilla treaty, and argued that this
delay WAS due to demands of the canal
company.
After concluding his speech, Mr. Nor
gan asked for a vote on his resolution,
but Mr. Kittredge moved to refer it TO
the committee on inter- oceanic canals
Mr.. Morgan made an appeal Tor vote,
saying his only object was to secure in .
formation and that he desired to expedite
work on the canal
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were adopted without objection until the
senate committee nrovision continuing
the contract with the Oceanic Steamship
company, and appropriating s450,000 for
transnortine the mails by its steamers
sailing from San Francisco to Tahta was
reached. Mr. Perkins explained the item
and said it was impossible to operate the
Tahita steamship line without the aid OF
the United States, and there was no Other
way in which efficient mail service
could be maintained at the present time.
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senate adopted an amendment increasing
from two to four ounces the weight of let
ters sent under frank, Mr.. Lodge saying
that under the present limitations it was
difficult to transmit many important Off
cial documents and that frequently let
ters were returned for want of sufficient
hostage.
The following bills were passed:
Revising the regulations for the insnec-
tion of steam vessels.
prov,ding for the annointment of an ad-
ait,ata, assistant annraiser Of tbe rort :,
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Cohsioera'lon VI 'he pos'o,i'ce oiii as
resumed ana Mr' Long moved an amend
ment increasing 10 the extent Oh twenty
five the number OF rural free delivery
agents. He said there were about 5000
applications for the establishment of ru-
raj free delivery routes, and that the
present force was totally inadequate to
investigate them. The amendment was
agreed to, but when the action was fol-
lowed by an amendment to Increase the
appropriation to the extent of $4,000 in
order to meet the enhanced expense. Mr..
German suggested that the matter should
he DELAYED until next December. This
amandn,ort was alao agreed to
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