The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-22
PRESIDENT Wins
IN CANAL FIGHT
Senate Votes for Lock.
Type. Rejecting Com
mittee Report.
DIG. DIGl ORDER
TO COMMISSION.
Officials Will Leave at Once for.
1sthrnus, and Work Will Be
Pushed With Greatest
Possible Speed-Vote
Ends Long
Contest.
.fRy Asaoclated Press.l )

(By Associated Press.)
sYAsHINGTON, juno 2.-.cut loose
now and build the canal. The American
people want results on the isthmus as
soon as they can be obtained, and I
want them. Dig, dig! Congress and
the people are behind us In our Efforts"
Within .orty-cight hours after tho com
@pletion OF the Panama Canal legislation,
President Roosevelt will issue. IN effect,
the above order to Chairman shonts and
Chief Engineer Stevens. OF tho Panama
Canal Commission. e ny
Vote of c Confidence.
The President expressed this afternoon
his great gratifcation at the action OF
the United states Senate In supporting
4 his plan for the construction OF lock
canal. He has been convinced for sew
eral days that the lock type of canal
would be adopted by the Senate on Its
. final vote. notwithstanding the report
,.of the majority OF the 1nteroceanic
Canals Committee in favor OF 9 sea-level
waterway. s Il
The President regards the vote OF the
House and the Senate on the lock type
{ OF canal as q vote Of confidence. Orders
will be issued in q few days to press
the work as ra pidly az possible, md It
4 Is announced that before the summer Is
far advanced as many men and as
much machinery as probably can be
employed will be engaged In making the
dirt fly on the canal 70 ute. .s 35 is "a
Ca IN n a n Qh0nfR
I OF the Canal Commission were a also
greatly pleased at the outcome Of the
struggle in the Senate. Bor tho st
two weeks they have been exerting all
or their Influence with ndlvidual Sena-
tors to get them to favor the lock type
u aua!. .ss3f ,s3s
TO Leave for Panama. &
Ar. shonts called ons secreta TAFT at
the War Department and began to dis
cuss the plans OF the commission for
the prosecution OF the great work 4 OF
canal construction. It was decided that
the commission, as a whole, ahould start
for the isthmus at the earliest possible
moment, and Chief Engineer Stevens will
accompany the members OF the comnlis-
J! sion. II was found thnt the flrst avail
BILE steamer would be the Panama. !"
which will sail from New York next
Thursday, and on that vessel the com
missioners Will embark. 1t Is the pur-
pose to make 10 thorough inspection Of
tha canal work, x which has reached " q
5point where experts must determine the
lines on which 1t Is to be continued.
Vote in Senate.
The result In tho Senate was reached
few minutes after3 o'clock. and after
days discussion that was almost de-
void OF Interesting incident-quite in
keeping with the universally acknowl-
edged 6importance6 OF tho subject. There
was only one recorded vote in connec-
ton with the disposition OF the ques-
,ion, and that was negative in charac-
ter. coming on a motion to lay on the
table the lock type substitute for the
8sea-level bill reported by the Committee
on Interoceanio Canals. This motion was
made BY senat tor I<ittredge, the commit
tee champion of the sea-level plan, and
was voted cEwn-3l to s.. This vote
was accepted as decisive. and no one
sked for division on the vote on the.
acceptance OF the substitute, which reads
as followa: I'M
"That a lock canal be constructed
across the lsthmus OF Panama, con :
meeting tho waters OF the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, Of the general sG
E type proposed by the minority OF the
Board Of Consulting Eng lneers, created
by order OF the Presl dent, dated June
= "a, 1905, In pursuance OF an act en- 6
titled ian act to provide for the con-
structIon OF q canal connecting the Il
waters Of the Atlantic and the Pacific IL
oceans, approved juno 52e, 1902