The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-10
LOCK SYSTEM
 IS ATTACKED Senators Talk Plainly
 of Canal. sEPUB LEADERS ARE WORRIED Warning of Senator Morgan Is
 Recalled. Roth Houses ef Ce.sress Discuss Work es Isthmus of Psssza ana Fail-
 ure Is Predicted
 tn Senate.
SEPUB LEADERS ARE WORRIED
BY ALFRED !. STOPPER.

1he uepate m the senate today on the Panama Canal was one of the most startiing and Interesting that has oc- cured in months.
 The statements contained in the re- port made by Senator Kittredge as to the fearful cost of the lock canal. to say nothing of the difhculties being encountered, brought -forcibiy to the minds of the Senators the warnings that were sounded time and again by the late Senator Morgan of Alabama.
 Senators Aldrich and Hale, who steer things for their party in the Sanate. had most troubled look son their races as one after. another Senators at- lacked the lock system and advocated the sea level plan of construction.
 MT. Lodge who is so close to Pres 3dent Roosevelt, appeared to be really confused and worried while listening to the attacks of MT \ Klt9redxe upon the. management of things out on the fsthmus. MT. Lodge kept one hand ovar hiss eyes while All this contention was going on.
 Dcbate in the House.
 Washington, Feb. S--Under special order. the House today took up the bill sto provide for the government of the Canal Zone, the construction of the Pan anna canal and for other purposes" {
 The report says system by which eppeals may be taken from Judicial de- cisions fin the Canal Zone to the proper courts in the. United States, is neces- aary. As there is little Litigation in the Zone. the report says there is no neces- stty for, three judges of the Supreme Court there as at present, nor for the court at all, if appeaIa . be otherwise provided The methods provided in tlis bill, it is said. could not be put in op- eration by the President because he cal, not confer upon the courts in the Unit. cd States authority to hear appeaIS Srom the courts in the Zone.
 Mir. Mann, tIllinois1, who had the bill in charge, said that under the blll. In fertoF. courts and courts of record are not disturbed. All circuit courts except one are Rhulished. The diecuaslor brought out the fact that pfeeideiiE. elect Taft had been consulted regard ing tlfg provisfon giving to the Preei. 'Aent absolute authority n tue nintaAl of the constrAciOn of the dnnal aisa providing for Athe applishing of the present Canal Eommissi0h. { ,tsispI
 eWhy should Nhe be7' lnuulred Mr. Fitzgerald, (New SYorls). but his Quas- tion fell upon deaf ears. as AEr. Manp refused to reply 1s t.s
 Let's keep everything cut of the way and dig the canal" pleaded Mir. Adamson, tGeorgia). } When that was done, he said. 1t would be time enough to provide permanently for the settle ment and management oS the Zone
 Mir. Richardson, (AlabaSRa1. opposed she bill.
 MT. Richardson said that tue. pres ent was a most inopportnne time to call the attention odf the country to the fact that a change of the sxecntive and administrative, as well as the gov z.a .a nnI arvn ~ necessary. He said Congress should wait for the report of the engineers who recently accompanied Mr.. Taft to Panama. q do not hesitate to. say" he. said, "that believe that the chief engineT and his associates in charge of the work are honest, competent and fath- full, and if left undisturbed by nnneces. sary interference and legislative change wilI successfully complete the canal on the plan adopted by Congress and give to our republic the glory it well deserves by conferring upon the na- tions of the world an inestimable bene- faction." ...-- z e
 MT. stephens. CMInn.) explained. in supporting the bill. that 1t established in the zone Legislative instead of an executive government. Unless the bill were passed, he said, the construc- ton of the canal would be impeded in many ways. q
 A motion by Mr. Hardwick (Ga.). to strike out the section vesting in the President or some person designated by him ali the military. civil and indical powers in the canal zone resulted in disclosing much opposition to the bill Mfr. Rainey (Ills.), was particularly bitter in his denunciation of the bill 1. 1t was coming to pass, he said, that members of, Congress would have nothing to do but distribute garden seed He was opposed to shoulderine additional powers on the executive. /
 In supporting the bill, MT. Cochran (N. Y.) declared his belief in a mini mum of vice if he could not get vir- tue. He argued that it was not con- hemplated to establish permanent government on the canal zone. The dominant purpose in taking the land, he said, was not the government oi persons, but the construction of the canal. st '- - .f .
 Answering many of tho arguments against the bill, MT. Mann (Ills.). said it was 6 case of executive govern ment or chaos. .'
 After some further discussion. the mbtion of Mir. Kardwick to strike out the paragraph in question was lost b7 to 110. Other amendments followed in quick succession. One of these was by Mir. Rainey. providing that the so- called gold" employees shall be re. strIcted to American citizens. ''Tf we are to enter upon the gigantic system of spoils contemplated" he said, 'I prefer that the spells shall go to Americans."
 The amendment was lost
 After all amendments previously of fered had been voted down. one by MT Underwood of Alabama, was adopted, authorizing the President ai any time to remove the Circuit Judge provided for in the bill. -jtt
 An avalanche of amendments was directeA at the remainng paragraphs of the bill. occasioning considerable