Spanish Fork Press | 1905-12-21 | Page 1 | Senate Passes Canal Bill

Senate Passes Canal Bill Washington The senate passed the Panama canal emergency appropriation appro-priation bill on Saturday but the result re-sult Was not attained until after the debate on the bill had been continued the greater part of the day to the exclusion ex-clusion of practically all other bust ness Set speeches were made by Mr Bacon in advocacy of his amendment requiring estimates for the canal commission com-mission salaries by Mr Allison who devoted himself largely to tho details of the bill Mr Culberson who criti cised the employment of Mr Bishop as a press agent by Mr Stone who criticised the purchase of AmerIcan Amer-Ican ships to carry Panama supplies in face of the announced determination determina-tion to go abroad for vessels under the conditions then existing and by Mr Newlands who expressed the opinion that the construction of the canal should have been entrusted to the geological survey