Show VIOLATION OF THE SPOONER ACT Administration Cannot Legally Lega E Enter Into a Canal Treaty with Panama Prospect of a Lively Debate in the Senate 1 4 I Nov Nor 12 Demo i V Y ton Have ee determined I to oppose the ratification of o a canal treaty with he he new republic of Panama should the administration en enter enter ter upon treaty negotiations with ith that I country The Democratic steering com corn committee committee is said Mid to be unanimous in co condemnation con i of the recognition the United I States State has hall given to the creation of a anew anew new nw government on n the isthmus though j the announcement has been beer trade that no course COUT e of o opposition has hu been deli deft I I adopted It has been learned on j I i the authority of a member of the Dem steering committee that the th sentiment nt of the committee is Ia to at attack attak attack tack tak any alJY effort to open negotiations n with the new nw n w republic and go SO before the of the Spooner country In support o I act to show the party is not anta antagonistic to the tile building of a canal oI It is I a claimed aimed 1 that the law 1 is on tile the tide aide of the Democratic Inasmuch at se a the Spooner act is a Republican measure This act ct authorized authorised the pros pres president ident to 10 proceed to the construction of ofa a canal on the Nicaraguan and nd Costa Cota I IRI RI route in the e event ent negotiations D I t with wit Colombia are not concluded within i ia a reasonable Ome Ime for or the Panama 1 route I 1 |