| Show PROCEEDINGS S SN IN N THE HOUSE Washington Jan 7 There was a n fairly largo large attendance In III the galleries of or the house today In ia anticipation of at atthe the opening of or the debate on fill the nguan aguan canal bill which had been made madea a II special order today tollay Uy fly the ito terms of or the order ollIer the he bill will continue before the House until disposed of br Without business the House went Vent Into committee of or the whole Mr Ill j Grosvenor of or Ohio In the chair for tor the thc consideration of or the lie canal bill and Mr Mc Ir Hepburn ot or Iowa the chairman of or the lie committee on In Interstate Interstate interstate DUll anti foreign commerce which reported the I he bill lilli took the to open the lie debate He lie said Mid the subject of a 11 Waterway across the tho Isthmus conne t tIng Ing the Atlantic anti Pacific oceans OC hind had been In tIn the minds of the people of o the for Cor more than tItan years tars lit lif the United 1 States tates states slates bind lind Instructed their congress tonal lonal delegations to support rt n a bill for tor toran foran an nn International oceanic waterway all au political parties had lied aligned themselves In favor of or It the tho ho subject had been lieen discussed In Congress scientific poem oclo tics the tha w t and cm ii lit III hust hURt hustings hustings ings until there was WM now a n volume of literature on the subject such as ns was WaR never neler before devoted to a I single pro project proJect project Mr Ir Hepburn ald the report ot th the Walker commission gave careful con consideration sid to every feature re aluli of or the tue work stork The bill submitted by IJ his hili committee proposed to concentrate all authority In the lie hands of or tho the President It 1 opened Oll no opportunity top for defunct statesmen sIn or for or pensioning Of or persons who wh had been passed In lit the th race of or mUtt II It gave the thc United States he lbs authority a to defend der anil op opec r rate rate ate ale the In view of or all nil the lie re rt reports ports submitted Mr Hepburn wild PAId there could conic now how no be bo no question Iu ton In the tho mind l of any nn well 11 Informed titan man of ot this the feasibility anti and practicability of an In Inter ter canal Referring to tho the efforts of or the Iho Pana Panama Panama ma Canal to it build a n canal ll 1111 I by III enterprise he summed up their effOrts as am follows The Thie company raised Ill by bythe b the he cale ale of of ut bonds brinds arid nf mit atler mitor ter ler or eight years eurs tho the managers of or the lie company found themselves lv H with the work less leAR titan than completed penniless and bankrupt In money and anti character The disaster of or this company compan he said saili proved d conclusively that the work should be taken by governmental agency There was 18 not nn an atom alom of or work In general engineering said he hue yet et to be bedone bedone bedone done In favor of or the anti and practicability no that mil ever Pcr received this the attention of or mun man lInt bad been Iwen tin o conclusively proved If It the pending J Mil became a s law Ill the work could begin at once anti should be com corn completed In eight years yearn Mr Ir Hepburn said raid that lint as BR a R commer commercial cial 1111 venture venure the UIt lit commissions figures of at 71 tons Ions could be safely are taken At the latter figure the this total revenue a C II the th Sue Puts ue n rah enough tu to inset the cost of maintenance ance anti and leave looe JIO 10 to meet Interest charges If It there were such In concluding Mr Jr Hepburn raid u F S tIters thure might he In lii the lie which h they the would be its harmed by tho Ito rivalry of ot thin this canal und and there were VI of If lieu hon honest est PurPose who iho t t hint tue th time lute t was not rIpe ilpo lou for the lie building of ut u n enn 1111 nl ni or 01 t hint t an tit of lr such tUlle tilde e not be bt They wore pel Imps terrified by J the tho Ito spectre of a II I Hut Itu he hue continued I Insist that the this American people hoc made hattie thull t lid I dec run t bet I the hue t shah Hhall I Ibe be hll built ho lit ami timid that hut tit now w Is In tho thie time limo I to It Applause MI Mr Hepburn about the lie recent report reported ed 51 I offer of or tics lie Panama company lo to sell lIell tilt nil lit for or mid nn Mr lilt Hepburn haiti bald I he h reported on ott an au of nt offer fer reI of ot IO lint hilt he lie could not tell what Would have lice 11 UH its on I the last lall Ic offer At 1 nil 1111 events tho Nicaragua route was WOI 40 miles tin lit United Status than limn hum Panama Mr Mi Hepburn declared there was Ia no 11 certainty that this the company submitted all Inn a new proposition I cli that If II It had It was wal trying to save a tt pur purton ton toll of If its that thaI the Put pur poto po o was 1111 delay and that Oust he hue did 1111 not flat be J b bI I love iSe the tho lie United I mi ted States SlAte should lI Involved In hum the I lie enterprise e ut Panama ii t I If It I f thu Ihu I tiomi hind had been ben made Mr 11 declared that the tho I ii ate come had forfeited ted Its It I is II light right tutu we should deal with Columbia |
