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The Pensacola Journal
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
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Senator Morgan spoke in the U.S. Senate for nearly two hours advocating for Panama Canal Commission control of the Panama Railroad, criticizing it as a legal fiction and warning of presidential overreach risks, while doubting the canal's completion in 25 years.
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Washington, Dec. 6.—Senator Morgan to-day addressed the senate on the resolution giving the Panama Canal Commission control of the Panama railroad. Mr. Morgan called the Panama road a "legal fiction or artifice to relieve the country of a responsibility as a common carrier."
Mr. Morgan advocated putting the railroad under control of the commission although, with the control the president exercised over the commission he said "any wild, arrogant man who happens to be president can do the country incalculable injury."
Mr. Morgan spoke for nearly two hours. He did not believe, he said, that the canal could be constructed in twenty-five years.
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Dec. 6.
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Senator Morgan addressed the senate on the resolution giving the Panama Canal Commission control of the Panama railroad. He called the Panama road a 'legal fiction or artifice to relieve the country of a responsibility as a common carrier.' He advocated putting the railroad under control of the commission, but warned that the president's control over the commission could allow 'any wild, arrogant man who happens to be president' to do incalculable injury to the country. He spoke for nearly two hours and did not believe the canal could be constructed in twenty-five years.