The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-01
Ian and in the meartime the house took a

vim, Lapsam, Ersen and Shallanberger.
The democrats appointed Cox, Thompson,
Regain, Hense aud Thompson.
Recess TIL 11:30.
Hosietter offered an amendment appiopri-
! atiEg $50 900 to enable the secretary to trans
port free OF charge Subsidiary silver coin, when
required TO do so; adopted.
A clause was read appointing Gen. Geo. B.
Mcclellan Il member of the national home
for disabled volunteer soldiers, to fill the va
carey oCcasjoned by the death Ct Gen. John
Love.
Brown moved to insert the name Of Gen.
Daniel McCauley in place of General Nc
Clellan.
Weaver moved to insert the name ct Gen.
B. f. Butler.
Both motions were defeated notwitnstand-
ing the remark made by Weaver that Gen.
Butler should be selected on the ground that
there was no man iii America who could show
such a non. partisan record.
A motion was made by Brown to insert the
name of Gen. NJ. d. Mason; defeated.
The committee informally rose to enable
the speaker to announce Atkins, Clymer and
Baker as conferees OH the legislative appro-
priation bill and then resumed its sitting.
Goode offered an amendment appropriating
5000 900 for the establishment at the isthmus
of Panama of naval stations and depots Of
coal for the supply of war steamships.
Dlouib IdlScu bHc pOIiG VI OIucT CIldI GIlt
amendment was not in continuation of any
work in progress, aud argued that the object
was not SO much to establish stations but in
connection Herewith a protectOrate of the
lsthmus in consequence of the proposed in
ter-oceanic ship canal.
WhiteEorne, chairman of the naval COM
mittce replied to Blount. The isthmus of
Panama was TO be the possible future limit of
the An. erican coastwise trade, aud therefore
the mineral land which was there could not
be obtained upon good terms. The amend.
ment was offered not only in the interests of
The navy. but of the great national interests
of the country, and he warned the gentlemen
not to trifle by delays or technicalities
with opposition in which the honor and i'll
terests OF the country might be involved.
The chairman said he would submit the
point of order to the committee for a decision.
r McMahon charged that behind his propo-
sition was a scheme for the benefit of the
Chivique laud Improvement company, which
was the owner of 100000, 900 acres of land on
the isthn,us, which included two harbors that
were to be made coaling stations. How many
private achemes were involved in the propo-
sitioh he did not know, but he had a suspic-
ion it was not for the promotion of the honor
. and glory of the United States.
The question of order was overruled.
, keifer quoted from a recent message of the
. president TO show the Importance and econo.
4 my of providing these naval stations.
McMahon expressed his surprise at the sug-
gestion that a saving of $25O,0O0 could be eff
, fected annually by the establishment of coal.
q ing stations. If that were so why did not the
Yankees connected with the Chivique land
company, establish their stations themselves
and mine coal and sell it to the govern
4 menJ.
- Harris, member of the naval committee
disclaimed with much indignation the idea
q that any representative of the land company
had been before that committee or had intiu.
enced it in any respect. II was believed by
" the president aud the secretary of the navy
that in view of the complications that may
arise in the future, it was wisdom OH the par
y of the United States to have coaling stations
II on the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the 18th
mus. Was this house unwilling to trust tn
- president and secretary of the navy with thu
y power to fix these locations?
70 King, chairman of the inter-oceanic cana
committee denied that any representative Q
. any land company had appeared before or IN
luenced the committee.
Whitehorn criticised the democracy G
Blount and McMahoI, contrasting it witt
~ that real democracy which had added empire
to International domain, whose idea was tn
g manifest destiny of the North American re
,r public, and whose motto was, mo pent u
utica contracts our powers,' but a Who'll
boundless continent is ours. These gentle
~ men, Blount and Mcmahon, were neophyte
and the picayunes of democracy. [Laughtc.
AS to the intimation of %jobbery, all that h
had to say was that when the propositloJ
came before the naval committee it was IT
ferred to GOode as a subcommittee and tn
,d intimatIon that anybody appeared before hil
~ or the committee i'll the interest of the Ian
ts company was uncllaritable and false.
a Mcmahon Il meyer intimated it.
49, Whitehorn-It | were! so uncharitable AT
st mean as others are, l might throw out the il
TO- timation that many of the French scheme
~ were being used to defeat the great America
" idea and project, but l don
~ indulge in such intimations.
In believe the house and country are animal
" ed by the same spirit as the committee c
be naval affairs, which is that the future grea
IN ness and honor of the country demands tn
work of preparation to meet all posslb
he emergencies. .
'ar McMahon thought the remarks of his di
a tinguished friend a little unfortunate, in vie
of the fact that the secretary OF the nav
,st recommended the establishment of coaliI
oil stations, and was now the American pres
he dent of the Panama Canal company.
Goode-Oh, no; 1t was recommended b
ia the present secretary, Golf.
,se RUbeson-And by ThompsOn's predecesso
be McMahon said he had never spoken wit
en- thompson oi sopJoe'' ~"
no or intimated that any member of the nav
committee or inter-oceanic canals had bee
an Influenced by improper motives.
or Goode-I did not understand any such i
timation had been made against me perso
old ally, or l would have met it at the time.
rise McMahon-Exactly; and l would have Ii
,Le more respect for you if you had net
promptly; but it was not made, and it W
,ss- not intended. l do say, however, that 1t
ISL remarkable that the two committees who Ii
the bill in their charge, and who made.an
ON vestisation of the subject did not disco'
that the Chierique Land Improvement Co
ion pany was at the back of it all.
Uarris-The naval committee discover