The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-01
EADS' TEHAUNIEE'EC SCHEME.

which the Eads Tehauntepec railway scheme
was recently killed in the house: "Mr. King,
chairman of the special canal committee, be-
fore which the scheme was laid, took a front
seat in the house during the morning hour
with a view of reporting from the
the famous bill of Incorporation for the Mica
raguan company and the Eads bill. The
Nlcaraguan bill was first reported and was
placed on the calendar wlthou. opposition,
but when the same was asked for, the Eads
bill, Mr.. Page, of California, who is of the
same committee, entered his protest on The
ground that the report was not a majority re-
port. He was referring to a meeting of the
committee at which one of the members ar
irving late asked to be recorded against the
bill, which request, 1t is understood, was re-
fused. Had his vote Leen recorded it would
have made the vote a tie and defeated the
report. As it was he vote stood five to four.
Mr.. King, who is commonly reported TO be
Infatuated with the Eads scheme, but whose
courage in public deba'e has never been suf-
ficicnt to enable hlE to champion it out Of
committee, was much disconnected by Mr..
Pages charge and responded to it teebly, 'the
gentleman has 10 right to question tina ,
Mr.. Page replied vigorously that he denied
absolutely that the report was "a majority re-
port, and moved to lccommit it with instruc-
tons to have it reported back without the
subsidy clause. THIS being the meat of the
bill, 10 motion could be more fatal to it. Mr..
King rose to protest. If he said anything, or
meant to, he alone knows what it was, for the
house had been thrown into confusion by Mr..
Pages vehemence, and a much more eXpe-
rienced parllamentarian than Mr.. King might
have been at a loss low to e~xtricate the bill
and adjust matters. Certainly, Mr.. King was
not equal to the task. Mr.. Conger came, to
the rescue with a suggestion that the bill be
put at once into committee of the whole.
This suggestion was laughed down and MI.
Conger was evidently not ANXIOUS to press it.
Then Mr.. Cox moved to table the matter.
Mr.. King again rose and was again at a loss
what to do. 1t had become manifest that the
report might drift anywhere. 1t was without
a guide aud l. at the mercy of a piti!ess house.
While in this embarrassment Mr.. ACklen, MI.
Kings sworn enemy, plunged a thorn into
his side. lie rose with great gravity and, in
a most solicitous manner said he desired to
make a parliamentary enquiry. The speaker
inquired what it was, and the house. ~k';owing
the relations of Mr.. Acklen and Mr.. King,
became perfectly quiet. II desire to know,
Nj. Speaker" lie said. sit this motion should
prevail whether it would kill the entire mat
ter" Tire house burst into a roar of deris-
i've laughter and the question being put the
report was tabled by an overwhelming vote.
nv. King stood in his place for a moment,
rubbed his eyes for q moment as If doubtful
where he was, and then slowly sat down. For
nearly an hour he was immovable, then he
began to realize what had struck him, and
rising returned half dazed to his own seat.
Upon the heels of the above comes the sub
joined account of proceedings had in the
senate upon the same measure. 1t will be
seen that the bill is likely to be resurrected,
and prove all a~gitating subject in a future
congress.
The hter-Oceon's Washington says
Captain Eads' Tehauntepec ship railway
scheme died hard in Congress. 1t was sup
posed that the Floyd-King fracas in the
House the other day gave it a quieh,s, but
Eaton came to the rescue in the Senate the
other day, Offering a resolution declaring that
the interests of the United States are so in
vOlved i'll the subject of ship canals and other
ways for the transportation of ships across the
lsthmus, that the government with Grankness
due all to her governments and people, hereby
asserts that it will insist that its consent is a
necessary condition to proceed 10 the execu-
ton of any such project, and also to the rules
and regulations under which other nations
Shall participate in the use of such canals or
other ways, either il, peace or war.
This is a very innocent looking manifesto,
but it serves to reopen the whole subject,
and it is already understood that Senator
Window, Of Minnesota, is preparing an
elaborate speech which he will deliver this
week. He will not have much to say respect
ing the action of the resolution, but will make
an exhaustive argument IN behalf of Eads,
ship railroad and The Telmantepec route,
which he earnestly believes in. He is offer
ing first to his own country the preference of
participating IN the Mexican concession to
Eads', which permits him to allow the United
States, conformity with Mexico, to discrimi,
nate in her own behalf of tolls, and he says,
off Eads should be repulsed by the United
States and should make a tender to England,
she would accept the proposition and confer
honorary titles upon him and a pension be-
Sides"
Opium dens are now closed by law. The
governor signed the bill on the last day of the
session. Parties who have been keeping these
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