Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-13
mlAGs n CONGRESS,
a strons Plea fer an An.
eriean Canal.
Ths Representatives Disrn. he Ap
Euprialian Bna-TAs se.aas Csn-
nlaas1 Rsges nIn . Rromsss
ths Ansrlenz Nznon-


WAau1N0znH, Juns 12-After IA
r111Ioa UoEnf1Q bnelnasa. Whftthorna
1ddre41od he body Ia faVuR u FFVe,s
bi1 % psomote ne pofilioaI rroaresT
and commercial pEuzpexiay ck the Amer
foau Nafion.
Whiiihofna pFc1 1isea % borrinQ the
Indulasnee ard pardon of Ne Senate Il
na sEanagreaed is Kulss ~ 90 early IN.
dexfAkinR % address Il. He seate8 LIE
iaati1eafion an the arsat interest -
took in The bill introdaasd bg his friend.
The H0noEabI8 6anatnr from Maine
(ksyel. with whaln BE had fha nlsag1re
~ IonN anzoalMtian In the Houae og Nau-
E1aeuta1iNea He believed that eha in
ieEestB Of she people of bis Eiate. q
usii e q Ne whole Bnioa, we're later
woven With tie poliog sought 10 b II.
aneurafed b iha adoption az thna
neesuBe. and not only vas the Unise1
Stat<a Interested but he entire Arae7i
oan continent vas interested IN the
polley rsoemmended by The bill He
stated statistics 10 aRsow fureiwn con
merce q the world for = ssfias of years
and called attention % the marvellous
and gigantic Rrowth snd expansion
shown hy those figures. Thia. he saia.
showed the lmpcgtanoa uf tha policy
Indicated IL tie bill One of the nosl
elequens fantaof ihe statistics. hogavsf,
shlah WhifthoEne had found vas that
uhieA showed ne industrial oapasify of
the Unitea states. compared with thaa
OF Europe, and also o0mpaFisaa q she
whole avsflablssIndastrial po.sF e lbe
Unitsa States vita that q Earope. Il
wa found hat the United States poo
soaaed S8 per cant, while al EaFane
comhined had nos s. per cent Oar ad-
vantaees ogee any one % the Enfapsan
nations was Therefore apparent. whit
hn1ns saw aEeAt 6ald Tor she axpanslon
and growth 0f cur c0mmaraa "a nations
agutA and ven Of the Uailsa Hlaiea
s'Could theas Rspablies." Be nsksd = b
indifferent 20 the Europsan eatsfpFise
Of huildinR an interuoeanio canal, al
enteKpRise undertaken with the view 10
limiting and cnEtaiIinQ the power. lnlu-
enea and progress Of TIE North Ameri-
can 6tate8f Was not that onlsPpFins
significant oDef Who was there that
could not see that, on the enmplelinn Of
such. q eanal. the United States woula
have 3 noed of an inorease 81 their
naval armament and land foFti1oasinns7
should not this canal entarpFiss Be- re-
gaEdsd by III TIE States Of The Ameri-
can sentiment 80 q menace " their -
eurity and poW6ri Let ouK people nsis
hoW soon cur interiaE and Paelhe
States would Be abIs % supply
ali gho eoznmerolal needs Of the
countries bordering on the Paoifc
Ocean and the competition 60
intensely European, which would be
on that ocean hy Teason OF
the Panama Canal. when We con-
too. that that canal uonld make
q constant armed power necessary on
thls continent, II vas profoundly sur
pFiaing that the AmeEfoan Reunblics,
especially the United States Govern
menf, should have been, and should
continue to be, - Indifferent 70 ths pro-
afoss Of events on the Isihmua. The
people Of tbs United States should not
forget the efsrts Of Louis Eapoleon 10
establish a Eufopean power ID Mexico.
as an offset 70 that Of The United States.
All indications pointed b 3 great etEug
Gle tor the growing oommerca Of South
America. Whan We we're faced bv thfs
question Of abandoning e rich and 90
magnificent a deld. could gs hesitate ~
TO The rsply9" Whittborne advocated
the oultiVation Of closer relations with
tbs south American countries.
On conclusion Of WhitthoFne'a speech
lhe Northern Pacific bill vas taken up,
bus vas inf0Esnally laid aside for the
purpose Of considering the Army Ap-
preparation bill.
The latter bin was accordingly taken
ap and its consideration proceeded With. /
After some debate u vas passed pre-
lisely a. reported from tbs eenais CON-
mitsee.
The senate passed q bin authorizing
he removal Of the Southern Ute In
llans IN Colorado 10 the TeFritoEy Of |
Utah. A bill was paased. defining the
lervioes of stevsdore to be mafatime
Iervioe and establishing 9 lien 10 favor
q snah services. A bill vas pssssd. au-
'hoKixing vessels engaged In tOwing 10 /
laFFy - many passengers as the super
rising Inspector may think necessary.
The Northern pasiao forfeiture bill vas
Ihsn placed before the Senate and |
he Senate adjouFned.