St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-15
CoERCING CONGRESS-.
That Is the Game the Nicaragua
Canal Company Is Playing.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE house
spent most Of the day in the discussion
of the Nicaraguan canal bill. Mr..
Hooker, of Mississippi, introduced a
concurrent resolution providing for a
holiday recess from Friday, Dec. q, un-
til Monday, Jan. z. Referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means. The Near
aguan canal bill having been taken up,
Messrs. Wilson, of Minnesota; Bland,
of Missouri: Cobb. of Alabama, and
SpinOla, of New York, went into long
explanations of their attitude toward
the bill, denying the statements made
in an interview with Judge DAILY, pub
lished in New York, that they were try
ing to kill the bill by indirection. Mr..
Wilson said that until he had seen this
article and the Interview with
Judge DAILY he had believed the
incOrporators of the Nicaragua
canal company were honest men,
intending honestly TO effect the build
ing Of a canal that was 10 be, to this
country, a great public Improvement.
The amendment to which the news
paper article referred as having been
offered by him i'm hostility to the Dill,
had for its sole purpose the prevention
Of the issuing OF stock without con-
sideration. 1t had been offered In the
interest of the public, and to prevent
the dishonesty Of men who hang around
legislative bodies Tor the purpose OF
getting the privilege OF taxing the
masses OF the public for their own Deli-
eft. The article spoke Of an interview
with Judge DAILY. in which that gentle
man said that he (Wllson) was only a
pretended friend of the Nicaragua bill:
He (Mr. WILSON, had a right to say OF
any man who made such remark as
that, that he was seeking to
GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
The man who suggested or caused the
interview was out trying TO coerce the
members of the house to concent TO
dishonest thing. Mr.. Spinola said that
since his retirement from the bench,
Judge DAILY had been interested In
great many greasy" enterprises. lie
described his attitude on the bill under
consideration as that OF bunco steerer.
MIR. Cox denied the charge that Judge
DAILY was a lobbyist. lie said he re-
GREETED that the English system was not
adopted here, and chosen men of skill
be permitted TO present matters iDtelli-
gently and to give information and
inspiration to members OF con
gress. IL did not follow that such
men should be put down as lobby
lists. The matter was then dropped.
Mr.. Payson. OF Illinois, offered an
amendment providing that all shares,
stocks, bonds, certificates ana other Sc
curities shall be issued from the prlnci-
pal Office in New York, and shall be
disposed of only for cash. The amend
ment was defeated 10y a tie vote, but lt
was agreed that vote should be taken
in the house. Mr.. Spinola offered all
amendment limiting the capital stock
to SlO0. .0Oo0OO. After an hour aud
half spent in vain effort to secure
quorum upon proposition to limit de
bate. the house at 1880 took recess
until 7:S0. The house remained in ses-
sion an hour this evening. the time
being principally consumed in an effort
TO settle on some method Of procedure
for the consideration of private pension
bills. but as no agreement could be ar
rived at, the house, at $50, adjourned
until Monday.