Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
Mutter of European Influence Upon
AmerieanlNations is Discussed in
the House of Congress.
Power OF the United States Needed to Preserve
the South American Republics
From Foreign Aggression.
FIFT1ETH CONGRESS.
The House:

WASHINGTON, Dec .f.-It was ordered
that when the house adjourned to-day il
be to meet on Monday next.
Mr.. Dunn of Arkansas, from the COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries
reported back and the house adopted a
resolution calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information as to what relief
can be furnished by the revenue cutter
service and lfe-saving service TO Ameri-
can whaling and fishing vessels wrecked in
the Behering sea or Arctic ocean.
Mr.. Koran of Ohio, from the commit
tee on appropriations, reported the in
valid pensions appropriation bill. Com
mittee of whole.
Mr.. Crisp, from the committee on cleo
tions, submitted a report of the South
Carolina contested election-case of SmalIs
against Elliott and it was placed on the
calendar. 1t finds in favor of the con-
testee- Elliott. Minority resolutions rep
resented by Mr.. Powell of Illinois and
also placed upon the calendar provides
for the seating of Smalls.
The house then went into the committee
of the whole on the private calendar, the
pending business being the senate bill to
incorporate the Nicaragua Canal Com
paDy.
amendment, striking out the clause
which authorized the company to exer-
else such powers as have been conferred
upon it by the government of Nicaragua.
Mr.. Adams of Illinois contended that
the clause which the amendment pro-
posed to strike ont did not confer airy
dangerous authority, and that it was
necessary in order that work should be
successfully ACCOMPLISHED
Mr.. Spinola gave his hearty concur
renee to the remarks Of his colleague in
favor of the extension OF American COM
meree. All he desired in regard to this
bill was that it should be perfected. He
did not want to lend himself under any
buncombe ideas to the passage of Il
bill which would some day rise
up and haunt congress. He believed
that il was not sufficiently guarded and
that By implication the government might
be held to financial responsibility
Mr. Reid suggested that the bill not
only did not contain a word which bound
the government, but it did contain q
clause expressly stating it should not be
bound. -s....
Mr. .SpinOla remarked that the language
was similar 10 that used in the Centennial
Exposition bin, and the government had
been obliged TO make the appropriation
good. Mr.. Edmunds replied that the
gentleman was as much out in his history
IS in his law.
Mi. Spinola's amendment was re-
jected. ..
Mr. McAdoo of New Jersey, replying
to suggestion thrown out by Mr.. Hol-
man, that the pending: legislation might
result in entangiing the Emitted States III
TnraiDr nnrr1r0prifin,c cold hat
inevitable that before long there would
be "a canal through the istllmus.
The United States could not remain
Indifferent to the tremendous foreign
interests growing upon this continent.
IF any canal was built under foreign pat
ronage, the United States would find it
elf,entangled in its efforts to protect the
isthmus against foreign influence.
Europe was land hungry. Her eyes were
turned upon this continent. The feeble
republics of South America could only be
preserved from foreign aggression and
from subseryiency to foreign interests by
the moral, financial and, if necessary
military power of the great republic of
America. This bill would protect Amer
lean lights
The amendment requiring the canal to
be completed within ten years was voted
down.
Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky and Mr..
Wheeler of Alabama briefly advocated
the bill and argued its constitutfonality
Pending vote on the amendments the
committee rose and the house took re-
cess, the evening session to be for con-
sideration of private pension bills.
At its evening session the house passed
ten pension bills and at 10 O'Clock adj
journed till Monday.