The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-28
SENATE AND HOUSE.
The Nicaraguan Canal Bill in
the Senate.
PASSES BY A VOTE OF 80 TO Is.
Rejected and Adopted
The Ex-Soldier Pension Bill
miscellaneous Business.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, February 27.-The
Senate resumed consideration of the
bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
Company of Nicaragua. Several amend
ments were reported by the committee
on foreign relations, which were agreed
| to. ,--
Edmunds offered an amendment de-
claring that nothing in the act should
be deemed or construed to restrict or
impair in any way any right of the
United States. under any treaty in force
with the Republic of Nicaragua.
Agreed to.
Vest offered an amendment declaring
that nothing in the act should be held
or construed to involve in any manner
the United States in any pecuniary obli-
cation, except as to the payment Of
tolls. Rejected.
Vest offered another amendment pro-
viding that no part of the capital stock
paid IN shall be at any time withdrawn
or returned to the stockholders, or be
in any manner diverted from the
proper uses of the corporations; and he
said that the same was placed in the
Tehuantepec bill of last Congress, and
also of the Nicaragua bill, on the motion
of the Senator from Vermont.
Teller opposed the amendment.
Hoar suggested to Vest to modify
his amendment by allowing the stock
| to be returned to stockholders for the
purpose of winding up the corporation,
and Vest modified it accordingly.
Vance called the attention of Repub-
70 10 foo haf tho hill
omitted to require all material used in
the work to be of American manufac-
ture, and he .prophesied that these fell
lows would buy their iron and steel and
other materials wherever they could
get them cheapest and best. WAS not
that" he asked, IAN evasion of the duty
which Senators owed to Pennsylvania
steel and iron manufacturers? Was
not the end of all things
nigh when Congress would charter
q corporation to act in foreign
parts with the permission to buy iron
and steel and other materials from the
British lion? He made these sugges-
tons in the character OF anxious cariGl,
and said that Republican senators did
rot act on them, and what he proph-
esied would happen. Their blood be
on their own heads" Uaughter.)
Teller replied that if The managers of
the enterprise were untrammeied, and
would buy their picks and shovels and
barrows whete they could find them
best and cheapest, they would buy
them in the United States. The Sem
ator from North Carolina need not
worry himself on that point.
Vests amendment was rejected.
Vance offered an amendment requir-
ing all laborers employed in the work
to be either native or naturalized
citizens. Rejected. Yeas 10, nays 35.
The bill was then reported back from
the committee of the whole, and the
amendments agreed upon in committee
were concurred in, and the bill then
passed, yeas SO, nays Is, as follows:
Chase, Chandler, Colquett, Cullom,
Evarts, Farwell, Frye, German, gray,
Hale, Hearst, Hoar, ingalls,. Mander-
son, Mitchell, Morgan. Paddock, Payne,
Platt, Plumb, Pugh, Ssbin, Salisbury,
Sawyer, Sherman. Spooner, Stewart.
Teller, Turpie, Wilson, of Iowa-3S.
Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Coke,
Faulkner, George, Gibson. Hampton,
Kenna, Posco, Reagan, Riddleberger,
Vest, Walthall, Wilson, of Maryland
10.
The Senate then took up the bill
granting pensions to eXsOldiers and
sailors who are incapacilated for the
performance of manual labor, and pro-
viding for pensions 10 dependent rela-
tons of deceased soldiers and sailors.
The second section was amended by
adding the words: And who are
without other adequate ways of self
support"
Plumb moved to strike out the word
totally" before the word 'incapaci-
tated," and gave notice, if his motion
prevailed, that he would move to amend
further by providing that the pension
should be from 81 to $12 per month, &C
cording to the degree of incapacity.
After discussion. the amendment was
agreed IT,, yeas 81, nays %; and the
word "totally" was struck out.
Plumb also moved to strike cut the
words, Gin degree herein specified"
agreed to, yeas 26, nays %.
Plumb also moved to insert the fol-
lowing: Cali pensions granted to
widows under this or any otner general
law shall take effect from the date of the
death of husbands of such widows re-
pectively, but not dating back of the
passage OF lnlS aCG. Agreeo 10 W1tn-
out division.
Call moved an amendment to make
the bill apply to those who served in
the Florida war; but accepted modi-
Gcation of it moved by Morgan, by
making it apply to those who served in
the war with Mexico for thirty days, and
in the wars with Indian tribes. Without
disposing of this amendment, the bill
was laid aside, and Blair proposed an
amendment lin order to have it printed)
providing for service pension at the
rate of $40 month.
Adjourned.