Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
THE SENATE.
The Nicaragua and Pension Bills Debated
and the First Passed.

WASHINGTON, February 27.-The Senate
resumed consideration of the bill to incor-
porate the Maritime Canal Company OF
Nicaragua. Several amendments were re-
ported by the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and agreed to.
Mr.. Edmunds offered an amendment de-
claring nothing in that 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.
Mr.. Vest offered an amendment declaring
that nothing in the act should be held or
construed to involve in any manner tho
United States in any pecuniary obligation
except as to the payment OF tolls. Re-
jected.
Mr.. Vest offered another amendment,
providing 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paid in shall be at any time Withdrawn or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 corporation. and said that the same
was placed in the Tehuantepec bill! of the
last Congress and OF the Nicaragua bill on
motion of the Senator from Vermont.
Mr.. Teller opposed the amendment. Mr..
Hoar suggested to Mr.. Vest to modify his
amendment by allowing stock to be re-
turned to stockholders for the purpose Of
winding up the corporation, and Mr.. Vest
modified it accordingly.
Mr.. Vance called the attention of the Re-
publican Senators to the fact that the bill
omitted to require all material used in the
work to be Of American manufacture, and
he prOphesied: "These fellows would buy
their iron and steel and other materials
wherever they conld get them cheapest and
best! Was not that he asked, IAN eva
sion of duty which Senator's owed to the
PENNSYLVANIA steel and iron manufactur-
ers? Was not the end OF all things nigh
when Congress would charter corpora
ton to act in foreign parts, with permis-
siou to buy iron and steel and other ma
terials from the British lion?" He made
these suggestions in the character OF ami
Gus curie, and said if Republican Senators
did not act on them, and what he prophe-
sled would happen, 'their blood be on their
own heads" Laughter
Mr.. Teller replied that if the managers Of
the enterprise were untrammeled and could
buy their picks and shovels and barrows
where they could find them best and
cheapest. they would buy them in the
United States. The Senator from North
Carolina might not worry himself on that
point. Mr.. Vests amendment was re-
jected.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment requir
ing all laborers employed in the work to be
either native or naturalized citizens. Re-
jected; yeas 10, nays 35.
The bill was then reported back from the
committee OF the whole and the amend
ments agreed upon in committee con-
Cured in. The bill then passed: Yeas, 3S;
nays, 5, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair,
Brown. Chase, Chandler, Colquitt, Cullom,
Daniel, Davis, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts,
Farwell, Frye, German, Gray, Hale,
Hearst, Hoar, Ingalls,. Manderson, Mitchell.
Morgan, Paddock, Payne, Platt, Plumb,
Spooner, Stewart. Teller, Turpie, Wilson,
of Iowa-3S.
Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Coke, Faulkner, George, Gibson. Hampton,
Kenna, Pasco, Reagan, Riddleberger, Vest,
Walthall, Wilson OF 1ndiana-15,
The Senate then took up the bill grant,
ing q pension to ex-soldiers and sailors
who are ineapacitated for the performance
of manual labor, and providing for pen.
sions to dependent relations of deceased
soldiers and sailors. The second section
was amended by adding the words land
who are without other adequate ways Of
Mr.. Plumb moved to strike out the
word "totally" before the word ''incapaci-
tated." and gave notice, if his motion pre-
vailed, he would move to amend further
by providing that the pension should be
from 81 to SIS month according to the
degree OF incapacity. After discussion the
amendment was agreed to: Yeas 81,
nays, %, and the word totally was
struck out.
Mr.. Plumb also moved to strike out the
words Gin the degree herein specified" J"
Agreed to: Yeas 26, nays %.
Mr.. Plumb also moved to insert the fol-