The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-17
A SUBSIDY FOR A CABLE.
THE SENATE WILLING TO HELP A
LINE TO hawaii.

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A Proposal to Guarantee the Com
pany Operating it S3,ooo.ooo in
Twenty ars-The Subject Brought
Up in the Shape Of an Amendment
to the Diplomatic Appropriation
Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Among the petit
tions and memorials presented In the Senate
this morning were the resolutions OF the
farmers and laborers' union of the First
congressional district of Missouri, favoring
the purchase or establishment by tho gov
ernment Of six trans-continental lines of
railroad, TO be paid for by new issue OF
legal tender notes and to be operated by the
government, also for the issue Of
Sl5, ,000, ,0l0 in legal tender notes, aud for the
loaning of money by the government at
2 PER cent. per annum on real estate secur-
ity, not Co exceed 81, 500 to any one person:
and declaring that the union would NOT sup
port any man for a legislative Office "who
does not stand OIL the Oeala demands from
bottom TO top.n
The conference report on the fortiflca-
tion bill was presented and agreed 20.
Mr.. Plumb offered O resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary Of War
for information as to the need Of greater
tional Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va.
whether men have been during the winter
sheltered In tents, and whether part OF the
buildings, that could have been used for
their accommation, was used for other than
absolutely necessary purposes
On motion of Mr.. Hiscock the House joint
resolution TO correct the error of punctua-
| tion in the tariff act Of 1890 lrelating to
twinel was taken from the calendar and
passed.
The Senate then proceeded to considera-
ton of the diplomatic and consular ap-
| preparation bill.
The following amendments, reported from
the committee on appropriations, were
agr ed to: Making the mission TO Mexico
fl $ class mission, ranking with France,
| Germany, Great Britain aud Russia, with a
salary of Sl7,50O; striking out the item Of
| sic 900 for minister to the Central Amer
ican states and inserting two items of
| S10, 600 each for a minis er TO Guatemala
and Honduras, and for a minister TO
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador.
The Senate then went into executive
session.
CABLE TO HAWAII.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Quay's remarks,
the Senate resumed consideration OF the
consular eud diplomatic appropriation bill,
| to which the following amendment
had been agreed to In executive
| session: To enable the President to
make an engagement with any such citizen
| or corporation of the United States as shall
| appear to possess the means and facilities
necessary to that end for telegraphic COM
| munication between the United States and
the kingdom of Hawaii, which engagement
/ shall contain provisions sufficient, in the
| judgment OF the President, to secure 90 the
| government and citizens Of the United
States early communication by telegraph
| with said kingdom on reasonable terms for a
period not less than fourteen years. A sum
not exceeding $3.50, 900 is appropriated for
each year during which the engagement
shall be in operation and during which sucl
| engagement shall be 30 IN course of execution
lot exceeding twenty years, and the SUN
| total paid under thiS authority shall not
exceed $1,000 600. The bill and amendments
having been reported from committee Of
the whole to the Senate, the
committee amendments were agreed to In
bulk except that In regard to a Hawaiian
telegraph cable, on which a separate vote
was taken and which was agreed to, yeas
35, nays %. The democrats who voted in
the affirmative were Messrs, Hampton, Nc
Pherson and Morgan. The republicans who
voted in the negative were Messrs. Plumb,
Quay and Wolcott. Pending discussion
Mr.. Hale moved that the Senate adjourn.
so as TO avoid tine order for a recess from
to s o'clock.
HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT.
The executive session lasted four hours.
The subject came first before the Senate
through the introduction by Mr.. Mitchell
of Oregon Of an amendment to the sundry
civil Appropriation bill authorizing the
President to engage with any citizens or
corporation Of the United States possessing
means and facilities for telegraphlc com
munieation between the Unitsd States and
Kingdom of Hawaii upon reasonable
terms for a period not less than fourteen
years, for a sum not exceeding S3,000.0OO,
out no more than $780, 900 are G. be ex-
pended in any one year. This amendment was
reported back from the committee on
foreign relations in such shape that it could
be attached to either the sundry civil or
diplomatic appropriation bill, and as the
latter was the first to come before the
Senate, the Senate went into executive
session to determine whether or not the
amendment should be attached to IL. 1t
was felt that the matter should be 50 con-
sidered, inasmuch as there we're involved
diplomatic relations bstween the United
States and Hawaii, which could no. be
prudently discussed IN public. In the de-
bate during the executive session Messrs.
Edmunds, Mitchell, Dolph and Morgan al
vocated the amendment, and Messrs Vest,
George, Cockrell aud Carlisle opposed 1t,
but it was finally decided. upon a yea and
nay vote, that the amendment should be
attached TO the diplomatic appr opriation
bill, and this decision was afterward rati-
fed in open Senate
Before the vote, was stated the Vice Presi-
dent announced his appointment of the fol
lowing senators to attend Gen. Sherman's
funeral, the number having been increased
from FIVE to six: Messrs. Evarts, Hawley,
Henderson, Pierce, Cockrell and WalthaH
The Senate then adjourned.