The sun., 1891-02-21
THE F[FTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

THE FltlI-Flhol OONUnEOD.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL DIS
CUssKD IN THE SENATE
rr. vest Opposes II neeause ~ would vio-
late the Ciayton-Baiwer Treaty aAd
Provoke . War with Great Britain
one Hunared and Thirty Pension Riiis
Passed In Forty.nve Minutes = House
Deueerats FiNbuster Against = Bin
Isereasi.g tho Salaries or Judges.
WARRINGTON. Feb. 2o.-on motion Of Mr.
Davis, the Senate. after tho transaction Of
routine morning business proceeded to the
consideration OF pension bills unobjected to.
There were 1870 pension bills passed in the
space OF forty-nve minutes. Among them was
ene giving . pension OF $50 a month to the
widow OF Rear Admiral Steedman: one In
ersssine the pension Of Brig. Gen. Lnndram
q Kentucky to $50: one increasing the pension
Of . widow OF . soldier OF the war OF 1912. and
enc giving pension OF S12 q month to Mary
Morgan Edison Of Vermont. six Of whose sons
lad served In the Union army In tho war OF
The rebellion. All these wore House bills.
The Senate then proceeded to the consdera-
tion OF the Nicaragua Canal bill. giving tho
susrantse Of the United States Government
10 the companys four per cent bonds to the
amount Of Sl00000.o0O.
The bill having been read in full. Mr.. Ed.
nunds tRep.. wy said that In tho necessary
sbssnos Of the Chairman OF the COMMITTEES on
Foreign Relations tMr. Sherman) 1t was his
luty 10 take charge OF the bill for the time be-
ine The subject was not new one. Tho
national importance Of having the kind Of In
tsrsst In tho Nicaragua Canal which the bill
provided for had been fully discussed In the
esnats two or three years ago. Besides, tho
report OF the Committee was so full aud COM
Dlsts and condensed that he did not feel called
upon ct this time to take up the time OF the
esnsts in again going over the grounds stated
In the report. especially In view OF the very
complete and able observ atoms OF tho Senator
irom Alabama tMr. MorRan) some days ago.
Mr.. vest Dem. MOI In opposing the bfll.
disclaimed any hostility to the Nicaragua
Canal project. although he had favored Capt.
Eadas Tehusntepsc ship railroad project. He
took NO part in the cheap attacks upon Great
Britain. and said that while the agErandizing
tendencies OF Great Britain might be de-
nounced. 1t should bs remem bored that the
United States had the same characteristic,
coming from hereditary and racial peculiari-
ties. At the risk OF construction. he as
serted thit no greater calamity could come
upon the world than war between the
United States and Great Britain. It would
destroy commerce on every ocean. and
would involve both countries In an
tagonisms. difficulties, and losses Of life
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