Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-03
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Tufpie Desires Senators Chosen
BY Popular Election.
owsnby Says Lack OF Means Prsvent-
Cd His Attendance Before eilvss
Committee.

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Committse.
WAsHISeroS, Feb. 2.-The Senate me,
at 2PM
Mr.. Turpie introduced joint resolution
(refe.red to committee on Judiciary pro.
posing an amendment to the constitution fol
the election Of United States Senators by q
direct vote Of the people Of the several
states.
The calendar was taken up, the first bill
being bill in respect to certain treaty stip.
ulations.
| Sherman asked immediate action upon
it. 1t referred, he said. to the Hawaiiau
Islands- Tariff act, having . modified treaty
with those islands. Evidently import,
ant treaty should be observed in good faith,
Executive officers are now embarrassed
| from the fact Of duties being levied in vie
lation Of the treaty; that fact 10 disturbing
very seriously the condition of American
affairs in the Islands. There could be no
desire on the part of anybody to have the
treaty modified or changed in such way
Manifest embarrssment Of that kind. .,
this moment, would be . very serious detri-
provision in the tariff bill that 1t should NOT
interfere with any treaty; by some means
or other that provision was dropped out.
The Senator from Kentucky (Carlisle)
| called attention to it when the conference
| report was msde, but too late to correct the
error.
ever been 90 costly to the United States ~
el,rU ait II b.l st.,l
States five or six times as much a. the
Hawaiian Islands could be bought for il they
were in the market. II WAS said when
treaty was under discussion that Hawaiian
Islands would possibly produces 81 900 600
pounds Of sugar (Which sugar is to be
| admitted free Of duty, and they would
furnish the market for American products !;
but this treaty was hardly sigaed before the
Hawaiian government increased taxation
on nearly everything imported from the
United States.
Sherman-Not on articles named in
| treaty.
Gibson-They were Insignificant.
Hawaiian islands carry on their intercourse
with Great Britain, that trade increasing
year after year; while we been paving q
dollar as bounty or bonus for every dollars
worth goods they buy from US.
After further discussion Sherman said in
absence of Carlisle he would not press the
bill now, would ask the senate to consider
it at very earliest moment possible. For
| tifications bill then taken up.
An amendment to reduce the appropris-
| tion for gun and mortar batteries for the
| defenae of the hsrbors Of Boston, New
York, San Francisco, Hampton Roads and
Washington from 81 COO 900 to $3.50 600
gave rise TO discussion, Dolph opposing
the amendment, speaking on the necessity
ofa gun factory on the Pacific coast
Cockrelly llyregarded the system Of coast de.
fence (Which would involve an outlay Of
1926. 900 ,O00) utterly worthless and an
absolute waste of money. Isolated ss the
United States was it could resist the com.
bined powers of the entire earth. Cana.
dians are our friends. Suppose they are
our enemies; what do they amount tor
| Frye-Not row of pins.
| Cockfell-That 10 so, yet they do amount
to Identification to the people of the
United States for any possible demand
England may infiict upon US.
Hawley ridiculed the pretension that
the United States can whip any other people
on the face Of the earth. There was a pop
ulation of SO 600 600 in the United States
capable of supplying the finest troops the
world has ever seen, but, in case of ar
immediate and unexpected war, thsy would
be what Wellington called carrion fol
powder. What, he asked. would the Bri
tish nation care for q square mile oi
such troops, armed with rifles ths
would not shoot over 1900 yardsi
He did not wish to show the nakedness of
his country, the whole world knew Of i;
already. The government could not nego
tste today with advantage Great Britain
hsd magnificent barbor at Halifax, pro
tected by noble batteries and a noble flee
the best in the wsrld. There she could
collect gradually ships Of war to be sent
against American ports. She had another
great naval station at Bermuda, and another
on the north western coast so clos'
to the United States that vessels IL
that harbor could throw shots across
the line. Wars do rot CONT
after years of agreement in advance
They explode without notice. You So,
Great Britain will not fight; that she canno
afford to go to war with US. that we are o.
the same blood, same language; that vi
have the same Shakespeare and all this
sort of thing. But John Bull is yer,
much like other people. He gets mat
and makes an ass Of himself like other peo
pie. He fights against robbery; sometime
he fights for sake Of robbery. In IL @
ls hours Grest Britain could assemble hel
flee. at Boston and cay in twenty
four hours perhaps be at New YORK
What are you going to do when you fn
British war vessels in the hsrbor at Ney
York. They could levy q tribute of Ion
or 100, 900 900 dollars on the city of New
York. and New York be compelled to pay
il. In the meantime these "Gallant sons Of
liberty" by 100, 600 or 800, 600 are armini
but they are not worth single last year
birds rest. You cannot defend the hsrbor
of Boston, Portland, New York. Charles
ton, New Orleans, and San Francisco
You have no modern guns.
Blair ridiculed the fears Of war with an
nation. He had 10 objection to see Port,
mouth. N. H., fortified; his policy woul
be to put intelligence into the bayonet, and i
the Senate could not pass the election
bill, pass the education bill. He offered a
amendment, looking to the internations
conference for the suppression Of the slav
trade and the trade in Intoxicating Iiquori
FIRE arms and gunpowder on the continent o
Africa.
Cockreli read report of the conferenc
Of American nations on the subject Of il
ternstionsl arbitration. He argued ths
. the appropriations for var preparation
were placing the United States in falls
light.
Dawes stated tina. the reduction Of tb
appropriation was recommended becsus
the unezpsnded balance on band for tn
same works was 81 22l coo. which with th
sum recommended. would make With
$40 600 of 81 00O. .Oe0 to be expended
Amendment agreed to.
Without making any further progrss
with the bill the Senate went into executiv
session snd at 30 adjourned.
10 the House.