The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-04
BLASTED HOPES.
The House Defeats the Pacific
Cable Bill.
The Conference Report on the Senate !.
Amendment Voted Down. Is. +
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HoCreary Violently Opposed the Measure al ::
Subsidy Scheme Morrow Makes :. ::
a Hard but Losing Fight ;;
Special to THE MoRSINa CALI.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Contrary to the,
expectations of Representative Morrow, the,
Cable Bill was defeated in the House this
afternoon. The unanimous vote by which.
the House refused to accept the Senate
amendment yesterday, granting a subsidy.
OF $3.50, coo to any responsible cable COM
pany desiring. to lay a cable, seemed YcIy
discouraging, but Morrow and. Hartwelk
seemed hopeful that the matter could be-
satisfactorily settled in conference. and that
the conference report would be adopted by
both Houses. =:
At o'clock this afternoon Hit, Chairman
Of the Foreign Affairs Committee, pre-
sented the conference report, granting a.;
subsidy of S15O,OOO. provided that an
amount equal to one-tbird of this should be
furnished by the Kingdom of Hawaii, this
Government reserying the right re purchase
the cable at cost after its completion. Hit
spoke earnestly in favor of the e1adOptiOn Of
the report, and was followed by Morrow. =.
He said he preferred not to treat the cable :
proposition as strictly Pacific Coast inter-
est, but as one affecting the interest OF the :
entire country, commercially and politically.
He urged the Government to act in good
time and prevent Hawaii becoming a Ber=
muda for some foreign power. Morrow said :
that the laying of this cable would stimulate
trade, not only with Hawaii, but with. 100
other fruitful islands Of the Pacific. .. =.
In answer to Herbert of Alabama, Nor:
row said that it would not bea subsidy to-
General Hartwen or his company. but the.
money would be placed in the hands Of the
President to use in his discretion. : =. .
|. McCreary opposed the bill st0utly. He
said: 1t was the worst subsidy he had heard
of during his whole career in Congress-: He
said. tile Atlantic. and all other cables had
been built without Government aid He
dragged old Don Celso Cesar Moreno's ::
name before the House; and said he aid
others were willing to lay the cable without
Government aid. But here came a;propos-
ton to grant, to give S3,OO9,0l0.
to a cable in which the Government woaid
have an ownership. The House :QO. Its
credit be it said voted down this infamous
provision yesterday, but now. the Confer-'
ence Committee, with sublime cheek. asked
|. the House to agree to a subsidy of S15Oi0O0:
annually. Under the provisions of the bill:
before the House the Government w0uld
have nc. voice in its construction or control:
| after the cables completion NO renoFG.
T was required TO be made to the Government
| and the amount of capital was not named IN :
| the bill; nor.was 1t known VINO would: get
| the money appropriated by the. Govern.
/ ment; for the reason that in; this,
latter proposition advanced by the
] Senate the. .incorpOrators were NOT
| named. The bill made no provision: by
| which the cable company. could.be enjoinede
| from murtgaglng or otherwise dlSpoSing OF
| its property. What security would the Gov"
| ernment have that It's S3,OJO,O0O would not
| be utterly thrown away and no one would.
In, hat haRnmn n nnnaup
cable was completed from Honolulu to So
'moa,: j apan and China, there was no. guar.
antee that the Government would have the
| same rights and privileges that it would
l. enjoy over this proposed line from san
| Frau cisco to Honolulu. ~
McCreary denounced the bill as simply a
| gratuity tt a gang of lobbyists VINO were
| then lnfesting the corridors of the Capi.ol...
Morrow interrupted and challenged Nc:
| Creary TO name few OF these lobbyists.
| " McCreary aswered, "Hartweu IS one.Gf
| them"
Morrow said: "Oh. yes. and he is all that
| you can name, and is the only one that Is shere
/ in the interest Of the cable. He has a con-
| cession granted him by Hawaii, and comes
| here as a business man to lay a business
/ proposition before Congress, and should not
] be cassed in the category of lobbyists. =
Chipman (D) of Michigan followed Nc
Creary, and advocated the passage: of the
cable bill, which would build up our com-*
mercial aud political prestige on-the Islands,
and prevent the English gaining control:. :.
] Dunnell Of Minnesota followed in the:
same vein. -
Hoover Of Mississippi opposed the propo-
| sition. ::
At $50 o'clock;the previous question was
ordered on the following resolution, by NC
| Creary:
| ResoLued, That the House disagree to: the :
| Hawaiian cable amendment to the Dipfo-
matte Appropriation Bill and that the House. }.
| co'lferrees be instructed to adhere to this
| determination. :. e. =.
The vote resulted SO disastronsly to the:
| friends of the Pacific cable that no further
| attempt will be made to pass it. -.
| General Hartwell, President of the pro-
| posed cable company, when asked if the
! ca 5ls would be built without Government =
| aid. said mo" He left for Boston tonight.
The Minneapolis Census Conspirstors.