The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-20
NEW CABLE LINE.
Frye Brings its Landing in This
Country Up in the Senate.


ment Gives it a Monopoly Which
Prevents Any American Company
From Landing a Gable There-Secre-
taries Blaine and Foster Refused it
Permission to Land in This Country
Unless 1t Would Make a Concession.
Washington, Dec. let was expected
that Mr.. Hoar would address the Senate
in the morning hour to-day on the subject
of the Hawaiian message of the Presi-
dent. But promptly upon the reading of
the journal, Mr.. Mcmillan having mean
while withdrawn a motion 10 proceed TO
executive business, Mr.. Hoar announced
that he should withhold his speech for
the plain order, to allow Messrs. Berry
and PETER to make speeches. An execu-
tive session which would follow them
would make the session run rather late in
the day, and therefore he would not call
up his motion as to the Presidents mes
sage until tomorrow.
THE CABLE TO BRAZIL.
During the transaction of the mornings
business Mr.. Frye rose and said: About
two years ago French cable company
made application to our Secretary of
tDhdbCt wi. Dldlu6s lOI DGiuiloSlOi 10 lduu
its cable from Brazil on the coast of the
United States. Our Secretary of State
investigated the matter and found that
this company had, by authority Of the
law of Brazil, monopoly, and that no
other company-while that company was
in existence, and it was perpetual
would be permitted to land a cable on the
Brazilian coast. Our Secretary of State
refused the permission asked unless that
will antbnriyp On 1a
pany of the United States hereafter to
land its cableon the Brazilian coast. That
was refused by the company. After Sec
rotary Blaine retired that company,
think, under another name. or under a
modified name, applied to the then Secre-
tary of State, Mr. Foster. For some rea-
son or other his suspicious were aroused
and he caused thorough investigation TO
be made with like result. And another
refusal was made. Subsequently the
same company applied to both houses of
congress.
REFUSED BY COMMITTEE.
"In the Senate, the bill was referred
to the committee on commerce, of which
had the honor to be chairman. We
gave the parties hearing. The com
pany was represented by jefferson Chan
dler, an able attorney residing in this
district. / believe the Secretaryof State
tor for the state department, appeared be-
fore us. We Investigated thoroughly and
found the facts TO be as the Secretary of
State had before found them-that that
company had perpetual char
ter, that as far as Brazil
was concerned it was monopoly,
and that no other company would
be permitted to land Its cable on the Bra
lillian coast. And our committee unani-
mously determined against the request of
the company. | am informed, whether
truly or not, cannot say, that this com
pany has recently appeared before the
Secretary of State, and that he without
obtaining the information which the other
secretaries obtained, has granted TO the
company the right which it asked. If that
be true, and there is no remedy to be had
for it, the United States will be perpet-
ually kept from landing a cable on the
coast of Brazil. In view of these facts, /
offer the following resolution and ask its
adoption:
Resolved That the Secretary OF State in
form the Senate whether permission has been
granted TO any foreign ca0le telegraph COM
pany TO land It's line on the coast OF the
United States since the first OF March. 1893,
and whether permission had been refused
such company prior TO that DAY. Also, what
sion. if il were granted, which did not pertain
when 1t was previously refused
MIR. HUNToN OBJECTS.
Mr.. Hunton, of Virginia. object to the
present consideration of the resolution. /
think that the senator from Maine is mis-
taken in his statement of facts. In the
first place. if | understand it, this COM
pany proposes to run cable from the
shores of the United States to Cuba, and
not to Brazil. Am right2
Mr.. Frye-No, | think the senator is
not right
Mr.. Hunton-That is the way 7 under
stand it, and, in addition to that, de-
sire to state that the Secretary of State,
according TO my information, took the
ground that 1t was a matter with which
he had nothing to do-the company hav-
ing been incorporated and having by the
action of the legislatures of Virginia and
South Carolina, been permitted to land
the cable on the shores of those states,
near Norfolk, Va, and at Charleston, S.
G. The Secretary Of State, instead of
giving permission to land this cable, as /
understand the senator to say, said that 1t
was a matter with which he had nothing
to do and that he would not interfere with
it at all. / think that his letter on file In
the state department will show. IL am
correct in this statement of facts, ] sup
pose the senator from Maine will not want
the papers sent TO the Senate from the
state department. The secretary has
taken the ground as l understand, that IL
is matter with which the executive
should not interfere; that it Is matter
between those two states, and the gov
eminent
Mr.. Frye stated that that was one Of
thequestions that had been argued before
the committee on commerce, and that the
committee had unanimously held an ex-
actly contrary opinion. He wanted TO
know exactly what had been done by the
state department His impression was
that the application was TO land the cable
at San Domingo, not at Cuba.
The resolution went over until to-
morrow
REPEAL or THE ELECTION LAWS.
Mr.. Berry of Arkansas, then addressed
the Senate in favor OF the House bill TO
repeal the federal election laws.
When he had concluded the House
joint resolution to pay the officers and
employees of the Senate and House their
December salaries on Dec. 81, was report
ed and passed.
Mr.. PETER addressed the Senate in adj
vocacy of the bill introduced by him yes
terday, appropriating 5000, 0O0f for imme-
date use in relieving want and destitu-
ton throughout the country. He corrected
an error in the printed bill. The amount
which he proposed TO have appropriated
was S63, 600 600, not S., 800 900, and this
was money he said, for which there was
not use-the silver dollars now in the
treasury and not covered by certih-