The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-12
The United States Must Be Con-
sidered.
Panama Canal and Railroad Companies
Shaken Up.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT
settinp Aside the Mandates of the French
Receiver Regarded as Important
and Sound.

ton, and who accompanied the commit
tee on its recent visit to Florida and
Cuba, whittier it went with a view 10 as
certaining whether, in adopting a bill
susprnding immigration, il will be adj
visable to include immigrants from Cuban
as well as European ports, said to day
that a report would be submitted to the
senate within a few days, and that it
would take the ground that immigrants
from Cuba should not be barred out.
W found" said Senator Dubois, that
the quarantine laws of Florida, whose
ports receive most of the immigrants
from Cuba, are so nearly perfect and are
so we'll enforced that there is little, if any,
danger of an epidemic arising in Europe
especially reaching us through Cuban
ports. Then the Cuban sanitary and
quarantine officers have promised to CO.
operate with our officers in keeping out
of our country all infected immigrants"
do you anticipate any legislation
upon the subject of immigration before
the 4th of next March ?"
There will be no Legislation upon the
subject of immigration per Sc" replied
the senator, "but l am confident a bill
will become a law which will either sus-
pend immigration for one year absolutely
or which will authorize or direct the
president to do 80 under certain condi-
tions.
The decision of Justice I%ngerham, of
the supreme court of New York, grant
ing an injunction restraining the Panama
Railroad company from executing any
contract which will have the effect Of
diverting the business betN cen Panama
and the Central American ports from
United States interests and setting aside
the mandate of the French receiver who
gave notice that it would not, after the
first of next month, issue through bills
Of lading to American vessels plying
across the I-thmus of Panama, has at
traCted considerable attention in con
gress. Members Of the committees on
foreign affairs in the TWO houses said
to-day that the decision had been com
mented on by them and they considered
the action of the court both important
and sound. They regarded 1t as a deter
mination of the question whether United
States courts have jurisdiction and as
settling it afirmstively.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who is
just now the best authority upon inter
national questions before congress, and
who will be chairman of the senate com
mittee on foreign relations when the
upper branch Of congress is reorganized,
refused to make any direct statement, as
he expects the subject to come before the |
committee, but he regards the decision
as determining the fact that since the
Panama Canal and Railroad companies
are operating under American charters,
those corporations are amenable to our
laws.
Chairman Blount, of Georgia, said he
did not want to pass judgment on the
subject as it was one of high interna.
tional importance, but he believed that
this government has jurisdiction and
nothing should be permitted by the
present management of the present canal
and railroad companies which barred
out or impaired the interests OF this |
country. Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentucky,
who is one Of the Oldest democratic
members of the house committees on
foreign affairs takes very decided
grounds in the premises He stated that
While he was chairman Of the committee
in the tiftieth congress he made a report
upan the Nicaragua canal complication,
In which he assumed that under condi.
tons which surround the Panama aft airs
at present, the United States govern
ment had the right, and should enter a
protest agail any discrimination again t
the Interests of our citizens.
Senator Dubois. of Idaho, is even more
frank than Chairman Carter in the ex.
tent 10 which he comedies the democratic
control OF the next United States senate
Only a fe" weeks ago Mr.. Dubois was
nguring out the continuance Of republi-
can rule in the senate, but recent repor,s