Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-20
Brings Forth a Deal of Discussion
 in the House.
BLAND AGAIN TO THE FRONT
With a Proposition on Silver Coinage-Nicaragua Canal
 Talked of by Senators.

tue Carlisle currency bill was begun promptly in the house today after dis posing of routine business. The speakers today were Messrs. Johnson, republican, of Indiana Warner, democrat, of New York, and Ellis, democrat, of Kentucky, all mem bers of the committee on banking and currency.
 Mir. Warner advocated the passage of the bill because of the proposed rehabilitation of state banks and because of the fact that it took the government out of the business of issuing currency. Mr. Johnson op- posed it because he believed it was bad. Mir. Ellis' opposition was largely based upon the fact that the bill provided for reorganization and extension Of the na- tional hiking system, when every state and national convention Of the democratic party for years had declared against it, and this at a lime when tue necessity for their services fiscal agents, II it ever existed, had absolutely passed,
 MT. Bland gave notice that he would move to amend by substituting for ths bill his free coinage of silver and coinage scheme.
 Mr. Berry, democrat, of Arkansas gave notice that he would, at the proper time, move an amendment to the bill authoriz- ing the redemption of notes issued under the bill in gold and silver in equal amounts and providing for coinage of silver to meet these payments.
 The house ad djourned at 5:20 o'clock to meet at Il o'clock tomorrow.
 At2 o'clock the debate on the currency bill will be suspended and the ceremonies of uuveiling the statues Of Webster and Stark, presented by the state of New Hampshlre, entered upon.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The debate on the Nicaragua canal bill was continued iu the senate, occupying over iour hours of the morning. The at tack upon the bill, which was opened by MT. Turpie, democrat. ot Indiana, on Mon day and continued on Tuesday, was con- cluded by him today, when he offered substitute for the biil providing for board of three civil engineers 10 make esti- mate declaring that that was as far as the senate should go at this session. Some of his strictures and censures on the pill were resented by MT. Morgan, dem ocrat, of Alabama, who is in charge of it, but this did not restrain Indiana,s senator from de- ciaring in his picturesque and vehement languags that II ever tue woik were com pleted It will be an incident, and there was no certainty that iL ever would be fin- ished. He argued that the reason why the work was notto be constructed and paid for in sections was that the first section (coustruciion'of of harbor at Greytowu and of two miles of channel in it) would cost over one fourth of S70, ,010, ,U00, and that as soon as that section was undertaken the bubble would burst and the scheme would be aoandoned. A speech in support of the bill was made by Mir. Perkins, repub lican, of California. No action was re- ported ou the bill.
 Previous 10 the opening of the debate on the Ncaraguan bill MT. Allen, populist, of Nebraska, offered Il resolution for the appointment Of Il select committee to in Guire as to whether the state of Alabama has republican form of government and as to the conduct Of the recent election in that state. Tine resolution went over, Mir. Allen stating lhat he would address the senate on thls subject after the holiday re- cess.
 joint resolution to revive the grade of lieutenant-g general of the United States army was introduced by Mr. Hawley, re- publican, of Connecticut, aud was referred 10 the committee on ID h,ary.
 The house bill to establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh in the state oi Tennessee, was taken from the calendar aud passed.
 The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Lodge calling on the president for the r. cord Of proceedings in the ex,radition case of General EZeta was teken up and agreed to. The senate adjourned at the conclusion of the Nicaraguan debate wit h. out the transaction of any other business.
 MT. Turpie was entitled 10 the floor when the Nicaragua DlIl c6I1e up, Dut nc yleiUeu it temporarily to MT. Culom, who urged tue maintenance of 'the wise policy known as the Monroe docirine.' The completion of the Illinois ship canal and of the Hennepin canal, he said, was sec- ondary with the Nicaragua canal and he looked forward to the day when steam ves- sels from all the lake ports would carry the products Of the west to the Pacific ports. The importance of the undertaking was far beyond any credence of cost or expenses. t. al ,t.x I S100 GOO ,0s0 and should possess no dividend paying quality, still it would be an under | taking uema nded by the military Decess- | ties of the country at any reasonable cost. | But when it offered such return as might | be reasonably expected iu it's commercial | operation he felt justified in urging the passage of the bill. Mir. Cullom wound up | his speech with an appeal 10 the senate to | declare that ''po pent up UIici restraints | our powers, but the whole boundless con- | tinent is ours.'
 Mir. Turpie yielded to Mir. Perkins, re- | pu blican, Of California, who argued in | favor of the bill and asserted that there was | nothing complex or difficult Of under | standing in it.. The government of the | United States virtually undertook the en- | terprise, acquired all the concessions made | by Nicaragua, and proposed to build the | canal through an instrumentality of its | own, in the form of a corporation in which | the government would own seven- tenths of |
  including rates of toll. This Nicaragua canal MT. Perkins asserted, would pay. There was no doubt on that point. It | would pay financially and it would pay | c numerically. It would pay also as an ex- hibition of American enterprise, of Amer ican skill aud forethought and of Ameri- can nerve. It would pay because it must receive the commendation of the world, as it would show that there was great ques- ton to be considered and great work to be done.
 Mir. Turpie followed Mir. Perkins. In the course of Mir. Turpie's remarks se- were comment was made by Mir. Morgan, in charge of the bill, upon the strictures and ensures indulged in by Mir. Turpie against the canal company and against the committee on foreign relations. A dis claimer was made by Mir. Turpie, who said he would take the responsibility of | saving with extreme delicacy 6 certain pbrase in one of the sections of the bill was a very questionable one.