The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
MEANS BIG GAINS
Nicaragua Canal is Expected to
Do Great Things
Would Add Untold Millions to
Values on Pacific Coast
NO MORE PANICS.
The Canal Would Relieve the
Financial Situation.
NO MORE PANICS

Although it was evident from the start
that Congressman Cooper's bill permitting
the taxation Of greenbaeks would have
large majority. as all the Democrats and
many Republicans favored it. it was Wig
orously attacked Mr.. johnson Of Indiana
is peculiarly sensitive on anything which
seems to give the states power to infringe
upon the functions Of the general govern
nnent and several eastern members are ON
principle suspicious of anything on money
affairs which comes from the west The
various committees have arranged tleir
most important bills in fine working or
der, and the progress bids fair TO be very
rapid
Nicaragua Canal Bill.
From tho interstate commerce commit
tee the Nicaragua canal bill was reported
favorably and viii be pushed, as the Pacific
coas5 members are united in its favor and
have agreed upon a plan Of action THE
passage Of that bill, y says one of them,
.',vould add untold millions at a stroke to
All fixed values in our section, and espe-
cially in Washington and Oregon The
canal would cut OF several thousand miles
of freighting and give US an enormous adj
vantage in rates. Washington would gain
moro by it than any other part of the
world so VIC want tho bill, and we want
it soon. With the canal we shall have no
moro panics for many year, and even the
certainty that it is to be built Will at once
bring some relief. You see, Washington
al an err Of overspeculation just before
this panic came on, and 50 it is twice a.
hard Us on tho rest OF the country
From the Judiciary committee nine
measures arc reported as Of special impOr-
tnnce, and present indications are that the
Tucker resolution for an amendment au-
thOrizing the election of United States
Iarsx far
vOrably received and get tho needed two
thirds vote in both houses 1t is, however,
say the old heads, never safe to predict
two-thirds vote on anything. The com
mittee on Pacific railways has taken its
own time, but now announces that it will
certainly have q bill for settling the debt
question. Tho members returned from
their short vacation apparently removed in
spirit on that subject, and having eonsid-
cred the many bills laid before them de
clare that they Will either adopt the best
one, with few amendments, or make
sort of compounded bill out of the hest
features OF all The committee has no 9th
er bill Of Importance, and experts say that
If it docs succeed in getting It's promised
bill before both houses this session viii
thereby be prolonged at least two weeks
other Important Bills
Chairman Heard of the District of Co
lumbia commit tce says the bills before it
viii be taken up exactly in the order they
appear on the calendar, and the house can
adopt or defeat them, as it prefers, with
out any preference shown by the commit
tee As to the boss bill Of ALL Washington
citizens are now nearly unanimous in ia
vor Of the great sewers scheme, but still
divided On the street question, so the bill
Will be changed once more, the sum for
which bonds are to be issued somewhat
reduced, and except for the sewers the
grand Improvement scheme will be again
postponed The banking and currency
committee is unusually modest and not at
present inclined to insist on any particular
measure 1t is conceded that if Mr. Wal
kcr's comprehension bill or indeed any
measure for radical reform in the finances
were once got before the house debate
would run n for weeks unless the com
mittee on rules peremptOrily cut it of.
Inc foreign AFFAIRS committee hopes to put
all its remaining bills through with very
little trouble, as none Of them IS of a ma
ture to excite debate, but two new trou-
bles have arisen. The Samoan matter is
not in Just the right shape, and it may be
necessary to do something, if it is nothing
more than to express an opinion the
case of Mr. 8 q. kizimimiSki, the Polish
American now a prisoner in Siberia It is
easily proved that he was naturalized and
remained in the United States a a citizen
for over 20 years but as he returned to
Poland he voluntarily placed himself IN
der the conditions of the Russian law as
to exiled PoIanders-
We have treaty with Russia which
preserves the rights of our naturalized citi-
zens in such case, and Russian law from
the beginning has declared that any ma
tive returning from exile, whether that
exile be forced or voluntary and no matter
how many years it may have lasted, even if
the exile has become n citizen Of another
country, shall bc dealt with exactly as if he
had left Russia the day before. Our state
department in various cases has conceded
the power of foreign countries over their
native born citizens pursuant to their own
laws, it being a general presumption that
every native Of q country is bound to know
its laws, and SO there only remains the
remedy of asking for Mr.. K s release as a
favor from a friendly nation 1t is pre-
sumed that it would be granted as favor
whether asked by the president or by joint
resolution, but the committee owns that it
Is somewhat grinding to ask as a favor
what we ought to demand as right.
The Labor Troubles.
In the senate all interest centers. of
course, upon the appropriation bills and
the final action upon the conference COM
mittee On the tariff bill. The usual spec
ulatiOn on the date of adjournment con
tinues as n matter of course, but the most
sanguine do not now name a date earlier
than A ug- 1, and many say that any little
furry that is likely to spring up, whether
among ourselves or with foreigners, would
certainly keep the thing running till Oc-
tober- If, for instance, labor troubles
should continue so as to force some action
or even discussion ON the many bills and
resolutions thereon, at least a month
would be consumed on that issue alone
The members were full of talk on the sub
ject when they first came together after
the vacation, but the regular routine Of
business soon drove it out of their minds
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