The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-21

:. s ~ Aittee. 90 lar as the ApprOprla-
lon committee is concerned, every effort
IS being made to expedite the appropria-
ton bilIs.''
The debate reverted to the Indian bill,
Wnlch was not changed, when at 8
O'Clock, the Senate held a brief executive
session, and then adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2O.-The opponents
OF the new batIlesnips for the navy sut-
lered crushing defeat to-day when
Sayres' motion to strike out the author
izatlon for the war vessels was lost, first
| Ia the Committee of the Whole in a vote
OF 43 to l4l, and later in the House by a
vote OF % to 1919. After Sayres' motion
had been defeated, Cannon of Illinois at
tempted zen o TO have an appropriation first of
S--,OOU,UOO and later Of So, ,000, 900 inserted
IN the bill for building the ships author
lZeu, but both propositions failed. DolIi-
YER OF Iowa succeeded in having an
amendment adopted providing for the
building of TWO torpedo boats on the
| Alsslsslppl River, and Sayres added a
provision to The Item for armOr apprO-
prIatlon to the effect that no higher sums
should be paid by this Government for
armOr or gun steel than was paid the
contracting firm for similar material fur
nlSheu other Governments. The naval
Dill as passed authorizes the construction
OF three Dattlcships, to cost, exclusive of
! v
torpedo boats, to cost SIG0,OU0 each. After
the Dlll was passed some time was sDent
IN discussion Of the Senate amendment
to the diplomatic and consular bill. an
| proprlatlng S5UO,OO0 for laying a sub
marine cable between the United States
and Hawaii, but no action was taken
upon it.
AT The opening Of the session of the
House some time was spent in unravei-
ing a tangle produced by the passage by
the House, under misapprehension, OF a
OH To increase the pension of Thomas
GTSo2rrlgan, late Of Company B, Eighth
Illinois Infantry, to 500 per month.
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole, aud resumed the considera-
! tlOn OF the naval appropriation bill.
! W hen the paragraph providing for the
| authorization of three new naval battle
ships and twelve torpedo boats was
| reached, DOlliver (Rep.) of Iowa offered
| an amendment tuat two of the torpedo
Doats should be built on the Mississippi
| River.
Talbot, in charge of the biil, accepted
| the amendment.
An amendment by Sayres to strike cut
the Item for the authorization OF three
OattIeShlps at cost, exclusive OF ar ma
ment, OF Si,OO0,OOO each, was lost, after
considerable debate.
Sayresr lu closing for the opposition,
frankly admitted that he did not expect
MS amendment TO carry. The Cramps
were here, he said, last Saturday. A
member had boasted that this bill would
pass. Cramp had received So, ,OJO. 600
from the Government, and Andrew Car
negIe $4,OJO,0OO. Millions had also gone
TO the Pacific Coast. These companies
were powerful; their friends were power
1ul, and he did not, therefore, expect to
carry his amendment.
! W hen the committee rose and reported
! tN Z he /
! reC0mmlt 1t to the Committee on Naval
Affairs, with instructions to report it
| Dack alter striking out the provision for
| the three battlashIps.
Inc motion to re3Ommit was defeated
81 TO IJJ-and the bill was then passed
without division.
McCreary, Chairman of the Committee
on torelgn Affairs, then called up the
/ conference report on the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. Hoexplained
that the House cOnterrees had refused to
! agree 10 the Senate amendment apDroDri-
/ aLlng S0OU,OUO for a submarine cable to the
! Hawaiian Islands, and he would ask the
houSe 10 1urther insist on that disagree
| ment,
HItt lhep.) of Illinois moved that the
| House reccue from its disagreement
McCredry, speaking IL opposition to
| the motion, cOntended that il was against
| the established policy of the Government
/
| submarine cables. He held that it should
| be condemned and defeated. If entered
| upon, he stated, this work would ulti-
! mateIy cost S3,OOO,OUO No country, he
said. had caused us more excitement and
annoyance than Hawaii. lie said we had
lost SOo,UUU,U0O through the treaty negOti-
ated IN 1876. permitting the free imD0rta-
ton OF sugar and rice.
boutelie challenged McCreary's state
| ment that we had not enough commercial
Intercourse with Honolulu TO warrant a
| submarine cable. More American tom
mage entered and cleared at the port of
| Honolulu than at any port Of the civil
lied world. "I prefer submarine cable"
sald Bontelle, ITO submarine diplomacy"
| Laughter.
Hltt deprecated the partisanship in q
discussion of this kind. The provision
Tor the cable had been placed in the bill
III the Senate by the joint votes Of patri-
! OtIc men, Democrats and Republicans
| lie recalled the history OF the past pro-
| Jected cable companies which contem-
/ plated the building Of a submarine cable
/ to honolulu. All had failed because of
! the failure of one Government or the
( other to subsidiZe them. The people were
/ opposed to subsidies. The cable would
! not be built by private capital, so it must
/ be built, II 1t IS built at all, by the Gov
! ernment. He called attention to the
recommendation in President Cleye-
! lana 5 message OF 1885, that there should
| be cable communication between the Ha-
wailan Islands and the United States.
and to his roiteTation OF that recommend
alton III 1888. To-day Oattleships costing
millions had been authorized To make
ships effective, in case OF war, cables
were necessary.
At the conclusion Of Hits remarks,
without action on his motion, the House
at 5:l5 p. NJ, adjourned.
HAWAIIAN CABLE.