Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-26

election to this house depends upon the moonskine vote.''
 The several amendments were rejected, that to strike out the paragraph entirely being lost by vote of 50 to 75.
 At 5:05 the house took iecess until 8 o'clock to consider private pension bills.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The long parliamentary ruggle over the Nicaragua canal bill came to close in the senate today and the bill was passed by a vote of 31 yeas to 21 nays. From o'clock in the afternoon until the time was con snmed in discussion, in which the speeches were limited to five miau es. It was sometimes carried on in a pariia- mentary fashion, tut nothing very impor- tant or interesting was said on either side of the question. At o'clock tine talk ceased and the voting began, the result Of the frat vote indicating a safe maj jrity for the bill.
 Several amendments were accepted by Mir. Morgan, democrat, of Alabami, who had charge Of the bill, and were agreed 10, i, a matter of course. The most i'm portanJ amendment wes one whit b was offered by Mr. Frye, republican, of ai Ie, ,and which was amended on the motion of Mir. Vol cott, republican, of Colorado. This dual amend meut required the work of canal construction to be divided into sections and to be given out ou contract to the low est responsible bidder after advertisement, :, the aggregate award not to exc,.d the amount of S70, ,0O0, 900.
 The substItute offered by MT. Turpie, democrat, of Indiana, requiring a preIim- mary survey and estimate and a report ou the praclicabillty of the Menocal route, was defealed-yeas 23, nays 29-and fiuaIly the bill was passed by majority of ten, and will now be sent to the house for the action of that body.
 The morning hour, from uoou till D. m., had been spent in a debate over the Hawaiian question, MT. Mills, democrat, of Texas, making a fiery speech in con- oennation of the means by which the pro- vislonal government was established and in defense of the course of the administra- tion. The subject will be taken up again tomorrow.
 The senate at 6:45 p. m. adjourned until tomorrow.
 HOW THE SENATORS VOTED.
 Following Is the detailed vote on the passage of the Nicaragua canal bill in the senate:
 Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bur rows, Butler, Cameron, Chandler, Cullom, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, Cor man, sHale, Hoar, Hunton, Lodge, Me- Milan, Manderson, Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan, 10 pnia Murphy, Platts Power, Pri,ch- Walsh, White and Wilson-31.
 B!an nchard, Caffery, Call, Cockrell, Daniel, Davis, George, Gray, Hill, Irby, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Mills, Palmer, Peffsr, Pettigrew, Turple, Villas and Wocott-21.
 The following are the pairs: Messrs. Brice and Berry, Dolph aud Coke, Dixon and McIaurin, Dubois and Smith, Gordon and Martin, sherman and Lindsay, Rig- gins and McPherson, Carey and Mitchell of Wisconsin, Quay and Pasco, Perkins aud Roach, Shoup and Teller, Washburn and Vest, Morrill, and Voorhees, HawIey and Bate. Jones of Nevada and Harris, Camden and Hansbrough.
 Present and not voting, MT. Stewart.
 WHAT THE BILL PROVIDES.
 The bill as passed provides that the cap- ital stock of the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua shall consist of 1 1,00O, 900 shares of Sl00 eacb It auth prizes tue com- pany to issue per cent bonds to the amount of S70, 900, ,000, which shall be in- dorsed and guaranteed by the treasurer of the United States, and shall be secured by a first mortgage on all the property of the comptny.
 The interest on these bonds is to be paid by the company as it falls;due, and on fail- ure to do so is to be held to pay per cent interest to the United States, and such Geiault shall also bring with it the right of foreclosure and sale. h consideration of the guarantee the United States is to re- ceive S70, ,000, COO in stock of the company; S6, ,000, eco of stock is to go to the govern nIent of Nicaragua; $1 500, GOO 10 the gov ernment of Costa Rica, aud the remaining S22, 500 GOO ii to go to eXtiuguish former T Issues ot stock and to the construction of the canal Ten of the fifteen directors of president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the senate.
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