Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-26
THE CANAL BILL PASSED
The Country Pledged to Build
 the Nicaraguan Channel.
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS ARE MADE.

Ths Bill Provides For an Issue of alOO,-
 100000 to Be Used In the Construction of
 the CanaI-The Sundry Civil Bn Passed
 by the House-More Hawaiian Debate.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The bill pledg- ing the faith of the United States to tine construction of the Nicaragua canal passed the senate by the decisive vote of 3l yeas to 2l nays.
 The Nicalaguan minister and many 0thcr diplomats intCreS, ei in the pro. oct had seats in the diplomatic galleries throughout the voting.
 Mir. f;oicott tEep,, Colo) offered m amendment to the bill requiring tine canal company to urchaSo its material and con struction machinery in the United States. Nicaragua or Costa RiCGh
 running debate cnsued which was participated in hy MesSrs. Morgan. Frye and Chandler. speakin& for the bill, and MessrS. Vest Gallery and others opposing
 There was marked interest shown when the time for voting arrived Minister Guz- man of Nicaragua. with his wife and he ministers from Guatemala Costa Rica and other Central Ameri an countries vitally affected by the bill took seats in the dip lomatic gallery.
 The first votes were on numerous amend ments tbat had accumulated. That of Mir. Vest giving the president complete authority 10 suspend the issue of canal bonds, was de cate i-- yeas 2i nays, 2Y.
 Mir Voc tt amendment that Ameri- can goods anG materials should be used was accepted l'y Mir Morgan and agreed 10.
 The amen, ulrnt uf MT. Palmer (Dem., Ills giving the president power to re- move and relppniut directors of the canal company, was agreed to
 What the Hill Provides.
 The amcndment of Mir. Villas (Dem., Wis, that the work should not be done by corporations in which stockholders of the canal are interested was adopted.
 The main proposition then came on MT. Turpies motion to strike out all after the enactinG clause substituting provision that a complete survey be made by United States engineers before any further steps are taken. This was defeated-yeas, 2l ; nays, 2S.
 The substitute of Mir. Stewart (Nev. ) for n new treaty with Nicaragua and con- struction of the canal by the United States was dcfcatcd-ycas. l2; nays, 32. The bill. in brief, directs the issue of $70, GOO, 0G0 on Nicaragua canal bonds | Each of thcse is to bear tho following guarantee: Tho United States of Ameri- ca guarantees to the lawful holder of this bond the payment by the Maritime Canal company of Nicarag qua of tho principal of said bonds and the interest thereon and as it accrueS.
 An additional S3O, O0O poo of bonds is to be issued without the United States .guarantee Tho total $l0O, 900. 900 thus issued is to be used in constructing the l intcroCeanic canal The secretary of the | treasury is 10 have cencI al supervision of the project. A board of Ia directors is to have immediate charge of tho work. | Of this board the president is to desig- | nate ten members. no moro than two from any one state. The United States is to receive $70, GOO. GOO of canal company stock l in return for guaranteeing tho bonds and is to hold a mortgage lien on all the prop erty of tho canal company.
 Aside from the final debate and vote on tho Ei,a' acua bill the main interest of the day a Iachcd to a very caustic speech | by Mr Mills tTeX. uphOldinE the admin iStratiun policy in Hawaii and incidental ly scoring tho Sugar trust
 House Passes the Sundry Civil Bill
 The aumdrv civil bill passed In the short. est time, s, far as known. on record. II was under consideration but three days. | As passed tl.r hiil carries S3", l2o. 12l.
 Two prop sit;ons offered respectively by | MT. Savers and Mir CoOmbs-the former to clothC the srcretary of the treasury with | power To issue United states bonds oi | such denominations as he should see fit, | instead of as now. to reissue them of tho same denomination, and the latter's to re tire and cancel gold certificates and make them nonreceivable for customs dues after July l ncxt-furnishCd the principal theme of discussion. Mir. savers proposition wal defeated-yeas, 74; nays, az-whiie that of MT Coombs was carried without di vision.