Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-28
NOW FOR FUN,
Senate Not Yet Done With the
Hawaiian Resolutions.
Republicans Will Receive Additions to
Their Strength, This Week,
That Will Enable Them TO Pass Aliens Reso.
Iutions Over Vests.

Washington, Jan 27.-The adoption by
the Senate yesterday, by a majority of
two votes, of Vests substitute for Allen s
| Hawaiian resolution, is the beginning of
struggle that will probably continue
this week, and the Republicans conf
IDENTIFY predict will end in the passage OF a
resolution condemning the administration
| for the part it has taken in Hawaiian
affairs.
Vests substitute, which now forms the
basis of the discussion in the Senate, but
which has not received final affirmative
action, will not be permitted to come To II
vote for several days 1t prevailed, yes
terday, by the aid of two Republican
votes Powers and Pettigrcw. Powers, it
| is said, will not support the resolution,
when it comes up in the Senate for formal
disposition.
! The Vest substitute endorses the policy
of non intervention and the Allen rcsolu
| ton declares for annexation and the sta
tioning of ships of war at Honolulu. All
the Populists favor Aliens resolution and
the Republicans are said to be of one
mind, with the exception of Pottigrow.
There will be two accessions to the Re
publican vote before the week is over in
the persons of Mantle, elected to fill the
| Montana vacancy and Clark to fill the
| Wyoming vacancy. Mantle is expected
to reach Washington early in the week
and Clark is on his way here. This will
| give the opponent of Vests substitute
majority vote and will enable them to
pass such a resolution as they may desire.
The Republicans declare they will not
permit any final vote to be taken until
they have their full strength in the Sen
ate, and they will consume the morning
hour each day ON the Hawaiian matter.
Teller, in line with this policy, viii con
| tinue his speech, Monday, and Will proba-
bly, be followed by other Republicans
until such time as they see fit to allow Il
| vote to be taken.
The bankruptcy bill is now unfinished
| business in the Senate, George having
called it up, yesterday afternoon, although
he will give way, Monday, to allow VOL
colt to secure a vote on the bill to provide
| for the removal of the Southern Ute In
dams George will not have opposition
in the conduct of his bill at the outset
but the indications are that he may not
be so successful later on.
One or two resolutions relating to cleo
tons in certain states the Populists are
anxious to have passed, and it is not I'M
probable that the Republicans may unite
with them and call these resolutions up
the discontinue of George and the bank
ruptcy bill. Under the most favorable cir
cumstances the bankruptcy bill can hard
" get through the Senate under 10 days
| Cockrell expects to report three appro-
priation bills to the Senate, this week
| the post office, diplomatic and consular
and District of Columbia appropriation
bills There is general understanding
that the bankruptcy bill will be tempo
rarily laid aside whenever Cockrell secs
fit to call up the appropriation bills
Cockrell believes that he will get two
of these measures out of the way, this
week.
The House will begin the weeks bust
ness, tomorrow, under some uncertainty
as to the order in which it is to be prose
cuted Although the consideration of
the bill repeating the diffcrential duty on
sugar imported from countries paying an
export bounty was begun, yesterday, and
is privileged matter, no assurance can be
given as to when its consideration will be
concluded. Wilson said he would not at
present ask for rule to close debate and
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not been advised by him as to his wishes
| in the matter.
Tomorrow will be open for the contin-
rance of disc ussiop, and Judging from the
manner in which it started Saturday, one
day by no means will afford sufficient
| time for all who wish to speak and be
heard The committee on rules has
agreed to give the Pacific Railroad com
1 NnItN for hn
consideration of the funding bill, and it
is intimated that if Wilson insists on
keeping the sugar duty bill before the
House until disposed Of the Pacific Rail
road bill will be prepared.
| The committee on naval affairs has
given notice that its appropriation bill
will be called up, Frioay. Should the
| Pacific Railroad bill get the floor. it will
be the first time, with one exception, in
| II years, that bin directly affecting the
Union and Central Pacific Railroad Com
| panies has come before the House.
| The last Pacific Railway legislation was
| the Thurman bill, which provided that
both roads should pay into the sinking
| fund 25 per cent. of their net earnings for
the extinguishment Of their debts. The
law has been faithfully complied with,
but the sums received from the companies
We're not sufficient to pay the interest.
The Reilly bill, which is the one to be
considered, next week. provides for the
adjustment of the debt by applying moneys
in the sinking fund to the payment of the
first mortgage bonds and requiring the
directors and stockholders TO furnish what
ever additional amount may be necessary.
The obligation to the government Will
then be continued for 80 years, the COM
panies paying interest at the rate of per
cent, with semi-annual payments on the
principal until the debt is fully liquidated.
Messrs. Boatner of Louisiana, Cooper
of Wisconsin, and Harris of Kansas, will
oppose the measure. These gentlemen.
Mr. Reilly says, prefer a different method
of settlement, but the other II members
of the committee are agreed that the
Reilly bill provides the best means OF
settlement yet suggested Representa-
tives from the Pacific coast will oppose
the measure because of objection TO any
extension of time for the payment of the
Central Pacific Indebtedness.
The President has approved the urgency
deficiency bill, which includes the income
tax appropriation.