The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-02

Mr.. Mills.
cat the last election" responded Mr..
Aldrich.
The gallery broke out in applause at
this answer and the presiding officer
raped sharply for order.
And you receive returns in 80 also"
retorted Mr.. Mills.
In conclusion, Mr.. Mills hoped he had
shown why this resolution, intended as
a censure of the president, should not
pass.
MIR. Vest then introduced a resolution
indorsing the policy Of President Cleve-
land toward Hawaii and declaring that
the course Of this government should be
to withhold from entangling alliances.
This and this resolution under discussion
went over to a subsequent day.
Nicaragua Bill Taken Up.
The Nicaragua bill was then taken up.
Mr.. White Call presented a letter
from London statingif the United States
did not proceed with the canal project
British capital would step in and carry
out the plan. Brief speeches We're made
snder the 5-minute rule by Mr.. Vest,
favoring a new survey by disinterested
engineers; by Mr.. Call, for directing over
the control; Mr.. Wolcott offered an
amendment requiring the canal COM
pany to purchase its material and con
struction machinery III the United States.
Nicaragua or Costa RIGA.
The first votes We're on numerous
amendments that had accumulated.
That Of Mr.. Vest giving the president
complete authority to suspend the issue
Of canal bonds was defeated. "a to 90.
Mr.. Wolcott's amendment that Ameri-
can goods and materials should be used
was accepted by Mr.. Morgan and agreed
TO. The amendment of Mr.. Palmer
giving the president power to reappoint
and retire directors of the canal con
panv was agreed to.
PETERS Amendment Defeated.
The amendment Of Mr.. Wolcott pro-
viding that every dollar of stock shall
represent a dollar actually expended by
the company was agreed to, p to l9.
Mr.. Peters, amendment that the labor
on the canal should be done by United
States citizens working eight hours a
day was defeated. The amendment of
VI L tNNl tIot i oiI4ACi '" Viz
United States corps of engineers shall
supervise the work was defeated.
The amendment of Mr.. Frye, that the
work be subdivided into sections and
each part awarded as separate contract
IN order to secure the greatest possible
expedition, was agreed to, with an
amendment by Mr.. Wolcott that the ag-
gregate Of all contracts should not ex.
coed $40, 000, 600. The amendment of
Mr.. Villas, that the work should not be
done by corporations in which stock
holders of the canal are interested, was
adopted. An amendment by Mr.. Pas
coe, that the canal route leases from
Nicaragua shall be perpetual instead of
for SO years, was d~efeated-23 to 80.
Several amendments by Mr.. Turpie to
limit the payments to the old Nicara.
guam Canal company We're defeated by
viva voce votes. Another amendment
by him that the Old company should
have 10 part i'll the new work was de-
feated.
The main proposition then came up
on Mr.. Turpie's proposition to strike
II all after tie enacting clause, substi-
tuting the provision that a complete
survey be made by United States engi-
neers before any further steps are taken.
This was defeated, III t. 80.
The substitute by MIR. Stewart for a
new treaty with Nicaragua was de-
feated. l2 to so. The bill was then
passed as amended-yeas, 81; nays, 81,
as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, But
Ter, Cameron, Chandler, Cullom, Faulk-
ner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson. German,
Hale, Koar, Hunton, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Henderson, Mitchell Or. Morgan,
Murphy, Plat, Power. Pritchard,
Proctor. Pugh, Ransom, Squire, Walsh.
Wh.te Wilson. Total, 81.
N"ys-Allen. Blackburn, Blanchard,
Gallery, Cali, Cockrell, Daniel, Davis,
George, Gray, Hill, Irbv. Jones Ark,
Kyle, Mills. Palmer. PETER, Pettigrew,
Turpie. Villas. Wolcott. Total. q.
The pairs Were the first named would
have voted for the bill: Dubois and
Smith. Dolph and Coke. Jones (Nev.)
and Harris, Sherman and Lindsay, Cor
don and Martin, Carey and Mitchell
Wis, Perkins and Roach, Washburn
and Vest, Brice and Berry, Camden and
Hansbrough, Quay and Pascoe, Higgins
and Mcpherson, Shoup and Teller, Haw-
ley and Bates. Dixon and McLaurin,
Morrill, aud Voorhees,. Stewart New
present and not voting.
Sundry Civil Bill Passed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-The sundry
civil bill passed Friday i'll the shortest