The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-22
MANY LONG DAYS
The Mineral Land Bill Is at Last In
the Presidents Hands.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
The Hawaiian Gable Scheme Was
Knocked In the Head BY the
Democratic Majority Yes
terday-Strong Appeals.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-The house re- |
sumed consideration of the senate amend |
ment to the diplomatic and consular |
appropriation bill to-day, appropriating |
100000 to aid in the construction of n sub |
marine cable from the United States to
the Hawaiian islands.
Hooker of Mississippi opened the de- |
bate in opposition to the proposed appro- |
priation. BY tho terms of this amend |
ment, he said, the government was to
own, control and operate this cable. |
Such proposition had never been made |
before.
Storrer, republican OF Ohio, called at
tention to the necessity for tho cable as
expressed in two of President Cleveland's
messages and the recommendations OF
Bayard when he was secretary of state.
That was when there was a democrat at
the head of the department. Things were
different now that there was a secretary
in the state department who rose above or
below party accordingly as lie was viewed.
In conclusion Storrer said that a subma-
rine cable was now as much n necessity
10 the navy as the electric signal which
connects the pilot house with the engine
room of a battle ship.
Mr.. Draper, republican of Massachu-
setts, said he favored this cable as n pre-
liminary step toward the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands.
Hermann. republican of Oregon, de-
clared that to the Pacific coast the ques-
ton of cable connection with Honolulu
overshadowed and transcended all
others, save only that of the construction
of the Nicaragua canal. The people of
the Hawaiian islands gave us 80 per cent.
of their trade. More of our ships entered
the port of Honolulu than any other port
in the world last year, Liverpool not eN-
cepted. Aside from the commercial
reasons for the construction of this cable,
there were patriotic and public reasons.
Mr.. Harter, democrat of OHIO, thought
that this cable should be LAID by private
capital and he concluded by the state
ment that private parties had appeared
before the committee aud asked for a
charter for this purpose
Ryan, democrat of New York, thought
this democratic house could well afford in
the closing hours of the session to show
it's sympathy with the merchants desiring
TO extend their trade by voting an appro-
priation for the construction of this canal.
Sickels, democrat OF New York, earn
estly supported the cable proposition. He
was compelled to appeal from the judg-
ment OF the house committee on foreign
affairs. As an American he had n plat
form of his own. He favored annexation.
AS democrat, he found his warrant in
the policy of jefferson, who annexed
Louisiana, and OF jackson, who annexed
Texas. II party lines hampered him on n
question like this lie would break them
assuder as.he had done before. There
should be no partisanship in American
ism.
''Mr. Speaker" Mr.. Sickels concluded,
MY span of life has not much longer to
run, yet hope to live TO see the star of the
republic of the Pacific add its tropical
splendor to the western hemisphere"
loud applause on the republican side).
McCreary closed the debate and in the
course of his remarks denied that Cleve-
land had ever endorsed a proposition for
the construction of the Hawaiian cable
by the government. lie favored the in
corporation of n company to lay such n
cable.
The vote was then taken on Hits mo-
tion that the house agree TO the senate
amendments. His motion was lost, 1l5
to 152.
The republicans and popuists voted for
the building of the cable and democrats
mostly against it. Without division tue
house non-concurred in tho amepdment
and further conference was ordered.
Ellis, republican of Oregon. presented
the conference report on the bill to pro-
vide for tho examination and classiiica-
ton of certain mineral lands IN the North
ern Pacific grants IN Idaho and Montana.
Caminetti opposed tho adoption of the
report because It did not include Califor-
MIA and other states entitled to similar
relief. The report was agreed to and the
house then went into committee of the
whole and considered the general de-
ficiency bill.
Mr.. Breckinridge, democrat. OF Ken
lucky, who was in charge of tho bill,
made a preliminary statement OF the APP
preparation carried by the bill which
aggregated S6.5l9.559 An amendment
was agreed to transferring TO the Colum-
ban museum at Chicago, certain portions
of the state department exhibit at the
worlds fair. Mr.. Breckiuridge also
offered an amendment TO pay Great
Britain - 5000 on account of the Bering
sea awards of the Paris tribunal, which
went over without action.
After completing Is of the So pages of
the bill al 3 :3j O'Clock under a special or
der, the house listened to eulogics on the
life and public services of the late Sena-
tor Stockbridge of Michigan. Then as a
further mark of respect the h ouse adj
journed.