The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-04
IN THE SENATE.
Morgan Replies to Turpie's Tirade
Against the Nicaragua Canal.

Washington City, Jan. 3.--The senate
reassembied at noon today, after the
holiday recess. The chair laid before the
senate a letter from the secretary of
state. transmitting a dispatch from the
United States ambassador at Paris, say
Ing he had delivered 10 the widow of the
late President Carrot engrossed copies Of
the resolutions of sympathy Of the Amer
lean congress relative to the death OF
President Carnot
Quay introduced proposed amendment
to the urgent deficiency bill, amending
the tariff law by striking out all the pro-
vision for an Income tax and substituting
a new wooien sceduie. including duty
on raw wool.
AT O'Clock the senate resumed corssid-
Grafton of the Nicaragua canal bill, Nor
gan speaking.
Nominations: Col Guido NJ Ideber. as
ssstant Judge advocate general, 10 be
judge advocate general. with the rank of
brigadier general: Idet. Commander
Franklin Hnfori. to be commander;
Passed Assistant Engineer Robert w.
Gait. to be chief engineer. Herbert w.
Bowman, consul general at Barcelona,
Spain; Andrew J. Patterson. OF Tonnes
see, consul at Demarara, British Guiana.
After the presentation of sundry res
olations and memorials. Sherman, from
the committee on foreign affairs, re-
ported and the senate passed the resolu-
tion heretofore introduced by Lodge CALI
ing on the president for the correspond
cnce and other papers relative 10 the de-
livery by the United States consul at
Shanghai of two japanese citizens 10
the Chinese authorities: also asking for
information as TO whether the two Ja-
panese were put 10 death after being tor
turea, further, whether there wa an un-
derstanding with the Chinese government
that United States officers should aid.
assist ard give safe conduct TO any citi-
zens desiring 10 leave China.
At o'clock the senate proceeded to
the consideration OF the Nicaraguan
canal bill Morgan had the floor to
make a speech on the bill. bat before
he began. the senate. on molten OF
Squire, passed the house bin granting an
American register to the vessels ilada,
North Carolina and Archer, OF Washing
ton.
Morgan then began his address on the
Nicaragua canal bill. He criticised the
senator's who opposed the bill by i'm
putting TO those who favored the bill mo-
tives other than uatriotic. He defended
the conStitutsonaiity OF the bili, which
had been attacked. The senator con-
suFned a great portion OF his s1eech In
contreyertlng the statements made by
the senator from Indiana tTurpial In his
three-iays' speech against the bin be-
fore the holiday recess. He quoted eiah-
orately from the speech. and paid con-
siderable attention 10 1.-The conspicuous
errors os fact upon which the senator's
argument is based" If the pictures
drawn by the senator fronl Indiana
ef the conjiticrs existing were true.
there could he nothing but an aefront
"a Nicaragua in a survey designed 80
bring his sketches inro a stronger ngh.
and 10 display that country in horrible
uskedness, If the company had zone TO
fsanfcn. saStead Of coming 10 Wasalngfo,
city. for a charter, the canal would now
he csaSpietssf. or nearly sn, ana il would
like the Speg canal. ha under tie civu
and military centred of Great britain.
Cancerning TurYie's illusions 80 the
''tso,sefgsariezs' unsier he b.ll Morgan sats
sn part the senator. IN tsls Wild TRADE
against the so-caiie1 heHaiiesaries u tEis
htf. seems 80 ;gnore the fast thai another
great sszsasor from in5iags. now deaf
VAS beneficiary" as he calls chem.
and that an ex-pressdsnt was s:s oPca au8
firm advocate II may he hat President
Harrison @appewt Of the hsI3 Is the sogst
se.ttnre in e. according 50 his way of
viewing tse matter. ! fear thai this CT
sarPrise has Saca lingering otor ef Har-
ssSon atseag II that tzss senator wlii never
give Ass consent - the hlss4iAg CT she
c2aal TAsx sasejees.'' s4E! tse scsat0r. rs
too great to ae dwartea snto q target for
sAe senator's (T,srr.s'sl s1r1oaie ssit. Auss
she bsll before fhe senate IS too strong
aaA 100 well adjusted - fal l~fare any
mans cyssae8l sneers.' Eefase 3srg4n
aalxAeI sis remarks. the ssaase. :, 3
cselsek, aassurusss.