The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-02
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Morgan's Bill Has Ten Majority
In the Senate.
THE SARCASM OF SENATOR MILLS

Senator from Texas Delivers Very Cahstic
Speech on the Hawaiian Questionable
Upholds the Administrations Policy and
Incidently scores the Sugar Trust-Min-
lister Thurston IA Listener.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The bill pledg-
ing the faith of the United States to do
the construction Of the Nicaragua canal
passed the senate Friday night. 1t was
the termination of a debate which has
lasted since the present session of con-
gress began. 1t was, moreover, the first
realization in either branch of congress
Of the vast project SO long and vigor-
ously urged for a canal joining the At
1antic and Pacific, with the United
States government standing sponsor for
the execution Of the work. The final
vote was not secured until $50 o'clock.
hut, notwithstanding the l~ateness of the
hour, there was an exceptionally full
senate, owing to the interest felt in the
elimination of the long debate. The
Nicaraguan minister and other diplomats
interested in the measure had seats in
the diplomatic galleries throughout the
voting on the many amendments and
the final question.
Provisions of the Bill.
The bill IL brief directs the issue Of
e70. 600 of Nicaragua canal bonds. Each
OF these are to bear the following guar
antv: The United States Of America
guarantees to the lawful holder Of this
bond the payment of the Maritime
Canal company of Nicaragua of the
principal of said bonds and the interest
accruing thereon and as it accrues."
In additional $50. O00. 900 of bonds are
to be issued without the United States
guarantee. The total 500. 000. 900 thus
ssued is to be used in constructing the
nteroceanic canal. The secretary of
the treasury is to have general supervision
Of the subject. 4 board of 10 directors
is to have immediate charge of the work.
OF this board he president is to desig-
nate 10 members. no more thar two
from any one state. The United States
is to receive $40, 900. 600 of the canal
company stock in return for guarantee
ing the bonds and is to hold a mortgage
lien on all the property of the canal com
Ianv.
Aside from the final debate and vote
Oh the Nicaragua bill the main interest
Of the DAY attached to a very caustic
speech of Mr.. Mills Tex. unfolding the
administration policy in Hawaii and in
cidently scourging the sugar trust. Mr..
Mills eloquently related the manner in
which the American people greeted the
Hungarian patriot, Kossuth, after he
had dared to strike at the oppression
around him.
Mr.. Mitchell Or asked if Mr.. Mills
sought to place together k0s&uth and
the representatives. Of Queen Liliuoka-
lani.
Senator Mills Sarcasm.
Mr.. Mills responded with warmth that
the representatives who came here
spoke for a people whose executive had
been defrauded by a representative of
The United States. With intense sar-
casm Mr.. Mills read the letter of Presi-
cent Harrison to L~iliuokalani when Min
lister Stevens was accredited to Hawaii.
The senator commented as he proceeded
with the letter. This was q time. said
be, when the queen was still supreme.
She was seeking to protect her own poor
native people against the corporate
greed seeking to get possession of the
great sugar lands of Hawaii.
But the sugar trust wanted the
lands, too, and they We're more power
ful thar Liliuokalani," declared Mr..
Mills with much force.
Minister Thurston of Hawai-. ran.e
into the diplomatic gallery and was AN
interested listener to the severe arraign-
ment of the government represented by
HIM. The senator denounced the pres
eht Hawaiian government as an dig
archy as a republic. 1t was a part of
the great sugar oligarchy. This was the
oligarchy appealing to the United States
for sympathy and support" Mr.. Mills
asked why a Republican administration
had set up a barbarous king Oh the
the throne of Samoa.
sPirh@d Controversy.
Who designated this king" said
Mr.. Mills. at was Emperor William.
Queen Victoria and Benjamin Harrison
Of the United States" Mr.. Mills read
from the New York Evening Post to
the effect that Hawaiian bonds We're be-
ing foated i'll New England. There
wa a spirited controversy between Mr..
Aldrich and Mr.. Mills as the former
arose to ask the Texas senator what an.
thority he had for the assertion that
New England corporations were among
those ereedily absorbing the sugar
lands.
The sugar trust OWNS the lands and
New England owns 30. 600 shares of that