The daily Caucasian. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1895-1895, 1895-02-10
CABLE FOR
The PACIFIC.
A Beginning Toward a Coruec'
ton Of the Western Coas,
With the Orient.
FIRST STEP TO HAWAII.

The senate Auihoriz~s the Pr~.idrnt to
s3.o00.ooO III. Yrs, step Toward Gov
ernment Telegraph l.
AsHISGTos, Feb. BY the de-
sisc vote OF cf 10 -. the s.nat. yo; ed
day 10 inaugurate the project Of lay
ga cable from th.. Pacific coast To
Hawaii. An amendment; to the diplo-
matte and consular Appropriation bill
was made. giving <oon,Ubo Tor begin
ming work on the cable. and authoriz-
ing he President To contract for the
entire work, estimated t. cost S3.on0.-
900. This was the i!rst practical result
coming from the intermittent Ha-
waiian debate, lasting more than a
year, and renewed with intensity the
last week in connection with the
proposed cable. The debate of the
last few days has shown that the
lines of division We're practically
the same as those heretofore ex-
iSting on all isS,ies over Hawaii
he Republican senators urging closer
relations 10y cable and ultimately by
annexation he Democratic sena1 or,
as a rule, contending against the cable
or other entangling alliances with
Hawaii. But this party division had
notable exceptions during the day and
was emphasized in the final vote
which was as follows:
Nras-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows
Butler, Call, Carey, Chandler, Clark
Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Frye, German,
Hale, Hansborough, Hawley, Higgins,
Hill, lIoar, Kyle, Lodge, Manderson
Mitchell, Of Oregon: Morgan. Morrill,
PETER, Perkin Proctor, Platt, Sher-
man, Squire, Stewart, Teller, ,Washburn
White and WalcOtt-36.
| Nays-BurrOWs, Blackburn, Brice
C&ffery, Cockrell, George, Gray, Iar-
ris, Hunton, III ,dsay, Jones of Ar
kansas, McI.aur,n, Martin, Mitchell of
Wisconsin, Murphy, Palmer, Pasco
! Pettigrew, Ransom. Roach, Smith
| rurpie, Vest. Villas and Wal>h-25.
The pairs We're As follows, the first
named would have voted for the propo-
>ition: Allen and Bates, Mcmillan and
Blanchard, Dolph and Coke. Cameron
and Gibson, Shonp and Pugh, Quay
md Mcpherson, Mantle and Voorhees,
,iallir ger and NJ lis, Wilson and Cor
dun Jones of Nevada, and Daniel
Dixon and Irby; Pritchard and Faulk
lcr.
T..
,idcntal and he would have voted II,
II present.
Mr. Power was present and did no
vote. six Democratic senators, Nor
y;n, German Hill, Butler Call an'
Wiltt voted with the 2> Repnblical
senator's. and three Populi>ts, con>t
tting he majority for the cable. ON
Republican, MIR. Peltisrrw, of Soutl
tad ht a
against the cable.
The diplOmatic and cOnSi:,,G: iii! va
then passed and euloSies on the lat
Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan
closed the day.
The House today, in committee {
, the whole, by vote of "a to %, vote
to place their individual clerks on tn
annual salary roll at the rate of SIC
per month. These clerks hitherto rt
ceived 800 per month during the Sc:
sion of the House.
5 The annual attempt to strike out tf
appropriation for the civil servl'
commission was made, but did not a
sumo a serious phase, and was defeatt
l by vote of 81 to 20.
: A Joint resolution was passed to e2
tend the time for maxim income ia
n returns to April Is.
+ At the opening Of h, session, NJ
Y Van Voorhees,, OF New York, had rea
d A letter which he had mailed to NJ
Creamer, member Of the British Pa
!. lament, replying to the latter's char:
; that he had treated him discourteous
|, before the foreign affairs committee.
j. The remainder of tn day after
o'clock was devoted to eulogies on t
p late Representative Wright, OF Pen