The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-22

washington. Feb. 21.-In the House,
today. the Senate amendments to the
bill authorizing the construction Of a
bridge across the Missouri river at
Sioux City, Iowa, was agreed to.
The House then resumed considera-
ton Of the Senate amendment to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill, appropriaing 100000 to aid in
the construction OF a submarine cable
from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Hooker Democrat OF NIissis-
sippi, q members of the foreign affairs
committee, opened the debate in op-
position to the proposed appropriation.
BY terms Of this amendment. he said.
the government was to own. control
end operate this Hawaiian cable. Such
q proposition had never been made be-
fore. Private enterprise should con-
struet this cable if it so desired.
Not a. Party Question.
Mr.. Storer Repubhcan) of Ohio de-
precated making this matter q party
question, but said he realized it was
only in this way the chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs hoped TO
defeat this project. Party lines had
been broken in the Senate when this
amendment was voted into the bill.
lie called attention to the necessity for
the cable as expressed in two of PreSi-
dent Cleveland's messages, and the
Recommendations Of Mr.. Bayard. when
he was secretary of state. That was
when there was q Democrat at the
head of the department. Things were
different, now that there vas a score
tary in the state department who rose
above or below party accordingly as
he was viewed. Still if the administra-
ton was now opposed to this cable,
the manly thing for Cleveland to do
would be to send a message to Con-
greSS saying he had changed his mind
In conclusion Mr.. Storer said that a
submarine cable was now as much a
necessity to the navy as the electric
signal which connects the pilot house
Win the engine room OF a battleshfp
Preliminary to Annexation>
MIR Draper Republican,, of Massa-
chusettS, said he favored this cable as
preliminary step toward the annex
alton Of the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Hermann (RepubIican), of Ore
Eon, declared that to the Pacific coast
the question of a cable connection
with Honolulu oV4rshadoWed and
transcended all others. save only that
OF the construction of the Nicaragua
canal. The people Of the Hawaiian
Islands gave US go 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
excepted. Aside from the commercial
reasons for the construction of this
cable, there were patriotic and public
reasons
Mr. Harter Democrat. of Ohio,
thought this cable should be laid by
private capital, and. he concluded,
private parties had appeared before
The committee and asked for a charter
for this purpose.
MIR Ryan Democr2t), Of New York.
wrought this Democratic House could
well afford, in the closing hours of
the session, to show its sympathy with
Iaerchants desiring to extend our trade
by voting an appropriation for the
construction of this cable.
sicINIes AppIauded.
Mr., SiekIes {Democrat), of New York.
earnestly supported the cable Sroposi-
ton. He was compelled to appeal
from the Judgment of the House com
5nittee on foreign affairs to that of the
Senate committee. AS an American.
he had platform of his own. He ia
Vored annexation. As a Democrat he
found his warrant in the policy of JEFF
terson, who annexed Louisiana. and of
jackson, who annexed Texas If party
lines trammeled him on a question like
this, he would break them asvnder as
he had done before. There should he
no partisanship in Amerieanism.
Mr.. Speaker Mr.. Sickles concluded
my span Of life has not much longer
10 run, yet L hope to live to see the
star Of the republic for the Pacific lift
its tropical splendor to the star of the
Western hemisphere" cloud applause
on the Republican side.(
MIR 1TofNyzn o11Tr 7lOca1 h. LII
In the course of his remarks denied
that Mr.. Cleveland had ever endorsed
proposition for the construction of a
Hawaiian cable by the government
He had merely favored the incorpora-
lion Of a company to lay such a cable.
The vote was then taken on Mr.
Hits motion that the House agree to
the Senate amendments.
Mr. Hit demanded the yeas and
nays, and the roll was called His mo-
ton was lost-1l4 to 152.
The vote was practically party one,
The Republicans and Populists voted
for the cable and the Democrats
against it. The following Democrats
voted for the cable;
Bartlett, of New York; Caninetti
Cannon. OF California; Cockrell, of Tex
as; English, Of California; Geary. of
California: Harris, of Kansas; Ilkert, of
Ohio; Livingston, of Georgia; Mcguire
Of California; Mccain, Of Illinois;
OMEN. Of Missouri: Ryan, of New
York; Shell, Of South Carolina; Sichles.
of New York: and Whiting, of Michi-
gan.
Without division, the House, on mo-
tion Of Mr.. NTcCreary. non-concurred
in the amendment and a further con-
ference was ordered.
Western Mineral Lands,
Mr.. Ellis Repubican), Of Oregon,
presented the conference report on the
bill to provide for the examination and
classification of certain mineral lands
in the Northern Pacific grants in
Idaho and Montana.
Mr.. Canineti opposed the adoption
OF the report, because IL did not in
clude California and other states en-
titled to similar relief. The report
was agreed to and the House then
went into Committee of the Whole and
considered the general deficiency bill
Mr.. Breckenridge Democrat, of
Kentucky, who was in charge of the
bill, made q preliminary statement OF
the appropriation carried by the BILL
which aggregated $685. $50. An amend
ment was agreed to transferring to
the Columbian museum at Chicago,
certain portions of the state depart
n1ent exhibit at the Worlds fair.
Mr.. breckenridge also offered an
amendment to pay Great Britain S425,-
600 on account Of the Bering sea awards