The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-26
Canal BILL Goes THROUGH
The Senate Fathers the Nicarauguan
Scheme.
PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF TEN
Mr.. Mills Makes Fiery Spec ch Upon the
Hawaiian Question in Which lie
Charges the Recent Agitation
TO Sugar Planters.



Washington, Jan. 25.-The long |
parliamentary struggle over the Mica
raguan canal bill came ITO a close in the
senate today and the bill was passed |
by vote of 81 yeas to u nays. From
2 o'clock in the afternoon until the
time was consumed in a discussion in
which the speeches We're limited to five
minutes. 1t was sometimes carried on
in a pretty angry fashion, but nothing
very important or interesting was said
on either side of the question.
AT D o'clock the talk ceased and the
voting began-the result of the first
vote indicating a safe majority for the
bill. Several amendments Were ac-
cepted by Mr.. Morgan, Dem., Ala),
who had charge of the bill, and were
agreed to as a matter of course. The
most important amendment was one
which was offered by Mr.. Frye, Rep.,
COl) This dual amendment requires
the work of canal construction to be di
vided into sections, and to be given out
on contract to the lowest responsible
bidders after advertised, the aggregate
awards not to exceed the amount of
$7O,OO000O. The substitute offered by
Mr. Turpie, Dem, lnd), requiring a
preliminary survey and estimate and
report on the practicability of the Mems
cal route was defeated-yeas 90, nays
80 And finally the bill was passed by
majority Of ten. and will now be sent
to the house of representatives for the
action of that body.
Nl,.
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bur-
rows, Butler, Cameron, Chandler Cul-
lom, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson
German, Hale, Hoar Hunton. Lodge,
Mcmillan, Manderson Mitchell
OregOm, Morgan, Murphy, Platt,
Power Pritchard, Proctor, Pugh. Ran
som, Squire, Walsh, White, Wilson-3l.
Nays--Messrs. Allen. Blackburn,
Blanchard. Caffery, Call, Cockrell,
Daniel, Davis, George, Gray, Hill, Irby,
Jones (Arkansas), Kyle, Mills. Palmer.
PETER, Pettigrew, Turpie Villas, VOL
cOtt-2l.
Present and not voting, Mr. Stewart.
Provisions of the Measure.
The bill as passed provides that the
capital stock of the Maritime Canal
company of Nicaragua shall con-
sist of one million shares par at 800
each, it authorizes the company to issue
3 per cent. bonds to the amount of sew
enty millions, which shall be endorsed
and guaranteed by the treasury of the
United States and shall be secured by
a first mortgage on all the property
. MI,
bonds Is to be paid by the company as
it falls due, and on failure To do is to
be held TO pay per cent. interest to
the United States. And such default
shall also bring with it the right of
foreclosure and sale.
In consideration Of thu guarantee,
the United States is to receive seventy
millions i'm stock of the company; six
millions of stock is to go to the gov
ernmentof Nicaragua, and one and one
half millions ito the government of
Costa R.ca; and the remaining twenty
two and one-half millions is to go to
extingu.sh former issues of stock and
to the cnstructiGn of the canal. Ten of
the fifteen directors of the company are
to be appointed by the president Of the
United States with the advice ana con-
sent of tine senate.
The morning hour from noon until 9
p. m. was spent in a debate over the
Hawaiian questionable. Mills dem,
Tex) rlakng a fiery speech in con-
demnatiCn of the means by which che
provisional government was estab-
lished and in defence of the course of
the administration. Mr.. Mills stated
it as his belief that the agitation re-
gardtng the Hawaiian question shown
IN the senate was due ITO the power
full sugar interest. The subject will
come up again tomorrow morning.
House Proceedings
The sundry civil appropriation bill for
| the year ending June 80, 1896, was finally
| disposed of by the house today. The
! total amount carried by the bill as it
passed was $39, ,O37, ,72l,5O a net increase
/ of $497, 900 over the amount az reported.
| The bulk of the increase was due to
| the requirements of the new printing
bill. Two important changes I'm legisla-
| ton were made by the bill. One was to
restore to the secretary of the treasury
the discretion that formerly was vested
! i'm him to issue notes of such denomina-
tions as he may deem best. instead of
| being restricted to the REISSUE of such
denominations as may be cancelled and
retired. The other was an amendment
offered by Mr.. Coombs Dem., n. " to
amend the law authorizing the issue of
gold certificates, so as to make such
certificates non-receivable for customs
dues after July |, 1895, and forbidding
their use by national banks in their re-
serves. These amendments, 1t was
stated, were considered by Secretary
Carlisle to be of the utmost importance
to the treasury.
Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the commit
tee on ways and means, gave notice
that he would ask the house to consider
next the bill to repeal the provision of
the tariff law imposing an additional
duty of one-tenth of a cent of pound
on sugars imported from countries pay
ing an export bounty on that article.
Mr.. Mccall, (Rep., Mass), reported
navoraby from the committee on elec-
tions his bin to refer contested con-
gressional elections to the United
States court for the district In which
the contests occurred.
Mr. Harrison, Dem., Ala), reported
from THE committee on the judiciary
the recommendation of the committee
upon the memorial OF the Central Labor
union of Cleveland relating to certain
clerks fees collected by Judge Kicks, OF
the United States court, for the north.
ern district of Ohio.
Mr.. Bayley gave notice that the mi.
nority would file their views today OF
tomorrow, for which leave was grant.
ed by the house.
Ex-Speaker Reed said this afternoon
that there would be no concerted oppo-
sition by the Republicans to the bill tc