The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-19

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Bya vote of
36 to 25 the Senate this afternoon took
action in favor of the proposed Ha.
waiian cable. Twenty-four of the
twenty-five voting in the negative
were Democrats, the one Republican
was Pettigrew of South Dakota. OF
those who voted in the affirmative
twenty-seven Republicans, six Demo-
Gratis and three Populists. At first it
was feared that the Senate would be
divided on party lines, most of the
speeches in opposition being from
Democrats, and those in favor of the
measure being from the Republicans.
Senator White of California, was one
Of the Democrats who voted in the
affirmative.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-By the de-
cisive vote of So to 25 the Senate
decided today to inaugurate the pro-
ject of laying cable from the Pacific
Coast to Hawaii. An amendment to
the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation was made, giving $500, 600 for
beginning work on the cable and
for the entire work, estimated to cost
So, 600, 900. This was the first practical
result coming from the intermittent
Hawaiian debate, lasting more than
8 year, and renewed with intensity
the last week in connection with the
proposed cable.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The iiplo-
motto appropriation bill will probably
90 to the House on Monday for con-
terence in Senate amendments. AS
SonfeTbuCe reports 0ro privileged, it
will doubtless cause immediate con-
sideration. There will be hot fight
ment. It will be strongly opposed by
McCreary, chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, by Hooker,
member of that committee, by Chair
man Sayers of the Appropriations
Committee, and other leading Demo-
Gratis. The fight for it will be led by
Hit, the ranking Republican member
of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Boutelle of Maine, and the entire Re-
publican side will support it.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Celso Caesar
Moreno, well known here and in San
Francisco, is again trying to secure
an extension of the cable charter
granted himself, Leland Stanford,
Senator Miller, Hopkins, Alvord,
Flood, Irwin and others in 1875. Mo-
reno asserts that the House will never
grant q subsidy or appropriate any
money for building the cable, but
thinks they may renew his charter.
He has been actively working upon
McCreary, Hooker and other members
Of the House. Moreno does not exert
much influence, however.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia bill to
incorporate the International Pacific
Cable Company, for a cable from Cali
fornia to the Hawaiian Islands and
thence to Japan and other points in
the Pacific and the mainlands of Asia
and Australia, was introduced in the
House today by Representative Chas.
w. Stone, of Pennsylvania.
The incorporators are William Al
word, Samuel Il. Alexander, Hugh
Craig, w. n. Dimond, Alfred S. Hart
well, Edward B. Pond, John G. Irwin,
Ray Stone, A. G.. Hawes, Herman
Oelrichs, Charles r. Bishop, @. w.
McNear, Louis B. Parrott, w. M.
Buckner, G. /. Taylor, o. D. Baldwin,
Henry +. Allen, w. J. Adams, John
D. Spreckels.
The bill proposes to give the COM
paOy tne right to hold the requisite
connections in the land offices and
stations, and to exercise such powers
as may be granted by any other gov
eminent, with the provision that
nothing in the action shall be con-
strued to commit the United States
Government to any financial liability
or guarantee of carrying out its con-
tracts.
The capital stock is to amount to
$4,000, COO in so 600 shares of 500 each,
with the right to increase the stock to
20O, 1000 shares by a Vote of two thirds
of the stock, and the shareholders are
to organize when 5 900, 900 of stock has
been subscribed for and 10 per cent. of
the subscription paid in. Nine direc-
tors are to constitute the board, to
serve three years and hOld their meet
ings in the United Slate, The bill
includes an authorization for per
cent. bonds TO the amount of S2O,OOO,-
600, to constitute q first lien on the
property and provide for az annual
report of the companY's affairs to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
The cable project has been the work
of Admiral John &. Irwin, who re,
Gently retired from active service, and
at whose request Mr.. Stone introduced
the bill. Admiral Irwin has exten-
sive interests in Hawaii and Japan.
OF the other incorporators HartWeH
is a. prominent lawyer of Honolulu,
who was in Washington in 1891, work
ing in the interests of cable; Charles