Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-26
CANAL BILL PASSED.
Majority In Its Favor In The Senate
Ten.
A NATTER OF MOoNSHIHE- GHlSKEY.
IL Creates q Good Deal OF Fun I'm tho
House-swanson Against
spy-Pay.

From O'Clock in the afternoon untl
6 the time was consumed In discussion,
though the speeches were limited to five
minutes. IL was sometimes carried on In
a pretty angry fashion. but nothing very
important or interesting was said on
either side of the question. At the
talk ceased, and the voting began, the
result of the first vote indicating a safe
majority for the bill. Several amend
ments were accepted by Mr.. Morgan.
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, and
which was amended on motion of Mr..
Wolcott. This dual amendment requires
the work OF canal construction to be
divided into sections, and to be given out
on contract to the lowest responsible
bidders after advertisement, the aggre-
gate award not to exceed the amount of
S70,O00,0OO. The substitute offered by
Mr.. Turpie. requiring a preliminary sur
vey and estimate and a report on the
practicability Of the Menocal route, was
defeated-yeas, %; nays. %; and finally
the bill was passed by a majority OF
10, and will now be sent to the House of
Representatives for the action OF that
body.
The morning hour-from noon till .
L. M-had been spent in debate over
the Hawaiian questIon-Air. Mills making
a fiery speech in condemnation of the
means by which the Provisional Govern
ment was established, and in defence Jf
the course OF the administration. The
subject Will come up again tomorrow.
The Senate, at $40. adjourned.
CANAL-BILL VOTE.
Following Is the detailed vote on the
passage of the Nicaragua canal bill:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrlch, Allison. Burrows,
Butler Cameron. Chandler. Cullom. Faux
ner, Frye. Gailinger. Gibson, German. Hale.
Hoar. Hunton. Lodge. Mcmillan, Mander-
son. Mitchell, OF Oregon; Morgan, Murphy,
Platt Power, Pritchard, Proctor, Pugh,
Ransom. Squire, Walsh, White. and Will
son-3l.
Nays-Messrs. Allen. Blackburn Blanch-
ard, Caffery. Call Cockrell, Dam
lei, Davis. George. Gray, Hill, lrby.
Jones. Of Arkansas; Kyle, NILS, Palmer,
PETER. Pettigrew, Turpie, Villas, and VOL
cott-2l.
The following are the pairs: Brice and
Berry, DOlph and Coke. Dixon and Nc
Martin. Sherman and Lindsay, Higgins
and Mcpherson. Carey and Mitchell. OF
Wisconsin; Quay and Pasco, Perkins and
Roach. Shoup and Teller, Washburn and
Vest, Morrill, and Voorhees,, Hawiey and
Bate: Jones, of Nevada, and Harris,
Camden and Hansbrough.
Present and not voting: Mr.. Stewart.
The bill as passed provides that the
capital stock Of the Maritime Canal Com
pany OF Nicaragua shall consist OF lOOO,
90 shares OF $40 each. Ii authorizes the
company to issue 3-per-cent. bonds TO the
amount Of s70.01O,00O. which shall be en-
dOrsed and guaranteed by the Treasury
OF the United States, and shall be Sc
cured by a first mortgage on all the
property OF the company. The interest
on these bonds is to be paid by the COM
pany as 1t falls due. and on failure TO do
this. IL Is to pay per cent. interest 10
the United States, and such default shall
also bring with II the right OF FORE
closure and sale In consideration OF Inc
guarantee, the United States Is To re-
ceive $7OO0Q,oJO in stock of the company
81 OOO 600 of stock Is 10 go TO the Govern
ment of Nicaragua, and $4,000 10 the
Government OF Costa Rlca, and the re-
naming 81. 900 Is to go to extinguisn
former issues of stock, and to the con-
CtrNeffOn
directors OF the company are to be APP
noInted nv the President of the United
States with the advice and consent or the
Senate.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Mccall Republican,, Of Massachu-
sets reported favorably from the COM
4 mittee on Elections his bill to refer con-
tested congressional elections to the
i United States courts in the distriCts !"
which the contests occur.
Mr.. Harrison Democrat. 81 Alabama
reported from the Committee on the Ju-
dietary the recommendation Of the COM
rnittee upor the Central Labor Union, OIL
Cleveland, relating to certain tees cor
lected by Judge Kicks, OF the unlteu
States Court for the Northern Dlstrlct Oh
Ohio. The report concludes with the state
mont that the committee had adopted the
following resolution: Resolved, Tha'
while the committee Is not satisfied tha'
| Judge Augustus J. Kicks has been guilty
! NJ anv wrong committed while judge tha'
will Justify 1t in reporting resolution
| of Impeachment, yet the committee can
| not too strongly censure the practce
under which Judge Kicks made up his
accounts" (which resolution majority
Of this committee have instructed me 10
report as its action i'm the premises VIII
The recommendation that the same DC
aAopted by the House of Representa-
| tives." -.,.,
Mr.. Bailey gave notice that the minority
would file their views to-day or to-mor'
row. for which leave was granted by tAe
House. 49,
The sundry-civil bill was then taken up
and was finally disposed Of. The tota
amount carried by the bill, as 1t passed
was $39O37.72l a net increase or s43"VN
over the amount as reported. Ihe pulh OF
the increase was due TO the requirements
| of the new printing Dill.
Two important changes In iegisialloi
we're made by the bill. one was TO restore
to the secretary of the Treasury the dis
cretion that was formerly vested In nm
TO issue notes Of such denominations as
| ba might deem best instead OF being re-
! etricted TO the reissue OF such denomina'
tions as --1y be cancelled and retired
The other change was the abolition oi
gold certificates. ~.
/ Two amendments, onSred py Ai
| Ccmbs of New York, were adopted. oA'
provides that no more gold certihcate'
shall be printed, and that all such Ger
tiGcates hereafter received by the Trea
sury shall be cancelled. The other pro
| yides that after July l, 1888. gold Ger
tifcates shall not DE recei'eu ioi Su'
toms-dues. nor counted as part OF the
lawful reserve Of any national bank.
REVENUE INFORMERS.
motion by MIR. Settle Republican)
of North Carolina, TO strike out tht
paragraph appropristing $4,000 for de
| tecting and bringing to punishment vio
| lators of the internai-revenue laws wa
| discussed at some length. MIR. Tat'
| DemocraO, OF Georgia; offered an amend
| ment to strike out the clause permittins
the use of the appropriation for informa
| ton and detection OF such violations.
Mr.. benson DemocraU, OF Alabama
| said that the maintenance and pay o.
informers, as provided in the paragraph
| was an outrage upon the free institu
tions of our government and the hberte:
| OF its citizens. 1t was fact, he SAID
| that would not be denied that deputy
| marshals and internal-revenue officials
had conspired to secure fees under tn
| law. He would vote, he said, to aooiisi
| the whole internal-revenue system an'
| come to direct taxation upon the peopl'
before he would vote for such PROPOSE