The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-31

ondors;ng the policy of President Cleve-
iard tn,vorJ Hawaii and reciting that
tha course of the government should be
Withheld from entangling alliances. This
and thn resolution under discussion went
over to a subsequent day. -,
Tho Nicaraguan bill was then taken
nm Mr. White Dem., Cal') presented
n letter from London stating 1nat II me
limited States did not proceed WIN the
conol project British capital Woulu step
in and carry out the plan. brieI Speech
90 we're made under the five Minute RUE,
nv Mr.. Vest, favoring new surtuy ny
disinterested engineers; by MI oali' ior
direct government control 1,,o,. ro
Air Wolcott offered an amenulnent re-
Mining the canal company 10 puichase
rs material and construction lnacn mIy
~ tho United States, Nicaragua OF Nosta
Rica. 49,, numerous
onnondments that had accunuluteu.
THAT of Mr. Vest, giving the preeiu n ns
cnmnIete authority to suspend the lssuo Vi
canal bonds was defeated, "A 10 20
Ar Wolcott's amendment that AMER
can goods and material should De useui
was accepted by Mr. Morgan ana "s'''u
Tho amendment of Mr.. Palmer, giNVlns
tbe president power to re-appolnt anu ,i NC
move directors of the canal company was
agreed to. e,,n yyo1oott nroyid-
ing that every dollar OF STOCK sllall 40
present dollar actually expended e 30 'ne
government was agreed 10, - ~ - Iohor
Mr. PETERS amendment that th9 lupoi
on the canal should be done by on 1o,.
States citizens, working hours " u"''
was defeated: A., pou.or that
.hnd NC otiirers of the United States corps
liilee S;noors shall supervise the work,
was defeated. .,, 1,,,.o +bot tbe
,,.nrI mo sub-diyided into sections ana
eorh mart awarded as seperate con
troct in order to secure the greatest pos
sihia rynedition. was agreed to win ah
amendment by Mr. Wolcott that the az
Tregote of all contracts should not en-
coed S70,0000OO. .,o4
The amendment of Mr.. Voorhees, thai
thn government directors shall De ohiteu
states citizens and no more thah TWO
from any one state. was agreed 10:
The amendment by Mr.. Villas that the
work should be done by corporations Ill
which stockholders of the canal are inter
W
cstcd, was adopted. Ill.,. u,o
An amendment by Mr. Pasco that the
canal route leases from Nicaragua slliil
be perpetual instead of 90 years, was de-
fcatcd-23 to ~. r: 40
Several amendments by Mr.. Turpie, TO
Iin,it thr pnyments to the old Nicaragua
canal company were defeated by viva
vocn votes. Another amendment by him
that the old company should have no part
in thc new work was defeated-24 to ~.
The main opposition then came on MI
r, mics II otion to strike out all after the
enacting clause, substituting a PROVISION
that a complete survey by United states
engineers be made before further steps
were taken. This was defeated by vote
Of u to 80. ,,. e NJ
The substitute of Mr.. Stewart OF Ne
braska for new treaty with NICARAGUA
was defeated by Il vote OF Il 10 o..
The bill was then passed as amended
Yeas 81, nays p, rs follows:
Ynns. Aldrich. Allison, Burrows. But
er Cameron. Chandler, Cullom, Faux
ner. FRYE. Gallnger, Gibson, German,
Hale, Iioar Hunton, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Mitchell (Ore.), Morgan, Muir
lhy, Plat, Power, Pritchard, ProGton,
Pugh, Ransom. Squire, Walsh, White,
81.
Nays-Allen, Blackburn, Blanchard,
Artery. Call, CockrelI. Daniel, Davis,
,eorge. Gray. Hill, Irby, Jones ark,
KYLE, Mills. Palmer, PETER, Pettigrew,
Tnrpic, Villas Wolcott-Total. 81.
The pairs were as follows: First named
would have voted for the bill:
Duhoisan Smith, Dolph and Coke, Jones
NcvJ and Harris, Sherman and Lind,
nv. Gordon md Martin, Carey and
smith Wis.,. Perkins and Roach, Wash
urn and Vest, Brice and Berry, Cam
on and Hansbrough, Quay and PaScoGr'
Higgins and Mcpherson, Shoup and Tel
", Uawlcy and Bate. Dickson and Me-
,uurn. Morrill, and Voorhees,.
Stewart of Nebraska present but not
citing.
The senate ut GAO p. m. adjourned.
I'M. L In.