The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-22
NO AGREEMENT IN THE HOUSE ON
THE HAWAIIAN CABLE
APPROPRIATION.
MANY FAVOR THE PROJECT.
STEP TOWARD ANNExING
THE ISLANDS.


voted most of the day to the consideration
of the Senate amendment to the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bills appro-
priating S500,00O for the construction of
cable to the Hawaiian Islands. Ryan,
Bartlett and Sickles, Democrats, OF. New
York spoke in favor of the amend
ment, which was defeated by vote of LA
to 152, sixteen Democrats voting for the
cable. The bill was then sent to further
conference.
The conference report on the bill to pro-
vide for the examination and classification
of certain lands in the Northern Pacific
grant in Montana and idaho was agreed to
and short time was spent in the consider
alton of the general deficiency bill, the last
OF the appropriation bills to be passed by
the House. The remainder of the day
after $3.50 o'clock was devoted to eulogies
on the life and public services of the late
Senator Stockbridge of Michigan.
During the regular proceedings the Sem
ate amendments to the bill authorizing the
construction of bridge across the Mis-
souri, River at Sioux City, Iowa, was
agreed to.
The House then resumed consideration
OF the Senate amendment to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill appropri-
ating $500,0 to aid in the construction of
submarine cable from the United States
to the Hawaiian Islands.
Hooker (D.) of Massachusetts,, member
OF the Foreign Affairs Committee, opened
the debate in opposition to the proposed
appropriation. BY the terms of this
amendment, he said, the Government was
to own, control and operate this Hawaiian
cable. Such proposition had never been
made before. Private enterprise should
construct this cable if it SO desired.
Storer (R.) of Ohio deprecated making
this matter party question, but said he
realized it was only in this way the chair
man 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 He
| called attention to the necessity for the
cable as expressed in two of President
| Cleveland rs messages and the recommends
lions of Mr.. Bayard when he was Secre-
tary of State. That was when there was a
Democrat at the head of that department.
Things were different now that there was
Secretary in the State Department who
rose above or below party accordingly as
he was viewed. Still, if the administration
was now opposed to this cable the manly
thing for Cleveland to do would be to send
a message to Congress saying he had
changed his mind. In conclusion Storer
said that a submarine cable was now as
much necessity to the navy as the cleo
trio signal which connects the pilot-house
with the engine-room of battle-ship.
Draper (R.) of Massachusetts said he
favored this cable as a preliminary step
toward the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands.
Hermann (R.) of Oregon declared that to
the Pacific Coast the question of cable
connection with Honolulu overshadowed
and transcribed all Others save only that
of the construction of the Nicaragua canal
The people of the Hawaiian Islands gave
US 80 per cent of their trade. More of our
ships entered the port of Honolulu than
any other port of the world last year,
Liverpool not excepted. Aside from the
commercial reasons for the construction of
this cable, there were patriotic and public
reasons.
Harter (D.) of Ohio thought this cable
should be laid by private capital and he
concluded private parties had appeared
before the committee and asked for char
ter for this purpose.
Ryan CD of New York thought this
Democratic House could we'll afford, in the
closing hours of the session, to show its
sympathy with merchants desiring to ex-
tend our trade by voting an appropriation
for the construction of this cable
Sickles CD of New York earnestly sup
ported the cable proposition. He was
compelled to appeal from the Judgment of
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
to that of the Senate committee. AS an
American he had platform of his own.
He favored annexation. AS Democrat
he found his warrant in the policy of
Jefferson, who annexed Louisiana; and of
Jackson. who annexed Texas If party
lines trammeled him on a question like
this he would break them asunder as he
had done before. There could be no par
tisanship in Americanism.
''Mr. Speaker" Sickles concluded, "my
! span of life has not much longer to run,
yet hope to live to see the star of the re-
public of the Pacific add its tropical
splendor to the star of the Western
Hemisphere" Loud applause on the
Republican side
McCreary closed the debate, and in the
course OF his remarks Qen1eQ Jlat CleVe-
land had ever Endorsed proposition for
the construction of an Hawaiian cable by
the Government. He had merely favored
the incorporation of company to lay such
cable. The vote was then taken on
Hits motion that the House agree to the
Senate amendments.
Hit demanded the ayes and noes, and
the roll was called. His motion was lost
ia to 152. The vote was practically a
party one. The Republicans and Popu-
lists voted for the building of the cable and
the Democrats against it. The following
Democrats voted for the cable: Bartlett of
New York, Caminetti of California, Can
non of California, Cockrell of Texas,
English OF California, Geary of California,
Harris of Kansas, Ikert Of Ohio, Living
ston of Georgia, Mcguire of California,
McGann of Illinois, O'Neill of Missouri,
Ryan of New York, Smell of South Caro-
lima, Sickles of New York, and Whiting of
Michigan.
Without division the House, on motion of
Mcf,reary non -concurred in the amend