The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-26

The Nicaragua bill was then taken up.
Mr. White Oemocrat), of California, pre-
scented a letter from London, stating if
the United States did not proceed with
the canal project British capital would
step in and carry out the plan.
Brief speeches were made under the
tive-ninute rule by Mr.. Vest. favoring a
new survey by. DISTINGUISHED engineers,
ana by Mr.. Cal for direct government
control. Mr.. Wolcott offered an amend
mert requiring the canal company to
purchase its material and construction
machinery in the United States, Nicara-
The first votes were on numerous
amendments that had been accumulated.
That of Mr.; Vest, giving the president
of canal bonds, was defeated-24 to 20.
Mr.. Wolcott's amendment that AneTi-
can goods and materials Should be used
was accepted by Mr.. Morgan and agreed
The amendment Of Mr. Palmer, giving
the president power to reappoint and re-
tire directors OF the company, was
The amendment of Mr.. wolcott. pro-
viding that every dollar OF stock shall
represent a dollar actually expended by
the company, was agreed to-N to 10.
Mr.. PETERS amendment that the labor
on the canal Should be done By United
States citizens working eight hours a
day, was defeated.
L
three officers of the United States corps
of engineers shall supervise the work,
was defeated.
The amendment of Mr.. FRYE that the
each part awarded as a separate con-
tract in order to Secure the greatest pos
Sible expedition. was agreed TO with an
amendment of Mr.. Wolcott that the ag-
gregate of all contracts should not ex-
coed $4,000 900. The amendment of Mr.
Villas that the work should not be done
by corporations in which stockholders Of
the canal are interested, was adopted.
An amendment by Mr.. Pascoe, that the
canal route leases from Nicaragua shall
be perpetual instead Of for 80 years. was
defea ted-23 to %.
Several amendments by Mr. Turpie to
limit the payments to the old Nicaragua
canal company were defeated by viva
Tcce votes. Another amendment by him
that the old company should have no
part in the new work was defeated "A to
The main proposition then came on Mr.
! Turpie's motion to strike out all after
the enacting clause, substituting a provi-
sion that g complete survey be made by
United States engineers before any fur.
Their steps are taken. This was defeated
The substitute of Mr.. Stewart for new
treaty with Nicaragua was defeated-I2 tc
The bill was then passed as amended
Yeas, 81; nays, q, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows. Butler
Cameron, Chandler. Cullom, Faulkner.
! Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, German, Hale
Hoar. Hunton, Lodge. Mcmillan, Mander.
son, Mitchell, OF Oregon; Morgan, Muir.
ply, Piatt, Power, Pritchari Proctor
P 5sE!i1a, Hanson rs31 Squire Walsh, White
Nays-Allen, Blackburn, Blanchard
| Caffery, Call Cockrell Daniel, Davis
George, Gray, HILL Irby, Jones, of Ar
Kansas; Kyle. Mills. Palmer. PETER, Petri
grew, Turpie, Villas, Wolcott. Total-2l.
The pairs We're: The first named would
| have voted for the bill:
! Dubois and Smith. Dolph and Coke
jones, of Nevada, and Harris; Sherman
and Lindsay, Gordon and Martin, Care,
and Mitchell, of Wisconsin; Perkins ant
| Roach, Washburn and Vest Brlce anc
| Berry, Camden and Eanshrough, Quas
and Pascoe, Higgins and Mcpherson
Shoup and Teller. Hawley and Bates
Dion and McLaurin, Morrill, and voor
hees.
Stewart. of Nevada. present and no
voting.
! The Senate. at GAO p. m. adjourned.