The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Resolution Fayoring Annexation OF
Hawaii Considered.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL
PASSED THE SENATE.

The Vote Was 81 to FL, the New England
Senators Voting Aye-Sunday Civil Bill
Passed the House-Maine Pensions
Awarded-ProbabiIity That the United
States VIII Act as Peace Maker Be-
tween Mexico and Guatemala.
Washington, January 25.-The Senate
considered Mr.. Mems resolution favor
ing the annexation Of the Hawaiian
Islands, and Mr.. Mills delivered speech,
IN which he intimated that annexation
sired by the sugar interests of the Unit
ed States.
Mr.. Aldrich interrupted and said:
"Several illusions have been made to
the fact that New England corporations
are largely interested in the sugar plan
tations in the Hawaiian Islands. l
would be glad to have the Senator name
any of them.n
MIR. Mills referred to the testimony
given before the sugar investigation
committee by Mr.. Reed. that there were
4500 shareholders holding stock in the
sngar trust and in plantations in Cuba,
Samoa and Hawaii. $50, 100000 of sugar
trust stock is owned in New England.
GAS far as I know" said Mr.. Aldrich.
" the American Sugar Company does not
own an acre of land in Hawaii and has
no interests in the sugar plantations
there"
Sits strange thing then," said Mr..
Mills, "that there should be such great
fiutter from New England about Haw-
allan matters. There must be some
thing behind it,"
"There is behind it." said Mr.. Aldrich,
a feeling of patriotism, which ills the
minds not only of the Senators from
New. England but of nine-tenths of the
American people,"
When did you get your last returns
from the American people," Mr. Mills
asked with a sneer.
I'VE got them," Mr.. Aldrich replied,
with a triumphant air, in the last cleo
tion." )Applause and laughter.)
"You did not get them in the election
before that,n Mr.. Mills retorted. He re-
ferred to the communication in New
York paper to the effect that bonds for
the support of the Hawaiian govern
ment are being issued and sold largely
in New England at the rate OF 25 cents
on dollar. Those bonds would be
worth par as soon as the islands were
annsxed. He suggested it might be we'll
by the Senate committee.
The resolution went over till tomor-
row without action.
The Nicaraguan bill was taken up. A
good deal of angry feeling developed
during the three hours of the five-min-
ute debate, between the friends and enc
mics of the bill. AT p. m., the debate
closed. The following amendments were
agreed to: Requiring all material for
the canal to be bought in the United
States; giving the President power to
remove any of the directors appointed
by him, and declaring mo more than
one dollar in the stock of the company
be issued for every dollar in truth and
in fact expended by the company; re-
curing all contracts to be let to the low
est responsible bidders after advertise
ment, offered ty Mr.. Frye. and limiting
the entire amount of awards to SIC, ,O00,-
900; requiring the government directors
to be citizens of the United States, and
declaring that no contract should be
made with any company in which any
stockholder or director of the Maritime
Canal Company is member or director.
or in any way interested. Many other
amendments were rejected. Finally
direct vote on the bill itself with
amendments agreed to was reached. The
bill passed-yeas 81, nays 81.