The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-25
What Will the Senate Do With
the Canal Bill?
NO TEST OF STRENGTHS SO FAR
The House Completes Consideration
of the Sundry Civil Bill.
Hawaii sim subject cf Discussion in
the senase-Provisfon for . Commis-
sion to Visit Puget sound and select
site for Military Pos..


IN the senate at 3 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. unless some unexpected par
Elementary obstruction Is interposed.
In view OF the speedy cuimination of
the long dssbate, there was added in
terest today I'm The speeches. and much
speculation on the outcome of the long
struggle. White spoke & advocacy
of the bill. Morgan. IN charge OF the
measure. win close the debate somor-
row. Morgan is confident he has a ma
jority in favor of the hill. There has
been no test Sote however, TO indicate
with certainty what the result viii be.
There has been vigorous and bitter OPP
position to the bill. and Turpie. who
has he'd the Opposition. is not yet ready
to concesie that the bill will pass.
Mitchell of Oregon sought to secure
the passage OF resolution calling ON
the treasury department for destailed
Information as TO sugar bounty claims.
but objection was made and the reso-
luton went over.
Allen of Nebraska presented another
Hawaiian resolution, as follows: RE
solved. That it Is the sense of the SEN
ate that. the revolutionarysgove
having now become the established
government of the Hawaiian islands. a
wise and enlightened foreisO policy re-
quires that steps should be taken by
this government, without unnecessary
delay. tn annex those islands to the
United States as part thereof. and
that In the meantime the personal and
properly rights of American citizens
in such islands should be protected by
the presence of sufficient naval force
in Hawaiian waters. = The resolution
went over until tomorrow.
The Hawaiian resolution of Lodge
was then taken up. and George adj
dressed the senate in support of the
administrations policy. He made
careful legal argument to show that
there was no popular suffrage and no
real republican form OF government In
Hawaii George presented a table show
ing the number OF days United States
warships had not been at Honolulu
during the last twenty years. 1t shows
that United States ships have been
there very little of the time during the
last twenty years.
In the course of Georges speech Al
drich sought 10 make suggestion.
George declared with asperity that he
wanted no suggestions. Aldrieh per-
sisted. whereupon George appealed to
the chair. II ask that the senator be
directed to take his seat he said,
warmly. There was a general laugh,
In which Aldrich Joined as he desisted
from further persisting in his question.
At the conclusion OF Georges speech
the consideration OF the Nicaragua
canal bin was resumed. and White OF
California spoke In advocacy OF the
project He met in detail the argu-
ments urged against 1t. He spoke of the
great benefits the canal would confer
on California and the entire Pacific
coast. linking that section closely with
the Atlantic ports, The senator urged,
however. that this great project was
Superior TO Considerations OF locality.
as the opening of the canal would be a
national achievement ranking with the
greatest events IN the history Of the
country.
During a iull In he debate, Jarvis of
North Carolina presented the creden-
tials OF his colleague, Pritchard, Re-
publican. who had been chosen by the
North Carolina legislature for the un-
expired term OF the late Senator Vance.
Jarvis escorted the Few senator to the
presiding officers chair. where the oath
OF office was administered
At the conclusion Of Whites speech,
Mills OF Texas gave notice that he
would address ;he senate tomorrow on
the Hawaiian question. The bill for
the transfer OF q portion of the ex-
hToft of the department. Of state at the
Worlds fair TO the Columbian mu-
scum of Chicago was also passed. The
exhibit transferred covers the La Ra-
bIda convent and the collection fesai-
ing tn II.
Confirmation: Alphonso G. Edwards.
Of Spokane. Wash, commissioner of
the District of Alaska. TO reside at
Kodiak.