The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-26
corporate grcod seeking to got posses
sion oil tho great sugar lands Of Hawaii.


VERY FAMILIAR.
but tho sugar trust wanted tho
land, too, aud thoy we're more power.
ful than Lille was." doclarcd Mr.. Mills.
Mr. Mills noxt considered the course
Of Admiral Walker. Tho senator
Thought this admiral had got out Of
serious predicamont pretty well. llo
had been trying 10 play diplomat. lle
had sought TO instruct tho President.
This officer whose duty was to obey had
dared 10 attempS to take command Of
tho navy. Tho senator denounced the
present Hawaiian government as "un
oligarchy incorporating az a republic"
IL was part OF the great sugar dig
archy' This was tho oligarchy appealing
to tho United States for sympathy and
support. Mr.. Milla asked why a Re-
publican administration had set up a
oarbarons king onthe throne Of Samoa.
Mr. Mills said thero was n much rca.
son that We should annex New Found
land or raiso our Dag at Vancouver as
that We should occupy Hawaii. In
conclusion Mr.. Mills expressed hopo
that he had shown why thia resolution
intonded as censure on tho President
should not pasA Throughout. tho
speech Of Mr.. Mills the galleries were
we'll filed and ho was followed with.
greater interest than has attended any
previous Hawaiian speech.
CASE OF ENpoRsrMRyr.
Mr. Vost, Dem. No. then intro,
duced resolution endorsing tho policy
OF President Cleveland toward Hawaii
aud reciting that the,oou OF this gov.
eminent should be to withhold from
en,anGling alliances. This and the res.
o!ution went over 10 subsequent day.
Tho Nicaragua bill was then takon up,
the purpose to be to secure final vote,
at 5 o'clock.
Bnsl speeches were mado under tho
five minuto rule By Mr.. Vest, Dem.
No. J. favoring new survey by disin,er-'
ested engineers; by Mr. Call. (Deu.,
Fla. for direct governmoat control.
Mr. Wa!cost, (Rep., Colo.). offered an
amendment requiring tho canal com.,
pany 70 purchase material and con-
struction machinery in the United
Stutes, Nicaragua or Costa R!ca.
There was marked interest shown
when the time for voting arrived.
TEST OF srAEN0Tu.
The frat votes were on numerous
amendments that had accumulated.
That OF Mr.. Vest. giving tho President
complete authority to suspend the issue
OF canal bonds was deieated-94 to 10
Mr.. Walcott's amendment, that Amer.
lean goods and materials should be
used, was accepted by Mr.. Morgan and
agreed to.
Tho amendsuent OF Mr. Palnar Dom,
ILL.,. giving the President power to re-.
appoint and remove directors OF the
canal company. was agreed TO.
The amendment OF Mr.. Walcott tRep.,
Coll, providing that every dollar OF
stock shall represen. a dollar actually
expended by the company, was agreed
to-27 to l9.
The amendment OF Mr.. Frye that the
work be subdividsd into sections and
zach part-awarded as O separate con-
tractin order to secure the greatest pos-
siblo expedition. was agreed 20 with an
amendment by Mr.. Walcott that tho
aggregate OF all contracts should not OK.
coed s7o.000.00O.
UNITED STATES DIRECTORS.
The amendment OF Mr.. Voorhees, that
the government directors shall ba
United States citizens and no moro than
two from any one state. was agreed to.
The amendment Of Mr.. Villas, {Dom.,
Wis., that the work should not be
done by corporations In which stock.
holders OF tho canal are Interested, was
adopted
The substitute OF Mr. Stewart, OF
Nevada, for new treaty With Nicar aqua
and construction Of tho canal, was de-
feated, IL to so.
THE VOTE
Tho bill was then passed as amended,
yeas 81. nnys2l, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison, Burrows,
Butler. Cameron, Chandler, .Cullom,
Faulkner, Frye, Gallingor. Gibson,
German, Hale, Hoar, Hunton. Lodge,
Mcmillan. ManderBon, Mitchell (Ore.
gon), Morgan, Murphy. Platt, Power,
Pritchard, Proctor. Pugh. Ransom,
Squire. Walsh, White. Wilson. Total 81.
Nays-Allen, Blackburn, Blanchard.
Gallery. Call, Cockrel!, Daniel. Davis,
George, Gray. Hill, Irby, Jones, (Arkan.
sas,) Kyle, Mills, Palmer, Psfer, Petsi-
grow. Turpie. Villas, Wolco,t; total, 81.
Tho pairs were as follows:
The fra. named would have voted for
the bill.
Dubois and Smith; Dolph and Coke;
Jones lNevada), and Harris; Sherman
and Lindsay; Gordon aud Martin;
Carey and Mitchell (Wisconsin); Per-
kins and Roach; Washburn and Vest;
Brice and Berry; Camden and Hans.
brough; Quay and Pasco; Higgins and
McPherson; Shoup and Teller: Hawley
and Ba,e; Dixon and McLaurin; Mer-
rill and Voorhees,.
Stewart, Of Nevada. presen. and not
voting.
The senate then at G:40 adjourned.
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