The morning call., 1895-01-26

torted Mills. In conclusion Mills hoped he had
shown why this resolution intended as CEN
sure on the President should not pass
Throughout the speech of Mills the galleries
were well filed and he was followed with
greater interest than has attended any previous
Hawaiian speech.
Vest then introduced a resolution indorsing
the policy of President Cleveland toward
Hawaii and reciting that the course OF this
Government should be to withhold from en-
tanglfng alliances. This and the resolution
under discussion went over to q subsequent
day
The Nicaragua bill was then taken up. White
of California presented a letter from London
stating that If the United States did not pro-
coed with the canal project British capital
would step in and carry out the plan. Brief
speeches were made under the five-minute rule
by Vest, favoring a new survey by disinterested
engineers, and by Call for direct Government
control. Wolcott offered an amendment re-
quiring the canal company to purchase its
material and construction machinery in the
United States, Nicaragua or Costa RIGA.
The first votes were on numerous amend
ments that had been accumulated. That OF
Vest, giving the President complete authority
to suspend the issue of canal bonds, was de-
feated--24 TO %.
Wolcotts amendment that American goods
and materials should be used was accepted by
Morgan and agreed to. The amendment OF
Palmer giving the President power to reap
point and retire directors of the canal COM
pany was agreed to. The amendment of Vol
colt providing that every dollar of stock shall
represent dollar actually expended by the
Company was agreed to-27 to 10. PETERS
amendment that the labor on the canal should
be done by United States citizens, working
eight hours day, was defeated. The amend
ment of Power that three officers of the United
States corps of engineers shall supervise the
work was defeated.
The amendment of Frye that work be subdi-
vided into sections and each part awarded as
separate contract in order to secure the great
est possible expedition was agreed to, with an
amendment of Wolcott that the aggregate OF
all contracts should not exceed $40, 100000.
The amendment OF Villas that the WORK
should not be done by corporations in which
stockholders of the canal are interested was
adopted. An amendment by Pascoe that the
canal route leases from Nicaragua shall be per-
petual instead of for ninety-nine years was de-
feated-23 to %.
Several amendments by Turpie to limit the
payments to the old Nicaragua Canal Company
were defeated by viva yoee votes. Another
amendment by him that the old company
should have no part in the new Work was de-
1eaLeQ-24 10 Inc uldlu pIOpOS1tIOh li4Oi
came up on Turpies motion to strike out all
after the enaeting clause, substituting pro-
vision that complete survey be made by
United States engineers before any further
steps are.taken. This was defeated-21 TO 80.
The substitute of Stewart for new treaty
with Nicaragua was defeated-12 to 80. The
bill was then passed as amended-ayes 81,
noes 21-as follows:
Ayes-Aldrieh. Allison. Burrows. Butler, Came
ron, Chandler. Cullom Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger,
Gibson, German. Hale, Hoar, Hunton. Lodge.
Mcmillan Henderson. Mitchell of Oregon Nor
gan, Murphy, Platt. Power, Prltchard, Proctor
Pugh, Ransom. Squire, Walsh, White, wilson.
Total 81
Noes Allen, Blackburn. Blanchard, Gallery,
Call Coekrell, Daniel. Davis, George, Gray. Hill.
Irby, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle. Mills. Palmer.
PETER, Pettigrsw, Turpie, Villas. Wolcott. otal,
81.
The pairs were-TThe first named would have
voted for the bnll: Dubois ana Smith, Dolph and
Coke, Jones (Nevada) and Harris. Sherman and
Lindsay, Gordon ana Martin, Carey and Mitchell
(w isconsin), Perkins aud Roach. Washburn and
Vest, BrIce and Berry, Camden and Hansbrough,
Quay and PascOe. Higgins and Mcpherson. Shoup
and Teller. Hawley ana Bates, Dixon and MeLau-
rim, MorriIl and voorhees,. Stewart of Nevada
was present, but did not VOTE
The Senate at $40 P. NJ. adjourned.