The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-02
INTERESTING DAY
IN THE SENATE
Coils T. Huntington Appears for the
Pacific RailrOads--kants to
Pay His Debts.
copPINGER is CONFIRMED
Ar.A Opposition Did Not Avail Asythias
But Helped his Elections -Ksenan and
NeNmaa Confirmed as Indian
A0ents 10 Washington.

Washington. Feb. 1.-The senate COM
mittee on Pacific railroads today gave a
hearing 10 the representatives Of the va
rious interests trying 10 secure n read
justment OF the indebtedness OF IN Pa
cihc railroads 10 the United States.
c. r. Huntington. OF the Central Pa
cihe, was among those who appeared.
He said the Central Pacific Il in better
condition than II generally supposed.
That It's road bed and bridges are in good
order. that II had no floating debt and
that Il had paid some OF It's mortgages.
I'VE want" he said. ITO pay 100 cents on
the dollar TO this government and mean
10 do 20; we also want 10 pay as much
as we can from time TO time"
Senator Frye. Of the committee. re-
marked that this was gratifying informa-
tion 10 the committee. Huntington then
referred briefly 10 the attacks being
made upon the company by "our friends.
the enemy" referring 10 Mayor sutrc.
OF San Francisco. and characterizlng the
printed matter with which congress Is
being flooded as ''stufi not worth talking
about" Frye remarked. jocularly, that
this advertising must have cost Hum
tington a large amount OF money: 20 this
Huntington replied that there was moth
Ing In this except that sutro wanted him
10 extend his road 10 his (Sutro's) place
across the sand hills from San Francisco
fro eight miles. When be declined Sutro
him to begin. which he did.
Washington. Feb. i.-After several
hours contest IN executive session to-
day the senate confirmed the nomination
OF General j. J. copplnger. colonel in the
army. TO be brigadler general. by a de-
clslve vote Of a 10 II.
The nomination was sent 70 congress
very soon after the convening OF con-
gress. but hsd scarcely been made public
when protests against the confirmation
began 20 pour In from the A. p. A. So
cieties IN all parts Of the country After
a delay OF six weeks, the senate COM
mittee on military affairs made unani-
mously n favorable report TO the senate.
The opposition TO the confirmation was
led today by Senators Burrows. Gear,
Perkins, Teller. Pettigrew. Squire and
Allison. all OF whom made speeches dur
ing the course OF the days session. SEN
ators Hawley. Bate and Palmer. all mem-
'hers Of the committee. championed the
generals cause.
The opponents OF the confirmation bas-
ed their course Of action almost entirely
upon the fact that General coppinger had
been promoted over the heads OF thir-
teen colonies who were his seniors In
rank. which was dwelt upon as an un-
Just proceeding. when they were met
with the statement that Coppinger was
selected because OF his superior military
record. they asserted that there were
others OF equally mrltorious records. The
opposition did not fail TO point out that
General Coppinger had served In the
American army for almost thirty years
before he took out naturalization papers.
and one senator, al least. said he would
not vote for any man who had fought,
as Il was admitted coppinger had, against
Italian unity In the Garibaldi wars. The
opponents were tAunted with being influ-
enced by the A. p. A. and with making
war on General Coppinger because he
was Catholic in religion, but they re-
sented the imputation to man.
Some OF those who voted for the con-
flrmation declared that they did so in
resentment OF the interference OF the A.
p. A., and declaredthat otherwise they
would have opposed the confirmation.
II developed that General Coppinger
had come to America at the beginning OF
the war at the instance OF Archbishop
Hughes. and II was asserted that the
nomination had been made largely at
the instance OF Mrs, 3lalne, whose daugh-
ter was General Copplnger's wife,
Washington. Feb. latter the Cop
pinger case was disposed Of. there was
EFFORT made to take up the nominations
OF ]. C, Keenan,, OF Indiana, to be In
dian agent at Neah Bay, Wash, ana
George n. Newman. of Tennessee, to be
agent at Colvlle agency, Wash, who
were opposed by the northwestern SEN
ators. on the ground that their nomina-
tions are against their home rule prin-
clples,
A call OF the senate developed the alb
sence OF quorum and the senate pro-
ceeded with the confirmation of the NOM