The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-13
STEAL HELD UP.
Scheme for the Government to
Give 100000
To Huntington to Build Har-
Dor at Santa Monica,
RECEIVES a SET BACH,
If Huntington Wants a HarbOr
for His Road
Let Him Build 1t Says Senator
Vest.
RECEIVES A SET BACK,

Washington, May 13.-The animated
contest which has proceeded for the
last four days in the senate over a deep
water harbor in southern California,
was brought to a close last night by
! compromise between the conflicting in
terests The issue was between the
points of Santa Monica. the terminus
of the Southern Pacific and San Pedro,
the locality urged by the California
senators Senator Frye. chairman Of
the commerce committee finally har-
mOnized the differences by referring
the determination between Santa Mon
lea and san Pedro to a commission to
consist of three civil engineers, a naval
officer and an officer of the coast sur
Vey. The compromise was accepted by
the California senators and was unaui-
mOusly passed. An amendment urged
by German limiting the expenditure
under the contract authorizations to
ten millions annually led to a long de-
bate.
Mr.. Frye laid stress upon the report
Of Captain Taylor showing the unique
advantages of Santa Monica The Cali
fornia senator (White) had, like
sBillful lawyer" Incorporated Captain
IaylOrS report in his (W h1te' S)Speech
in order that it might be buried in the
bowels Of that speech MI Frye read
the Taylor report and a recent tele-
college at Newport, expressing his
strong opinion favorably to Santa
Monica.
Concerning the White amendment,
referring the question to another
board. Mr.. Frye said he did not wish
to take the one chance in ten that a
BOARD might report Tor san Pedro as
the senate might just as well dump
three millions in the ocean as to at
tempt that project. 1t was an abso-
Lutte absurdity. said he to build an
outer deepwater harbOr at San Pedro
after having an inner deepwater har-
Dor Mr.. Frye said it was useless to
think that a harbOr would not be built
at Santa Monica Did any one sup
pose Mr.. Huntington was not going to
have a harbOr at Santa Monica MT
Vest interpOsed the suggestion that if
Mr. Huntington desired to construct a
harbor 10 let him do So The three
millions expended by Mr.. Huntington
would be no charge on the United
States treasury. Mr. Frye responded
that he did not believe any senator
would ask MIR. Huntington to do a work
that the United States ought to do.
He had as much right as any other
citizen to the consideration of congress-
While he had said boldly that he he
heVed MI Huntington would not let
the santa Monica harbOr fail, yet he
did not expect any senator to say then
let Huntington do it.
Mr. Perkins CRep.. CALI stated that
ne had nothing against Mr. Huntington
unless il was certain testimony before
q committee and a letter he had writ
ten. He had known him as an honor
able merchant in California The SEN
ator spoke also of Mr. HuntingtOn's
former associate. Mr.. Stanford and mis-
public benefcence, and of the CrOksrs
who were distributing thousands in
charity He rejected as "a vile SIAN
der. the assertion that the people of
Call1Ornla Juggled with these names to
influence politics. The vice president
Of the Southern Pacific had recently
been chosen by the California conven-
tiOn as presidential electOr. The peO-
pie of California believed in railroads
but they insisted that the roads should
not prostitute their powers and influ-
ence, but should stand on an equal
footing with every other citizen
MI Frye, amid laughter, read a par
agraph from a San Francisco paper re-
ferring to the nine senators who voted
to report the santa Monica amend
ment as q nice lot of t'rascals's whose
nine names were suggestive of a bur-
glar alarm and who would be danger
man had money.
Mr.. White. in concluding the debate,
said there was no slogan of the sand
lots" as suggested by Mr.. Frye so tar
as he was concerned.
Mr.. White said he had not attacked
Mr. Huntington. Perhaps he did not
regard the soil on which Huntington
trOd as sacred Mr.. White referred sar-
castically to the Offhand way in which
Mr. Frye had settled this entire ques-
ton by standing on the bluffs about
Santa Monica bay on Sunday morning..
The formal speeches being closed. Mr..
Frye announced that he would suggest
q concession or compromise, and he
thereupOn moved that the committee
report be amended SO that the appro-
priatiOn be made to Santa Monica or
to San Pedro the location of the harbor
to be determined by a commission COM
posed Of one naval officer to be APP
pointed by the secretary of the navy
and officer of the coast and geOdeLfc
survey to be named by the sUperin-
tendent of the survey. and three ex-
perfenced civil engineers. skilled in rip
arian work to be appointed by the
president, which board shall personally
examine the harbors a majority report
being final on the filing of report
the secretary of war is authorized 10
enter into contracts not to exceed ST.
800, 900 for the construction