The San Francisco call., 1896-05-13
Report Of the Majority to the
Secretary of War to Be
Final.
PROVISIONS FOR CONTRACTS
Not More Than $2,eoo,o 900 Shall Be
Expended, Whichever Location
Is Selected.

California Senators distinguished them
selves to-day. White and Perkins made
vigorous speeches in opposition to the
Santa Monica appropriation. The result
of all this discussion is "dog-fall."
Frye's compromise amendment, as re-
ported in the press dispatches, is satis-
factory to the California Senators, who
believe that the stubborn fight against the
power of millions of dollars has ended in
victory for the people. A board is to de-
eide.
In the Senate this morning when the
river and harbor bill was taken up, Frye,
chairman of the Committee on Commerce.
continued his argument in support of the
committee amendment favoring Santa
Monica as the location of the deep-sea har-
Dor in Southern California.
White of California, a member of the
Committee on Commerce, argued against
the amendment. He asked Frve where
the figure $3,09s 900, fixed in the amend
ment fo- the improvement of Santa
Monica harbor, had been obtained. FRYE
said that it had been obtained from Mr..
Hood, chief engineer of the Southern
Pacific, but that all the details were on
file in the Office OF the engineer corps in
Washington.
Frye began to quote from Mr.. Hunting
tons testimony before the committee. He
spoke of him as the "individuaI" referred
to by White. and as "the man of greed"
referred to by Berry CD of Arkansas.
"He is not" said Frye, "bulling the
stock markets nor bearing them, nor cor
nering' wheat or -four, but he is engaged
in,
which have built up the commerce of this
republic, and in all his enterprises he is
successful. So if he be an individual or
if he be greedy the reasons which induce
him to change from San Pedro to Santa
Monica are worthy of the consideration of
the name"
Frye quoted from the statements OF Mr..
Huntington, ex-senator Cole and Mr..
Corthell, civil engineer, as to the advan-
tages which Santa Monica possesses over
San Pedro. Referring 10 The wishes of the
people of Los Angeles, he said they did
not enter into the case. The ship-owners
of Spain had far more interest in it than
the people of Los Angeles, who thought
one way one day on the subject and an
other way the next; who one year had
plank in their Congressional convention
IN favor OF San Pedro and the next year
one in favor of Santa Monica
Frye also quoted from the report of Col
onel Mendell of the colps of engineers,
dated November 1, 1882, in which the bay
of Santa Monica is described, with the
statement that if the southwest waves
were cut off, as they could be by break
water judiciously located, it woald make
harbor that might have any desired ca
pacity. At that time Los Angeles had
population of 5000 or 10, 600 (now 100, ,OOO)
and had no commerce. and consequently
Colonel Mendell did not recommend an
appropriation for it.
Frye also quoted from a like favorable
statement of Lieutenant Taylor of the
Pacific Coast Survey and read letter to
himself from General Miles of May 9, 1894,
who had had his headquarters for two
years at Los Angeles and who spoke of
Santa Monica as place of National i'm
portance, which would undoubtedly be
the principal port of the entire Southern
Pacific Coast.
In conclusion Frye said: "We have had
this fight for years. We wish TO be divest-
ed of it, never to hear of it again, and 1
hope for the reasons given the Senate will
vote down the amendment offered by the
Senator from California (White), will
agree to the amendment reported by the
committee, and that this contest shall be
ended"
Perkins (R.) of California spoke in advo-
cacy of the amendment offered py his COL
league. He resented the representations
of Senators Vest and Frye against Mr.,
Sttha hnnu Ho1;
nIa," and said they were a vile slander
against the good name and fame of the
people of California. They had no preiu-
dices against Mr.. Huntington and the
other leading officers of the Southern Pa
ci6c Railroad, and they had given proof of
that in the election OF Mr.. Stanford to the
Governorship of the State and twice to the
United States Senate, and in the choice at
the recent State Republican Convention
there of vice-president of that COM pany
as delegate at-large to the Republican
National Convention, and who would be
elected Presidential elector of the United
States.
As to the change of location of the
Southern Pacific Company, Perkins gave
this explanation of it: that the company
in landing 10000 tons of coal day for. it's
great railroad system had had to paw
dollar a ton lighterage at Santa Monica
ana that by using It's great wharf there it
saved that large outlay for lighterage, SO
that the building of the wharf was wise
business enterprise, not an experiment.
"rhe Senator from Maine said, referring
to some remarks which had been made by
my distinguished colleague (Mr Whitel !:
This savors of the slogan of the sand
lots of the Golden Gate where the nam e of
Huntington is coniured with to frigh ten
babies and is used by demagogues to make
weakened politicians tremble'
"Mr. President, dislike exceedingly to
refer on this floor to any gentleman who
is not member of this body, | dislike
exceedingly to refer to any one who is not
here to speak and answer for himself; but
/ say that that charge is a libel upon the
fair name of the good people of
California, and l should be false
to those l represent if I permitted
the charge of the Senator to pass un-