The record-union., 1897-01-21
New York at a Cost Not Exceeding
Five Millions of Dollars
Senator Turpie of Indiana Continues
His Onslaught on the Nicaragua
Canal Bill - The House DevOteS
Most of the Day to Discussing the
Contested Election Case of YOSt
VS.. Tucker, From the Tenth Vir-
ginia District.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Sem
ate passed to-day the bill for the erec-
ton of new Custom house building in
New York ON the site of the present
building at a cost not exceeding So
100000; appropriating S2o0,O0O for one
years rental of temporary premises,
and appointing at a salary of $4,000
each Board of five Building Com
missioners. The bill now goes to the
House
The resolution heretofore offered by
Morgan CD of Alabama as to the Pa
cific Railroad defaults was laid aside
without action, and that offered by
Pettigrew (Silver) of South Dakota as
to the divisional lines between Vene-
zuela and British Guiana was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The joint resolution as to the cleo
trio conduits in the city of Washington
was discussed during the morning hour,
Faulkner Cd of West Virginia reply
ing to the speech of Hill Cd of New
York on Tuesday. 1t went over with
out action.
Turpie CD of Indiana continued his
onslaught on the Nicaragua Canal bill,
speaking for two hours and leaving his
speech still unfinished.
When the Senate met to-day Per-
kins (R) Of California introduced
joint resolution for the appointment of
a commission to collect statistics on
mines and mining. Referred.
Hill Cd of New York, on behalf of
his colleague (Murphy, asked unani-
nous leave to have the New York Gus
tcm-house bill taken up and put on its
passage. There was but one slight OBJ
lection by Pettigrew tSilveD of South
Dakota to Hills request, and the bill
was taken up and passed. The bill as
passed appoints five citizens of New
York as Building Commissioners at
$1,000 per year. The building is to be
on the present CuStom-house site. The
Secretary of the Treasury is to lease
temporarily quarters for the use Of the
Custom house, $3.50, 900 being appro-
priated for rental purposes for the first
year. The entire cost of the new build
ing is not to exceed 5000 900.
Morgan's substitute as to the default
on the present Pacific Railroads was
allowed to go over without action.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Pettigrew (Silve) of South Dakota
calling on the Secretary of State for a
copy of the proceedings of the commits
sion on the divisional line between Ven
ezuela and British Guiana was taken
up, and Pettigrew proceeded to discuss
IT. At the close of his speech the reso-
luton was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
The Senate joint resolution relating
to the laying Of electric sub-ways in
the District of Columbia (on which Hill
of New York hOd spoken at length yes
terday) was taken up, and Faulkner
D.) of West Virginia, a member of the
District Committee. addressed the Sen
ate. defending the action of the COM
nittee and resenting the charges made !
against it yesterday by Hill There !
We're several short and rather angry !
dialogues between Senators Faulkner /
and Hill in the course of Faulkner's s |
speech.
At O'Clock the presiding officer laid |
before the Senate the unfinished busi- !
ness, the Nicaragua canal bill, and Tur- |
pie CD of Indiana resumed his speech |
in opposition to it. He likened the pro- |
visions Of the bin to the case of bogus |
mortgages. and to the successful loot |
ing of credulous people by such means. |
The opera ton proposed in the pending |
bill differed from the bogus mortgage |
case only in the fact that the canal com |
pany. on the face of the bill. on the |
face of the treaty charater and on the |
face of the reports submitted to the |
Senate, admitted that it had no title to
the lands which it proposed to surren-
der: that it had no interest in them, and |
that II could not transfer them TO any |
one. The company asked Congress, with |
5ts eyes open and knowing that the Sc
curity was straw, to give il a hundred |
million dollars. guaranteeing payment |
by lieu on securities that were utterly |
without value-on Peter Funk securi- |
ties.
Turpie asserted that through the fail /
1,re of the company 10 complete within |
tbrae wears the connecting link known |
as the Managua canal it had already fur
feired everything, had already surren-
darad everything: that Ii had either vol |
UNFAIRLY or negligently given up and |
abandoned. it's concession. 1t had not |
even pretended TO constructed the Man
ag7,a canal. No Act of Congress could
release the company from its obliga-
tion under the cessation. 1t was an un-
reasonable demand, an irrational re-
quest a thoroughly lunatic proposition, |
that Congress should guarantee the per
formance of the work, or should enter
upon its construction without having
an estimate of the cost of three Of the
principal items necessary TO its prosecu-
tion-the Managua canal and the con
struction of two HORRORS.
After speaking for two hours Turpie
closed his remarks for the day. but de-
cnned to promise that he would finish
his speech Tomorrow. The Dill then
went over
Chandler R.) of New Hampshire ask
ed and obtained unanirThus consent 10
have the bill for representation Of the
United States at any monetary confer
ence with other nations taken up after
the routine morning business on Tues
day next.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then taken up and the provisions in re-
gard to the library OF Congress were
acted on. The first amendment report