The herald., 1897-07-15
Over Government Liens
on Railroads
SAN PEDRO HARB0R MATTER
FINDS AN ENEMY IN STEWART
OF NEVADA
Conferees on the Tariff Bill Now
Further Apart Than When
They Began Work
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-The senate
was in a deadlock for several hours to-
day, with business at a standstill, while
calls Of the senate, roll calls and other
play expedients were resorted to. 1t was
due to the effort to secure action on the
resolutions of Harris of Kansas designed
to prevent the disposal of the govern
ment lien on the Union Pacific railway
under the terms of an alleged agreement.
There were many roll calls on Harris
motion to consider the resolution, quor-
ums appearing and disappearing and
from twelve to five o'clock not a final
vote on the motion was secured. It final
ly went over until tomorrow.
Pending one of the roll calls a resolu-
tion was passed allowing the sculptor Of
the Sherman statue to erect a studio
near the site of the statue. This af-
forded text for some structures by Nor
gan on the deadlock which had occurred.
The senate had a patriotic duty to per-
form. The pending Pacific railway reso-
luton had been unanimously reported
from the Pacific railway committee and
yet the chairman of the committee had
conducted the filibuster 1t was late in
the session to begin operations, Morgan
said, however, that there was no dispo-
sition on the Democratic side of the
chamber to retaliate against appropri-
alton bills or the tariff bills when they
came before the senate. The Democratic
senators would forbear from resorting
to this miserable method of figuring, al
though they might be fully justified In
retaliating.
Thurston of Nebraska responded that
on all Pacific railway debates the Ala
bama senator (Morgan) and his asso-
ciates had insisted on occupying all che
time when it was up at the last session.
Turning to the pending resolution,
Thurston said was designed to defeat the
interests of the government In the guar
anty that at least $45,000000 would be
bid when the sale of the road occurred.
The senator from Alabama says that
amount is not enough. Why, then,
asked Thurston, did net some RESPONSE
BILE party give greater guaranty? In
his opinion, if this guaranty failed. one
equal to it would never again be Sc
cured. The senator said the rights of the
government were fully protected in the
federal courts; it was represented by
able counsel; it's equities were fully be-
fore the court. What danger. therefore.
he asked, could there be in leaving the
interests of the government in the hands
of the court?
Gear said he resented the charges Of
Morgan as to filibustering. A quorum
had not been there to consider this ques-
f1x tl,;e L H.
considering it. He expressed disapprov-
al of the Harris resolution, saying 1t
would make the government put s6S, ,000,-
900 more into these roads. He also criti-
cised the resolution as originally framed
as designed to bring about government
ownership and operation of this extern
sive railway property.
Harris, the author of the resolution,
spoke in support of it, arguing that the
governments interests would be put in
jeopardy if the proposed agreement for
the sale of the government lien in the
Union Pacific was executed. Morgan
further discussed the subject, arguing
that congress retained complete con-
troll over the Pacific roads under the
lien Originally created on behalf of the
government while the pending foreclos.
neous assumption that the government
mad mere mortgage right. He said
he did not hold Republican senators re-
sponsible for the obstruction that had
occurred, as it was not a political OBJ
struction but one in behalf of Hunting
ing and others interested in the Pacific
roads.
Thurston, in turn, answered Morgan,
again referring to the time consumed ir
debate by the sarcastic remark that he
did rot aspire to the unique distinction
of talking his own measure to death.
T1e said the Alabama senator sought to
convey the impression that the agree
ment was the result of some question:
able scheme in which the late president
OF the United States and the attorney
general participated with the railway
authorities. But as matter of fact,
Thurston declared, the proposition came
from the governments counsel, ex-Gov-
ernor Hoadley, who solicited from Gen
eral Fitzgerald of the Pacific railroad
| reorganization committee, that a guar
antee be given as to the minimum
amount of the bid, for the government
lien. In closing, Thurston stated that
no opposition, except in the way of neg
ative votes, would be made to the Harris
resolution tomorrow, but he expressed
doubt whether the negative votes would
be sufficient to defeat the resolution. He
felt, however, that it's adoption would
defeat the guaranty and prevent the
government from ever getting within
one-third as much as the guaranty
would yield.
SAN PEDRO HARBOR
WASHINGTON, July 14-In the SEN
ate today Senator Stewart of Nevada
gave notice of a motion to reconsider the
action by which the Senate passed the
joint resolution directing the Secretary
of War to proceed with the construction
of the breakwater, etc., at San Pedro,
Cal. Senator White of California re-
marked that he understood the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company had some OBJ
lection to the resolution. and said he