Morris tribune., 1897-01-20
CAPITAL ITEMS.

and was defeated. mere WAS dH
unusual array of "talent' on the
house, every friend and every foe
of the bill was on hand, and the
earnestness of all indicated clearly
that there was a royal battle on
hand. There were two substi.
tutes, which were voted on before
the original measure could be dis.
posed of. The Bell substitute pro-
vided that the government should
refund the debt if the railroad
company would advance the gov
eminent, lein from a second mort
gage and make. it fist mortgage.
This was defeated by vote of Ito
to 1876. The Harrison substitute,
which provided for commission
formed of three cabinet officers
who should negotiate settlement
of the debt of the two roads, was
next voted on and was defeated by
a vote Of So to PA The bill itself
was then voted on and was de-
feated ~ vote of 102 to 168.
There WAS quite a demonstration
when it was realized that the bill
was dead. There was an attempt
to revive the bill and this was de-
feated, and then, as Mr.. Terry of
Arkansas remarked, ''the bill was
not only dead, but was nailed up
in it's coffin. Eastern men want
a chance to bid on the Pacific rail-
roads, and it is more than proba-
BILE that they had strong lobby
against the bill. It seems to have
been case of "when rogues fall
ont honest men get their due, as
Huntington and his crowd seem to
have been opposed by men having
more influence in congress. Now,
perhaps, if the government has
luck it will collect its millions of
dollars from these roads.
Senator Mills of Texas is after
Secretary Olney's scalp, and Incl
dentally desires to show the chief
executive that the power to recog-
nize the independence of foreign
nations resides IN congress. To
this end he spoke in the senate on
his resolution, which declares that
the expediency of recognizing the
independence of foreign govern
lnents belongs to congress. It.
also recognizes the independence
Of Cuba and appropriates $4,000,
salary for a minister thereto. He
proceeded to challenge Mr.. Olney's
statements and to stamp on them
most yigorously y. He quoted Mum
roe and Jackson in support of his
position.
Senator Hale presented to the
Senate memoranda of the meth
DDS of recognition of foreign gov
ernments and foreign states pur-
sued by this government from 1889
to 1897. The conclusions reached
are as follows.
First; Definite independence
cannot be held to be established
and recognition is consequently
net legitimate so long as a substan-
tial struggle is being maintained
by the formerly sovereign state for
Of its authority.
Second: A mere pretension on
the part of the formerly sovereign
state, or struggle so inadequate
as to offer no reasonable ground
supposing that success may be ulti-
mately obtained, is not enough to
keep alive the rights of the state,
and to prevent foreign countries
from falling under an obligation
to recognize as a state the com
muDity claiming to have become
one.
1t is now passed around the Capt.
FOL by the gossips Of Congress that
the President and Secretary Olney
differ violently on the Cuban ques-
lion and that the Secretary is very
uncomfortable in his present posi-
ton. His friends declare that if it
were not for the domination of his
Chief the Secretary would proceed
IA the Cuban matter with the same
yigor and robust policy adopted in
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