The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18
THE SENATE and HOUSE.
Upper House BY . Small Majority
RcbnkeS the President.
OPPOSE THE KANSAS PACIFIC SALE
ny = Vote or TAsrsy -four 10 twenty
ntnc--nsaakraptcy ma Discussed
IN the Housc.

Washington. February l7.--Aftcr a sptr.
sted debate cccupyinR more than two hours
tho senate today hy vote OF "a to ~
agreed TO tho resolution OF Mr.. Turplc de-
claring the senatc's opposition 10 the con-
firmation OF the sale OF tho Kansas Pa
oinc road. The only reference thus FAR
made to the disaster to the battleship
Maine was In the form OF the following
resolution introduced bv Mr. Allen tNeb.)s
Resolved. That the committee on naval
AFFAIRS DO directed To make an Immediate
and thorough Investigation into the cause
Of the disaster to the battleship Mainc In
the harbor OF Havana on the 18th instant,
and report 10 the senate
Several senator's objected to the resolu~
ton and it went over to tomorrow. They
commended that as soon as the secretasy
OF the navy obtained dehnite information
concerning the explosion and it's "details he
would communicate tho iac,s@to M scn-
ate,
Mr. Turpie's resolution declaring the sale
OF tho Kansas Pacific railroad ought noe.
TO be confirmed unless the soyeruaont re-
ceiyed not only the principal. but also the
interest oi It's claims was laiu before the
senate and MIR. Thurston resumed his ro-
marks upon A. He pointed d,tt that the.
entire debt OF the Union Pacific, which IN
cluded the Kansas Pacific branch TO the
government, was about Silnoo,Vop. Tho
sales OF the main limo and branch lines
would send to the government >60,ouuivOu,
or II per cent OF the roads Indebtedness
10 The Cnited states, principal and interest.
This, MIR. Thurston held, was y good Bit of
huancicring on the part oi the president.
who. he said, was better informed upon
that rnad and all the details bearing upon
1t than any other official of the govern
ment IN congress or out. He nointI out
that II the sale of tho Kansas Pacific We're
not confirmed tho president would have
no other alternative than 10 redeem thr
first mortgage bonds. and thus, instead Of
leaving In tho treasury more than six mil
lion dollars as a result Of the sale the
government would have u invest about
81 ,O1D,Oou moro IN cash to redeem the first
mortgage bonds and then would have on its
hands n property that was OF 30 little value
as compared with that some senator's
imagined that not a single ono OF the great
railroads centering IN Kansas CITY thought
enough OF IL to venture bid upon II at
the sale Yesterday. Mr.. Thnrston regarded
the settlement Effected by the adn,nistra-
tion of the whole Pacific business rs cml-
nontly satisfactory Mar better settlement
hotter by nearly s20.0000oo than that pro-
posed 10 have been made by the Cleveland.
administration. This business Is III the
hands OF the president aud the country
may well be satisfied with ,h,, discretion.
tho business sagacity. the Judgment and
the statesmanship OF William Mckinley.
Replying to Mr.. Thurston Mr.. Harris
tiiano read telegram he had received
last night from topeka, rs follows;
Government lien sold here. Special
messenger sent 10 st. Louis to have San
born approve snie In morning."
Mr. Harris aaid lie did not know what
practical effect tho passage ot tho pending
resolution might have. but II would be
evident that the purchasers were manifest.
Ing remarkable haste TO secure the con
hrmauon Of the sale.
RomarlSs unfayorabie were made BY Mr.
Gear. Tho resolution was then adopted
"a 20 3D. the detailed vote beiug as fol-