The age-herald., 1898-02-18
 THE SALE OF THE KANSAS PACIFIC Occupied the Day in the Senate Pro-
 CeedinSS. RESOLUTION WAS PASSED Refusing to Confirm the Sale as Con-
 duCted. ALLEN WANTS AN INVESTIGATION Of the Maine Disaster Resolution Was Laid Over to Await Communication From the Secretary of
 the Navy.
ALLEN WANTS AN INVESTIGATION

debate occupying more than two hours the senate today by vote Of S4 to ~ agreed to the resolution of MT. Turpie, declaring the senates opposition to the confirmation of the sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad.
 The only reference thus far made to the disaster to the battleshlp Maine was in the form of this resolution introduced by MT. Allen, of Nebraska:
 Resolved, That the committee on naval affairs be directed to make an immedl- ate and thorough investigation into the cause of the disaster to the battiesnip Maine in the harbor of Havana on the 10th, instant, and report to the senate.
 Several senators objected to the resolu- tion and it went over until tomorrow. They contend that as soon as the secre- tary of the navy obtained definite infor- nation concerning the explosion and its details he would communicate the facts to the senate.
 Mir. Turpies Resolution
 MT. Turpie's resolution declaring that the sale of the Kansas Pacific road ought not to be confirmed unless the government received not only the principal, but also the interest of its claim, was laid before the senate and MT. Thurston resumed his remarks upon 1t. He pointed out that the entire debt of the Union Pacific railroad, which included the Kansas Pacific branch, to the government was about $71 ,O0O0 The sale of the main branch lines would re- turn the government $65 900, or Sl per cent of the roads indebtedness to the United States, principal and interest
 This MT Thurston held, was piece or good financiering on the part of the presi- dent, who, he said, was better informed upon the value of the road and all the oe- tails bearing upon that value than any other official of the government, in congress
 ..otn fad dltf the Kansas Pacific were not confirmed the president would have no other alternative than to redeem the first mortgage ponos and thus, instead of having in the treasury more than SC, 900 900 as result Of the saie, the government would have to invest about $7 7OO00 900 more in cash to redeem the first mortgage bonds, and then would have on its hands O property of so little value as compared with what some senators lm- agined, that not single one of the great railroads centering in Kansas City thought enough of it to venture bid on 1t at the sale yesterday.
 Eminently Satisfactory
 Mir Thurston regarded the settlement eff fected by the administration of the whole Pacific road business as eminently satisfac- tory a far better settlement, better by nearly $2O 900 than that supposed to have been made by the Cleveland adminis- tration.
 Replying to MT. Thurston, MT. Harris of Kansas read a telegram he had received last night from Topeka Kan. as follows:
 'Government lien sold here. Special mes- senger sent to St. Louis to have Sanborn approve sale in the morning."
 MT. Harris said he did not know what practical effect the passage of the pend ing resolution might have, but it was evil dent the purchasers were manifesting re- markable haste to secure the contirma- ton of the sale
 Remarks in favor of the resolution were made by MT. Rawlins, of Utah, and in op- position by MT Gear, of Iowa. The reso- lution was adopted, 34 to 29.
 The resolution as agreed to was as fol- lows:
 The Resolution
 Resolved, as the opinion of the senate, that the sale of the Kansas Pacific divl- sion of the Pacific railroad made today ought not to be confirmed except upon the terms of the original claims, and the in- terest thereon due to the United States from said railroad company of the Kan sas Pacific division be paid in full by the bidders
 The Corbett case was laid before the senate and Mr. Pettus, of Alabama, con- cluded his speech in support of the resolu- tion declaring MT. Corbett not to be en- titled to his seat.
 MT. Hoar followed with an extended le- gal and constitutional argument in favor of seating MT. Corbett
 The senate, at 4:1O D. m., went into ex- ecutive session and five minutes after ward adjourned.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 Washington, Feb 1.-The debate on the bankruptcy bill dragged along listlessly in the house today, interest in it being overshadowed as on yesterday by the Maine disaster. The speeches on the floor attracted almost nc attention and were delivered in most instances to q handful of members. None of the southern members supported the measure.
 Messrs. Wilson (dem.) of South Carolina; Sparkman (dem) of Florida, and Bartlett (dem.) of Georgia, were among those who spoke against it.
 In the course of the debate MT. Maddox (dem.l of Georgia, took occasion to reply to 0 speech made by Mr. Lands (rep) of Indiana. last week. before the Middlesex club, of Boston. He denounced MT. Ian dis references to the south and her peo-