The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-18
KANSAS PACIFIC SALE
Senate Declares Itself in Strong
Opposition to It.
THE MAINE EXPLOSION
Senator Allen Urges an Immediate and
Thorough Investigation Senators
Denied Information by
the Department.


tied debate occupying more than two
hours the senate to-day by a vote of
"A to % agreed to the resolution of Mr..
Inrpie OF Indiana, declaring the sem
ates opposition to the sale of the Kan
sas Pacific. After the disposition of
the resolution the Corbett case was dis
cussed by Mr.. Pettus of Alabama and
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts an agree
ment having first been cached to cake
flnal vote N the case on Monday.
Feb. IS.
At the opening of the session the
blnd chaplain delivered a touching in
vocation in reference to the disaster of
the Maine. The only reference thus far
made to the Maine disaster was in the
form OF resolution introduced by MIR.
Alien of Nebraska, follows.
Resolved. That the committee on
naval anairs be directed To make an
immediate and thorough investigation
into the cause of the disaster TO thu.
battieship Maine in the harbor of Ha-
Nana on the 18th. and to report To the
| senate.
II the matter was taken up by the
naval aIairs committee, MIR. Hale said.
| the best the committee could do was To
act through the navy department lie
was satisfied that as soon as the sec
fetary of the navy obtained definite in
4
us details he would communicate the
| facts to congress-
MIR. Allen objected to have the reso-
luton sent to the committee ON naval
| aifars.
we of u.s." he said. who are not
members of the naval affairs committee
or of the foreign relations committee
/ cannot Set information from the de-
| pdrtments about these things. We are
smut out as completely as ii We We're
/ private citizens. | think / ought to
i get my information and | am deeplv
| interested in this matter as the COM
mittee on naval affairs of this senate,
| DO not care To debate this matter or
| TO indulge in any extended discussion
of of II. What | want is action by the
committee that will give US informa-
| ton
| Mr. Chandler OF New Hampshire OBJ
| 1eeted to the resolution, and it went
over until tomorrow
| Mr.. Turpies resolution declaring that
| the sale OF the Kansas Pacific ought
not to be confirmed unless the govern
nent received not oni, principal but
also the interest of its claim, was laid
before the senate. and Mr. Thurston
resumed his remarks on it. He point
ed out that the entire debt of the
Union Pacific. which includes the Kan
sas Pacific branch. to the government
was about $3t 900. 600. The sale of the
main and branch lines would return
TO the government s65, 900 600 or 9l per
cent of the roads Indebtedness to the
United States, principal and interest
rms. Mr.. Thurston held. was piece of
good iinanciering on the part of the
president. who, he said. was better in
formed upon the value of the road and
all the details bearing upon that value |
than other officials Of the government
ia congress or out lie pointed out that
II the sale of the Kansas Pacific were
ft4.a
no other alternative than to redeem |
instead of having In the treasury more T
ih2n Sb00n000 as the res ult of the sale |
Mr.. Thnrston regarded the settlement
effected by the administration of the |
whole Pacific railroad business as emf |
nently satisfactory-a far better settle
ment, by nearly S20.o00.0 900. than that |
proposed to have been made by the |
Cleveland administration. This husi- I
ness IS IN the hands of the president. /
ana the country may be well satisfied |
with the discretion. the business sa- /
gaelty and the statesmanship of MIR. |
Mckinley
Replying 10 Mr.. Thurston. Mr.. Har- /
fls OF Kansas read telegram he had I
received last night from Topeka. Kan. |
as fotl9Ws. Government lien sold I
here. Special messenger sent to ST.
Louis to have sale approved in morning
by Sanborn''
Mr.. Harris said he did not know
what practical effect the passage OF the
PENDING resolution might have, bur 1t
was evident that the purchasers were
manifestlng remarkable haste TO secure
the confirmation of the sale
Remarks in favor of the resolution
were made by Mr. Rawlins of Utah and
in opposition by Mr.. Gear of Iowa.
While Mr.. Warren Of Wyoming was
speaking. the morning hour expired and
the resolution. its privilege having been
lost, went to the calendar
Mr. German of Maryland suggested
that the Gofbett case be voted on Mon
day, Feb. 2S at p. m. This was
agreed To. The Corbett case was tenn
porarily laid aside and Mr Turpie
moved TO take up his resolution relat-
ing 10 the Kansas Pacific sale The
motion was agreed To.
The vote was then taken on Mr.
Hals's motion to refer the resolution
TO the committee. the motion being lost
The motion was then adopted. 81 to %.
as follows:
Yeas-Aiien. Baker Bates, Berry.
Cannon. Chiffon. Clay. Davis, German.
Harris. Heitfeld, Jones Of Arkansas
Kenny. Kyle. Mallory, Mantle, Martin.
Mills, Mitchell. Money. Morgan, Nelson.
Faseee Perkins. Pettigrew, Pettus.
Turney, Turner, Turpie. yest-totai s4
Eays-carter. Chandler, Clark. De-
Doe. Eikins. Fairbanks. Foraker. Frye.
Gallinger. Gear Gray. Hanna, Hale.
Hansbrough, Hnar Lindsay, Lodge.
Mcbride. Mcmillan. Mason Morrill,,
fiatt Of Connecticut. Proctor. Quay.
seWall. Stewart Thurstan, Warren.
Wilson Woicott-totai 90
fhe resolution as agreed to was as
follows:
&ResnlYed. As the opinion or the
senate that the sale Of the Kansas Pa
clfie division Of the T'niou Pacific rail-
road made to-day ought NOT Ca be con-
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