The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-15
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL
The Principal Subject of Discus
sion in the Senate.
PRIVATE PENSION BILLS
Machinery OF the once Used to Further
Political Intereets-De Almond
and Reed In Brief Discus
sion OF the Rules.

Washington. Dec. if-l ne NlCdld-
guam canal bill held its place as the
principal subject before the senate
again to-day. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Harris, Money. Stewart and
Morgan. Mr.. Money urged postpone
ment of the question in order to permit
an opportunity for negotiations with
Great Britain for a modification of the
Clayton Bulwer treaty and Mr.. Morgan
antagonized the proposition. An agree
ment was reached TO take a vote on the
Turpie postponement proposition until
tomorrow.
The senate to-day opened with pro-
test upon tie. part Of Gailingcr, chair
man of the committee on pensions, OF
the practice of senators introducing
pension bills in cases pending i'm the
would not consider such bills and II
was us eless to present them.
The senate took up the bill To amend
the law relating to the registry of for
eign built vessels wrecked on American
shores. Mr.. Cafrrey spoke against the
measure.
Mr.. Vest again called attention to
private pension bills and entered a pro-
test against their passage without due
consideration, as he said the senate was
falling into the habit of doing. He
called attention to the fact that not
withstandlng Illinois had furnished 65.-
900 more soldiers than Indiana the pen
sion rolls for Indiana exceeded that or
Illinois by sl.5oO.0o0. lie accounted for
this fact on the ground that Indiana
is a pivotal state politically. saying that
II was notorious that the commissioner
of pensions, who was an ex-union SOL
der. had granted pensions to almost
every applicant in political districts
which were close. He did not contend
that the republicans party alone was to
blame. but he knew that men of all
parties were inclined to use the ma
chinery of the pension office to further
their political interests. He had in
dorsed Mr.. Cleveland's veto OF pension
bills and. while ne did not want tn re-
vive the old questions. he would eN-
press the opinion that the government
in this matter had tallen into most
unjust ana iniquitotis expenditure by
its ill-advised legislation.
Mr.. Gallinger suggested that Mr.. Vest,
instead of scolding the senate ON pri-
vate pension bills, should propose
amendments TO the pension laws which
would correct the abuses he comp t'n%d
Of Continuing. Mr.. Gallinger >ait'the
committee had been cCnsid eTlng the
advisability of publishing the Est OF
D b.
~ the nian. and he feared -haf . ,,n-
aertaken its only effect would be 10
tale 90 400 600 or "a OOO OOO ,ut ,r the
treasury 10 no good purpose,
The bill providing regulations FOR the
registration of foreign built vessels
wrecked on the American coast anf re-
naired in the United states --,s ta;,.n
IN ar the instance OF Mr. E,lkins. and
Mr. caffrey addressed the senate IN
onnosition 10 n saving that under its
nrovis,ons vessels would no wrecked in
order TO secure American registry. He
atIacked tho navigation and tariff Ia WIS
Of the United States saving they nd
.practicaIly driven our merchant marine
from, the seas He contended that tho
hin was nrohibitive i'm lis terms in
tended 70 remove tho last vestipe Of
competition i'm the matter of shiphuiId- >
ing There was no necessity for his
under the present conditions.
I'VE may hold the Philippines. Cuba
and Porto Rico" he said: hut IL we
adopt the contractive policy of this
measure our balloon will soon collipse
and our expansion policy come 20 an
end"
At the close OF Mr.. Caffrey's rena' ks.
the registry bill went over until TO-. .mCr-
row, and the Nicara qua canal bill was
taken up, the pending question being
Mr.. Turpie's motion TO postpone it un-
w jan =.
Mr.. Harris, or Kansas, then SPOKE on
the general features OF the bill. He said
that as boy he was attached TO a
surveying party IN the lsthmus IN 1903
and ever since that time ne had been
the jealous advocate OF the general pro-
position that cdhaI snould ne oullt
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