Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-15
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, Feb. -.
SENATE.


the murder OF Segundo n. Lopez, Il
citizen of the United States, on the 1lth
of April, 1896.
The resolution introduced yesterday
by Mr.. Harris directing the Attorney
General to furnish the Senate with in
formation as to the agreement reached
by the government with the reorgani-
cation committee of the Union Pacific
Railway concerning the Kansas Pacific
branch, was laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Chandler said he had no objec-
ton to the resolution, but did not APP
prove Of the preamble, which included
a press dispatch.
Mr.. Harris replied that he might not
insist upon the preamble after he had
made statement. The Union Pacific,
he said, for long time had attempted
to influence Congress and officials of
administrations to scale down the debt
of that company to the government
about so per cent. [ ntil year ego
last January the company had been
unsuccessful. At that time they made
an arrangement with Mr.. Cleveand's
administration by which the road was
to be disposed of with loss to the gov
eminent of about SOS, 600. Mr..
| Harris then outlined the reasons why
that arrangement was not carried into
effect. Public sentiment was aroused
from Maine TO California, the demand
of the people, he said, being that they
should not be swindled out of the enor-
nous sum mentioned. He asserted that
| by the reorganization committee and
by the Union Pacific officials an effort
had been made to minimize the value
of the road. at is particularly signili-
can't" said Mr.. Harris, that the state
menls of the reorganization committee
and the officials of the Union Pacific re.
been proved by subsequent events to
be untrue. AS was said once by the
Senator from Missouri Vest when
they speak they lie, and when they are
silent they steal'" Mr.. Harris then
discussed the value of the Kansas Pa
c6c road and said that having been q
civil engineer on the line his informl.
lion was that of an expert. He said
that during the last eleven years the
1
per cent. on $4,000, 900. He further
said that on the fifth instant the Attor-
ney General had agreed to redeem the
first mortgage bonds and to have the
road operated by q receiver. '"This
arrangement Mr.. Harris said, was
perfectly satisfactory to those for whom
he spoke, but the intention of the AT
torney General to abandon that plan
and to let the road 60 with loss to the
government of nearly 100000 was
not only surprise to him and others,
| but absolutely unsatisfactory.
After further debate Mr.. Harris's
resolution was adopted and the Senate
| then went into executive session.
HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr.. Cooney
called attention to the fact that reso.
luton of inquiry December II, calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
the statement aud accounting of the
receiver of the First National Bank Of
! Sedalia, Mo-, which was referred to the
banking and currency committee, had
not been reported back. Under the
rules resolution of inquiry not re-
ported upon within seven days is privi.
leged He moved that the committee
on banking and currency be discharged
from the further consideration of the
resolution.
Mr.. Johnson resented the implied
charge of derelicton of duty upon the
part of the subcommittee. He said the
EoH 10 ha
Secretary of the Treasury aud the comp
troller of the currency for their opinion
as to the propriety of reporting on the
resolution. Action upon it had been
delayed by peculiar circumstances. He
thought the subcommittee, if no action
were taken by the House, would report
upon the resolution tomorrow. In
view of this explanation Mr.. Co0ney
withdrew his motion.
Mr.. Payne called up the bill to
amend the navigation laws of the
United States.
Mr.. Terry said the bill had much
broader scope than appeared at first
blush. 1t related to the entire coast
wise trade of the United States. He
believed, he said, that this trade be-
longed to the United States. Our
shipping laws were sll antiquated, but
there should be g. general revision, not
special laws. Special laws, in his opin-
ion, simply fostered the shipping trust.
AS long as American owners were IN.
able to place the American flag over
foreign built vessel ne was opposed to
such bills as the pending measure.
Mr.. Dingley said the pending meas
ure was designed to carry out the ira
ditional policy of the government of
restricting our coastwise carrying trade
to American vessels.
The bill was passed without division.
The committees were then called.
A bill was passed to amend the act OF
1887 relating to the fees of U. S. off
GERS SO as to correct some existing
abuses.
A bill was passed providing that no
national bank shall make loan to the
president or any other officer or EN-.
pioyee of the bank until such officer
or employee has submitted the propo-
sition for the loan in writing to the d.
rectors and it has been approved by a
mejority of them, and in no case shall |
the loan exceed the amount permitted
by law. The report of the comptroller
showed that 80 per cent. of the failures
of national banks were due to the ap-
preparation or absorption of the banks
funds by its officers.
SHOT His FIANCEE Mary Van Norman |
yo1ng woman who was shot by her uncle. |