The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
OVER TIE CANAL BILL
Cannonites and Hepburnites
Contend in the House.
OFFERED AS A SUBSTITUTE
For the Sundry Civil Bill by
the Iowa Member.


burn. chairman Of the committee that re-
ported 1t, and the leaders On the respect
i've sides are engaged il q desperate
struggle which involves the fate % the
measure al this session Of congress After
Mr.. Cannon, chairman OF the committee
On appropriations. served notice lasC week
that there was no rme for the considera-
ton OF the canal bill al this session, the
supporters OF the measure decided 70 force
II on 10 the sundry civil appropriation ball
as rider II possible As soon as i was
offered this afternoon Mr.. Cannon raised
four points OF order against II, and one
OF the most interesting parliamentary de-
bates OF the session was on As rufe the
house leaders ara able 20 hold the mem
bers il Inc. but strong arguments are ad-
duced in support OF the per<ineacy OF the
amendment ard besides the Dill has
strong friends on bob sides OF the cham
Der who are seemingly rad yto adopt any
expedien. 70 provide for the construction
Of the canal The debate on the point OF
order lasted TWO hours today and was nor
concluded II promises 20 consume several
hours tomorrow. Il seems 70 be a fone-
gone conclusion that the chairman OF the
committee Of the whole Cdr. Hopkins OF
ulinois) will sustain the points Of order.
50 that the real point viii oaxne up on The
question OF ove-unns the chair. Should
the chair De oyerruled there Is 10 doubt
that the amendment would command a
ma jorfty OF the votes. About twenty
pages Of the hir were disposed Of today.
No important amendments were adopted
Mr.. Wheeler Dem ky-) IN the course OF
soma remarks in opposition TO expansion,
served notice today that ne proposed 70
vote against the SO 600 appropriation
10 be paid 70 Spain
Mr.. Bailey Dem. Tex reminded Mr.
Wheeler that the president and senate
constituted the Jreaty-making power and
that the house must acouiesce n their
action. Mr.. Wheeler maintained thai the
treaty-mahng power had no right 70 be
in the house. He believed the Judgment
OF history would reproach Us for Slaugh-
tertng the FTlipdnos Mr. Williams Dem
Mss argued that TIE house had no right
70 question a tres y made or 70 rePudEate
treaty obligations. Mr.. Lewis Dem.
Wash.) furnished an interesting contri-
button 70 the historical phase OF the sub
iect by recalling the fact that Spain
agreed TO pay England 80 COO coo after the
Philippines had been taken by the Eng
iLsh in 1852 But Sain had never paid. and
Lord WalthaI had denounced her course
in the house Of commons Spain was the
only country on the globe which had re-
pudiated her treaty obligations.
Mr. AcRae Dem, Ark gave notice
that he would offer an amendment TO the
appropriation OF SO 0o0,ooo declaring it 10
be The policy OF the government not 10
annex the Philippines.
Mr.. Corliss Re, Mich) offered as an
amendment his bill for the construction
OF a Pacific cable by the government. Mr.
Coriss called attention 10 the extreme
urgeny for direct cable communication
win Hawaii and the Philippines and TO
the presidents special message the other
day, urging immediate legislation for this
purpose. 4 point OF order was made
against the amendment. which the chair
sustained, and the amendment was ruled
our
Upon reaching the page containing The
caption Deep Waterways CimmLs<foue.
MI Hepburn (Rep-, Ia. chairman of the
interstate commerce committee. offered
as an amendment the Nicaragua canal
bill reported by his committee Mr.. Can
non. chairman OF the appropriations com
ntrtee, Immediately raised four distinct
poin,s Of order azainSt Il. drsr -bsr i,
was not gerTnane; second. that II was d.
rectly obnoxious 20 rule 2; third. that il
violated the rule requiring that app-opri-
atoms IL general appropriation bis
should De authorized By lax. and. fourth
that II was nor in continuation OF work
authorized by law. This opened ID a
long parliamentary debate upon tn MINI
of order Mr.. Hepburn took ths floor
arguing that the amendment ass ger
name and that Il violated 10 rue. He
co0tended tha- the two surveys made
unosr the direction % congress construct
iVely authorized the work % building the
canal itself- He insisted that ths WORK
O. CONSTRUCTING rte canal was IN prog-ess
within the con- enplation of ne rula
Mr. u. A Smith (Reo. Men declared
mat the Dickinson treaty ~ -
rantec an appropriation for the c5u=rr,c-
ton Of the canal IS much a. the treatv Of
Paris warranted cae apr op-izssoa Of ~
e'5-ooo carried IL this b.u In corcs ry5i-r
MS argument NJ Hepburn declared t...
the rule invoked against tbs nm ~.
coSolete 80 fsr as the appropriations or,
ulittee was concerned. There we're t-sr-
teen distinct violations of Il IL ne oe,s-
ing OH + was only invoked when ne
apr pr1aS1ons COMMITTEES desired 70 E4s--z
OF sorne fancie5 rsld upon the trsss.-,
4her "@s 4 round o applause WIEN II
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