The age-herald., 1900-04-13
MORGAN TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION Of the Agreement With Union
 Pacific R. R, Company WANTS PAPERS TRANSMITTED If He is Successful in His Undertak-
 ing the Government Will be
 Saved a Vast Sum of Money.
WANTS PAPERS TRANSMITTED

Washington, April 12.--(Special )-Sena- tor Morgan expects on Saturday or Mon day to introduce in the senate resolu- ton requiring Attorney General Griggs to transmit to the senate all papers connect ed with the consent filed on behalf of the rcceivership fund of the Union Pacific Railway company in favor of it's successor, the Union Pacific Railroad company, with all correspondence between Griggs and John c. Cowin, special United States coun- sell also ground and reason of the depart ment of justice for agreeing to the appro- priation of the receivership fund in ques- tion by which the Union Pacific Railroad dred thousand dollars thereof, and the United States eight hundred and thir- ty-one thousand dollars, or less than 12 per cent. of it's claim on the fund.
 After the Union Pacific railroad went into the hands of receivers and before it's reorganization, it earned $6,OO0 DO net. Un- der the agreement between the government and the Union Pacific Railroad company that the government got $S31, 900 instead of the entire fund.- because the claims of the Union Pacific Railroad company, aggre- gating $45,OOO 900, were permitted to share with the governments claim of S,4000OO. The contention Is made that the attorney general had no authority to agree to the Union Pacific sharing in the distribution of the receivership fund, and that the ques- ton should have been submitted to the courts for determination The purpose of the Morgan resolution is to learn all the facts in the case with the View of later proceeding to recover from the Union Pa cific Railroad company A6O0, 900 paid to it under the agreement between Special Coun- sel Cowin, representing the department of justice and representatives of the railroad company.
 Shouldl the investigation result in pro- ceedings which will recover this vast sum for the government great credit will be due Senator Morgan.
 rSan's Motion Lost
 Senator Morgan today tried at first to secure an agreement for a vote on the Nicaraguan canal bill on April 30. Sena- tor Lodge objected because he feared such agreement would interfere with the Phil ippine bill now under consideration.
 Later Senator Morgan moved the senate to take up the Nicaraguan bill, but this was defeated 15 to 8.
 This defeat is not due to any opposition to the Nicaraguan bill but to the fact that had the senate taken up the Nicaraguan bill it would have displaced the Philippine bill Todays defeats do not, then, injure the Nicaraguan bill at all When Senator Carter, of Montana, asked unanimous consent to lay the Philippine bill tenn porarily aside and take up the Alaskan bill, Senator Morgan objected because he had been unable to secure unanimous con- sent to fix date for the Nicaraguan bill. Carter then moved to take up the Alaskan bill but was defeated 22 to A, because the senators did not want the Philippine bill displaced.
 Later during this session Senator Mor- gan will make another effort to have the Nicaraguan bill passed, and believes this can be done. A. IT.