The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03


Bill, in Which Accusations of Dis
honest Motives Were Made-All
Efforts to ouell the Bitter Excite
ment Futile and Bad Feeling Ex-
listed Until the Passage of the
Measure.
Washington. May 2EThe house to-
day. at the conclusion of the most
stormy debate of the present session
of congress, passed the Nicaragua bill
by the Overwhelming vote of 225 to
thirty-five All attempts to retain in
! the bill the language of the original
bill for the fertilization of the canal
and to still further strengthen the Jan
guage on that line were baked, and
the victory of Mr.. Hepburn and the
! committee was complete. A motion TO
recommit the bill with Instructions to
report back another bill leaving the
selection Of the route to the president,
was buried under an adverse majority
| Of fifty-twO TO Ill
/ Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the appro-
! priatiOns committee, and Mr. Burton of
/ Ohio, chairman of the river and har-
| bOrs committee, made q game fight TO
| stall off action at this session, but
/ their appeals were in vain and the
members rode rough-shOd over all
! their arguments and protests.
! Much excitement rAigned throughout
the Gay and several times bitter words
were ES5d. The excitement reached its
/ climax in a high dramatic scene be-
tween Nh. Hepburn and Mr. Cannon,
when the former used the word lie
! and liar" as he denounced the distin-
/ guished chairman of the .appfopria-
tionS committee for attempting ito
| dishonor him
In Riotous Confusion.
The house was in riotous confusion
/ during the quarrel. Members crowded
/ the aisles and the situation at one time
/ was so threatening that Mr. Wheeler
/ of Kentucky (Dem.) sought to pour oil
on the waters by raising a point of or
der.
But he was not upheld. and the two
irate members carried their war TO the
very hilt There was a show of peace
at the close of the incident, but the
| feeling between the two men ran so
high that the mutual retTactiOns with
which such incidents generally end,
We're but the clOaks of the keenest and
most cutting sarcasm. tt he bill as it
paused the house, is as follows:
Be it enacted etc, that the presi-
dent of the United States be, and is
hereby authorized, to acquire from the
states of Costa Ricas and Nicaragua,
for and in behalf of the United States.
3 4, 49,,
| now belonging to Costa RIGA and Mic
aragua as may be desiTa bic and neces-
sary on which to excavate, construct
1 and protect a canal of such depth and
| capacity, as win be sufficient for the
movements Of ships OF the greatest
| tonnage and draft now in use, from a
point near GreytOwn on the Caribbean
sea, via Lake Nicaragua to BretO. or
! the Pacific ocean; and such sum as
may be necessary to secure such con-
troll is hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Capacity of the Canal.
Sec. 2-That when the president has
secured full control over the territory
in section referred to, he shall direct
the secretary of war to excavate and
construct a canal and waterway from
d punt Oh the SIlOTe Oh the Odf1DDeaI
sea near Greytown. by way of Lake
Nicaragua, to point near Breto, or
the Pacific ocean. Such canal shall bs
Of sufficient capacity and depth as thaf
1t may be used by vessels of the larg-
est tonnage and greatest depth now il
use, and shall be supplied with al
necessary locks and other appliance.
to meet the necessities of vessels pass
ing from Greytown to Breto; and thi
secretary Of war shall also construc
such safe and commodious harbors a
the termini of said canal, and sucl
provisions for defense as may be neces
sary for the safety and protection o
said canal and harbors.
Sec. 3-That the precedent shall
cause such surveys as may be necessar,
for said canal and harbors, and in tn
construction Of the same shall emplo,
such persons as he may deem neces
sar.-.
Sec. THAT in the excavation an
the construction of said canal the Sal
Juan river and Lake Nicaragua, or sue
parts of each as may be made avil
able, shall be used.
See. 5-That in any negotiations wit
the states OF Costa RIGA or Nicaragua
the president may have, the preeiden
; is authorized to guarantee to sal
states the use of said canal and har
bors upon such terms as may be agree
upon for all vessels owned by sal
/ states, or by citizens thereof.
Appropriation of S1O,ooo,ooo.
sec. 6-That the sum of s10, O0O. 900 /
herebyapprOpriated out of any money /
the treasury not otherwise appropriate
toward the project herein contemplated
and the secretary of war is further au
thOriZed to enter into a contract or con
= tracts for materials and work that ma
be deemed necessary for the proper eX
cavation, construction, completion an
defense of said canal, 10 be paid for 9
= appropriations may from time to tim
e be hereafter made not to exceed in tn
= aggregate SAC, 000. 600
3 When the h6Cse met, on motion {
Mr. Hepburn Qa.), in charge of tn
q canal bill, general debate upon tia
} bill YVES closed. and the bill was rea
: for amendment under the five minul
rule
Mr.. Hepburn offered the committt
= amendment to substitute the wOr
protect" for defend" in the first SCI
ton
Mr.. Mann of Illinois. a member {
the Interstate commerce committe
said he favored a canal built, owne
and fortified by the United States.
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama said
favored the building Of the canal. n
gentleman could be found on the fioC
who would come out openly, he sal
and declare his opposition to the pr
ject Yet, he said, there was oppos
ton, strenuous and dangerous, but col
Cealed and indirect. The amendmel
, was then adopted.
8 Limit Presidents Selection.
Mr.. Parker Of New Jersey offered 9
8 amendment to strike out that portic