The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-26
IN REPLY 10 CORLISS
RICHARDSON OF ALABAMA DE
LINERS SPEECH.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appro-
priation Bill Passes the House.
Clark Of Missouri Makes
Characteristic Talk.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The House to-
day passed the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. 1t was the fifth OF the
regular annual supply measures to be sent
amendments of Importance were adopted.
The feature of the day was the speech
Of Mr.. Richardson (Ala.) in reply to Mr.
Corliss's speech q few days ago in favor
the government. He denied that the Coin
mercial Cable Company had been offered
a subsidy by Germany 70 land on the
Marshall Islands. The company. he SAID,
was prepared, II 1t was practicable, TO
build an all-American cable He ridiculed
Mr.. Corliss's description OF this company
as an octopus" He warned the menu
bers of the House not to decide the ques.
ton until the facts on both sides had
Referring to the criticisms OF Mr.. Cor.
Mss of the officers of the Commercial
Gable Company, Mr.. Richardson charac-
terized 1t as the violent and aggressive
language that the gentleman from Mich
igan used throughout his untimely speech
when he referred to the cable company
which made, a simple and plain PROPOSE
ton to build this cable without asking
ron Mr. me said How
gan the United States government object
because the cable connects with foreign
cables? The only way 1t can refuse TO
connect with foreign cables would be
United States cable corporation to
encircle the globe and thereby BRING
about the octopus monopoly so greatly
threaded by the gentleman from Micht'
lantic connects with the foreign cable
companies in Europe. 1t Is remarkable
logic to undertake to make American
companies responsible for the exclusive
privileges possessed by foreign COM
Relative to the charges that Germany
offered q subsidy to have the cable land
on Marshall Island instead of Guam MI
Richardson said it had been denied by
the Commercial Gable Company. He said
the speech of Mr.. Corliss indicated that
he surely must possess we'll defined
Populistic views and tendencies."
Mr.. Richardson also said: Here Is
company that offers to build this cable,
that has a contract already let for part
Of II, that obiiRates itself to build 1t by
1905. without single dollar OF subsidy
from the government. In the last Con-
gress the proposition was for the gov
eminent to pay 100000 annually for
twenty years"
An extended discussion occurred on the
consular service. Mr.. Grosvenor main
tanning that the present consuls were rem
dering excellent service while Messrs.
FeeIey Ull), Gaines Crex,), Green (Pa0,
and others urged a reform in the system.
Mr.. Newlands (Nev.) took occasion to
defend his plan for the ultimate annexa IA.
preliminary grant of customs Concessions
was a move ito blackmail the island into
annexation"
Mr. Clark CMo.) made a characteristic
spaech urging that instead of criticizing
the present consular system definite plans
for the betterment Of the system should
be presented For himself, he did not
favor tn. so.called merit system. When
the Republicans carried the elections he
believed they had a right to the offices;
when the Democrats carried the elections
he believed they had a right to the Of
foes. MIR. Clark caused much laughter by
referring to the Democratic success in
electin. Mr.. Cleveland as 1.-The greatest
calamity that has befallen the human
race since the fall of Adam
Mr.. Dirsmore ark made strong
spaech against a permanent consular
service. He contrasted the timid course
Of officers in the consular service OF for
eign countries with the fact that our
consulIr officers were, as a rule, always
ready to accept responsibility as proof
thai our System was better for not be-
ing q TCrms rent service.
The oil WIS passed and at sos the
House adj Curned.