The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-13

ing to mislead the public and conceal
the iniquity cf the cable monopoly in its
effort to steal this most valuable public
franchise"
Mr. Corliss read resolution which he
said he would ask to have considered
later. 1t recites that an officer of the
Commercial Gable company has made a
combination with other cable companies
in violation Of conditions imposed upon
the lines ard in violation Of the Sherman
antitrust law, and directs the attorney
general to institute proceedings to de-
stroy the monopoly.
Mr. Jackson, of Kansas, followed with
a speech in favor of government owner
ship of the telegraphs.
Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, then Sc
cured recognition to reply to Mr.. Cor
NsS. He said he would not have re-
pied had the gentleman from Michigan
not INDUCED in remarks personal to him.
self.
Il regret" said he, that the gentle
man is not in his seat at this time, as
I do not believe in the policy of shoot
ing and then running"
Mr.. Richardson then proceeded to make
some very caustic comment upon the
remarkable and exclusive facilities pos.
Sessed by the gentleman from Michigan
for the advance delivery of his speeches
throughout the country"
COrliss Makes a Denial.
He disclaimed any intention to reflect
upon the correspondents of the press but
he expressed his surprise that the speech
made by Mr.. Corliss earlier in the day
had been typewriter and Lying in SOAK
for two weeks. Thereupon he drew from
his desk copy of a prepared synopsis
of Mr.. Corliss' speech, literally interladen
with editorial comments, and proceeded
TO read some of the chara cterizations it
contained.
BY this time the members Of the house
were interested, and began crowding
around the place Were Mr.. Richardson
was standing. Mr.. Corliss himself en-
tered the hall Before he sat down he
denied that he had written the
| advance newspaper articles describing
his speech which had been circulated.
Mr. Richardson said he would decline
to become excited. He was conscious OF
the correctness Of his own motives he
said, and refused to be diverted from the
real issue by the raw head and bloody
bones" conjured upon by the gentleman
from Michigan. 1t was the ''veriest
clap-trap."
What is this proposition" said Mr..
Richardson, that we have to discuss?
The gentleman from Michigan and his
friends propose that the government of
the United States shall lay this cable
from the coast of California to Manila.
at cost, on a conservative estimate
of $15,00O,0O0 The annual outlay for its
maintenance will be s1,5O0,00O. The rea-
sonable annual income that the govern
ment can expect to derive will not ex-
ceed $15O,O00. This Is the proposition that
they make, and that is the proposition
that this house will pass upon.
"What is the prODOSitiOn for which wa
are contending? 1t is this: Here is the
| Commercial Pacific Cable company, com
petent, qualified, experienced in its work.
with men of the necessary skill They pro-
pose to build this cable from the coast
of California to Manila by January, 1908,
without a single dollar of cost or sub
sidy from the government.
Argues for Private Enterprise.
"They have entered into contract to
build this cable from San Francisco to
Honolulu and to complete it by the first
day of January 1903 They have ex-
pended on that contract $1SO,OO0 Tt will
cost them to build to Honolulu over
100000. When this company gives such
an earnest evidence Of spending over
$2G00,000, it is an absolute guarantee that
it will proceed and build the line to
Manila, where the business will pay.
1.-THE Commercial Pacific Cable COM
| pany proposes to build an all-American
| line if possible. There Is no question
| about that except the deep water around
| GUAM 1t proposes to take government
messages at half rates, and not only that
| but that the postmaster general shall
| regulate the rate and that the secretary
| of state, wherever he sees an emergency
arise, shall have the right, in the name Of