Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
DEBATE PACIFIC GABLE
Animated Discussion in House
on Question Of Constructing
Pacific Cable.
Richardson. OF Alabama. Attacks
Corliss, OF Michigan. for Al-
legged Measurements.
Question of Subsidy One in
Which the People Are
Interested.

washington, Feb. 26.-The house
yesterday passed the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. 1t was the
fifth of the regular annual supply
A measures to be sent to the senate at
this session. No amendments of inn
portance We're adopted.
The feature of the day was the
speech of Richardson, of Alabama. in
llrepIy to Corliss' speech a few days ago
in favor of the construction of Pa
! citic cable by the government. The
question of reforming the consular
service was debated at some length, but
no amendments on that subject were
offered.
/ Mr.. Richardson protested against Mr..
Corliss' course in delivering what he
termed as his well prepared and wide
ly disseminated speech before the sub
ject had come before the house for con-
1 sideration, and said that it looked like
Ian effort to forestall the judgment of
the house. While 1t was not an OPP
| perfume time to discuss the question of
4 whether the Pacific cable should be
constructed by the government or by a
i private corporation, he said he did be-
1 lieve that errors and misstatements
! had been sent forth to the country and
that they should be corrected. He then
| proceeded to point to some of Mr.. Cor
| liss "misstatements and errors" He
took up the Michigan members state
ment that Great Britain was about to
construct a 1000 mile cable from VAN
icouver to Australia and declared that
1.-THE statement was ingenJously made to
afford a, precedent for our government.
whereas, as a matter of fact, he, said,
I;Great Britain had offered a subsidy to
any private corporation which would
build the cable. 1t was only because no
corporation could be persuaded to take
the risk that England decided to con,
struct the cable itself. He denied that
the Commercial Gable Company had
been, offered q subsidy by Germany to
land on the Marshall islands. The CONF
pany, he said, was prepared, If 1t was
practicable, to build an all American
cable. He ridiculed Mr.. Corliss' de-
scription of this company as an "octo-
pus.'' He warned the members of the
house not to decide the question until
the facts on both sides had been regu-
iarly and finally presented. Referring
to the criticisms by Mr.. Corliss of the
offer of the Commercial Cable Com
pany, Mr.. Richardson characterized 1t
as violent and aggressive language
that the gentleman from Michigan uses
turnout both of his pRtimely delivered
speeches when he refers to the cable
company which made a simple and
plain proposition TO build this cable
without asking a subsidy from the
government" Here is company" he
said, that offers to build this cable.
that has contract already let for a
Part of 1T, that obliges itself to build II
by 1905 without single dollar of sub
sidy from the government In the last
congress the proposition was for the
government to pay 100000 annually
for twenty years.
An extended discussion occurred on
the consular service. Mr.. Grosvenor
maintaining that the present consuls
were rendering excellent service, while
Messrs. Feeley, of Illinois, Gaines OF
Texas. Green of Pennsylvania, and 9th
NiS III Sou u leIpitil III tilc SYSTEM. ne
bill was passed at sos p m, and the
house adjourned.
The house resumed the consideration
OF the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Sims, of Tennessee.
who was speaking when the house ad
tourned Monday, continued his re-
marks upon the subject of pensions
Mr.. Richardson, democrat, who fol-
lowed Mr.. Sims, replied to the remark
made some days ago. by Mr.. Corliss, re-
publican, of Michigan, in favor of the
construction by the government of n
Pacific cable Mr.. Richardson is
members of the interstate and foreign
commerce commission which is consid
ering the cable bills. He protested
against Mr.. Corlisss course in deliver
ing what he termed as his well pre-
cared and widely disseminated speech"
before the subject had come before the
house for consideration, and said that
1T looked like an effort to forestail the
judgment of the houses. 1T is a pro-
ceedure." said he, more hurried than
Hamlet's mothers marriage to her
husbands brother" While it was not
on opportune time to discuss the ques-
ton of whether the Pacific cable should
be constructed by the government or
by a private corporation, ne said he did
believe that errors and misstatements
had been sent forth to the country and
that they should be corrected. He did
not believe, he said, that member had
the right to malign or impugn the mo-
tives of any person or any corpora
ton that had not the right to reply |
here. He then proceeded to point to
some of Mr.. Corliss' "misstatements
and errors" He took up the Michigan
members statement that Great Britain
was about to construct 1000 mile ca
BILE from Vancouver to Australia. and
declared that the statement was ingen-
iously made to afford a precedent for
our government, whereas, as matter
of fact, he said, Great Britain had offer |
ed subsidy to any private corpora
ton which would build the cable. II
was only because no corporation could
be persuaded to take the risk that
England decided to construct the cable
itself.