Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-26
THE CANAL
BILL PASSES
Both the House and the Senate Accepted the
Conference Report and the Bill Now
Goes to the President.
STRONG TALK BY HEPBURN
Hs Opposes tho Paaama Route but votsd for the Con
ference Report In Order Not TO Delay tho Build
Ing Of 4 Canal and Because Negotiations
With the Panama Company Will Fall.
HOUSE,.

Washington, June 26-The confer.
ence report on the isthmian canal bill
was adopted in the house today by c
vote of 252 to 8.
Hepburn, who made the motion tc
adopt, had quite a long colloquy with
Richardson of Tennessee, over the
time in which the president was to con-
Canal Company and he said the senate
had rejected every proposition made
by the house conferees. He would not
have made this report, If he did not
believe it was the senate bill or moth
ing. He also declared he did not be-
lieve the Panama Canal Company pos
sessed anything we cared to buy.
Hepburn said that he thought the
president would fail in his negotia-
tions and we could then resort to the
other route.
Those voting in the negative were:
Ball, Texas; Bell, Colrado; Hay, Vir-
ginia; JONES' Virginia; Claude Kitchin,
North Carolina; Loud, California; Ne
vile, Nebraska; Woods, California.
The house then resumed the consider
alton of the Philippine bill.
DELEGATE FROM PORTO RICO.
Washington, June 26.-The house
committee on rules has unanimously
agreed to rule for resolution giving
the commissioner from Porto Rico the
right to the floor in the house of rep
resentatives.
SENATE.
Washington, June 26-In the senate
today, Morgan presented the confer
ence report of the canal bill and it was
adopted. This passed the bill and it
will be sent to the president. The
amendment was agreed to in the gen.
eral deficiency bill, appropriating s45,-
900 to cover all the unpaid expenses in
Cured on account of the illness and
death of President Mckinley, includ-
ing compensation to the physicians,
and no payments are to be made to
any of the employees of the govern
ment. The deficiency bill was then
passed.
MORE LIGHT ON PHILIPPINE HIS
TORY.
Washington, June 26.-Admiral Dew
ey made a statement before the senate
committee on the Philippines today,
concerning the early operations at Ma
nila, when he was In command of the
American naval forces in the Philip
pine waters. The admiraps statement
contributed an important addition to|
the history of the surrender Of the city
Of Manila This consisted of a positive
statement, by the admiral to the ef-
feet that the city had been surrendered
to him at the time the Spanish fleet was
sunk and when the city did surrender,
it was in pursuance of definite under
standing between himself and the
Spanish governor general.
The admiral was questioned by SEN
ator Lodge He said that he first
heard from Aguinaldo and his friends
about April /, 1898, month before the
battle of Manila Bay, when it became
certain there was to be war. IT then
heard there were number of Filipinos
who desired to accompany the fleet to
Manila" he continued, 'all of them
young and earnest. did not attach
much Importance to them or to what
they said. The day before we left
Hong Kong, received a telegram from
Consul General Pratt. located at SIN
gapore, saying that Aguinaldo was at
Singapore, and would join me at Hong
Kong" I replied: "All right, tell him
to come aboard" but attached SO
little Importance to the message that
I sailed without Aguinaldo and before
he arrived. There were then many
promises as to what the Filipinos
would do. but did not depend upon
them. Consul Williams assured me
upon arrival that at the firing Of the
first gun, $4,000 Filipinos would rise.
None did rise and / frequently joked |
with him on this point.
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