The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-18
CABLE ACROSS PACIFIC.
The House Committee Is Now About
Evenly Divided.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OR PRlyATE7
MackaY Company Has Made . Spectre
Proposition and Filed u with
Attorney General.

Washington, February II. -lAc neht upon
The question of cahlo across the Pacuc
10 Honolulu. Guam aud the philippines Is
rnpldly growing In Interest II is for con
grcss TO decide whether the government
shall build this cable or whether il shall
be built by q private corporation. Inc
house Interstate and foreign commerce com
mittcc. which has acted upon the qtrSt""'
was very nearly equally divided hish'
members IL The committee voted IN la'o'
of the Corliss bill. which provides i"r
government cable. They were CoilISs ol
Michigan, Fletcher OF Minnesota, Co'm's
of California. Tumpbius Of ONO, stewart
Of New Jersey and JOY of Missouri Vo
publcansl. and Shacklcford of Missouri ""
Dnycy Of Louisiana JdemOcrntsl. seven
members Of the committees, headed u|
Chairman Hepburn voted against the gov
eminent cable They were Hepburn W
iowa sherman of New AOrh, Muatt az
pennsylvania aud lowering W MaS7iehu'
sets ucpubliclnsl, and Adamsoh "t '."
gia. Ryan Of New York and richardson oi
Alabama democrats. The u'J"tul re-
port VIII be made bl LVIllse ANA the m'h"t
lty report by Hepburn lnc committee is
So evenly divided that the house win Doubt
,rss decide the question upon lis W'fllN'
ne reports me expected 3" apptW 'N''E
day. It is probable thdt AIR. Nhac6ictold
slim win make an iudl,iduH report be-
cause OF his inability goo -uhscuye 90 some
ur these features IS iht rlc cable must
Inc hniIt aud iniJ by AurrI,.lu luauuf..-
tnrers and III That f. the2 sbaiiii he Bald 10 p,r
cent above what any foreign Manufacturers
would charge.
The Cominerclui Pacific Cable company,
an American corporation uf which John W
Mackay Is president some time ago WAde
the PnciAc cable and adytscd lie govern
mcut of these contract, and of tAc willing
ness Of the COMPANY tu accept an legal
restrictions applicable TO cable aud tclg-
graph companies; to reduce cable rates to
Manila ana China 10 81 word Uhc race
now being $LGG world, To allow tue gov
clnment to fix It's own rates; TO give
precedence to government lurs@ageS; ANA
TO Yield without protest 90 government eCn-
sorshlp In time of Wa'
II Was held Nv the "1N"ra''s OF govern
mtnt oNHcIsihp ln'' 'r'7' we're ou'i,Il
p.Hh,iSeH Yh ne pa' 'A t'.t ''U' 'v"lPIN'
| SnI lhul IN tue AoN'Ao vi yguHlucrIt on
ara ,i.i a. SPECIFIC co1tr'eif ile eAg.e comPJny
NJ mJ, 'tR"mS 30" ", 9nGu Iton"S, p,
this Inc h, AIM VIE tEc ati.,, c. U,i
| eI,ai a controSt yrbit tl'., ,ta,I o.
! snitteIv bindin,, nv tis.,..i,t, nj ~
! fcrIng nj SYN NM cflcg rn1trsct ,,bt,b
| the attorney gcnpl-1' or any othcf cf5yar
| az thr gcvern,nent ,-,,, t,,ea NOR 'iiy,t,
| Copies of this coutr8cr EIve been received
( bv the house and senate committees IL
| Will probably be printed as an appendlx to
! the house minority report There il no
indication that the senate will take up
| the government ownership proposition al
| all unless the CorlisS oil should pass the
| mouse
Inc contract Med with the attorney gem
erhl provides tnat the government snail
teAse 70 me caDe company an ornce IN tue
seueItl postotnce ouIIulhs AT i1onotuIu ana
~ ,ta return !. ior tnls consideration the com
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