Show ON POTOMAC I 1 tinkering the canal bill VITAL MUNOZ I 1 congress takes a rest until monday ft HEDGING immigration lalih stitt to be beneficial to the SWI 01 TIE 1119 has r T far antor her man midi lia areval bulf lill fro spats western asad press to tam standard 1 TIE and melt 61 tit canal dal dec 7 the house took up the nicaragua canal bill and spinola offered an amendment striking out the clause which authorized the company to exer sa c h w ra as have been upon it b r he po if this was to be a stock jobbing scheme he said the owner I 1 w known the better after cons demable debate Spi nolas amendment was rejected holman offered the following amendment Anro tided that nothing in shall be go commit the united states to any ila ability whatever for or on account of said nor shall the united state comay in any ise liable or re 8 ol 01 isible in any form or by simplic a for any debt or liability which said company may incur nor be held as guaranteeing n y enga gerne tit or co n tract of said company or an having assumed any responsibility for the acts or of said company in any foreign country or contracts or eng a entered into in the g ted ates mcadoo new jersey replying to t he suggestion thrown out by holtman I 1 hat the pending legislation erht re suit irk entangling the united states in foreign complications said the united stated could not romain indifferent to the tremendous foreign interests grow ing up on this conti t if any cana was wit under fol r e llan patron alge the united states would fin itself atta n aled in its efforts to protect the Is tamus against foreign in uen ce cobb moved to amend me adment by adding to it the tota bowl ng and this proviso shall be t e a every bond contract of stock or other abl leation 1651 jed by the amendment wait adopted and holmans amendment so amended was agreed to bland off red the following amend n ant which wan adored r that congress reserves the right to alter amend or repeal this act and to regulate tells or tariff rates for the transportation of persons or property by the company or its assigns on of malsh of pennsylva als an amendment waa adopted re quiring the construction of the canal to be began within three years an amendment requiring the canal to be completed within tea years was voted down on motion of W an a ament was adopted t at no certificates of stock shall be issued until at least tea percent of the sum shall be fully paid for in money sit the par value of the stock and the money deposited in the treasury of th company no a y ment on account 0 I 1 the capital or 1 j com pany shall be paid except in and the company is prohibit yn am or repaying any of the anoney so paid no bond fart n excess of the amount of capital paid in shall be authorized until such c ir I 1 tal shall amount to part of the capital stock paid in shall t anytime be returned to tb estock holderson holder 1 sor diverted from the proper uses of the corporation the viol a ti n of any of these provisions Is P u n lab ashable by a one of ai 0 im for are a stockdale mississippi offered an man dment providing that the cona sessions cessions ces of the nicaraguan rovern ment shall not be changed bor abail the company the government of nicaragua fro dany of its the consent of the anti any violation of this shall operate as IL for feature of the franchiso of the con a e ding the veto the committee rose and the took a recess the evening session to be the atlon of private pension bills at the evening session the hous I 1 as aed ten pen ti on bills and at I 1 0 0 adjourned until 1 leas artl to is by the con V K aul committee a the dee 7 the ford committee on the importation of con tract labor convicts and haupers paupers hold a meeting this afternoon and doter mined not to vait san francisco for the purpose of taking additional test morress of anis one of the antilia of committee was dehe sirens tit kt tit i committal com should go to the pa c floca and invest investing ig ate the chinese stion but it was a c aided that th ne a would take too much time A pub committee coddo tint of R 0 ford and guenther ans perhaps col dateo will however g ito and provi arwe it L the committee has y agreed on the 1 outline of the proposed bill it will make it a criminal of fence for of th 1 classes to enter the units tes and their raburn in case if aey sur aeed in wetting into tile country wilt be provided lot by effective tion the c hill will alao require intending immigrants to give no t lee to I 1 be united states consular officers 4 of their intention ta come to this country and will require them to I 1 secure immigration from our abroad as an ea eert lal pre to their landing I 1 at toy port of too halted states the 0 t I 1 00 cents on each 1 v x t t ba Itic tead I 1 1 ow 9 t 1 e WAS UTON dec T ne 4 monr bf tyrell before the aqueduct court of inquiry tod created something of a sensation gy had worked in the as a 11 m 0 y man brick layer and later had 1 u employed for some time by I 1 1 0 foreman J and later still as atas fo r and brennan in answer to a question as to bow the so k in w done witness said it was ft F t tag 11 dry just stones and once in a vv I 1 1 a back tint of plas ter was alor ACI red over the top witness said that insuk tor lucas was reathro and not only saw dry t wn in b at ordered it to be done at one time baid witness lucas said he was not money out of it as he ee ad to divide with his superior officers 11 witness salt he did bad wo deliberately caw hen inspector la as Ft anding over him and ordered him to do it ile had seen lucas watch I 1 of I 1 cluck which were supposed to IV to I 1 loved from the tunnel dumped ia as packing and smoothed over we arl labout to jump on dec 7 it Is learnel this afternoon that the action of fee rotary whitney in ordering a fleet of vessel to prepare for an expedition to hayti Is due tot so much to the absolute refusal on the part of that coy frament to comply with the request for the relea ese of the seized american vessel as to the dilatory tactics adopted by the flaatten in dealing with the fuestion tho taken by this government Is understood to be that as the hauffen an tho cities referred the arbitration of the case to this government they are vraal bound by its decision and yen that they were nf ormed by this government that hadano tha legal fight to be I 1 to and etain the hayden republic they should have accepted the situation and released the vessel while they have not re fused to do this they are it is said act ingin such a way as to indicate a strong disinclination to accept the judar t them as it dee 7 benator sherman in speaking today to day of the deport of the result of the vote for presidential electors ia the several stated transmitted to the secretary of state t aday under terms of the law of aid his IJ tion to recel vinK the report was based on hi conviction of the uselessness of tle prot 71 it was not unconstitutional it was extra constitutional ile said lie had opposed the bill all the way on this ground it it was intended Ini ended to be in expression of by the den ate to control in any wa the right of a state to declare the of the yae in its jurisdiction Judis diction it aa un constitutional it it was merely a have the result published or doth tred it was in that ho fame thing was ts provided for this ground hade ired I 1 the report referral to the emmitt I 1 privileges and elections in t ona t it therol be decided low to dispose of the doum nt I 1 in TERA caute dee 7 upon the I 1 m fotion to adjourn the senate from iS canil members several ith be the party and thus formed an affirmative majority on the tion in view of the protest made against the adoption of ilia motion ny I 1 members of the finance commit in charge of the tariff bill tho vote has been held by some to be of the before ill senate and me concern has been d hv friends of the bill to all associated press day senator plumb who w as one of those who voted for I 1 the adjournment said the vote had no I 1 I 1 I 1 such significance and could not be so construed |