| Show IS PASS ED INThE HOUSE f Fierce Fi rel Between j i iH S H i i l Ca S t STORM Y DEBATE J AM AND I S 4 TIU soi t 5 Uproar and as Coit test te st Grew GrelY t Il Phi i eat j Trouble Over the Nicaraguan Canal CanalS S Bill BiU in Which Accusations of Dis Dishonest Dishonest i honest Motives Were Made adeAll All I i Efforts to Quell Q ell the Bitter itter Excite Excitement Excitement I ment Futile ami Bad Ye ling Ex Existed E Existed isted Until the Passage a age of the Measure Neasure 6 Washington May M 2 house house tp i iday day at the conclusion nd c slon of the most at debate of the th present prent session se sion of congress passed pass d tWo the Nicaragua bill by bj the tho overwhelming oV he vote vo of 26 25 to All attempts to retain r t tn in inthe inthe inthe the bill the language of the original bill for f r the fortification n f the canal l land and to still further strengthen than guage on that line li 1 w were re re balked and an anthe the victory of Mr Hepburn and tha the committee was Vas complete c motion X to recommit the bill b 1 to report back another r bill ill iII leaving the selection of the route fo to the president was buried under an adverse majority of ot to Mr Cannon chairman of ot the appropriations appropriations appropriations committee and Mr Burton of Ohio chairman of the river rive and har harbors harbors bors committee made a game fight tight to t stall off action Uon at this session but bu their appeals were in vain and the members membern rode roughshod over all their arguments ts and protests Much excitement reigned r throughout the cay ay y and several sever l times bitter words were U OO The excitement reached Ifs i climax in a high dramatic scene be between tween Mr Mi Hepburn and Mr Cannon when n the former used need t e word lie ie and liar tar as he denounced the distin distinguished chairman of the ti oo committee for attempting att cm to dishonor him himIn himIn S In Riotous Ri tous Confusion n I IThe The house h use was iIi in riotous confusion c nf on during the quarrel rel Members crowded crIed cro the aisles and an he situation at one onetime time was so threatening that Mr Wheeler of Kentucky Dem sought to pour oil I Ion on the waters by raising a point of or order I der cler er derBut But he was not upheld and nd the two i Irate members carried their war to the very hilt There was a show of o peace pea e eat at the close clos of the incident but Dut the feeling f between the two men ran so high that the mutual retractions with which such incidents generally end were but the cloaks of the keenest and most cutting sarcasm The bill as it passed the house is S i Be it enacted etc that the president president president dent of the United State be and is hereby authorized to acquire quire a from the th states st t S of Costa Rica and antI Nicaragua for tor and In behalf of the United States Stat s control of such suc portion pf of territory now belonging b lo ing RIca ni a and Nic Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua aragua aty af be and noces necessary n es essary sary on which to excavate e vat construct and protect a canal of such h depth and capacity c as will be sufficient for the movements of or ships of af f the le t greatest tonnage tonn and draft now in use use from a point near on the Caribbean i sea via Lake Nicaragua to Breto on I the Paci Pacific c ocean um sum as asI may be nace sary to secure such BUch con eon control control is hereby appropriated out of any I money in the treasury tr not t n ise appropriated t v i Capacity Capa of the Canal Sec 2 That when the president pr ide thas has secured soured full control c over the territory in section 1 referred to he shall direct the secretary of war to excavate and construct a canal and waterway from froma a point on the th shore of the th Caribbean I sea near by ly way of Lake Lak Nicaragua to a point near Breto on the Pacific ocean Such canal ean l shall be beof beof beof of sufficient capacity and depth d th as that it may be used by vessels of the larg largest largest lar larest est tonnage and greatest depth now in use and shall shan be supplied with all necessary locks Jocks and other appliances appliance to meet the necessities of vessels pass passing p ping passing ing from Grey town to Breto Beto and the th secretary s of war shall hail also construct such safe and commodious harbors at atthe atthe the termini of said canal and such provisions for defense as may be necessary necessary sary nary for the safety and protection of ot o said canal and harbors Sec See 3 That the president ident PrE shall cause caupe such euch surveys as may be necessary necess ry for said canal and harbors and Ond In the construction of the same shall employ such r essons as he may deem de m neCE S sarr Sec 4 That In the excavation Id the construction of said sak canal the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan river and Lake Nicaragua N ar gua or parts of each as us may be made avil able abie shall be used Sec 5 That in any negotiations with the tile states of o Costa Rica or Nicaragua the president pr en may have haye fh the he t Is authorized to guarantee e to said aid ai states tates the use ue of said canal caI land and har harbors harbors bors bore upon such s ch terms as may be agreed upon for all aU vessels o owned by said or by citizens thereof thereat Appropriation of Sec See 6 That the sum of is I out of any apt ap money in hi inthe hithe J the treasury not otherwise appropriated toward the project herein contemplated and the secretary of war is further au authorized authorized to enter Into a contract or con contracts contracts contracts tracts for materials and york that may maybe m maybe y be deemed necessary for the proper ex excavation x construction completion and defemia defensa de of said canal to tobe be paid for as 86 ai appropriations may from time to time be hereafter her atter made not to exceed in the t e aggregate When the met on motion of Mr Mi Hepburn la In In charge ch rge of the canal canol bill general debate debat upon pon that a abill bill was wes closed and the bill bUl was rear read rea for amendment under the th ute j I rule Mr Hepburn offered the committee amendment to substitute the word protect for defend In the first sec see section section tion Mr Mann Harm 11 of Illinois S a member of the interstate commerce committee said he favored a canal built owned own d dand and fortified by the United States Mr Underwood of Alabama na said aid he I favored the building of the canal canai No Na gentleman n could be found on the floor who would come out openly he lie said and declare his hID to the pro project Yet he said there ther was opposition tion strenuous and dangerous but con concealed concealed and indirect The amendment was then adopted Limit Presidents Selection Mr Parker of or New Jersey Jers y offered an 1 amendment to strike out thap ltha portion of the bill bm limiting the presidents 4 se selection lection to the Nicaragua route but this amendment called forth fo h a n protest from Mr Hepburn who declared that it was intended to interest t In the route whICh n had caused cause i one of the foulest scandal in the history of the world He charged that Ides ies of this discredited corporation were seeking to unload the enterprise on the American n people Much as s he trusted the president ent he would not n t trust tru chief executive et with sith mean at his disposal to make the choice of lr the canal L L Mx duB B of Ohio hjo declared emphatically emphatically r cally that he ho was not in favor of Q the Panama route but plain sense demanded a 2 proper investigation n tion and f examination of both routes route The Par Parker her ker amendment was defeated to ST 87 Mr McCulloch Ark offered otI red an amendment to insert the words fortify garrison between the words con construct construct construct and defend He said he de desired des sired red s that the language of the th bill Babul d be unequivocal and should make plain the purpose of congress to abro abrogate abrogate gate ate the treaty I Mr Colo Cob heartily sup supported r ported iX the amendment We should sho ld have hae havea a fortified canal or r no canal he said Was a Stormy Scene A dramatic drar and sensational scene ene oc occurred occurred occurred at point between Mr Can non chairman of the appropriations i committee and ad Mr Hepburn in charge of the Nicaraguan bill Mr Cannon Camion resented some remarks made last night n by Mr Hepburn impugning his Can Cannons Cannons sincerity Cannon spoke under excitement ing he had bad just reed rood Mr attack upon him himAs himAs himA As A he proceeded he recalled an In Intimation that had come to him of which he had spoken yesterday that thet th tho who were promoting this bill bUl were duing so 50 to delay the canal Yet he said id he had bed acquitted Mr Hepburn of any such intentIon Today he frank frankly ly stated that th at Mr name had j been coni with the rumor Who was the author of the rumor asked Mr Hepburn jumping to his feet A newspaper man n replied Mr Cannon Can lOn I do not know his hiE hi name Continuing and an speaking with great deliberation Mr Cannon said oaid he would have been satisfied with the acquittal he hB gave Mr Hepburn yesterday had oot his hl doubts been aroused My observation said id he Is that when a man Is wilting to challenge the sincerity of another k It is because he is i is turning the Che glass inward upon himself I Ido Ide do not rise to justify my myown own t ton on for sincerity Upon my m record of twe years in public life I I will stand aland 9 nd or fall faU Hep urns Pierce Fierce Reply The excitement grew as Mr Cannon proceeded Mr face was hite and his hie words came ame in a perfect I torrent t when he replied He thought It entirely possible he said saki that some same someone someone one whose name could not be recalled wae wac about the capitol in the in interest interest interest terest of their pet projects Interest Inter Int Sit ret in Mr own city of Chicago he declared was trying to sell things thing to toI I the government and he thought it al 01 altogether altogether together likely ey that the Panama Canal cana I company might t be b trying to defeat this bill billI I know no man connected with the th Panama Panema company cried Mr Cannon Can the gentleman say as much S Yes except as they have appeared before my committee Mr Hepburn who continuing appealed to the record for confirmation cO of what p he had said about Mr Cannon Then TheIl pausing for a moment and at Mr Cannon oIl he proceeded proc eded j i I I 1 nay tl Y this to him If he fathers the ther rumor r mor that I have any other ether purpose to o serve I say he heh has s lied S House in in an Uproar Quick ats au a flash Mr Cannon asked Mr Hepburn to repeat hits his statement By gy this time th the house was lit iri a wild of excitement and contusion confusion and I Mr Wheeler of Kentucky attempted ted to toc caU cI c U the gentlemen to order but the chair said he had heard nothing and Mr Hepburn pro proceeded proc proceeded c ded dedI I I say if the gentleman attempted t d tp give currency to the statement he did me a great injustice by giving givin me such underhanded ed imputation Mr Cannon CanDOR with flushed face de declared declared dared that Mr Hepburn was adopt adopting adopting ing ln the of the cuttlefish he seeks to muddy the waters wate and swim away avav 41 I am m not seeking s to muddy the wa waters tom tem retorted Mr Hepburn passion paSS passionately On atel I am responsible for what I uti udd to the gentleman here and else elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere I where The gentlemen gentleman ge tried to din dis dishonor honor me and I resent re ent it Mr Ir Cannon protested that he had done nothing of the kind that he treat treated treated ed eq the he gentleman from Iowa with great respect and had been assailed without provocation He would dis din dismiss miss the whole subject Mr violent remarks were re due to Ms Ma tem temper temper temper per and not to his calm celia judgment Here the matter rested Still Another Scene I But soon after another scene occurred when Mr lIr Gaines Gained Tenn took exception to a personal allusion made to him by b Mr Mann ill III Atter Alter reading from the record Mr Mann s statement Mr Gaines with great grent vehemence declared that the theman theman theman man who had uttered the words was de devoid devoId void of decency courtesy court sy and andI gentility ge n The Illinois member had told him nim Mr Gaines said that he lie hart had come I from the south and wa na a n southern man and he thanked God that he was 1500 miles mile removed from contact with the south Mr Mann came down the aisle as Mr Gaines concluded and in sarcastic tones sold said Mr Chairman n if the remarks came from Crom any other member than the gentle gentleman gentleman gentleman man from Tennessee they would deserve a reply but from him they need no an answer answer As Mr Mann turned his back Mr Gaines raised his right hand menacingly and exclaimed amid confusion and laugh tor ter torI S I 1 want to say that I am responsible for every word I say Amendment Is Defeated After it r further discussion a vote was taken t ken on the pending amendment and It was defeated 66 06 to Another amend amendment mont ment m nt by Mr Burton Thirton 0 O striking out the word Grey town was defeated 14 to 79 Mr Lovering Levering Mass offered an amend amendment amendment ment meat limiting the payment to Nicaragua Nr aragua and md nd Costa Idea Kica to It was de dc d l ed without division The committee amendments to the th second section were adapted a S Mr tr Neville Neb offered an amend amendment amendment amendment ment which was defeated providing that wherever possible only American labor be employed in the construction of f the canal can J The excitement increased as the time I for tor a vote approached approach ed Mr Grosvenor and nd sir Mr Cannon t nn onri n f Mr 11 tr Burton made his final ai ri protest protest against iah the th bill Ho He declared that the house was fl proceeding Illogically and hastily The other committee amendments were adopted and Mr Burton offered his final amendment providing that no money should be expended under the terms of the bill until the isthmian canal commis commission commission sion slon made Its report The amendment was defeated without division divi ion Mr Dolliver l la It supported the bill as asan asan I an expression of the practically unanimous unanimous unanimous I I sentiment of the people of the Unit United I ed od States I Mr Cannon made a It final protest against the bill b Il pointing out that its author Mr I Hepburn and the last sneaker Mr Dol liver conceded that the bill was defect ive lye Calls for fora a Vote There were calls of Vote Vote as Mr Cannon concluded A substitute by that the bill should not go into effect if the treaty I was ratified was The bill bin was then reported to the house Mr Adamson ta Oa Demanded a separate vote upon the committee amendment sub substituting substituting substituting the words provisions tor br de defense defense tense in place ot of fortifications for de defense tense The committee amendment was adopted by to MM Mr Burton then moved to recommit the bill to the tte interstate commerce com commission commIssion commission mission with instruction to report back forthwith a substitute authorizing the president to secure control of a strip of ot territory connecting the two oceans for forthe forthe forthe the construction of a canal and authorizing authorIzIng ing big the construction of such a canal at a acost acost acost cost not to exceed The motion was defeated 52 to Mr wIre Burton demanded the ayes and noes but could not get a second for his demand domand The bill was w s then thou passed 22 to 35 The announcement was received with a whirlwind of applause from the floor and galleries Those who voted nay wore Ach Acheson Acheson Acheson eson Adams Burton Cannon Capron |
