| Show ROM washington senate considering the nicaragua canal MORE DAMAGES AGAINST CHILE senator hills southern trip Is assuming much larger proportions than anticipated THE SENATE washington march starch 2 senator kyle today to day reported dt favorable favorably from the committee irm on oil education u ion and labor abor tile lie senate joint resolution for the dinv inv investigation relative ti c to the slums of cities senator dolph in presenting a petition from his state favoring government aid for the nicaragua canal sai said he was urgently in favor dav or of such legislation legi lation he ile regarded it as an important public e s tion that wai was now or that has been in fit 7 t the le last ast quarter of acci a century b before e f r e congress and before tho the american p people e aop 1 e lie was not riot sanguine as to the ability of the tile canal company to secure tho tile construction and arid completion of the canal and ho lie m dished to see ee the U united states at the head of the matter first because he lie desired to have the canal speedily dgill y constructed second because he lie de ired that when ft hen constructed ted it should be under the control of the lie united states and third because ho lie desired the canal to bo capitalized on only ay at its actual cot cost co t the value of the canal anal when constructed to the tile people of lie tile pacific coast and to the people of the united States would depend largely on the amount for winch which the company mas was capitalized lie ile therefore was earnestly in fator favor of government aid to secure the early completion of the canal the idaho election cac caso was then taken up vilas argued in favor of dubois and beile Teller who had to close the debate said he care to vv eary weary the senate any further and moved a vote fins this however was post postponed boned until to morrow afternoon and the senate adjourned I 1 THE E march 2 in the house today the speaker laid before the house louse a communication from the acting secretary odthe of the treasury giving information relative to the tile importation of salt and in regard to I 1 immigration and they were appropriately pria tely referd referred d teli the houe louse chen then went into committee of the whole on 11 the district of columbia appropriation bill hemphill Hemp hlll proposed an amendment reducing the eleven or twelve thousand dollar sai alary ary which the recorder of deeds of the tile D strict of columbia receive in fit the way of fees to a fixed salary valary of S COO per annum all ali the fees to be turned into fer he I 1 bublic public treasury after the necessary cestary ne deduction for clerk hire tina this provoked brov aked considerable 1 debate but wa wan bannally nally adopted the present resent register rc giter of deeds li ii ex united R tates senator bruce of mississippi api the house adjourned with the tile bill still unfinished during the day sayer sayers of texas secured I 1 uon to have printed in the record a table e showing the appropriations made for the public buildings now being erected the amount of money still on hand and the amount required to furnish them |
