New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-23
CURRENT TOPICS At THE CAPITAL.
WINDOW sPEAKs on WATER ROrTEs..

NASiiINGTON, FRIDAY, ltt ~ I-f~'
In the National Agricultural Convention,
lost night. Senator Window spoke at length upon the
subject OF water transportation necessity to cheap
transit He said: We need not railroads. pro
.vItd groa: ana broadcast inland waterways are
opened" lie glad 10 hear that there was TAX OF
making The great Ire Canal ec the trausccniont In
Guence Of this canal f'lt FOR 500 miles along the
coast The great products of tAc Northwest could be
shipped 10y Inland wax GRO lSS chcay 20 ! c'A'' nu
thcrc the Shipping hch To them at the
very tormBi OF thc railroads. He alluded TO the great
aud National wO.h which has brcu doue by thtt m''i
wonderful OF engineers. CAPTAIN Elds. ana
SAID II was gigantic step toward III" opening
of the Mississippi Hiven from us hi .hcst na'tg'ic
point 10 lis mouth. aul hr Thought Oar when thdt
of trade for tho cereals Of the tccmpg Norhw',t 10
Europe. lie urged strongly tEc importance 81 "NpenG-
Not only wonli these expenditure materially All The
great prospects Of trade aud commerce. hr said INT
they would materially relieve the present fearful de-
ifsryiu%' nc"pr whose WORK inns directed would not
only add TO the greatness of the Nation, but
would also keep starvation often come
now with tears in their eyes bcgns for honest labor
their wives and children from sheer starvation
After the speech rcso at ion unanimously adopted,
THAT it is tho Of the National Agricultural Con
rrcss that the Government ought To control Interstate
commerce and that Congress be asked to take some nc
ton III regard 10 IT,
THE LAST TEXAS AID PACIFIC ARGUMENT.
The Senate Committee on Railroads to-day
heard the portion OF argument begun yes
tcriay by VccPrc-dent Brown Of Tie Texas and Pacific
Railroad Company. Tn. closes the hearing OF oral arcu
mputs concerning Southern tan-contlneutdl ran
way proiccts hut the committee has granted
permission 10 all parties 10 He printed briefs
IN case the desire 10 present. further Argument.
Ia the course of ia, argument To-day. I? brown ~ IN
iurd III detail Tie various bis before the committee.
and asserted that the great leading object o tue Texas
and Pacific Company, the evident design OF
Congress In INCORPORATING It and giving 10 u if nan
chiacs wa. to sccdrc the country open highway Tor
commerce from the Mississippi River TO ihc fa'lhc
Ocean, on thu ga parallel which should be an IN
dependent cOmpotiug line under management, aud
In the control Of Congress ~ TO the cost OF construct
ION and regulation of rates of fare and trdnc Tor All
time He stated that the question of The eastern
terminus the Mi>so- pu River wt- one III when TIE
company cOud not De- partisan, but which local interests
the Southern Pacilc'- propositions 10 build were
obHtrlctiOuaTy, and meant TO defeat legislation
which wOu,d free tho Government and the people
from the cxicOns of the existing line and Its combinn-
lions. Governor Brown cncrscucally f"pudlalri the
claim that the Texas and Pacific had forfeit ii any OF Its
rights failure 10 build bY the number or
miles required, stating hI: up 10 Nav 1871 the com
pany had built and was operating ill miles, when was
only f0rS-onc miles less than the requirement. whlic
(olr wears vet remained In which TO fu the lstrciest
demands Of their cn1Tter.
HASTE WITH AN IMPORTANT BILL.
The friends of the Lilc-Saving Service protest
against the indecent haste with which the bill introduced
In the senate on Tuesday rcvOutOnze the entire
chnery OF that service rushed through the Committee
on Naval Affairs and reported back on Wednesday morn
ing The subject Of rcorgauizng the LIE Saving Service
has been under cOnsdcra Ion by The House Committee
on Commerce for several weeks and whether II finally
determined to dciaci this bucau from the treasury
d partincut and make II part Of the Naval establish
men of the United States not, such step certainly
ought not to be taken without giving the subject due
consideration.