The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-15
THREE HOUR FILIBUSTER AGAINST
THE HARRIS PACIFIC ROAD
RESOLUTION.
NO ACTION WAS SECURED.
LEGISLATION AIMED AT THE PRO-
POSED FORECLOSURE ON
THE PROPERTY.
An Unsuccessful Effort Made by Mr..
Morris to Secure Action in
the House.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-The senate
was~in a deadlock for several hours to-
day, with business at a standstill, while
calls of the senate, roll-calls and other
parliamentary expedients were resort
ed to. 1t was due to the effort to Sc
cure action on the resolution of Mr..
Harris (Kan.), designed to prevent the
disposal of the government lien on the
Union Pacific railway, under the
terms of an alleged agreement. There
were many roll-calls on Mr.. Harris mo-
ton to consider the resolution, quorums
appearing and disappearing, and from
u to O'Clock no final vote on the mo-
ton was secured. 1t finally went over
until tomorrow
Pending one of the roll-calls a reso-
luton was passed allowing the sculptor
of the Sherman statue to erect a studio
near the site of the statue. This af-
forded text for some structures by MI.
Morgan on the deadlock which had &C.
CURED. The senate had a patriotic
duty to perform. The pending Pacific
railway resolution had been unani-
mQusly reported from the Pacific rail-
way committee, and yet the chairman
of the committee had conducted the
filibuster. 1t was late in the session to
begin operations. Mr.. Morgan said,
however, that there was no disposition
on the Democratic side of the chamber
to retaliate against appropriation bills
or the tariff bill when they came be-
fore the senate.
Mr. Thurston (Neb) responded that
| on all Pacific railways the Alabama
senator (Morgan) and his associates
had insisted on occupying all the time
When it was up at the last session the
senator from Alabama was the only
one to object to his CThurston's) con-
tinuing a speech on the subject Turn
ing to the pending resolution, Nh
Thurston said it was designed to de-
feat the interests of the government in
the guaranty that at least $4,000 900
would be bid when the sale of the road
occurred. The senator from Alabama
says that amount is not enough. Why,
then, asked Mr.. Thurston, did not
some responsible party give a greater
guaranty? In his opinion, if this guar
anty failed, an equal to it would never
again be secured.
Mr.. Gear said he resented the charges
Ol NIL. Morgan DIS " d llIOcSlS4 lit
expressed disapproVal of the Harris
| resolution, saying it would make the
government put $68,000,000 more into
! those roads.
Mr. Harris, the author of the reso-
! lution spoke in support of it, arguing
| that the governments interests would
be put in jeopardy if the proposed
| agreement for the sale of the govern
ment lien in the Union Pacific was
| executed.
Mr. Morgan further discussed the
subject arguing that congress retained
complete control over the Pacific roads
under the lien originally created, in
behalf of the government, while the
| pending foreclosure proceedings were
| based on the erroneous assumption
that the government had a mere mort
gage right.
Mr.. Thurston, in turn, answered Mr.
Morgan. He said the Alabama sena-
tor sought to convey the impression
| that the agreement was the result
of some questionable scheme in which
| the late president of the United States
and the attorney general participated
with the railrod authorities. But as
matter of fact, Mr. Thurston de-
clared, the proposition came from the
government counsel, ex-Gov. Hoadley
who solicited from Gen. Fitzgerald Of
the Pacific railroad reorganization COM
mittee, that a guaranty be given as
| to the minimum amount of the bid for
| the government lien. The subject went
| over and at O'clock the senate went
into executive session and then ad-
| jOurned.