The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-05

honor come to this" exclaimed Mr..
Hill, that 1t depends upon whether we
take glass of ale or beer with our
| meals?" This appeal to national honor,
he added, was becoming common de-
vice, every time some small question
presented itself. But there was no
question Of national honor involved in
this matter. There were no saloons.
there was no drunkenness; he had
never seen drunken man in the cap
itol. II state for the benefit of these
agdtatOrs that Ut is q libel ON con-
gress to say that saloons are here
and drunkenness exists here. 1t is abb
solutely false The discussion next
took
A HUMOROUS TURN;
Mr.. Chandler, Mr.. Gallinger and Mr..
Gray exchanging sa1lies as to the eff
feet Of the bill in restricting the per-
sonal comfort Of senators. The roll
call on Mr. Hills motion to commit
was followed with great interest. It
was a tie at first, but the summoning
Of senators defeated the motion-yeas,
q; nays, 80.
AS the vote was announced Mr.. Hill
remarked: And having brought the
bill before the senate, senators can
now proceed to take glass of beer.
He went on to speak of the hypocrisy
of the bill. 1t was soon evident that
the senator would talk against the
measure until o'clock, when the bill
would be cut off by the Nicaragua
canal bill. The violation of an excise
law had, he said, become worse than
murder or burglary. This sort of leg
islaion would not do Under 1t the
venerable senator from Vermont could
be taken out of the senate on a charge
of violating the excise laws. Under 1t
senator's would find on reaching the
chamber some day that ope-ha1f their
associates were in the police court for
violation Of the excise law.
Mr.. Hill talked up to o'clock when
the bill was displaced and the Nicara-
qua canal bill taken up. Before pro-
ceeding with the debate a resolution by
Mr.. Morgan requesting the president
for information as to the arrest or
Casper Betancourt at Havana, whether
a. demand for his release had been
made, ETC., was agreed to. Mr.. Lodge
endeavored to have the canal bill give
way temporarily to permit action on
the conference report on the immlgra-
ton. An objection being made, Mr..
Lodge moved to take up the inlnigra-
ton report and the motion prevailed,
35 to Is. Mr.. HILL appealed to Mr..
Lodge to allow the bill to be recon-
mitted for notifications in the age and
illiteracy provisions, which was second
ed by Mr.. Chandler. Mr.. Lodge yielded
to the appeal and thereupon moved
that the senate disagree to the confer
ence report.
Mr.. German made an emphatic pro-
test against the recent statement of
Mr.. Lodge that the opposition to the
bill was due to corporate and steanl-
ship influence. He hoped Mr. Lodge
would have occasion during the next
year Of opposing the power Of corpor-
atoms. 1t was corporate power which
had largely controlled in the selection
OF the president for the next four
years.
Mr. Chandler said the language or
the Maryland senator implied a threat
that II this bill was not shaped to suit
him, then filibuster1ng would be re-
serted to. This was an extraordinary
statement This senator from Mary
land had for the first time injected
party politics into the immigration
question.
Mr.. Carter criticised the drastic pro-
visions against the immigration of
Canadians and said the provisions, IL
carried out, would warrant retaliation
against the 10000 American miners
working in the mines Of British Column
bta. The motion to disagree to the con-
ference report was then adopted with
out division.
The debate on the Nicaragua canal
bill was then resumed, Mr.. Villas speak
ing in opposition Mr.. Villas had not
concluded when, at 5:15 p. m. the senate
went into executive session and soon
after adjourned.