The National tribune., 1898-03-10
DOIuGS OF CONGRESS
Abstract Of the Important Pro
ceedings in Both Houses.

In the Senate on March ! Mr. Perkins
OF California, of the Committee on Naval
Affairs, presented favorable report upon
Mr.. Bacon's resolution providing for the
erection in the Capitol Of bronze me
mortal tablet, commemorative of the Off
GERS and sailors who lost their lives in the
| Main disaster in Havana harbor.
In the course OF his report upon the reso-
! luton Mr. Perkins said
1T is fitting at all times for a nation TO
recognize the heroism OF those who have
/ yielded up their lives in its service. IN
| this respect no nation is more generous
! than ours. 1t has stood, and still stands
ready To show its appreciation OF bravery
| and devotion to duty. But it is not in bat
| tie alone that heroic qualities are shown
| neither is ii only in time of war. Death
may come in the performance Of duty while
peace reIgnS, as well as while the conflict
| RACES.
Every man who stood beneath the flag
of the battleship Maine had by his very
I presence on its dcacliS Significd his will
| iEgneSS to die for the defense OF the Nation
| and the maintenance Of the national honor.
| The dead are no less heroes than if they
| had fallen before hostile guns. The living
! have shown the heroic mold in which all
were cast. If Ii were ever fitting to recog-
nile the devotion to the country of brave
men, it is now fitting to erect a tablet n
memory Of those who lost their lives in the
| destruction of the Maine. Owing to the
| position of the United States the defense
| OF its honor against foreign attack must
| always mainly fall to the men of our Navy
| As our fleets are strong and our men are
| brave, so shall we compel and maintain
| that respect among the nations which is
as necessary TO national prosperity as the
respect Of his fellows is to the prosperity
OF the individual.
1t is therefore, fitting that recognition
should be given to men possessing those
great qualities which make a navy n ma
tons bulwarls, and your Committee re-
spectfully recommends that the resolution
be adopted"
The resolution was adopted
The Alaska homestead and right of way
bill was laid before the Senate.
Mr.. RawiinS, of Utah. continued q speech
begun the day before i'm opposition 10
the general features of the bill He re
iterated his charge that the bill as framed
gave dishonest spectators a marked ad-
vantage over the public generally 1t en-
abled them, he said to ribbon the district
Of ALASKA with paper riehtS -of-way which
would enable them to control an enormous
amount OF land Tor an almost indefinite
period.
In the House the Loud Bill REGULATING"
the admission of second class matter ia |
the mails, was debated.
In the Senate on March 2 the Committee |
on fosto1iceS and Post Roads made n |
favorable report on Senator Mason's loiut |
resolution for an investigation OF the recent |
killing OF the colorcd postmaster at Lake |
City, ,. {. The resolution went over
The Alaska homestead bill was debated |
Senator IlilnS, of West Virginia dis |
cussed Canadian Pacific Railroad matters
in relation to section Il, the bonding sec
ton Of the pending bill. Mr. EIIiinS cited
some interesting statistics concerning the
Canadian Pacific Railroad The road cx-
tends from Halifax to Vancouver. with con
nections, I, i2S miles, nearly 20G0 miles of
which are in the United States
it forms the greatest military CONNER
cial and political highway in the world II
controls the politics and dictates the poll
cies OF Canada. II could with its sea con
ncctionS, transport $1,000 troops from Eng
land to Canada in 10 days.
Mr. ElllinS said that the amount of bust
ness taken from American roads annually
by the Canadian Pacific aggregated nearly |
. OO0o, 600. This sum should be saved 10
the United States" said he. ''to give EN-
ployment To our own people and as trustees
of the Republic we should see that il is
saved.
As a remedy for the existing evils Mr..
Ekins said that he would first abolish the
bonding privileges and consular seals at
Vancouver. The effect of this would be TO