Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-03-10

way bin was laid before the senate.
Mr, Carter rep, MONTH who repre-
sented the bill, said that for two days
the senate had been called upon TO
listen TO bitter attacks upon
a committee of senator's in a
speech making serious charges
against individual senators. He de
clared that it was unfair that the SEN
tor who delivered the speech (Raw-
ms should have withheld it from
} publication in the record, inasmuch IS
it was delivered in the course of a
running debate and he was satisfied
that the speech could not be pub
lished as delivered, parallel with the
bill itself, without affording a COM
plete refutation of its charges.
| When Mr.. Carter concluded Mr..
Elkins (rep., w. Va.) made a sensa-
tional attack on the Canadian Pacific
railway He said that The amount
taken from American roads annually
by the Canadian Pacific aggregates
nearly 100000
AS a remedy for existing evils Mr..
Elkins said that he would first abol-
ish the bonding privileges and consular
seals at Vancouver. The effect of
this would be to divert trade from
the orient to San Francisco. Second
~ he would compel obedience to the
Interstate commerce statutes by all
lines connecting with the Canadian
Pacific. Thirdly, he would enforce
section % of the present tariff law in
accordance with it's meaning and as it
reads. If" inquired Mr.. Platt (rep.,
Comm, the Canadian Pacific were
subject to the long and short
haul clause of the interstate
commerce law would it be able TO
take away business from our rail
ways?" 1T would not" replied Mr..
Elkins. "The senator has struck the
point of this entire matter. While
our railroads are hampered by that
law, the Canadian Pacific is free from
its restrictions "
Washington, March 2.-The house
spent another day in debate upon the
Loud bill relating to second-class mail
matter. The speakers were Messrs.
Cromwell rep, o. and Ogden (dem.,
la in favor of the measure. and
Messrs. Bell (pop., COLI, Simpson
crop, Kan.) Clark (dem., Mo.
Brown (rep, o., and Lentz (dem.
o. in opposition to it,
Washington, March 3-During
almost the entire session the
senate had under consideration the
Alaskan homestead and the railroad
report of the railway bill One Of the
features of the discussion was the
speech delivered by Mr.. Vest
(dem., Mo- in which he ridiculed
the idea of homesteading any
part of Alaska or the construction
of railways in that district
His motion to eliminate the homestead |
first section was defeated 81 to Is.
Section two of the bill was amended
by the insertion of the declaration
that "all such rights" (tide lands and |
beds of nayigable rivers) should con-
tlnue 10 be held by the United States /.
in trust for the people of any state or
states which may hereafter be created I.
out of the said district" And il was
further amended by the adoption OF
foreign provisions offered by the .
committee That all charges for
transportation of freight and passen-
gers on railways in Alaska be fixed
subject to the approval of the secre-
tary of the interior and new rates may
be prescribed by the secretary of the
interior from time to time as he may
deem necessary" The senate non,
concurred in the house amendments
to the bankruptcy bill
The resolution providing for a con.
gressional investigation into the muir, /
der Of the postmaster at Lake City /
s. c., and his family and the burning
of his home was after some discussion,
referred to the committee on con
tingent expenses.