The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-03

justice should be done and equality estab-
Hshed, and he was especially sorry that
Mr.. Elkins should have raised this rail-
| road question while the effort to secure
/ this end was being made.
THE FARMERS INTERESTS.
Mr.. Nelson (Minn) followed Mr.. Hoar
with a sharp though short protest against
Mr.. Elkins' proposition, on the ground
| that it was aimed at the interests of the
| farmers Of the northwest.
I'VE have" ne said, "other interests
than those of the railroad trunk lines. At
| the farther end of Lake Superior there is
located great empire of five or six mill
| ions of farmers, and the interests of those
| farmers are of far higher consideration
| than are the interests of the railroads,
however important they may be to their
owners"
Continuing. he said that the Canadian
Pacific railroad had brought to these
farmers a reduction amounting TO an
average of about 0cents a bushel on the
transportation of their products to the
Atlantic seaboard. Why he asked should
this advantage be destroyed in the inter
est of a few stockholders and bondhold-
ers in these railroads. most of whom re-
sided abroad? The question as ii pre-
sented itself TO him was whether these
railroads should be made to pay large div
idends 10 their foreign owners, or whether
we should afford adequate protection TO
these farmers in the northwest.
1t was the duty of congress he contin-
ued, TO look after the interests Of this
vast community and the interests of the
people of New England rather than the
interests of the coupon-clpping foreign
ers who hold the stocks and bonds Of the
trunk lines He asserted that Mr.. Elkins'
proposition was a blow al the American |
farmer, and to get him into the caldron
of the railroad and there to roast and
SINCE him without mercy.
Mr.. Chiffon in a few words, said that
Mr.. Elkins was proceeding on miscon-
ception, and that the Canadian Pacific
rates were not subject TO the law con-
trolling the long and short haul He also
said that recent supreme court decisions
made it possible for the American roads
TO reduce their through rates so as 10
compete with this line without regard 10
the long and short haul clause.
At SAP o'clock, the senate adjourned
THE HAWAIIAN PROGRAM.
At today's meeting OF the senate COM |
mttee on foreign relations. it was decided !
that a special meeting of the committee
should be held next Saturday for the pur- !
pose of considering the best course to be /
pursued in the future with relation TO the /
annexation OF Hawaii. The decision TO /
hold the special meeting grew out of |
suggestion that the treaty OF annexation |
should be abandoned and the question .
taken I'D in the senate on the basis of a |
bill providing for the same end. All mem
bers of the committee were not present
at today's meeting and ii was agreed that
the question should be considered by a
meeting TO be devoted wholly TO this ques-
ton.
WEB FLANAGAN'S CASE.
In the executive session of the senate
today Senator Hale moved to reconsider
the vote by which the nomination Of Web
ster Flanagan to be collector Of internal
revenue for the Third district of Texas
was confirmed yesterday. In entering the
motion Mr. Hale said that ne had received
letters saying that Mr.. Flanagan should
not be confirmed and that ne merely asked
reconsideration in order 70 permit an in
vestigat ton. Senator's Mills and Chiffon
OF Texas opposed the motion. saying that
while they did not agree politically with
Mr.. Flanagan. they thought his conhrna-
ton should stand. The motion was not