The herald., 1898-03-04
DOES NOT MEET THE VIEWS OF
SENATORS
THE LOUD PosToFFIcE BILL
Is Taken Up in the House and Gently
but Firmly Laid on the
Table
Associated Press Special Wire

WASHINGTON, March 3.-During al
most the entire session today the senate
had under consideration the Alaskan
homestead and right of way bill. One of
the features of the dicussion was speech
delivered by Vest of Missouri. in which he
ridiculed the idea of homcsteading any
part of Alaska or constructing railroads
in that district. His motion to eliminate
the homestead feature of the bill, by strik-
ing out the first section. was defeated.
The resolution providing for a congress
sional investigation into the murder of the
postmaster at Lake City. 8. c., and his
family, and the burning of his home, was
laid before the senate.
McLaurin of South Carolina said he had
hoped the resolution would go to the COM
mittee without discussion. The state au-
thorities of South Carolina were exceed
ingly active in their investigation of the
crime, and he was assured that every eff
fort was being made to bring the perpetra-
tors of the outrage to justice. He then
read a clipping from the Columbia Is. Co
State Newspaper, to show that the people
of South Carolina were not in sympathy
with those who committed the crime, but
keenly reprobated 1t.
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on contingent expenses.
Bills were passed as follows: Granting
free entry to a set of bells presented by
the czar Of Russia TO the orthodox Russian
church at Bridgeport, Conn; to provide for
the transfer of the Fort Sidney military
post reservation to the state of Nebraska
for educational purposes. and to establish
an assay office at Seattle, Wash.
The motion of Hoar OF Massachusetts to
non-concur In the house amendment to the
bankruptcy bill was laid before the senate,
and Stewart Of Nebraska resumed his
speech upon the house measure
Upon the conclusion of his speech Stew
art offered a resolution that the senate
conferees be instructed to insist upon the
senate bill. The resolution created some
debate of a parliamentary character.
Stewart then withdrew his resolution, and
Hoar's motion to non-concur in the house
amendment and that committee of con-
ference be appointed was adopted. The
vice president appointed Messrs. Hoar.
Nelson and Lindsay.
The Alaskan homestead and right Of way
bill was then taken up, and Turner of
Washington addressed the senate He rec
ognized, he said, the necessity of some such
legislation as that proposed, because 100 900
adult Americans were preparing to go into
Alaska, and If proper transportation facil-
tiles were not provided 1t would be a cruel
and short-sighted policy. He said he be-
lieved the measure proposed by the COM
mittee was generally fair and, with some
amendments, would be an excellent BILL In
his opinion, the bill sufficiently hedged
about the transportation companies, as
the restrictions placed upon them by the
bill were even more severe than those
placed on them by the general law.
To meet a point advanced by Turner,
Carter of Montana, in charge of the bill,
offered committee amendment retaining
the first section of the house bill, except
Wherein it provides for the approval Of
the president, and modified the committee
amendment with a provision that no entry
shall be allowed extending more than 40
rods along the shore of any navigable
water, and along such shore space of at
least 40 rods shall be reserved from entry
from such claims.
The committee amendment was adopted
After the section was amended Vest of