Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-10

Washington, March 3.-The debate
in the senate OH the Alaskan home
stead and railway right of way bin
was decidedly spirited. Mr.. Carter Of
Montana delivered Il vigorous speech
in reply to that made during the past
two days by Nj. Rawlins of Utah, in
the course of which he made strong
defense of the honor of congressional
committees and of officials in the sew
eral government departments. One OF
the special features of the debate was
a speech delivered by Mr.. Elkins of
West Virginia in which he explained
that the Canadian Pacific railway was
enabled to make war upon American
interests and how and why the aggres-
sions of that great railroad ought t.
be stopped by the United States. Mr..
Elkins' speech aroused much interest,
particularly that part in which he ex-
planned that while he did not frame
the now famous section % Of the pres
ent tariff law, he stood squarely with
the sterling American WHO did frame
it. The speech drew replies from Mr..
Texas and Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota.
Mr.. Hoar maintained that large part
of the speech of Mr.. Elkins was irrel-
evant to the pending discussion. He
would not admit that the aggressions
of the Canadian Pacific were SO seri-
Gus as the West Virginia senator
would have people believe. Mr.. Mel
son entered sharp protest to Mr..
Elkins' proposition to abolish the bona.
ing privilege, holding that the privi-
lege was in the direct interest of the
people of the Northwest. Mr.. Chill
ton briefly contended that under re-
cent decisions of the supreme court
the long and short haul clause of the
Interstate commerce law did not apply
to the competition between American
railroads and the Canadian Pacific.
In the House.
The house spent another day in de-
bate upon the Loud bill relating to
second-class mail matter. The
speeches, as rule, attracted little at.
tention. The speakers We're Messrs.
Cromwell and Ogden in favor of the
measure. and Messrs. Bell, Simpson.
Clark, Brown and Lentz i'll opposition
to it.
Washington. March +. - The Loud
bill, to correct alleged abuses of the
second-class mail matter privilege,
which last year passed the house by 4
majority of 144 to 1O4, was buried un-
der by an overwhelming majority by
| the house. The vote was not taken di-
rectly on the bill, but on a motion to
lay it on the table. BY vote of 1872
| to 119, the motion was carried. Forty
seven Republicans Joined with the
Democrats and Populists in accom-
plishing this result, and ten Demo
Gratis voted with the majority Of the
Republicans. The refusal of Mr.. Loud
to permit a vote OH an amendment at
the last minute was responsible in 4
measure for the result, but the
strength Of the measure undoubtedly
Wancd throughout the three days de-
| bate.
In the Senate.
During almost the entire session the
| senate had under consideration the
| Alaskan homestead and railway right
| of way bill One of the features of the
| discussion was Il speech delivered by
Mr.. Vest of Missouri, in which he rldl-
culed the idea of demonstrating any
part of Alaska or constructing rail
roads in that district. His motion to
| eliminate the homestead feature OF the
| bill by striking out the first section
| was defeated.