The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-03-10
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on Mr.. Bacon's resolution providing
for the erection in Statuary hall Of
the capitol of bronze memorial tab
let, commemorative of the officers and
sailors who lost their lives in the
Maine disaster in Havana harbor. Mr..
Morrill, suggested that Statuary hall
was scarcely proper place to erect
the tablet and MI. Hoar Of Massachu-
setts thought some other place for it
might better be designated. The reso-
luton was so amended as to provide
for the erection of the tablet at some
suitable place in the capitol. AS amend
ed the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Hoar then renewed his motion
that the senate disagree to the house
amendments to the bankruptcy bill
aid that committee Of conference be
appointed. Mr.. Stewart of Nevada
said that he was opposed to an invol-
untary bankruptcy bill at such time
as this, and he wished, before the
measure was sent to conference, to
present some information upon the
subject that would be valuable to the
conferees. THE house bill assumes"
Mr.. Stewart began, that any man
who cannot pay his debts is a criminal.
1t is the most atrCcious bill that could
be framed in the present condition Of
the country" Mr.. HOar said he
thought the senate conferees might be
trusted to properly represent the SEN
ate Oh this bill, and he appealed to Mr..
Stewart to permit the measure to 20
to conference without further debate
'No appeal to me need be made in be-
half of this diabolical bill," exclaimed
Mr.. Stewart.~~"T propose to discuss
this matter fully in order that not only
the conferees but the country may
know what the bill means" Mr.. Stew
art spoke until o'clock, when the
bill was laid before the senate, Mr..
Stewart announcing that he would
continue his address at the next ses-
sion. Mr.. Rawlins of Utah continued
his speech in opposition to the general
feature Of the bill. The senate, at
3:35 p. ~, went into executive session,
and at 3:45 adjourned.
The house entered upon the consid-
GRAFTON Of the Loud bill relative to
secoId-class matter. The bill is identi-
cal with the bill passed at the last
congress, but Lord, it's author, gave
notice of an amendment permitting
transmission at pound rates CT sample
copies up to 10 per cent of the bona
fide circulation Of the newspaper or
periodicals. This amendment removes
much opposition to the bill Only
three speeches were delivered. MI.
Loud made an exhaustive speech in it's
favor, claiming that the government
practically paid a subsidy Of $4O,OOO.-
600 to the proprietors of publications
which now get access to the mails at
q Of tro
ing mail and it's handling averaged
cents per pound. Mr.. Moon Of Ten
nessee spoke in opposition to the bill
and Mr.. Perkins Of Iowa in favor of it.
The debate will continue until Thurs
day, when the vote will be taken.
Washington. March 3.-The debate
in the senate on the Alaskan home
stead and railway right Of way bill
was decidedly spirited. Mr.. Carter Of
Montana delivered 4 vigorous speech
in reply to that made during the past
two days by MI. Rawlins of Utah, in
the course of which he made a 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 to
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 MI.
Hoar Of Massachusetts, Mr.. Chiffon Of
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 We're so seri-
GUS rs the West Virginia senator
would have people believe. Mr.. Mel
son entered a sharp protest to MI.
ElkinS' proposition to abolish the BOND
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 al.
tention. The speakers were Messrs
Bromwen and Ogden in favor of the
measure, and Messrs. Bell, Simpson,
Clark, Brown and Lentz in opposition
to it.
Washington, March 4. - The Loud
BILL to correct alleged abuses of the
second-class mail matter privilege,
which last year passed the house by a
majority of IA to 104, was buried I'M
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 a vote of 1862
to 119, the motion was carried. Forty
seven Republicans joined with the
Democrats and Populists in accom-
1srs1~s IL