The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03

MF. carter OF montana, VINO FepoIOOo
the bill said that for two days the Senate
had been called upon to listen to one OF
the most remarkable attacks upon COM
nittee of Senators in q speech making
charges against individual Senators. He
declared that it was unfair that the Sena'
tor who delivered the speech Mr.. haW-
lins) should have withheld 1t from publ
cation in the Record, as it was delivered
in the course of running debate and ne
WIS satisfied that the speech could not be
published as delivered parallel with the
bill itself, without affording a complete
refutation of it's charges.
sit will be found by Senators. said
Mr. Carter, latter a careful examination
of the bill that of the wholesale charges
of dishonest purpose contained in the
speech of the Senator from Utah nothing
remains"
When Mr.. Rawlins attempted to speak,
MIR. Carter with some feeling declined to
be interrupted. moment later, how
eyer. he Welded and Mr.. Rawlins dis
claimed all intention of casting suspicion
upon any Senator, and said that Mr..
Carter's statement was unwarranted by
the facts, as could easily be shown by
the stenographer's notes.
Mr.. Carter yielded to Mr.. Allison of
Iowa. who reported the District OF
Columbia appropriation bill and gave
notice that he would call it up at an early
date, probably tomorrow.
MIR. Carter then continued his remarks,
quoting extensively from the government
representatives upon Alaska. He thought
it remarkable in view OF struggle OF
Americans to get into the Alaskan gold
fields during the past year that Mr.. Raw
Inns should maintain that there was no
need for the pending legislation.
Mr.. Allen, Nebraska requested Mr..
Carter to give the Senate synopsis OF
Mr.. Rawlins's remarks.
MIR. Rawlins rose to give the synopsis
himself but MIR. Carter declined to yield.
ssWhen the plutocrat and the Popul1st
come together exclaimed Mr.. Rawl1ns
bitterly. "It is time for the Senate to
beware.
Mr.. Carter without reference to Mr..
Rawlings remark said that it seemed that
tbs land grant company of Canada ana
Mr. Rawlins were practically the only
. ones who declared this legislation was
, not needed. He pointed out that the bill
absolutely prevented speculation in rights
of way of railways through Alaska. The
right Of way section restrictions, he said,
ware more rigid than those of the law ap-
plying to other territories or states.
Mr. Carter held that Mr.. Rawlins's OBJ
lection TO comforting authority upon the
Secretary of the Interior to grant rights
OF way for toll roads over the territory
carried with it suspicion that we might
some time have a secretary of the interior
who would be a scoundrel. He said thai
in an experience covering period of ter
years in Washington public life he had
not encountered single government
official whose every public act would not
withstand the scrutiny. g resent the
irnputation," declared Mr.. Carter vehe
mently, advanced as a means of defeat
ing necessary legislation, that any official
Of ii f. government would dishonesty
take advanatge of his office or of the au
bfTlah ~ h RI
favor his friend as has been suggested. -
MIR. Carter said that the section thirteen
Of the measure had been incorporated In
il by the committe as a protection to the
business men, merchants and shippers OF
this country. He said that Mr. Elkins OF
West Virginia desired to address the Sen
ate upon that section.
Mr. Elkins said that he was glad to see
that an effort was being made TO exact
something from Canada in view of al
that the Dominion government and its
corporations received from the United
States. That part of section thirteen OF
the bill upon which Mr.. Elkins's remarks
were principally based provides that the
privilege of entering goods under bond OF
of placing them in bonded warehouses al
the port of Wrangell, district Of Alaska
and of withdrawing the same for exporta
ton to, any place in British Columbia Oh
the Northwest territory without paymen
of duty is hereby granted to the Dominion
e of Canada and its citizens when upor
proclamation by the President of the
United States it shall appear that no ex.
elusive privileges OF transporting through
British Columbia or the Northwest terri
tory goods or passengers arriving from OF
destined for other ports in 4 laska has
/ been or viii be granted to any person or
corporation by the government of the
Dominion Of Canada"
For long years. said Mr.. Elki MS
Canada has taken business from oul
country and despoiled the business of ou1
railroads and all this without any proper
return. In order to understand the better
what l have to say, desire to refer par
ticularly to the Canadian Pacific rail.
road. :"
Mr.. Elkins cited some interesting
statistics concerning the Canadian Pacific
railroad. The road extends from Halifax
to Vancouver, with connections Of 7,12s
miles, nearly 1000 miles of which are in
J, the United States.
Its connections in this country extend
. as far south as baltimore, and St. Louis.
1t forms the greatest military commercial
and political highway in the world. Il
controls the politics and dictates the
policy of Canada. It could with it's sea
connections transport 1000 troops from
England to Canada in ten days. For itf
steamship line now being built to run be.
tween Southampton and Halifax it will
receive subsidy of $75O,000 from Eng
land and Canada. For it's steamship line
from Vancouver to the Orient it receives
$50, 600 and from Vancouver to Australia
subsidy of $3.50, COS. The Pacific Mail fol-
carrying more mail received from the
United States only Si4,S2 The Canadian
Pacific forms the land connection of +
commercial and military highway that
spans the globe.
Since its establishment it has received
from Great Britain in subsidies, gifts and
concessions 2l5, 900, 600, an equivalent Of
$4,000, 600 year. By the aid of these
Immense concessions it is enabled to take
the trade from American roads, and does
it openly and defantly
Mr.. Elkins said that the Canadian
Pacific had been nicEnamed by the rail
road world 1.-The Sitting Bull" He sale
that the differentials demanded by the
Canadian Pacific aggregate from thirty
to sixty dollars per car to eastern ant
western cities less than byiAmerican line!
and cited the fact that in 1891 the Ameri
can railroads gave tho Canadian Pacific
bonus of $500, 600 to keep out of American
territory.
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