Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-02
A BRONZE TABLET
In Memory of Men of the Battle
ship Maine.
SENATE so VOTES.
Bankruptcy Bill Passed by House
Roundly Denounced.
Consideration of the Loud Postal Meas
ure Occupies the House-A Currency
Bill Nearly Drafted.


Washington March LIN the senate
today, motion by Mr.. Hoar (Mass) to
non concur in the house amendments to
the bankruptcy bill, drew a speech from
Mr.. Stewart New, in which he vigor-
ously denounced the measure passed by
the house: He declared it was an afro
| cious measure of diabolical intent, and
could only result in grinding the poor
debtor the more deeply into the financial
mire.
| The Alaska homestead and railway
right of way bill was under discussion
during the greater part of the session,
| Mr. Rawlins (Utah) concluding his
speech begun yesterday in opposition to
| the measure. The resolution of Mr..
Bacon (Ga) providing for bronze tab
let to be erected in the capitol building
| in memory of the officers and sailors
who lost their lives in the Maine disas-
| ter, was passed
Mr.. Perkins (Cal), of the committee
on naval affairs, in the course OF his
! report upon Mr.. Bacon'S resolution,
said: ct is fitting at all times for ma
| ton to recognize the heroism or those
| who have yielded up their lives in It's
| service In this respect no nation Is more
| generous than ours. 1t has stood ana
still stands ready to show its apprecla-
! ton of bravery and devotion to duty.
| stIt cares for its helpless veterans who
| battled on land and sea; it strives to
mitigate the hardships imposed on those
fwho were grievously wounded Whlle
| fighting for the flag, and as far as pos
| sible it seeks to aid the WIDOWS ana or
! phans of our dead soldiers and sailors
1T is not in battle alone that heroic
! qualities are shown, neither is 1t only
| in time of war. Death may come in
| the performance of duty while peace
! reisns as well as while the conflict
| RACES But whether in war or peace,
| the soldier and sailor stand ever ready
! to give their lives in the performance
! of duty, and when they so die, they ole
| like heroes and. deserve wei! OF their
/ country Every man who stood beneath
| the flag of the battleship Maine, had
nv his very presence on its decks, sig
nifed his willingness to die for the de-
/ Tense of the nation and the maintenance
| of the national honor When death
| came in the awful shape it took IN the
| harbor of Havana, the dead are no less
heroes than If they had fallen before
| hostile guns.
tIf it were ever fitting to recognize
| the devotion to the country of brave
| men, it is now fitting to erect tablet
| in memory of those who lost their lives
in the destruction Of the Maine.
owing to the position Of the United
! States the defense of its honor, If
| again attacked. must always mainly
| fall on the men of our navy. AS our
| fleets are strong and our men are brave,
| SO shall we compel and maintain that
| respect among the nations which Is as
! necessary to national prosperity as the
| respect Of his fellows is to the prosper
| ity of the individual. II was the real
| ization of this fact which led the Eng
| fish people to erect in St Pauls a bronze
! tablet to the memory of the sailors
| who. in 1882. at Spithead. lost their lives
| in the capszing of the Royal George.
1.-THE dead were defenders of the ma
| tional honor, ready at all times to die
| for their country and die with their
ship.
$50 il was in the more awful circum-
stances attending the destruction of our
! own battleship in Havana harpor.'
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington March 1.-The house to-
day entered upon the consideration of
the Loud bill relative to second-class
matter. The bill is identical with the
bill passed at the last congress, but Mr.
Loud, its author, gave notice of an
amendment, permitting the transmits
| sion at pound rates of sample copies
| llp to 10 per cent on the bonafide circu-
lation of the newspaper periodical. This
amendment removes much opposition to
! the bill.
Only three speeches were delivered
today. Mr.. Loud made an exhaustive
| speech in its favor claiming that the
government practically paid a subsidy
| of $40 600 900 to the proprietors OF pub
! licationS which now get access to the
mails at pound rates, as the cost of
| transporting mail and its handling aver
! aged cents per pound.
Mr. Moon dem, Tenn) spoke in OPP
position to the bill. and Mr. Perkins
| rep, Iowa), in favor of it. The debate
will continue until Thursday, when the
| vote will be taken at O'clock.
Second-class mail matter by the bill
is restricted to newspapers and periodi-
calls issued at least four times year
from a known office of publication, and
| publications issued under the auspices
of benevolent or fraternal organiza-
ton, trades unions or orders having a
| membership not less than 1000
! All publishers whose publications are
| admitted as second-class mail matter
are required by the bill before deposit
| ing such nail matter in the post office,
TO separate II INTO United otattS mail
sacks or bundles, by states, cities, towns
! and counties, as the postmaster general
may direct.
/ Mr.. Moon, in opposition. While he conce-
| ded that there had been an abuse of the
| second-class mail matter privilege, con-
tended that in striking down the evil
/ this bill destroyed much of the good, Ii
the existing law and its construction
cost the government $50 600 annual
ly the people were the direct benetic-
aries.
/ Mr.. Perkins. who is newspaper pub
Usher, in support of the bill, said that
the amendment proposed by Mr. Loud
would remove any objection any legiti-
mate newspaper could have to the bill
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