The herald., 1898-03-03
CANADIAN CUT RATES
CAUSE THE AMERICAN ROADS TO
HOWL FOR HELP
ELKINS'S RELIEF PROPOSAL
Brings a Protest in Behalf of the
Northwestern Wheat Growers,
Who Pay the Bill
4 ssoc.aied Press Specia. Wire

WASHINGTON, March 2.-As soon as
the senate convened today. on motion OF
Mr.. Hale of Maine, it went into executive
session.
At 1890 p. m. the senate resumed the
open session.
The conference report of the pension ap-
preparation bill. presented by Mr.. Per-
kins. was agreed to.
Mr.. Mason of Illinois of the committee
on postoffices and post roads presented a
concurrent resolution from the committee
for investigating the Lake City, 5. c.,
postoffice murder. and, on objection by Mr..
Allen of Nebraska. the resolution was iald
over until tomorrow.
A bill appropriating 100000 for the erec-
tion of the public building at Newcastle,
Pa, was passed.
Mr.. Stewart Of Nevada then resumed his
speech on the bankruptcy bill passed by
the house.
Mr.. Stewart had not concluded at .
oclock when the Alaskan homestead and
railway right of way bill was laid before
the senate. and he announced that he
would finish his speech tomorrow.
Mr.. Carter of Montana, who reported the
bill, said that for two days the senate
had been called upon to listen to one of the
most remarkable attacks upon commit
tee of senators in a speech making SERIOUS
charges against individual senators. He
declared that it was unfair that the sena-
tor who delivered the speech, Mr.. Raw
lins. should have withheld it from publi-
cation in the Record, inasmuch as it was
delivered in the course of a running de-
bate and he was satisfied that the speech
could not be published as delivered, par
allel with the bill itself, without affording
complete refutation of its charges.
1T will be found by senators" said Mr.
Carter, after careful examination of the
bill, that of the wholesale charges of dis
honest purpose contained in the speech of
the senator from Utah nothing remains
When Mr.. Rawlins attempted to speak
Mr. Carter, with some feeling declined to
be interrupted. A moment later, however
ne yielded and Mr.. Rawlins disclaimed all
intention of casting aspersions upon any
senator and that Mr.. Carters statement
was unwarranted by the facts, as could be
shown by the stenographer's notes.
Mr.. Carter then continued his remarks,
quoting extensively from government re-
ports from Alaska.
Mr.. Carter thought it remarkable. in
view of the struggle of Americans to get
into the Alaskan gold fields during the
past year that Mr.. Rawlins should main
tain that there was no necessity for the
pending legislation"
II had supposed he said, that the fact
have mentioned was so widely known
that even the senator from Utah had heard
Of it,
At this point Mr.. Allen of Nebraska re-
quested Mr. Carter to give the senate
synopsis of Mr.. Rawlins' remarks.
Mr.. Rawlins rose to give the synopsis
himself, but Mr.. Carter declined to yield.
when the plutocrat and the Populist
come together" exclaimed Mr.. Rawlins,
bitterly, cit IS time for the senate to be-
ware"
Mr.. Carter, without reference to Mr..
Rawlins' remarks, said that it seemed that
the land company of Canada and Mr.. Raw
Inns were practically the only ones who
now declared this legislation was not nee
essary. He maintained that there was
never a more crying demand for legislation
than now existed for the great domain of
Alaska.
Mr.. Carter pointed out that the pending
bill absolutely prevented speculation in
rights of way of railways through Alaska.
This provision was placed by the commit
tee in the bill in order that no speculator
should be able to flourish in the territory.
He elaborated other restrictions in the
bill at the request of Mr.. Rawins, who
said he had not been able to discover them
He carefully analysed the right of way sec
tion of the bill, demonstrating, he said
that its restrictions were more rigid than
those of the law applying to other terri
tories or states.
Mr.. Carter held that Mr.. Rawlins objec-
tion to comforting authority upon the Sec
retary of the interior to grant rights of
way for toll roads over the territory car
ried with it a suspicion that we might
some time have a secretary of the interior
who would be a scoundrel. He said that
in experience covering a period of dozen
years in Washington house life he had
not encountered a single government Of
fetal in any capacity or in any department
or branch whose every public act would
not stand the closest scrutiny. He thought
that If such suspicious as had been voiced
by Mr.. Rawlins were to become general, it
might be well to put up the auction sign
and sell out the republic.
II resent the imputation," declared Mr.
Carter vehemently, advanced as a
means of defeating necessary legislation.
that any official of this government would
dishonesty take advantage of his office
or the authority conferred upon him by
this great government to favor his friends,
as has been suggested
After discussing at length some of the
provisions of the bill, Mr.. Carter con-
cluded by saying that Section 10 of the
measure has been incorporated in it by the
committee as protection to the business
man, merchant and shipper of this coun-
try. He regarded it as an excellent pro-
vision, and one that ought to have place
in the bill.
He said that Mr.. Ekins of West Virginia
desired to address the senate upon that
section, and would cover it fully.
Mr.. Elkins, who had been waiting during
the greater part of the afternoon for an
opportunity to address the senate, said. in
beginning his remarks, that he was glad to
see that an effort was being made 10 exact
something from Canada, in view of all tha Il
the Dominion government and its corpora
tions received from the United States.
That part of Section 13 of the pending bill
to which Mr.. Elkins particularly referred,
and upon which his remarks were prin-
cpally based provides that: 1.-The privi-
lege of entering goods under bond or of
placing them in bonded warehouses at the
port Of the Wrangel, in the district of
Alaska. and Withdrawing the same for ex-
portation TO any place in British Columbia
or the Northwest Territory without paw
ment of duty. is hereby granted to the
government of the Dominion of Canada
and its citizens, when. upon proclamation
by the president of the United States. il
shall appear that no exclusive privilege Of
transportation through British Columbia
or the Northwest Territory of goods or pas
sengers arriving from or destined for other
ports in Alaska has been, or will be, grant
ed to any person or corporation by the
For long years." said Mr. Elkins, Can
ada had taken business from our country
and despoiled the business of our railroads
and all this without any proper return.
In order to understand the better what
have to say, I desire to refer particularly
to the Canadian Pacific railroad.
1T seems now as If the United States