The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-10

Know what the bin means" Mr.. Stew.
| art spoke until O'Clock. wher the
! Alaska homesteaS and right of way
| 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, &C
| $50 p. ma went into executive session,
and at 3:45 adjourned.
The house entered upon the cousid-
Grafton of the Loud bill relative to
SecoLd-class matter. The bill is identi-
cal with the bill passed at the last
congress. but Lord. its author gave
notice OF an amendment permitting
transmission ut pound rates of sample
copies up 10 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. Mr..
Loud made an exhaustive speech in tS
favor. claiming that the government
practically paid a subsidy of $4,000
600 to the proprietors Of publications
pound rates, as the cost of transport
ing mail and its 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 whcr 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 a vigorous speech
in reply To that made during the past
two days Ey Nj. Rawlins OF Utah, in
the course eff which he made n strong
defense of the honor of congressional
committees and Of officials in the sew
eral government departments. One or
the special features OF the debate was
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
cnt tariff law, lie stood Squarely with
the sterling American WHO did frame
it. The speech drew replies from Mr..
H0ar Of Massachusetts, Mr.. Chiffon OF
Texas and Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota.
Mr.. HOar maintained that a large part
of the speech of Mr.. Elkins was irrel
evant to the pending discussion. He
would not admit that the aggressiOn3
of the Canadian Pacific We're 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 tae 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 a rule, attracted little At"
tcntion. The speakers were MeSsrs.
Bromwell 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 motion to
lay il on the table. BY a vote of 162
to 1l9, 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 vote Oh an amendment at
the last minute was responsible in q
measure for the result, but the
strength of the measure undoubtedly
waned 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 n speech delivered by
Mr.. Vest of Missouri, in which he ridi-
culed the idea Of homesteading 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.