The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-03
With the Aid of Heavy Subsidies It Is
Profitable Competition.
SPEECH BY SENATOR ELKlNS
IN FAVOR OF PUNIsHING THIS TROU-
BLESOME "sITTING BULL.
By Depriving the Mischief Maker of
Conferred by Our Government.

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WASHINGTON, March 2.-To-day's de-
bate in the Senate on the Alaskan home
stead and railway right-of-way bill was de-
e;dedly spirited. Mr.. Carter delivered a
vigorous speech in reply to that made dur
ing the past two days by Mr. Rawlins, in
the course of which he made a strong de-
fense of the honor of congressional commit
tees and of officials in the several govern
ment departments. One of the special fea-
| lures of the debate was a speech delivered
| by Mr. Elkins, of West Virginia, in which
| he explained how the Canadian Pacific
| Railway was enabled to make war on
| American interests and how and why the
aggressions of that great railroad ought to
| be stopped by the United States. Mr.. El-
| kins's speech aroused much interest, par
| ticularly that part in which he explained
that, while he did not frame the now fa-
nous Section % of the present tariff law.
he stood squarely with the sterling Amer
lean who did frame it. The speech drew
answers from Mr.. Hoar, Mr.. Chiffon and
Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota. Mr. Hoar main
tanned that a large part of the speech of
| Mr. Elkins was irrelevant to the pending
discussion. He would not admit that the
aggressions of the Canadian Pacific were so
serious as the West Virginia senator would
have people believe. Mr.. Nelson entered a
sharp protest to Mr.. Elkins's proposition to
abolish the bonding privilege holding that
that privilege was in the direct interest Of
the people of the Northwest. Mr. Chiffon
briefly eontended that under recent deci-
sions of the Supreme Court the long-and-
short-haul clause of the interstate-con-
merce law did not apply to the competition
| hath rofl nd he
madam Pacific.
Soon after, convening to-day the Senate
held brief executive session. When the
open session was resumed the conference
report on the pension appropriation bill was
presented by Mr. Perkins and agreed to.
Mr.. Mason Qll.), of the committee on
postoffices and post roads, presented con-
current resolution from the committee FOR
investigating the Lake City, S. c.. post
office murder, and on objection by Mr.. Allen
(Neb) the resolution was laid over till to-
morrow. The resolution, after asserting
T hat the United States postmaster at
Lake City, s. c., has been murdered and
his wife and children shot, his home burned
and the United States mail and property
therein destroyed provides that Joint
committee consisting of six members OF
Congress, three from the Senate and three
from the House, be appointed to investigate
the alleged crime and report the facts TO
Congress, together with their recommends
ticn, and that they have authority to ad-
minister oaths, to send for persons and pa
pers and to employ a stenographer, to be
paid out of the contingent funds of the
two houses of Congress, and the power to
act through subcommittee"
A bill appropriating 100000 for the erec-
~. II T1s,
was passed Mr. Stewart then resumed his
speech ON the bankruptcy bill passed by tie
House.
Mr.. Stewart had not concluded at
o'clock, when the Alaska homestead and
railway right of way bill was laid before
the Senate, and he announced that he
would finish his speech tomorrow. Mr.. Car
ter, who reported the bill, said that for two
days the Senate had been called on to listen
to one of the most remarkable attacks on
a committee of senators in a speech maxi
ing serious charges against individual sem
-ators He declared that it was unfair that
the senator who delivered the speech, Mr..
Rawlins, should have withheld 1t from pub
lication in the Record inasmuch 1t was
delivered in the course of a running debate.
and he was satisfied that the speech could
not be published as delivered, parallel with
the bill itself, without affording a complete
refutation of it's charges. 1t will be found
by senator's" said Mr. Carter, after a
careful examination of the bil that of the
wholesale charges of dishonest purposes
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
he yielded, and Mr.. Rawlins disclaimed all
intention of casting aspersions on any sem
ator, and that Mr. Carter's statement was
unwarranted by the facts. as could easily
be shown by the stenographer's notes.
Mr.. Carter then continued his remarks,
quoting extensively from government re-
ports from Alaska. Mr.. Carter then thought
it remarkable. In view of the struggle OF
Americans TO get into the Alaskan gold
fields during the past year, that sir. Raw
Inns should maintain that there was no ne
cessity for the pending legislation. II had
supposed" said he, that the fact / have
mentioned was so widely known that even
the senator from Utah had heard OF it,
AT this point Mr.. Allen requested Mr. Car.
ter to give the Senate a synopsis of Mr.
Rawlins's remarks. Mr.. Rawins arose "a
give the synopsis himself. but Mr.. Carter
declined TO yield. When the piutocrat and
the Populist come together" exclaimed Mr..
Rawlins, bitterly, 1T is time for the SEN
ate to beware
Mr.. Carter continued his speech without
reference to Mr.. Rawlinss remarks. He
maintained that there never was more
crying demand for legislation than now ex-
listed for the great domain of Alaska. ana
held that Mr.. Rawlins's objection 10 con-
ferring authority on the secretary OF thu