The age-herald., 1898-03-03
CONCEVSUS Of7INION RIOT
 CITY HAVANA.
ELKINS PREDICTS
 COMMERCIAL WAR
Between the United States and the
 Dominion of Canada.

Washington, March 2.--Today's debate in the senate on the Alaskan homestead and railway right of way bill was de- cidedly spirited. Mir. Carter, of Montana, delivered 8 vigorous speech in reply to that made during the past two days by MT. Rawlins, of Utah, in the course of which he made strong defense of the honor of congressional committees and of officials in the several government depart ments.
 Mir Carter, who reported the bill, said for two days the senate had been called upon to listen to one of the most remark able attacks upon committee of senators in speech making serious charges against individual senators. He declared that it was unfair that the senator who delivered the speech Rawlins) should have withheld 1t from publication from the record inas- much as it was delivered in the course of running debate, and he was satisfied that the speech could not be published as delivered, parallel with the bill itself with out a complete refutafion of the charges.
 Tt will be found by senator's" said MT. Carter "after a careful examination of the bill, that of the wholesale charges of dishonest purpose contained in the speech of the senator from Utah nothing re- mains."
 When Mir. Rawlins attempted to speak MT. Carter declined to be interrupted. A moment later, however, he yielded and MT. Rawlins disclaimed all intention of casting aspersions upon any senator, and that MT. Carter's statement was unwar- ranted by the facts and could easily be thus shown by the stenographer's notes
 MT. Allen requested MT. Carter to give the senate synopsis of Mir. Rawlins re- marks.
 Mr. Rawlins rose to give the synopsis himself hut MT Carter declined to yield Rawlin's Bitter Reply "When the plutocrat and the populist come together" exclaimed MT. Rawlins bitterly, Tit is time for the senate to be- ware"
 MT Carter made no reply to MT. Rawlins' remark.
 MT. Elkins, who had been afforded an op- portunty to address the senate, said in the beginning he was glad to see an effort was being made to exact something from Canada in view of all that the dominion government and it's corporations received from the United States. That part of sec tion 1s Of the pending bill to which MT El- kins particularly referred and upon which his remarks were particularly based pro- vdes that "the privilege of entering goods under bond or of placing them in bonded warehouses at the port of Wrangel, in the district of Alaska and of withdrawing the same from exportation to any place in British Columbia or the Northwest Ter ritory without payment 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 it shall appear that exclusive privilege of transportation through British Columbia or the Northwest Territory goods or passengers arriving from or destined for other ports in Alaska, has been or will be granted to any person or corporation by the government of the dominion of Canada"
 For four long years" said MT. Elkins. ''Canada has taken business from our country and despoiled the business of our railroads and all this without any proper remuneration. In order to understand the better what have to say, desire to refer particularly to the Canadian Pacific rail- way"
 Verge of Commercial War
 MT Elk'ns' speech aroused much interest and particularly that part in which he ex- p,adned that while he did not frame the now famous section % of the present. tariff law, he stood squarely with the eterling Ameffcam who dad frame 1t.
 In conclusion Mir. Elkins said that we were on the verge of commercial war
 Tt seens,' he said, "that the Limited States would have to meet this war single haal7bd. asking no favore and expecting none. While we do not court such a con aict we need not slgdnk from it. The con ddtions as to our shipping and our com merciaa relations with Canada cannot be worse. Any change will make them bet ter.''
 The sneeoh- drew replies from MT. 7Hoar, MT. Chiffon and Mir. Nelson, of Minnesota
 MT. Hoar would not admit that the ag- gressaons of the Canadian Pacific railroad were so serious as the West Virginia sena- "A At 5:4s the senate adjourned.
 IN THE HOUSE
 washington, March 2-The house spent another day in debate upon the Loud bill, relating to second-class mail matter. The speeches, as a rule, attracted little inter- est. The speakers were Messrs. Cromwell, (rep.) of Ohio, and Ogden. (demo of Lou isiana in favor of the measure, and Messrs. Bell, (pop.) of Colorado; simp- son. Dop) of Kansas; Clark, tdem.) of Missouri; Brown, rep) of Ohio, and Lentz, (dem) of Ohio, in opposition to the bill, mainly on the ground that it was inimical to the country editors interest.
 Mr. Clark was once editor of weekly newspaper, and he delivered -euiogy on the csantry editor. '.He is as faithful to the people as the needle to the pole," said he "In the momentous campaign of 1S96 when a vast majority-not all, mark you, but vast majority-of democratic metro politan papers basely deserted their col ors and went bag and baggage, horse foot and dragoon into the camp of the enemy the country weeklies, with few exceptions, stood by the cause of Bryan, democracy and humanity with unshaken fidelity and superb courage. vindicating the patriotism, wisdom and independence of the American press. Upon this same country editor we must depend largely for honest, courage ous, patriotic press service in the campaign impending as well as that of 1900, and sure ly on the democratic side of the house we would be acting with unwisdom to de- prive him of his prerogatives.
 "The Loud bill might not unjustly be entitled an act to diminish the supply of 1t would be true to name Republicang