The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-05-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
May 10TH, 1902


"I am afraid the republican sem
ators will die like poor Pat o.
Bricn," said Senator Hansbrough
yesterday. when I skcd him how
the Philippine debate was coming
on. "How was that? | asked.
'I'll tell you," replied the Senator.
"Poor Pats got to hang" said
friend of Pats to mutual friend,
one evening. NO he hasn't re-
piled the friend. 'Shurc an he
has said the first speaker. He's
been convicted of murder In the
first degree. Hc's got to hang
It's the law. Mo, no. man replied
the friend, Yc'rc behind the times
altogether; they've got new way
o. killing min now. Shurc he'll
die by elccution.' And II the
democrats keep on that will be the
fate of the republicans senator's"
concluded Mr.. Hansburrough.
The democrats still continue to
play on their single string and are
prolonging the Philippine debate
to the last possible moment but
there is reason to believe that the
vote will come some time this
week. What bill will follow the
Philippine measure has not yet
been definitely settled and Senator
Allison, chairman of the republican
steering committees, assured me
that he did not know himself. when
] saw him Saturday. ~ got all
my inside information from the
bright young men who represent
the press, these days, and, ~ you
have the inside track on that you
probably know more than do"
facctiously remarked the Senator
when tried to pump" him.
There Is "A rumor abroad that Com
grcss will adjourn without acting
upon either the Cuban reciprocity
bill or the Nicaraguan Canal bill
and as soon as had heard II had
sought the senior Senator from
Iowa. lie said he hardly thought
Congress would do that but when
! asked him to confirm positive
statement which he made to me
some weeks ago, that the canal bill
will be considered first and others
that the Cuban pill will toxic pre-
ccdcncc.
The passage, by the Senate, on
Thursday, of the bill providing for
the erection of n union railway
station In Washington was n scri-
Gus disappointment to Senator
Hansbrough who had conceived
and formulated n substitute which
provided for the erection Of the new
station by the government with a
view to renting its use to the rail-
roads. As the measure passed
carries a considerable appropria-
ton Of public funds the Senator
from North Dakota believed the
government should retain its
ownership and his proposition at
tracted much favorable comment
from the residents OF the District of
Columbia but so much time and
labor had already been spent on
the bill which eventually passed
by the Committee on the District
Of Columbia that the Senator's
municipal ownership" idea was
rejected.
Ex-senator Manderson Of Neb-
raska appeared before Senator
Piatt's committee this week and
offered the first importan;testimony
derogatory to Cuban reciprocity.
He claimed among other things,
that there had started flow of
emigration from Iowa and
Nebraska to the cheap lands of
Manitoba which flow could be cf-
fectually stopped by encourage
ment to the best sugar industry,
but that the passage Of tho propos.
ed bill would seriously augment
that immigration. MIR. II. @.
Leavitt, also Of Nebraska, testified
against the bill which, he claimed,