The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-23
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS


evidence Of the Illegal practices Of the
alleged beef trust. and because Of the
limited force of the department here
and in Chicago. the district attorneys
| throughout the country have been d.
rected to examine into the testimony
| offered and forward the same to the
department.
1t is reported that friends OF the
pending irrigation bill who have been
making a canvass of the House find
that from twenty to twenty-five per
cent. of its members have heretofore
taken no interest in the measure what
ever, and have not yet decided whether
to support or oppose 1t. 1t is with
these members that the irrigationists
are working, In an endeavor to secure
their vote when the. bill Is considered
The canvass that has so far progressed
among the disinterested members has
been encouraging and there is a strong
belief that good majority of them will
! support the bill at the proper time. 1t
has been difficult to arouse any inter
est among these members, who are
mostly from the South and the extreme
East, but the supporters Of the bill In
tend to perservere- throughout the time
intervening before the bill Is called
/
progressed sufficiently to warrant an
announcement of the result In figures,
although the canvassers feel confident
of securing safe majority for the bill.
F-:..ends of the bill hope to get 1t up for
consideration May 3Oth.
| Former Senator Manderson Of Ne
braska, who has been attorney for two
beet sugar companies, was before the
Senate committee on relations with
Cuba. He related details of,the cut in
sugar at Missouri river points and said
the action of the trust was for the pur-
pose of destroying beet sugar growing.
He said that all previous legislation
had been an invitation to grow beet
sugar but the proposed concession to
Cuba had prevented several factories
from being started. He said that farm
| ers were going from the middle west
states to Manitoba but that the beet
sugar growing had arrested this emf
grafton for time Mr.. Manderson con-
tended that every tariff bill and the
governments experiments have invited
them to embark in the beet sugar in
dustry. TO injure it." lie said, "by
direct or indirect methods, is to my
mind as Objectionable, If not to say as
criminal, blow as this country could
receive" The proposition for twen-
| ty-per-cent. reduction, he said, had
caused many prospective beet sugar
factories on arid land In the West to
be abandoned temporarily. Answering
a question by Senator Plat, Mr., Man
derson said that II we Americanize
Cuba, either by annexation or any
other means, there would be rise in
the price Of labor there which would
raise the cost of sugar production.
Following Is the text of the Presi-
dents special message to Congress in
relation to the Martinique disaster: ITO
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives: One of the greatest calamaties
| In history has fallen upon our neigh
boring island Of Martinique. The con-
sui of the United States at Guadaloupe
has telegraphed from Fort De France,
under date of yesterday, that the dis
aster is complete; that the city Of St.
Pierre has ceased to exist, and that the
American consul and his family have
perished. He is informed that 10000
people have lost their lives, and that
$4,000 are homeless and hungry; that
| there is urgent need of all kind Of pro-
visions and that the visit Of vessels
for the work of supply and rescue is
imperatively required. The government
| of France while expressing their
thanks for the marks of sympathy
which have reached them from Amer
lea, inform us that Fort De France and
| the entire island of Martinique are still
threatened. They therefore request
that, for the purpose of rescuinR the
people who are in such deadly peril
and threatened with starvation, the
government of the United States may
send as soon as possible the means Of
transportatIng them from the stricken
island. The island of st. Vincent, and,
perhaps, others in that region, are also
seriously menaced by the calamity
which has taken SO appalling form
In Martinique. have directed the de-
partments of the treasury. of war and
of the navy to take such measures for
the relief Of these stricken people as
lies within the executive discretion,
and earnestly commend this case of
unexampled disaster to the generous
consideration Of the Congress., For this
purpose recommend that an appro-
priation of 5000 be made, to be i'm
mediately available"
During the discussion Of the naval
appropriation bill In the House Mr.
Mudd Of Maryland offered his
amendment to exclude from the ma
val academy and from ships and gov
ernment libraries the history of Edgar
Stanton Maclay. Mr.. Dayton made
point Of order against the amendment,
and the chair sustained the point.
Mr.. Mudd then offered substitute