The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-05-07

BOUNDARY
GOVERNMENTS CAN'T AGREE -
BILL FOR DESERTERS-HoAR
AND 5ERRlE HAVE 1T.

Washington, May cit is very prob
able that We will always have an
Alaska boundary dispute Ittt kill
crop out on ail occasions when our re
lations with the British government or
Canada are under consideration. The
modus yiyendi or agreement between
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote
provided for a temporary boundary,
but it is hard to see why that will not
be practically n permanent boundary
line. BY the terms of the agreement
the temporary" boundary is to he
maintained until permanent" ar
rangement is made. AS ii is very
doubtful whether the two governments
can ever agree upon permanent line,
this means that the temporary line will
be permanent. At all events, all nego-
tiati0ns for q permanent boundary seem
to have been dropped. There have been
remarks heard about the department
of state indicating that ii was believed
that the matter had been settled and
l.
But that will not satisfy those earnest
| and perhaps overZealous American cit
izenS who think that the United States
has surrendered some of it's territory.
Therefore there will be murmurlngs
from time to time MEANWHILE until
both of the nations want change, the
temporary boundary will remain.
Representative Slaydcn OF lexas, a
| member Of the committee on military
affairs. told the house that there were
pending before the committee 1000
bills to correct the military records of
men who were once in the Union army
during the civil war. He opposed one
Of those bills which the committee had
| reported and said that If the door was
/ once opened these 1000 men who were
upon the records as deserters would
receive pensions from the government.
Mr.. Slayden maintained that the rec
ords of the war department should not
be mutilated and records of deserters
i made ej3dn unless it was shown be-
y0nd all question that these men were
in fact uniustly clasScd as deserters.
He said that it was injustice TO the
men who served honorably throughout
the war and were properly discharged
to have skulllers and towards given an
equally honorable place beside them
This kind of talk will no doubt have
tendency to prevent consideration of
/ these 1000 bills to which Mr.. Slayden
referred.
Leu any senator or representative 90
anything out Of the ordinary that VIII
attract attention TO him, and he is sure
to be flooded with letters by those who
| want Il share in his notoriety. Thus it
| happens thnt Representative Wheeler
Of Kentucky received hundreds of let
| ters Immediately after the delivery of
| his speech upon the visit Of Prince
| Henry and the special embassy to the
coronation of England's king. SO also
| is the mail Of Senator Tillnan crowded
with letters discussing his recent "af-
! fair with his colleague and the subse-
quent action of the president in with
| drawing Tllman's invitation to dinner
with Prince Henry Naturally these
| letters are of commendatory charac-
ter
! Senator Hoar was in playful mood
the other day. He had tie floor to
| speak on bill and yielded to different
senators who wanted to get bills pass
ed. Finally Mr.. Berry sought recogni-
| ton, and this occurred:
President Pro TEN. Frye Does the
senator from Massachusetts yield to
| the senator from Arkansas?
Hoar-For what purpose?
Berry, want to pass a bill.
Hoar-DOcs the senator want to pass
| 1t or allow the senate to pass it?
Berry-Of course | want the senate
to pass it.
1t was a bill to establish a fish cul-
ture station in Arkansas, and Senator
Hoar asked
Il would like to ask the senator from
Arkansas if he considers the bill strict
ly constitutional"
This was directed at Senator Berry's
well known views upon restrictions of
the constitution, and he snapped out:
II decline to answer the senator
from Massachusetts"
The bill then passed. Senator Hoar
once put like query to the late
Senator Harris Of Tennessee about a
similar measure, to which the Tennes-
seean caustically replied: IF the sen
ator from Massachusetts will come
here on the Fourth of July" then sew
eral months distant, Il will discuss
the constitution with him. Just now
want this bill passed