The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-16
GULF IND KANSAS
Kansas Representatives are
Aiding Workers From
Galveston.
TO MAKE FINE HARBOR
Whereby Kansas Shippers
Can Send Out Their Grain.
TO MAKE FINE HARB0R
(special COrrespondence to Eagle.

n R@PCS-dA correspondence 10 ESglH.l
= Washington, D. c., Feb. 15.-Galveston
: is agai ntrying for its deeper harbor
: Galveston wishes million and a half
> dollars for the jetties, and three million
n dollars for the inner harbor. With these
appropriations Galveston hopes to have
> one Of the finest and best harbors in the
, country.
Kansas is interested in Galveston and
$ It's harbor Much export stuff now leaves
this country from Galveston. This in
cludes wheat and corn and hour-all
! Kansas products. What contributes TO
make Galveston a better port and ship
, ping point, adds 10 Kansas.
, in the last congress, Galveston had no
better friend than Representative Cbes-
; ter l. Long. He was Representative Haw-
2 Ieys assistant when the Galveston mem
Der was doing all he could TO secure
: additional appropriations. Mr.. Hawlev
: has often testified to Mr. Longs assist
ance.
MI Hawley did not return 70 this con-
gress- So Galveston has no one esnecial-
" 10 look after her interests. save her
new member. But she has sent Walter
Greshan president of the Transmississip-
pi commercial Congress, and former
representative in congress, here to look
after matters. Mr.. Long is aiding hin, in
every way possible. Mr.. Gresham believes
Mr. Long will be of material assistance
remembering the aid he gave Mr.. HawIev
The appropriations sought will come
from the committee of rivers and bar-
bors. The preliminary work in Calves
tons behalf is now going on. It will con-
tinue throughout the session. Calves
tons friends hope for success.
1t was a desperate time the poor old
Grout bill had in the house this week
hammered and battered around, warped
and bent out of shape by its friends;
sneered and jeered at; an object of levi
ty and of bitterness and Of argument:
mismanaged and is handled by those who
should have known how to drag even
such heavy load through the dark par
liamentary ways-the bill finally passed
the house. The test vote on a motion To
substitute the Wadsworth measure dis
closed but A majority In the last con-
Sress, last session, the bill had los ma
jority. So much, then, for the campaign
of education that has been going on since
the last congress, concerning this perni-
clous class legislation. Indeed, the friends
of the bill, many of them doubted ser
| icusly whether they would have success.
1t seemed that the further debate was
prolonged, the greater became the senti-
ment against the bill. It now goes to the
senate. and VIII probably be beaten there,
as usual.
As in the last congress, the bill was
supported by three classes of members:
First-those who sincerely believed in il.
Second, thise who feared their consu- /
tuents, and yet knew the bin was wrong. /
Third. friends of the creamery trust and /
desiring the determination Of oleomar- /
garine, not open to reason, not amenable !
10 argument-just bitter and violent and /
prejudiced.
IN its last parliamentary course. amend /
ments were offered to the bill by Mr.. |
Scott OF Kansas and by Mr.. Allen Of
Kentucky. which are OF moment. Mr.
SCOTS amendment provided that the act
did not interfere with the sale of oleo-
margarine in state if not inconsistent
with the laws of that state, provided the
oleomargarine was manufactured in that
state. The amendment was adopted. Mr..
Aliens amendment referred TO renovated
Understanding Wichita knows some
thing about from having such a factory
in its midst. Mr.. Allen would have such
butter inspected by the department Of ag-
riculture, and stamped as renovated but
ter. Hawney of Minnesota, charge of
the bill, made point Of order against
this amendment, that it was not germane
but the chairman ruled it in order, and il
was adopted.
When the committee Of the whole arose
and Mr.. Tawney, having charge OF the
BILL was making his report to the house
on the various amendments to the bill,
he intended to ask a separate vote on the
Allen renovated butter amendment. but
instead, by mistake. referring to the num-
Der, had another resolution set aside for
a separate vote, and the renovated but
ter amendment went through. Finally ,
the tangle Tawney and the Grout bill
friends had got in. was Strengthened out.
and the matter adjusted
Much feeling cropped out in the house
7urin fthe debate. The bill was charged
with being in the interests Of the cream
Try trust; il was denounced in most vigor- =
JUS and emphatic terms as being vicuous
lass legislation; it was pointed out that
t was not fair 70 place the penalty on the
Of oleomargarine. who sold =.
lis product for just what 1t was. and not 4.
llace il upon the retailer, Who bought his
7rOduct under one name and sold IL under :,
nother-all this and more was pointed
ut No bin has been hammered around
% during this session. And yet il passed
" a FAR less majority than hitherto
'assed because many men actually oppos-
d 70 il: familiar with its vicious provis-
ons; had not sufficient strength 20 oppose 3,
sentiment they believed 70 exist IN their
istriets in favor OF the legislation. But !
he victory Il it vas one. for the Gr0ut i
sople. came 81 a dear price.
For three successive Saturday nights.
he Republican members o. the house p
ave mer IN Caucus 10 take ae-ion on The I.
arious resolutions 70 provide Tor The =
ppointment Of q committee n ascertain r.
nd their results ia certain southern -
tates were in contravention 81 The con- y
,ituuonal amendment which states that "a
here the vote Is abridged. me represent III
tise apportionule1c shan e a accord
ree With such abrl1guen- No la.rlte
etion has yet hsea taken ~ The caacs5s b.
While this is Esther q delicate question =
? handle. Tet an Republicans fsel as i
l0ueh there shou,d b. sore settlement ~
T. Fair minded Republicans perhaps
amit that The Democrats uuder csrlal ~
'ndftfanS NAV be justified 4t least ~