Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-18
THE lSTHMIAN
CANAL BILL.
Not Likely to Pass the Senate This
Session,
CONCERNING PANAMA ROUTE
Seems 10 Have Many Friends In Up
per House-Irrigation Forces
Gaining strength.
Special Correspondence,


Special Correspondence.
Washington, April l6, l9O2.-The
senate is law unto itself. II II
the power In the legislation OF the
country and. while It occasionally
yields to the house In some minor mat
tiers, in the main 1t has us way or
course the senate passes great many
bills which the house does not pass or
even consider, but with the measures
which the house passes the senate Is
a strong power | revert to this fact
on account OF the present prospects OF
the istnmlan canal bill Although the
house pissed the bill. with only two
dissenting votes. and named the Mica
ragua route, there is very strong UNI
dercurrent OF opinion about the sonata
that there win be no canal bill at This
session. or, If there is one, IL will be the
Panama route. Said one of the sena-
tors who Is very close observer OF
senate events: 1T would not be at all
strange to see the canal bill go over
Here we have coming a river and har-
Dor bill OF $4,000, 900, OOO Besides. there
Is cut in the revenue OF Sl0,0O0.OOO
by the repeal Of the war taxes. Be-
fore we engage In this great undertake
ing the financial condition Of the eoun-
try viii be carefully considered" But
what is more important on this sub
iect than anything else Is the fact that
the powers which move the senate do
not want the canal bill passed at this
session.
IRRIGATION MEN HOPEFUL.
The western men who have been urg-
ing the Hansbrough- Newlands bill In
both branches OF Congress are very
hopeful OF success. They seem TO think
that ret only Will the bill be consld-
cred in the house, but that II will com.
mand majority Of the votes in that
body. The Irrigation forces have been
gaining strength. IL IS a fact, but. not
wlthstanding their optimism, their bill
viii meet with great deal of oppOsi-
ton. 1t Is no doubt true that Its
strength has depended upon some other
measures TO some extent There has
been some give and take" In II all
and just a bit OF log rolling here and
there, and this Is what has encouraged
the irrigation men to believe that sue
cess Is in sight
MAN OF LONG WORDS.
Mai. Gen. Arthur Macarthur has
q fancy for long words. His reports TO
the war department from Manila were
full Of terms that no one who was not
pretty fimilar with the dictionary
could readily comprehend. And so II
was with his testimony before the SEN
ate committee on the Philippines.
Words Of great length and which are
not generally heard outside Of technical
and scientific works flowed from him
with ease, and the members of the COM
mittee were amused, am told that
Zen. Macarthur as an officer OF the adj
Iutant generals department always
was partial TO these long words I'm his
reports upon even trivial matters, tut
ihese words do not destroy the effer-
.NthtSs " tnt idCls WHICH Nen'
presents.
DON'T LIKE TO BE PUSHED"
Some men here think quite seriously
II retiring from public life. but about
he time they make up their minds TO
10 so some rival at home announces
hat he wants the place and intends
o have H. Then the fighting spirit Is |
aroused. and the incumbent goes in to |
Win. II say" said newspaper man |
o representative who had failed 81 |
did you quit or were
'0u pusAeds" Pushed" answered |
he defeated "But II | had not been |
pushed would have left clear
leld. It's this being pushed that a fei-
ow objects to-" The desire not TO /
ubmit TO be crowded out is often Civ. |
N as reason for hanging on.
STANDS BY HIS FRIENDS.
There is always something to admire
n a man who stands by his friends /
nd that Is the kind Of man Senator |
lama U.s. The course he has taken re-
-arding Estes @. Rathbone, recently |
onvicted In Cuba Is an instance. He |
las taken pains to learn the facts, and 1
e believes that Rathbone has been un-
Justly treated-that he is an innocent
nan convicted unjustly, and so he is
ding TO arrange bail for him, and then |
e Will endeavor 20 secure n trial be-
ore an impartial tribunal and as n
asst resort he viii demand that an
american citizen in a foreign country,
ven II that country IL Cuba, shall re-
Give the same consideration that has
zen accorded other Americans. In
hort. Senator Hanna will leave moth.
ne undone while his friends liberty Is
I stake.
CONGRESSIONAL TOPICS.
A speech by Senator spooner Of Wis
onsin is for the most part a running
ebate, a series OF questions and an
wers. Nearly every senator II he is
lterested In subject which Senator
pooner Is discussing, will ask ques-
ions and often answer questions. In
ne instance recently, In a speech OF
OF very great length, at least a dozen
snators participated, and Spooner was
Interrupted at least 80 times.
There r. talk around the Capitol about
taking an appropriation for raising
he wreck OF the old Maine In Havana
arbor 1t is agreed that the ship Is a
lenace TO commerce; but what Is more
nportant. the American people would