Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-14
THE SLAVE PENSION BILL
Senator Hanna Presented the
Measure by Request.
NOTAPERS0NAL ENDORSEMENT
A Defense Of the West by Senator Stewart
The Senate Finds Quay an Easy Boss.

any OilifF senator Ihdn Marcus a.
Hanna lad presented 10y request q
: bin 70 pension all former slaves, it
would taye occaaioned little or no
comment. Very few bills iuttO4 II
ana marked by request attract at
tention Those words mean that the
senator or representative introducing
them does not 10 So because he person
ally indorses the measure, but does it
for accommodation No one expects
that there ii the slightest possibility
Of the bin ever receiving consideration.
IN fact, it viii probably never be- re-
ported from the committee on pensions,
neitlsr in this session or the sessions
to come. Some interested friend of
senator Hanna asked him to present
Il because he wanted IL IN print, aud
the Ohio senator obiigingly did so. II
Ire had known TINT it would cause so
much talk and have been taken So seri
ously. no doubt be never would have
presented the bill. The fact that so
prominent a man as Senator Hanna
Introduced the bill has given rise to all
sorts Of rumors and speculations, while
ii those familiar with legislative mat
ters would remember that the 'by re-
quest is always a brand which IS
equal to the IN g." of everyday life
the slave pension bill would no doubt
be passed BY With a simple mention.
-FOUR Notable orations.
senator Galinger secured the repub-
G,Ation OF papers relating to the Wash
ington monument the other day, and
Senator Hoar wanted included the ad-
dress of Mr.. Winthrop, He called at
tenrion to the fact that Mr.. Winthrop
delivered the address when the corner
stoue of the monument was laid and
that thirty years later he was the ora
tor at the time of its completion. Sen
ator Hoar said that Mr.. Winthrop did
what happened to no other person ex
cept Daniel Webster. This great Mas
s|achusetts orator delivered the address
ut the laying of the cornerstone of the
Bunker Hill monument and seventeen
years later was the orator upon its
completion These four orations,' said
Senator boar, stand in the literature
Of the world, as it seems to me, unri
vailed in that department of oratory."
The Great American Desert.
During the discussion of the state
hood bill there was some criticism of
Nevada as a state. whicls brought Sen
ator Stewart up with a general defense
Of the state he represents. During the
course of his remarks he recalled what
was once a general impression of the
western country, saying: Il recollect
very Well when everything west of the
Missouri river was regarded on the
maps as the great American desert.
After General sherman made the
treaty with the Indians on the plains,
when he gave theut so much land de-
liberately, l bad a conversation with
him, and he said he did not care how
mach land he gave them. He said he
would like TO have given them all west
Of the Missouri river in fact. all west
; Of Minnesota. 1t was good for moth
ing, he said Now we see these states
springing up there, and they are states
to be proud OF. In fact, he said: 4
should like to give this all back to
Mexico. 1t is not worth taking care
of That was after the war. We
heard that there was nothing In this
country
An Easy Master.
1t has been frequently said that Sen
ator Quay was standing as the master
of the senate, but if such is the case lie
is an easy master. He has never held
the senate in session later than G.30
and has not prevented any bill going
through when it did not lead tu eV
tended debate. He has not opposed
any Of the appropriation bills. ana lac
seems to have been content to keep his
| statehood I'm In the position of advan
tage
/ VIII BE Crowds1 Out
Senator McCnUber has been strur-
{ Cling with li, pure food bill, and, al
q, though II has been demonstrated t.at
2 majority of the senate favors the
measure. the tact that q strong minor
ity has developed against it seems to
indicate that, ro matter how plucky
the North Dakota senator may be, he
? will not he able to bring it TO a vote.
The object ot the measure is TO prevent
-uttsbrauding ARTICLES Of food or the use
or injurious aud adulterating sub
stances and to prevent them from be
ing Slipped over interstate commerce
roads. IL is the bill which Representa-,
, tive Hepburn and Representative Mann
t fought through the house with a great
deal Of opposition 1t does not belong
to that character of legislation which
must pass or that which is rushed
through by unanimous consent. and L
will simply be crowded ont.
To Prohibit ~Polyaamy.
During the discussion of the polyga-
; my phase of the statehood bill Senator
Haustrougb introduced a joint resolu-
ton providing for an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting polygamy in
the states Very soou there were a