Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-21

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attempts to compromise the statehood
bill question seem Of 10 avail. To
make a successful compromise at this
stage tf the session it would be neces
sarv to get practically all the senators
to agrea upon q measure. ard that is
not possible, al the talk aaoGt a two
state Bill fell through when it was
fcg taat tae whole Democratic side
w against It. They would talk the
compromise to death, as the Republic
ans who oppose the omnibus bill have
talked it to death, or at least very near
~. The prospects are that Senator
QUAY will keep 1t before the senate as
the unfinished business until the end.
and il. viii still be unfinished bust
ness" when President Pro Tenn. Frye
declares the senate adjourned sine die.
It has been q long and in some respects
an interesting fight. but 1t goes to show
that amy strong minority can prevent
q bill from reaching a vote in the SEN
ate.
VIII Fail by the Wayside.
Petitions in great number continue
TO come to the senate In favor of the
eight hour bill that has passed the
house and is pending In the senate.
Senator MeComas has several times
given notice Of an intention to call it
up and press it to a vote, but Senator
Quay. although he says he favors the
eight hour bill. stands at the portal Of
legislation with the bill for the new
states and viii let nothing pass that
will lead to ala extended debate. The
labor unions are making every effort
to get the measure through, and the
petitions that food the senate come
from these organizations. 1t would
probably pass II a vote could be
reached. but it will fall by the way
side.
Cannon on the Country.
Representative Cannon in the speech
he made in favor of making the addi-
ton to the capitol and the erection of
a large building for members of tue
house gave oln very interesting in
formation. He recalled that back in
1850, when he was a boy of fourteen,
congress authorized the extension of
the capitol. lie referred to the early
sixties. when the two wings were near
ly completed, when my friend from
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Grow. presided over
the house,
Then we had the great unsettled
west-what is now the middle west
ard what is now the west-reaehing
out to the Pacific coast. an unknown
country, presumed at that time to be
of but little value, a land Of desert, Of
wild beasts and wild men, Astounding
substantially in agriculture alone. not
much of railways, not much of river
and harbor accommodations, not much
OF improvements Of inland naviga-
tom
The Nations Greatness.
Here are a few more interesting sug-
gestions from Mr.. Cannon;
Now, to the qualification of all OF
US, we may throw words and sentences
back and forth for partisan advantage,
which l do not deplore, because ours is
a government through parties. After
we have fought our partisan fight there
is no man in the house upon either side
W is not glad and glories in the
growth and greatness OF his country,
its material prosperity, its intellectual
wealth. Without Boosting, no popula-
ton on earth can equal it. We are first
in agriculture still, but in diversified
ton of industry, through the enterprise
land the industry and the cunning and
the judicious use of capital, sometimes,
perhaps, injudicious, it appears, as we
try to solve some of the problems that
present themselves, we leap forward in
competition with all the world until
this country Of ours today for capital
is many, many billions Of dollars ahead
of any nation on earth. and. while we
remain first ia agriculture, as far as
manufactures are concerned we have,
by virtue Of the skill OF our people, an
annual product more than equal to the
combined product of Great Britain and
France and Italy and Austria"
1t Was Net Patterson.
1t has always been supposed that
Thomas VI. Patterson, when delegate
from Colorado and urging the admis-
sion Of that territory, declared that
Colorado could always be depended
upon as a Democratic state. Senator
Kean called attention to it. and Pat.
terson said, Il was not then a member
Of the house,
was not the senator a delegste77
asked Kean.
Il was not" responded Patterson.
"Mr. Jerome B. Chafee was the dele
gate from Colorado"
However, it Is probable that 1t could
be found that at some previous time
Patterson made the claim for his party.
All delegates do.
Although officially the big mountain
in Washington Is called Rainier, after
an English explorer vet the people of
Tacoma insist that il shall be called by
the old original Indian name. 1t
oor,. tANo T.,d chat nv Indian mama