The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-27

nualiy s0,oo0, ,oeo tons of freight. con- sistfng of iron ore and coal, going from the lakes to Pittsburg for which traf- fic this canal could compete with the railroads
 After fifty years the canal could be purchased by the government.
 When Mr Davidson regretted the government could not buy the canal at once for the reason that the policy of Congress with reference to developing waterways seemed slow, Mir. Sherley (Kentucky) asked why 1t was that in the past four years s400,00O,000 had been spent on the navy more than has been spent on the rivers and harbors during the entire history of the gov ernment."
 Mir. Davidson replied that he could not answer. While he was member of the Rivers and Harbors Committee. he was regarded as an "insurgent" on that question.
 Suppose this canal is turned over to the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa- ny-where then Is the competition T' asked Mir. Cooper tWisconsin)
 The only opposition that has been made before the committee has come from those roads and I do not believe for one moment that the Pennsylvania Railroad will ever get control of this property" replied MT. Davidson.
 
 position that no benefit to freight rates could come unless the canal was a free waterway.
 speech in favor of an appropria- ton of $60,000,000 for River and liar bor Improvements was made by Mir. Randsell Uowa) who favored the bill as a measure in the interest of com merce. He said that the rivers and harbors of the country had received but per cent. of the national expen- ditures.
 Opposition to the bill on constitu- tionai grounds was made by Mir. Henry tTexas). Such charter should be se- cured, he said, from the State Legis- latures, Mir. Henry did not oppose such a canal if 1t should be built and controlled by the government
 In closing the debate for the oppo- sition, Mir Williams (Missfssippi) said the charter of this canal could be sold for from s4,o0o.0oo to s5.Uo0,Oo0, and while he could not prove 1t, T suspect in my heart that 1t has been already turned over to the Pennsylvania Rail- road or to some other great railroad interest,"
 T desire to say" continued Mir. vii Hams. that there is not a man on the other side of this chamber Cindi- eating the Republican side) who thinks there can be organized in the district
 
 to carry on a business for purely phil anthropic and altruistio purposes. Whenever Pittsburg does anything for nothing just let me know about it bright and early in the morning" MT. Dalzell closed the debate on the bill and demanded the previous ques- tion. Just as a roll call had been or dered. MT. Dalzell stated that Mir. Hep burn (Iowa) had resolution which it was desirable to offer at this time, and asked if the roll call might go over, To this MT. Williams assented, and Mir. Hepburn briefly stated that he had | been requested by his colleagues from the State of Iowa to announce the death yesterday of David B. Tender. son. He presented the resolutions which were adopted:
 Resolved, That this House has learn ed, with the deepest sorrow, of the death of Hon. D. B. Henderson. speak CT of the ffty-sixth and hfty-seventt i Congresses and for twenty years ] useful. faithful and distinguished mem I Der from Iowa and that this Hous, 1 herewith expresses its appreciation ol l the services of the deceased as a patri l ot and a statesman.
 Ordered that this resolution be en l tered upon tho journal of the Housl and that a copy be transmitted to thu | relatives of the deceased"
 As a further mark of respect. thu | House. on motion of Mir. Hepburn a l AIS o'clock adjourned until tomorrow