The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-02-09
MUCH CRY, LITTLE WOOL.
SENATORIAL CANAL lNVESTIGA,
TloN ELECTS NEW FACTS.
LOCK TYPE OF CANAL PROBABLE

Wall Street Method Of Doubling Your
Money Overnight 49, Frye and Ship
Subsdy-Stonc Has Tea BiIl--ViI.
II Service For President.
Washington Feb. S. Special, III
congress waits until everybody gets
through answering questions concern.
ing the canal II will be "a long time be.
fore there IL any legislation on the sub
Joct. The senate committee has been
sitting as nm inqulsItorlnl body now for
some weeks, but the value of the nfor-
nation 1t has obtained is doubtful. At
least II has obtained nothing that will
guide II In the legislation that grent
many people think IL necessary. There
has been such Il vast amount OF ques-
tioning upon nonessentlals, such va
rlety OF views obtained upon trivial
ties, that the committee is not much
wiser than when 1t began. Strange ns
II may seem the senate committee on
appropriations In one dny and the
house committee on appropriations In
another day obtained about all the In
formation that Ii necessary for canal
legislation.
Things to Determine.
or course congress must determine
the type Of canal, although II seems to
me that the president has already done
that. 1t Ia not likely that congress
will 70 against the Judgment Of the
president, secretary of war, chairman
OF the commission and chief engineer
and decide in favor Of the foreign con-
sulting engineers. so II muy safely be
said that II canal with elghty-tlve foot
locks Is already agreed upon. Then
there Is the suggestion that there shall
b0 a reorganization Of the commission
but II Is doubtful II anything upon
that line will be done. Satisfaction IL
expressed by the administration with
the present arrangement, and It Is
very much to be doubted whether n
better one can be devised Still the
senate committee Is going forward
asking questions. 1t would not be
surprising to see the real legislation
for the canal enacted by the commit
tees on appropriations. In abrogatlng
the eight hour law the house commit
tee has already taken the initiative,
and both committees have legislated
as to bonds and restrictions on appro-
prlations.
East and tho West.
DnnroOnntntivo Martin nf South Ia
kota was making a speech criticising
trusts and combinations and spoke OF
the "Wall street method Of doubling
your money overnight without putting
in any" and added: II think there has
never been more effective method
| devised of getting rich quick, of amass-
| ing large fortune without labor, than
| the organization of trust. out west
we are still pursuing the simple life"
81 would like to ask the gentleman
| II they have ever INDUCED in over
! capitalization in the Black Hills coun-
try in South DaliOtaW asked Represent
atve dwight of New York.
"Oh. yes" responded Martin. there
has been fictitious capitalization in
mining operations everywhere, but gen
| orally by eastern men,"
| Frye Wanted to Know.
| For years Senator Frye Of Maine
| has been an advocate of the ship sub
sidy bill, and in days gone by he was
the man who had charge of the bill In
the senate. Then Hanna was the man,
and since the merchant marine com
mission was appointed with Senator
! Gallinger as its chairman the New
Hampshire senator has been In charge.
But Frye Is chairman OF the committee
on commerce, which reported the bill,
so when several important amend
ments were made to the bill on the sug-
gestion Of Gallinger Frye rather Sc
verely said. 81 should like to know
what consideration. by what commit
tee or commission, has been given to
the amendments which the senator has
offered today"
or course these amendments had not
been before any committee, and Gallin-
ger after a moments hesitation, said
that he did not think 1t necessary to
take the amendments to a committee.
| AT tne same tlme IL was pretty tnOr-
oughly understood in the senate that
Senator Frye proposed to be consulted
about ship subsidy methods.
Senator Stones Tea Bill.
Ever since Senator Stone of Missouri
has been In the senate he has endeav.
ored to secure the passage of Il bill to
prevent the importation of impure tea
He had favorable report on the bill
in the last congress, but it did not pass
This year he began early. He intro
duced his bill the first week of the
session and reported it from commit
tee Dec. 13 last. 1t is now at the head
of the calendar, but every time 1t comes
up some senator says, Let IT go over
and so 1t never gets consideration. "It
has been passed over four times now
said Senator Stone the last tine it came