| Show J t THE R1LE 1 J a 3 1 z i i < j THENATh r I L C Q fI 1 j ii Senator ffiUMaMas a see 1 m Favor o t < Their t < t t < T Jy r ifl > it fij h 5 THE Put ifiiS Ni irE 1f t T 7 DESIRES T5EADOPflOi OF w J r > METHiDSdF PIlOCiEDURE v tifr V t 1 J > < The r lvUegos ot v TUnlIniiUc < l I1 tin t-in a Lesfajatl e Beiy IsilBc onsi tj entwi arni Ddstiuc1ivTe of the Iliglit iiiad1 b etilf I g1slntIoii7 t h Q Repuijilcans 5lf rjcy Cfefc k Control will t 1 nrt thib Ruies Very Xtadicallr Conhtlng a Quo t ram f > WashmtorftT > ec17 pne 2 the first l acts of the Senate todayW1S to pass an appropriattaii of106OW f folr public prrnt leg Chairman Obckrl ofjithejap roprla tions comm1tt sayto 1 t h3t t Was abSolutely ab-solutely necessary ffiorrpublic printing would came to la sbqiMtlhfe evening Dolph in reporting versjely the gee ge-e al Tand siunt forfelpirelyir exprdssed theli lief that Qongress liad not feta power ito lorfelt those landsbuttlie right to them was vertecV idn the nallrQaila Even if Congress had the ijpwjKer to forfeit for-feit them it would be njfuSt and ihequit able to the railrbad orriiwiiiles Berry Arkansas tisalcJj the majority on the committee for reporting the bill adversely was but one Five membeTS dncluding 1 mselfqi1votd for Its pus sage In order ito ge the Kill wi Iflie calendar cal-endar one member hald angel his vote add had consented > ari dverse report for that purpose He declared the Senate ought to pass the b Ii anxFjiSaid i the rajl roads were not entit edt one foot of land SOn S-On motion ot Carey Wyoming the Senate passed tho > tlt totper teot title to the itoiwusfte of Yumai Colorado Gallingrer New Hwipsjiire pr 3enterd a resolution imvitingltlm anexsutton of Oanada Galllnger < saId at > was wrjtten by a strong advodatejfof powthieatal unl on a member for nine y ars 6 f the D6 minIon parliament ndlnow conneoreu with a New York paper < rHetaskedrer erence of the resolution tojtttie committee on foreign affairs Lodge lintroduced a ir stflutlan calling on the president for correspondence ithe extradition case of General Ezeta and asked for die present conslderaitlon but Gray Delaware objejt t ed Hill New York thEn made a speech favoring changes dn the rules of the Senate Sen-ate to expedite business Mr Hill said The sentiment of thfe country manifested mani-fested through the prds the rostrum amd other avenUES through which public opinion is usually communteaxed seems to desire the adoption of some new methods i I meth-ods of procedure here whereby nectary the legislation may better befacilitated sessions of Congress may be materially shortened and fhe best interests of tine country SI Interwoven With or lrBW affected by consresslorreaaptian ma > b f more seriously preserve in their normal not is condSUon Demand for a chansa environments at is limited by any party not sought merely to secure partisan advantages the vantages It does not challenge either patrtoKsm or the Integrity of the Senate itself but it reflects the deep eoni ction that time Is unnecessarily wasted that useful legislation ds alt times unreasonably unreasona-bly restricted Objections to the Privilege I assert ithat the privilege of unHmlt t PI 1 HpVrat In a lesrlstotlve body is incon siatont with and destructive of the riglht Ian I-an power of legislaUon Such a condition condi-tion of affairs naturally forces comjtro unises and concessions of doubtful propriety pro-priety < as a condition > of any legislation being permitted > It ds an open secretor or at least dt Ug largely believed that during the recent tariff debate many concessions were made and amendments accepted to the bill for the very purpose I pur-pose of avoiding Jnterminable debate which was threatened by and proposed It is believed by some of the minority that the present affords an opportunity for the accomplishment of the proposed innovation especially where there iff not pending In the Senate n any general pout D ical measure upon wnica unusuaL iiei est fis centered and demanding protracted protract-ed discussion It tfs wise to anticipate trne future and folly to shut our e > v3 to the signs of the times It is as cer itain as anything in political affairs can be if our Republican friends obtain con tool of this body and desire to enact important im-portant legislation to carry out their the principled they will boldly amend rules to enable them to do > it promptly and their reluctance to join with us now in framing reasonable rules to regulate debate leads to the suspicion that they intend sometTvlmg altogether more radical radi-cal and sweeping than anything we have proposed The path of safety lies in moderate and conservative action now l1tunity remains Ito use the while the opportunity time by slatlsfying the demands of the at people who have become impatient our delays and disgusted at our inability Another View Besides there is another view of our which duty which presents itself and ought not to be ignored The president in Wa report has seen fit to recommend recom-mend certain legislation pertarnlng to the material modificatil0ns i f tariff a few the existing law I believe that these recommendations are entitled to consideration con-sideration But a spirit of lethargy seems to have crept over this body creating crea-ting the general impression that nothing is to be enacted at this session of a po to Idtdcal nature or at least nothing I which the minority does not consent am strenuously opposed to any such policy pol-icy of dnaetion The senator also argued in favor of counting a quorum and closed by declaring declar-ing that no silly cry of gag law should rule further amendment to the prevent S There was some discussion of the change of rules by Senator Hoar and Aldrich but at 2 oclock the Nicaragua drich cl f 1nClC canal bill f s3 token up Before Air Turple Democrat of Indiana resumed his speech Mr Harris Democrat of Tennessee gave noUce that tomorrow he vould call up < the bill for a military park at Shiloh Tho Kicarasruaii Canal Mr Turple devoted some time to consideration con-sideration of the questions oo > the concessions and forfeitures possible in the cessions of the noncompletion of the canal event within ten years from 1887 The provi exceedingly sions regarding these matters were ceedingly strict The concessions given in In 1SS7 would be absolutely forfeited 4n ISD7 What title did the company Have the canal route Itwas not that of a fee simple a lee base not even an easement There was nothing to mortgage and nothing no-thing to sell The concessions gave no title and no sort of property raghts to Jne company Taking up the question of the physical the various portions o constructdOn of cnZ ru he canal the senator went on to paint difficulties that would have out the great to be overcome and to argue ithat the estimated es-timated cost of the minor canals forming part of tire whole system were too low red In one ca > Ithat oC iths canal b tween Lakes Managua rand Nicanasuar the estImate was mere guesswork Turning then to the matitcr of terminal points of the proposed canal the aenattei insisted that the estimates affecting Wu > ork at thoso places WEre mucih to mall The engineers said 2 500000 would > e required to restore the harbor at jreybown on the Atlantic wihreo3 head he-ad heard a naval officer say that 10 00000 would be required As to Brito the Pacific terminus he place vas not even a roadstead it vas simply a stretch of sand on WK jceari Regarding the staitement thtui the constructIon of the canal would give work to deserving people the senator quotes from a report that Jamaica negroes ne-groes were the only ones that could do i the work under the climatic condlttqns xistlug there The Whole thing appeap a p c T 1 e bay nryxMlca tS conclusions toi the at 4O5pp tall weut andr at 428 p |
