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.DECEMBER 14, 1905
U:? Nebraska. Iridcpondcrrt
WEEK IN CONGRESS
HOUSE CUTS DOWN THE CANAL
APPROPRIATION
Railway Regulation Bills Are Intro
; duced In Both Branches Demo
cratic Leader In TroubleSpeaker
Cannon Names Committees
The government's estimate of $16,
000,000 as the amount necessary to
carry on the Panama canal work for
a year was debated at length in the
house and was cut down to $11,000,000.
Rate Legislation
The Esch-Townsend railroad hill
which passed the house at its last ses
sion has been redrawn and was re
introduced in the house by Mr. Town
send. The bill embraces all of the
features of the former measure, but
is drawn so as to specify the things
which may be done by the interstate
commerce commission.
In addition, it has a publicity feat
ure and gives the commission juris
diction over refrigeration and termi
nal charges. .
It also directly prohibits the carrier
from eranting any shipper the privi
lege of collecting his product and then
getting a special rate under the short
term nrovision for changing rates.
As exnlained by Mr. Townsend the
bill "expresses the ideas of the presi-
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aent in nis message auu wm, n
ed, into law, amend the interstate
commerce law so as to make it more
effectual in " securing exact justice
among the carriers, shippers, produc
ers and consumers. It amends the law
so as to embrace within the powers
of the commission all interstate and
foreign commerce whether by railroads
or partly by. railroads and partly by
water, and includes specifically in the
term transportation all cars, vehicles,
ventilation, refrigeration, elevation,
transfer, storage and all other facili
ties and instrumentalties of shipment,
siding and industrial tracks, thus giv
ing the commission authority over the
so-called nrivate car and other
agencies.
It enlarges the interstate commerce
commission to seven members, in
creases the length of their term of
office to seven years and their salaries
to $10,000.
Tillman's Bill
In the senate Mr. Tillman intro
duced a bill which would give the in
terstate commerce commission power
to fix "a maximum reasonabl) rate"
when it determines that the existing
rate is unjust or unreasonable and
the rate so fixed shall be the only
legal rate charged.
Mr. Tillman created something of
Is ca indication thst the
stomach end other digestive
organs cro vech, tired or
debilitated. It causes no
end of aches end pdns and
b most common where
people holt their mods end
hurry end worry es they
do in this country.
Hood'sSarsapariila
cures dyspefda-it hes "a
nSictoocV in this Czzczo.
For testimonials of remarkai.le cures
tzzi for Book on Dyipepda, tio. 3.
C. I Hoo4 Co., towc3, Mss.
a sensation by declaring that the sal
aries paid to canal officials were too
htgh.-
' "It is good old Anglo-Saxon stealing
and not graft," asserted Mr. Tillman,
"to pay such high salaries as are paid
to canal officials." .
He mentioned particularly the sal
ary of $100,000 to the auditor.
Committees Named
Speaker Cannon announced the com
mittees of the fifty-ninth congress.
The following are the chairmen of
the important committees:
Ways and means, Payne, (N. Y.);
appropriations, Tawney, (Minn.); ju
diciary, Jenkins, (Wis.); interstate
and foreign commerce, epburn, (la.);
foreign affairs. Hitt. (111.) : military
affairs, Hull, (la.); naval affairs,
Fobs, (III.); postofflce and post roads,
Overstreet, (Ind.); insular affairs,
Cooper, (Wi3.); banking and currency,
Fowler. (N. J.): coinage, weights and
measures, Southard, (O.); rivers and
harbors, Burton, (O.); merchant ma
rine and fisheries, Grosvenor, (O.)
ftPTlfulture. Wadsworth. (N. Y.): pub
lic lands, Lacey. (Ia.) Indian affairs,
Sherman. (N. Y.l: territories, Hamii
inn MlchA: manufactures, Sibley,
(Pa.) ; public buildings and grounds
Bartholdt, (Mo.); labor, Gardner, (N,
invalid Densions. Sulloway, (N,
H.) ; pensions, Loudenslager, (N. J.);
ni!HM rif Columbia. Babcock. (Wis.);
rrieratiim of arid lands, Mondell,
(Wyo.); immigration and naturaliza
tion, Howell, (N. J.); census, urum
narrker. I Ind.) i library. McCleary,
(Minn.); printing, C. B. Landls, (Ind.);
industrial arts and expositions, uara
ner, (Mass.) ; elections No. 1, Mann,
(III.); elections No. z, uimsieaa,
(Pa.): elections No. 3, Driscoll, (N.
Y.)
Interstate Commerce
The committee on interstate and for-
eitm commerce is as follows: William
P. Henburn. Iowa: .Tames S. Sherman,
New York; Irving P. Wanger, Penn
sylvania: James It. Mann. Illinois;
William C. Loverlng, Massachusetts;
Fred C. Stevens, Minnesota; Charles
H. Burke, South Dakota; . John J.
Each, Wisconsin; Francis W. Cush
man, Washington; Charles E. Town
send, Michigan; Joseph H. Gaines,
West Virginia; James Kennedy, Ohio;
Robert C. Davey, Louisiana; William
C. Adamson. Georgia; William H.
Ryan, New York; William Richardson,
Alabama; Charles L. Bartlett,
Georgia; Gordon Russell, Texas.
Mr. Williams, the minority leader of
the house, "stepped on the lid" just
in time to prevent revelations in the
nature of open criticism of the com
mittee assignments of certain of hia
colleagues for which he is responsible.
Mr. Payne, the republican leade-,
naively suggested a way by which the
revelations might be made, but Mr.
Williams assumed all responsibility
and "declined to allow the washing
of democratic linen for the amusement
of the republicans.
Lamar Rebels
The incident followed the announce
ment of committees. I'r. Lamar of
Florida submitted and had read a
newspaper clipping purporting to
quote Mr. Williams to the effect that
Mi Lamar and Mr. Shackelford (Mo.)
had beeu left off the interstate and
foreign commerce committee because
they had failed to follow the demo
cratic caucus action of last session oa
the railroad rate bill. Speaker Can
non suggested that the statement read
did not constitute a quention of per
sonal privilege which entitled Mr, La
mar to the floor.
Tho gentleman might proceed by
unanimous consent," suggested Mr.
iMyuo. "How much time does he
wnnt an hour?"
It was hero that Mr. William
kirotlK forward from his neat in ll
rear. Ht hulled tho speaker with
word and gesture, and when bo got
hU eye ho reserved hU rlf.ht to b
jnt only loni? enough to tnak the
sUtemrmt Ihat in thr Intcrf-st of dem
ocratic "harmony, effectiveness and of
Pleist Mention THE INDEPENDENT
general good will, which will not be
oromoted by washing democratic lin
en for the amusement of the repub
licans or the house, i odkci.
Washington Notes
The pure food bill was introduced
by Senator Heyburn.
Senator Lodge introduced a maxi
mum and minimum tariff b:ll.
Senator Heyburn introduced a reso
lution providing for the annexation of
Santo Domingo and Hayti to the
United States.
The merchant marine commission
bill was introduced by Senator Gal
linger. He also presented the final
report of that commission.
Senator Foraker introduced his
railroad rate legislation bill, which
he had heretofore presented to the
senate committee on interstate com
merce. Senator Scott introduced bills pro
viding for service pensions and for thy
issuance of bonds for the erection of
public buildings In town of 5,000 popu
lation of more.
Senator Tillman introduced two
resolutions which are intended to
bring out the fact as to whether any
of the national banks of the country
have made campaign contributions in
recent years. " , '
A bill prohibiting the use of the
money of insurance companies hi
federal elections was introduced by
Senator Culberson. The offense is
made a felony, and punishment is fixed
at from two to twenty years' imprison
ment. The state department had been adi
vised ihat Clyde Brown, treasurer of
the New York &- Burmudez Asphalt
company, Is now In Caracas, bearing
overtures from the company to Presi
dent Castro, which It was hoped might
result in an amicable settlement of
the differences between the Venezue
lan government and the company,
growing out of the .seizure of its as
phalt mines at La Fellcldad.
i The annual book of estimates of
the arnroDnauons required ior tne
government service of the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1907, was transmitted
to congress by the secretary of the
treasury. The total for all depart
ments, including deficiencies, miscel
laneous, permanent and annual of ap
propriations is $622,723,151. The ap
propriations for the current fiscal
year were $629,738,097 and the esti
mates for the current fiscal year were
19,669,851 "
An explanation of estimates of Sec
retary, of State Hoot for the expenses
of foreign intercourse in the fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1907, was trans
mitted to the house by Secretary of
toe Treasury Shaw. The secretary of
state asks for the appropriation of
$17,500 to pay u ambassador at Tokio,
stating that the president will name
an ambassador to take the place of
the American minister. Mr. Root also
asks $10,000 to pay a minister to Nor
way, this increase being necessary
because of the separation of Sweden
and Norway.
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