THE MORNKfGr OBEGONIAN. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1906.
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TELLS HIS VIRTUES
Elkins Proclaims Himself a
Friend of the People. .
WANTS RATE BILL STRONG
Senate Continues Debate and Var
ies .Monotony by Hearing Hale
Talk on Attempts to In
crease Army and Xavy.
WASHINGTON, March 29-The Senate
today listened to speeches on the railroad
rate bill by Clay. Carmnck and JCewIands
and passed a hill which provides for the
reorganization of the medical department
of the Army by authorizing: the appoint
ment f officers to take the place of con
tract silicons. All the Senators who
Htokt on th" rate bill indicated a purpose
t support It, but Clay expressed the
tape that It would be no amended as to
afford a limited court review of the
order of the Interstate Commerce Com
inteeton. Hale criticised the military
mHcal Mil. sayinpr 11 showed a tendency
to iwroaao the Army, which was not oc
wrabl Im time of peace.
fiMlborson presented and had the clerk
road a memorial from the Cattleralsers
Asportation of Texas, ursine the passage
of the railroad rate bill as It came from
the House. The following bills were
Amandin? the law requiring; lights on
raft so as to make it apply to rafts in
tow.
Authorizing the erection of three life
paving stations on the coast of "Washlng
in between Cape Flattory and Gray's
Harbor.
Lods:e presented the conference report
on the consular reorganization bill, and
it wag agreed to without discussion.
Elkins Blows His Horn.
During the rate bill discussion, Elkins
raised the question as to whether the
MM confers authority to pass on rates
between communities and said that Dol
llver had taken the position that It did
ivt have this authority. Uke Aldrich.
he assorted that the friends of the bill
do not agree in its interpretation. Elkins
rfto'rtared that he was the best friend the
WH has and that his only reason for de
Hiring to have it amended is to make it
MrpRff. He declared that he is a
tntter friend of the measure than even
JMllver. Nelson or Tillman.
'tay took the position that Congress
had the power to fix a standard of rates
giving Just compensation: that both the
carrter and the shipper should have au
thority to go into the courts to determines
the Question of just compensation: that
the power to issue injunctions should be
hedged hIkmii with all proper restrictions;
atMl thai carriers should be confined to
their own business.
Nwiands took Issue with some of the
statements made by Knox on the subject
of appeal to the courts, declaring that
there was nothing in the bill either to
prevent smcIi an appeal or to limit the
pwers if the court In the matter of in
junctions. Hale Oppo.-cd to Militarism.
"When Newlands concluded, the bill pro
viding for the reorganization of the medi
cal department of the Army was taken
up and Hale again voiced his opposition
t the measure. He repeated his argu
ment against the present increase of the
Army.
"The Army man and the Navy man go
tn tlie theory that the Government is
run for their benefit." he said, "but T do
not believe that the people generally want
the Army augmented In time of peace"
Discussing the Navy, he said he would
pit It against any Navy in the world ex
cept Great Britain's and that it would be
folly to attempt to equal the naval es
tablishment of that power. He believed
that with the completion of the vessels
now ordered our Navy would be superior
to the French and the second in the
world.
Returning to the Army. Hale expressed
his satisfaction with the present contract
surgeon system.
Lotlpc AVants Best, Doctors.
lyodge did not consider the contract sur
geon system a good one. because it would
result In securing the service of only in
experienced young physicians or of old
ones who have failed in their profession.
Ho therefore advocated the passage of
the bill, saying that the maximum in
crease in price involved in the passage of
the bill was MS.OOO a year.
The bill was passed by a vote of 42
to 5.
At -4:36 P. M. the Senate went Into exe
cutive session and at 5:40 adjourned un
til Monday.
KESTRICT ALTEN IMMIGRATION
Dillingham Proposes Bill to Exclude
Unfit for Citizenship.
"WASHINGTON. March 29. Senator Dil
lingham today submitted the report of tho
rommitteo on immigration on his bill
amending, tho Immigration laws. The
changes made in the present law are nu
merous. Tho head tax on Incoming aliens
is Increased from 2 to J5, and steamships
are subject to fines of flOO for bringing to
the United States persons prevented from
entering by reason of afflictions of mind
or body. The present law provides for
such fines only In the case of aliens af
flicted, with loathsome or contagious dis
eases. The bill adds to the classes of aliens
now excluded by law all Imbeciles, feeble
minded persons who are mentally or phys
ically defective, such defect being of a
nature which may affect theiramlgranfs
ability to earn a living: children under 17
years, unless accompanied by parents; and
strengthens tho provisions excluding po
lygamists, criminals and prostitutes.
Tho head tax is imposed on aliens' en
trance except in certain cases and is
abolished in the case of a foreign official
coming to the United States overland The
WH further provides that steamship com
panies bo required to furnish lists of all
outgoing aliens before departure for the
United States.
To aid in promoting tho distribution of
admitted aliens among the states and ter
ritories desiring settlers, the bill estab
lishes a division, of Information in the
Bureau of Immigration. Information con
cerning states and territories will be col
lected and distributed among admitted
aliens, and states and territories may
maintain representatives at the -various
immigrant stations for the purpose of in
ducing aliens to settle there.
SL.WS COMMITTEE IX PACE
House Amends Appropriation Bill
Against Its Protest,
WASHINGTON. March 29. Today was
busy day for the House, considerable
progress haying been made on the execu
tive, legislative and judicial bill. The
committee on appropriations suffered a
dereat. the committee of the whole, by a
vote of 58 to 22, expunging a paragraph
from th bill which was alleged to be
properly part of the postoffice appropria
te Mil. An Increase of $19,003 over the
appropriation carried by the bill -was
vot4 for eoafideBtial agents of the In
terior Department to aid in ferreting out
land frauds.
Adams (Pa.) called up the conference
report on the consular reform bill, and
after a brief explanation it was adopted.
The Speaker laid before tho House
the bill opening a large section of the
Kiowa and Comanche country, which
was returned by the President at the
request of the House and Senate.
By unanimous consent the following
bills were passed:
Providing for commutation for good
conduct for United States prisoners;
permitting the Chicago. Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway to construct bridges
across the Columbia River between
Douglas and Kittitas Counties, "Wash
ington; across the Columbia River be
tween Franklin and Benton Counties.
Washington, and across Snake River
between Whitman and Columbia Coun
ties. Washington.
Consideration of the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial biU was then re
sumed In committee of the whole.
Tawney (Minn.) objected to the amount
appropriated for traveling and other ex
penses of confidential agents of the De
partment of the Interior.
Mann (111.) said it would be a crime not
to support the Secretary of tho Interior
in his brave fight against powerful In
fluences. Williams (Miss.), who offered the amend
ment increasing the amount appropriated
for confidential agents of the Interior
Department from $10,000 to $20,000. said the
Secretary of the Interior had stated that
his agents had "run down" a man in
California who had "gobbled" up 2G5.O00
acres of the public domain and it was for
the purpose of looking after this case as
well as others that the additional amount
was needed.
Tawney offered a substitute for Will
lams' amendment appropriating J2O.O0O
"for the protection of public lands from
illegal and fraudulent entry or appropria
tion." which was adopted.
The appropriations committee was given
another defeat when the paragraph re
lating to the division of the railway mail
service "was reached.
Overstreet (Ind.), chairman of the post
office and post roads committee, moved
that the paragraph be stricken out on the
ground that it properly belonged in the
postoffJce committee. An extended debate
ensued and by a vote oi S to 22 the para
graph was voted out of the bill.
The House agreed to consider war
claims on Saturday Instead of Friday.
STORER HAS XOT SEEN NEWS
Illness Prevented Ambassador From
Heading About Himself.
VIENNA. March 29. The retiring Ameri
can Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. Bel
lamy Storer, returned here from Egypt
today. In an Interview with the corre
spondent of the Associated Press on the
subject of his recall, he paid:
"My resignation was requested March
G In a telegram from the President, and
was sent In March 7. I have not seen
what the newspapers have been saying,
and I have been ill and not been allowed
lo receive newspapers or letters. I am
not going to resume charge of the Em
bassy. Mr. Rives will remain as charge
d'affaires.
"I Intend to return to America after
having settled my personal affairs, but I
think I shall not leave Vienna before the
end of May. I Intend in future to spend
half the year In America and half in
Europe."
President Misquoted About Bill.
WASHINGTON. March 29. The Lacey
bill prohibiting the use of automatic
shotguns in the territories of the United
States, which was designed for the pro
tection of game, was today laid on the
table by the committee on territories,
thus rendering further action on the bill
improbable. President Roosevelt was
brought Into the. controversy. Those fa
voring the bill, represented by President
G. C. Shields, of tho League of American
Sportsmen, quoted tho President as fa
voring the proposed measure. Opponents
of the bill showed a letter repudiating a
published article credited to Mr. Shields
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in which article the President's words
are put within quotation marks.
Mr. Shields averred that the President
said Mr. Shields had gathered the Import
of the President's views, but instructed
the latter not to quote him (Roosevelt) di
rectly. Mr. Shields said that he had done
as the President requested, but that cer
tain publications had "edited" his article
and quoted the President in the first per
son. It was tills garbled quotation. Mr.
Shields said, which the President repu
diated, and not the sentiment of the pro
tection of game.
Nominated by the President.
WASHINGTON. March 29. The Presi
dent today sent to the S&nato the follow
ing nominations:
Attorney for tho District of Oregon,
William C. Bristol.
Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks, with rank of Rear-Admiral Civil
Engineer. Mordecai T. Endlcott.
Postmaster at Pullman. Wash., K. P.
Allen.
Trial Trip or Cruiser Washington.
CAMDEN, N. J.. March 29,-The cruiser
Washington left the yards of the New
York Shipbuilding Company, in South
Camden, today for Its official trial trip.
The vessel will first be taken to Newport
News and placed on the Government dry
dock, and from there will proceed to
Maine. The trial will take place over tho
Rockland course. The "Washington is of
the same type as the Tennessee.
Makes Initial Road Liable.
WASHINGTON. March 2?. Senator
Carmack Introduced an amondmcnt to the
railroad rate bill making the initial rail
road liable for damage to freight trans
ferred to a connecting line. The amend
ment will probably be passed on by tho
Senate committee on interstate commerce.
Consul Eager Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. March 23. The Senate
in executive session confirmed the nomi
nation of George Eager, of Illinois, to be
Consul at Barmen. Germany.
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PRESS
ACTON
President Fears Canal Bills
May Be Smothered.
WANTS ZONE GOVERNMENT
Effort to Get Bill Passed and Ap
pointees Confirmed Davfs Says
Sca-Licvcl Canal Would
Pay Off Bonds.
WASHINGTON". March 23.-Speclal.
President Roosevelt Is to pn5 for action
on the Panama Canal measures pending
In Congress. Tho President believed un
til -within a few days ago that action
clearing tho situation would be taken
shortly, but he has given up the thought
and through members of Congress who
hold his views an effort will bo made to
prevent canal legislation from meeting
the fate which has been that of other 'of
the President's measures.
The type of. canal Is no( that which
chiefly concerns the President. The ad
ministration's greatest fear Is that Con
gress will adjourn without providing any
specific means for the government of the
canal zone, and that the officials whom
the President has nominated will not re
ceive the confirmation of the Senate.
FAVORS SEA-JjEVEIi CAXAIi.
Davis Says It Could Pass largest
Ships for Twenty Years.
WASHINGTON. March 29 General
George W. Davis, formerly of the Isth
mian Canal Commission and Governor
of the Canal Zone, and later chairman
of the board of consulting engineers,
appeared before the Senate committee
on interoceanlc canal today in support
of the majority report, recommending
the construction of a sea-level canal.
Commenting- upon the alleged dan
gers of bier ships passing- each other,
the witness said Jthe sea-level plan
provided for every ship likely to be
built in the next 29 years, and there
was no point where the ships likely to
pass through the canal could not meet
In perfect safety. When the need for a
wider canal arises, said General Davis,
this country would be ready to en
large the canal, which lie thought
could be easily done. He Illustrated
his statement with a group of designs
showing the largest ships afloat In the
proposed canal.
General Davis concluded a long state
ment with tho assertion that. If a sea
level canal were constructed at the cost
of J250.000.Oro and Its usage were equal to
the use of the Suez Canal, the canal
bonds could be redeemed from the reve
nue In 20 or 25 years.
Members of the committee will question
General Davis tomorrow.
covering the leasing of pasture lands of
the Comanche and Kiowa Indians in Ok
lahoma. Strong efforts havo recently
been made to have the Secretary alter
the rules, .so that Indians may transfer
to lessees without the permission of tho
Interior Department, it being expressly
forbidden at this time. These efforts
have speculation as their object.
party to bt- held at Knapp's Hall in this
city, Saturday. April 7. At that time a
complete county and legislative ticket
will be named.
EYE ON" AMERICAN MARKET
British Shippers Advised to Get
Share of Prosperity.
T.ONDON. March 30. The foreign office
has Ijsued a report by Seymour Bell.
British commercial agent In the United
States, on the great growth of American J
trado as indicated by the unprecedented
Increase of imports and exports in 1905.
Mr. Boll remarks that IOCS appears to of
fer an exceptionally favorable opportun
ity for British shippers to Increase their
trade with America. Growing population,
good wages and general prosperity, he
yays. mean larger purchases of Imported
goods and, if British shippers do not
seize the opportunity, there are many
others who are only too willing to supply
the demand.
Senate AVI11 Talk More on Rates.
WASHINGTON, March 23. An oarly
vote In tho Senate on the railroad rate
bill Is not among the probabilities, ac
cording to a statement made to the Pres
ident today by various Senators.
Call to Clackamas Socialists.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) Claud S. Howard, secretary of
the Clackamas County Socialists, has
called a county convention of that
Standard OH Chier Sufferer.
WASHINGTON, March 23. The Foster
bill to permit Chinese students, mer
chants and travelers to enter tho United
States was tho subject of a hearing today
by the House committee on foreign af
fairs. Witnesses told of the decay of
American business since the boycott, the
Standard Oil Company being among the
sufferers.
Indians Object to Speculators.
LAWTON. Okla.. March 23. (Special.)
A petition signed by Chief Quanah Par
ker, of the Comanche Indians, and Chief
Lone Wolf, of the Kiowa Indians, has
been forwarded to the Secretary of the
Interior praying that the Secretary keep
Intact all of the rules and regulations
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