j IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Frleay, February 23.
Washington, Feb. S3. Pwcnled by
a debate which indicated no hesitancy,
bat raiher a relish, in taking action
agaiutt alleged railroad combinations,
the boa agreed without opposition
today to the Tillrnan-Gillerpie resolu
tion, directing the Interstate Commerce
commission to make an immediate in
quiry and report regarding alleged re
el raints of trade on the part of certain
railroad in the handling of coal and
oil. The resolution was not in the
form in which it passed the senate, and
will go back to that body touts second
action.
Proceeding under call ol committee,
boills were passed to require $75 worth
of work annually on mining claims and
$5 worth of work on roads and trails
for each mining claim in Alaska; allow
ing foreign ships to clear from American
ports without examination certificates
when the countries to which they belong
recognise American certificates of in
epeition; to prevent foreign built
dredues from operating in the United
States, except the dredges now at work
in the United States under contract.
Washington, Feb. 23. By a rote of
S to 5 the senate committee on inter
etate commerce today agreed to report
the Hepburn railroad rate bill without
amendment, but the resolution re
served to the members of the commit
tee freedom of action concerning
amendments offered in the senate. By
a vote of 5 to 8, Republicans prevail
ing, Tillman, a Democrat, was given
the honor of reporting the bill. This
establishes a precedent, in that a Re
publican senate committee has given
to a Democrat control of an important
measure passed by a Republican house
and endorsed by a Republican presi
dent. Thursday, February 22.
Washington, Feb. 22. Knox's much
discussed and Ion expected railroad
bill was introduced in the senate today,
and because of the exceptional interest
on the subject was accorded the unus
ual privilege of a reading for the in
formation of the senators on the day of
introduction. ,
At the request of Hale, chairman of
the committee on naval affairs, the bill
providing for the punishment of haxing
at the naval academy at Annapolis was
taken up and discussed at length. Dick
advocated extreme measures, saying
that nothing lees would accomplish the
desired result. He said that he bad
investigated the haxing practice, and
was prepared to pronounce it "an edu
cator in brutality." He considered it
a crime out of harmony with the office
held by the midshipmen. The bill was
passed.
Washington, Feb. 22. The house to
day refused to adjourn in celebration
of Washington's birthday, and its
members participated in a general field
day of debate on the army appropria
tion bill. The speeches took a wide
range.
Ship subsidy was discussed for an
Tiour by Gilbert, who took the position
that ships could be built as cheaply
in this country as abroad. He asserted
that the United States possessed the
finest merchant marine fleet of any
nation.
Tomorrow the joint resolution direct
ing the Interstate Commerce commis
sion to investigate the railroad, soft
and anthracite coal and oil trusts will
toa considered and most likely adopted.
A biJ was passed reserving from dis
posal by the government Battle Moan
tain, 8. D. The mountain is made a
part of the Battle Mountain Sanitarium
reserve. The mountain tabes its name
from being the ancient battleground
between the Crow and the Sioux In
dians. The conference report upon the ur
gent deficiency bill was agreed to.
A joint resolution was agreed to al
lowing Alaska teachers and employes
of the bureau of education to assign
their salaries.
Wednesday, February 21.
Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary
Shaw submitted a report to the house
today concerning permanent appropria
tions made from the general treasury,
in compliance with a resolution of Rep
resentative Tawney of Minnesota,
chairman of the house committee on
appropriations, who has been leading
! the fight against permanent appropria
tion and has a bill pending which pro
vides for abolishing such appropriations
except for sinking fund, international
payments and a few other fixed obligations.
Will Report Bill.
Washington, Feb. '20. The Philip
pine tariff bill, which has been held up
in the sneate committee ever since it
passed the house, is soon to be reported.
The Democrats of the committee, who
were supposed to be solidly arrayed
against the bill, held a conference today
and two out of the five declared their
intention to vote to report the bill
Carmack of Tennessee and McCreary
of Kentucky. Three Republicans, how
ever Hale of Minnesota, Burrows of
Michigan and Brandegee of Connecticut
are opposed to the bill.
It is the desire of Mr. Tawney that
appropriations shall be made available
for two year f r the payment of ex
penditures properly incurred within
that time, and at the end of that period
all unexpended balances shall be trans
ferred to the surplus fund, thus avoid
ing making the appropriations perma
nent. The report of Mr. Shaw show that
there were about 250 permanent appro
prlationa iu 1904 and 1905. In 1904
they aggregated 162,000,000 and in
1905 (46,000,000. He states that he
favors the Tawney bill in the main,
but suggests a few additional amend
pienta.
Washington, Feb. 21. After 15
years of more or lees serious considera
tion of the subjects, the senate today
passed the Hey burn pure food bill by
the decisive vote of A3 to 4. The vote
was taken attet a day devoted almost
exclusively to desultory debate on the
bill. Several efforts were made to
amend the bill, and the committee ac
cepted a number of suggestions, but
only those thus accepted were incor
porated in the bill as passed.
Tuesday, February 20.
Washington, Feb. 20. The senate
listened three or four hours today to a
discussion of the details of the pure
food bill. A number of minor amend
ment were suggested, but under the
agreement to vote on all amendments
tomorrow none of them could be acted
on today. Ranor presented by request
a reply from the Baltimore A Ohio
Railroad company to the charge of dis
crimination against it by the Red Rock
Fuel company, of West V irginia, deny
ing unfair treatment. The senate ad
journed a few minutes after 4 o'clock
out of respect to the memory of the
late Reprtentative Castor, of Pennsyl
vania. Gallinger presented four petitions
from residents of Oklahoma praying
for prohibition in the proposed state of
Oklahoma. The most voluminous con
tained the names of 8,000 voieis, and
Gallinger said that it was 264 feet
long. One of the others contained the
names of 6,000 women, and another
those of 6,000 children. The fourth
was signed by Indians only.
The pure food bill was then taken
up. A long discussion of amendments
offer d by various senators ensued and
was participated in by Lodge, Files,
Hemenway, Gallinger, Spooner, Hey
burn, McCumber and others, Hemen
way and Piles appearing for the first
time in debate in the senate.
Washington, Feb. 20. The house of
representatives today took an immediate
adjournment out of respect to the
memory of Representative George A.
Castor, of Pennsylvania, after the pas
sage of appropriate resolutions and the
appointment of a funeral committee.
Representative Castor died yesterday
in Philadelphia.
Monday, February 19.
Washington, Feb. 19. Three bills
were pasied under suspension of the
rules requiring a two-thirds vote in
the bouse today.
The first makes gambling unlawful
in the territories of the United States,
including Arizona, New Mexico, Okla
homa, Indian Territory and Alaska.
TBe bill is directed particularly against
Arizona and New Mexico, where it was
stated gambling was licensed.
The second prov:des additional work
for the Census bureau by requiring sta
tistics to be taken on insurance, fish
eries, electrical industries, savings
banks and crimes.
The third appropriates . $50,000 for
the purchase of 300 acres of coal land
on the Island of Batan, one of the
Philippine archipelago. On the last
named bill a debate of two hours was
had. The others were debated 40
minutes each.
Washington, Feb. 19. Discussion of
the pure food bill occupied practically
all of the day in the senate. The
speakers were Heyburn, who has charge
of the bill ; Foraker, who presented a
number of amendments desired by
liquor interests; Money, in favor of his
sustitute; and McCumber. An order
was made to devote time tomorrow to
considering amendment under the ten
minute rule, and begin voting at 5
o'clock Wednesday. ,
The president transmitted to congress
a special message agreeing with the
minority report of the consulting en
gineers on the Panama canal in favor
of a lock canal.
No Religious Test.
Washington, Feb. 20. In presenting
petitions against Senator Reed Smoot,
signed by thousands of women of Cali
fornia and Colorado, Perkins and Pat
terson took occasion today to define
their position on the protests against
the Utah senator. The former said
that religious views should not be con
sidered in passing upon the qualifica
tions of a senator, and that his honesty
and attributes that command confidence
and respect should be above all else.
Patterson thought there were great con
stitutional questions to be considered.
SEALERS MAY SUE UNCLE SAM.
Bill Allowing Court to Adjust Claims
for Compensation.
Washington, Feb. 23. A favorable
report was mad today on Senator Ful
ton' bill which permits owners ol
sealing vessels seised lor pelagic sealing
lu Behrlng sea to go into the Circuit
court for the Ninth circuit to recover
from the government an amount equal
to the loea they sustained through the
leisure of their teasels.
Years ago, when Pehrlng sea was
held to be a closed lea, the United
States claimed Jurisdiction over th
east half and Russia over the lemaln
der, and sealing was prohibited. Many
sealing vessels were captured by the
two governments. The Supreme court
subsequently held Behrlng sea to be an
open sea and denied the Jurisdiction of
this government beyond the three ma
rine league limit.
Following this, British sealer whose
vessels were taken by American reve
nue cutters sued and recovered from
the United States, and owner of Amer
ican ships taken by Russians recovered
from that government. But this gov
ernment has never paid the claims of
American sealers whose vereelt were
illegally seised by the American gov
ernment. It is to pay these claims
that the bill is pressed. In the aggre
gate It is not believed the claim will
exceed $1,000,000.
'TWIXT HOPE AND FEAR.
Morocco Delegates Doubtful of Suc
cess of Conference.
Algeciras, . Feb. 23. Although the
Franco-German deadlock remains un
broken, the opinion of the delegates to
the Moroccan conference fluctuates a
to tie results, the view today being
rather more hopeful that some solution
is possible. Thl is due largely to the
German attitude that an adjustment
eventually will be reached. The
American delegates also continue con
fident, despite the French and British
pessimism. Some of the delegates ex
press the view that some conciliatory
movement will be made directly from
Berlin.
At the afternoon session the con
ference settled a few minor points on
the bank question, including the adop
tion of a gold basis.
The Italian delegates are discucsing
the possibility of the appointment of
a number of the conferees as arbitra
tors for the settlement of the contro
versial points of the French and Ger
man projects, should agreement rela
tive to the majority of the details be
attained.
Ambassador White persiits in his
optimistic view of the ultimate reeult
of the conference.
RUSSIA WILL BRAND COWARDS.
Officers Who Surrendered Without
Cause To Be Disgraced.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. Unprece
dented regulations to purge the army of
officers accused of cowardice and sur
rendering during the war for no reason
able cause were announced today by
the military organ, the Russky Invalid.
Captive officers returning from Japan
will, unless they were wounded when
captured, be tried before courts of
honor, and unless reinstated by the
unanimous decision of their fellow
officers, will be dismissed in disgrace.
"Contusions, " a frequent excuse (or
surrender, will not be accepted.
The higher officers who were respon
sible for the surrender of their organ
izations must secure a vindication from
a court of hoaor and the minister of
war. Such cases will he submitted to
the emperor individually.
The troops which composed the gar
rison at Port Arthur are exempt from
these provision-, the responsibility for
the surrender of that fortress falling
noon General Stoessel.
Men Won't Let Women Talk.
Washington, Feb. 23. Discord in the
congress for uniform divorce laws be
came so great this afternoon that Miss
Fannie Leake Cummings, the sole rep
resentative of Washington state, with
drew and left for her home.' Her reas
on was "the men won't let the women
talk." Of these offenders, she said,
ministers were the worst. It was earl
ier in the day, while she was making a
speech on the "Real Causes of Divorc
es," that C. Larue Munson, of Phila
delphia, asked her to cease, because tie
considered her remarks "nauseating."
Condemns Export Tax on Coal.
London, Feb. 23. The British ex
port tax on coal apparently is slated for
removal in the forthcoming budget of
Chancellor of the Exchequer Asquith.
Mr. Asquith informed a deputation
today that, while he declined to make
any declaration in regard to the taxa
tion nntil be presented the budget, he
considers the coal tax vicious and un
necessarily injurious to an important
industry He raid, that the members
of the deputation would find him anx
ious to remove it.
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