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Friday, March 18.
Washington, March 10. For an In
stant in the bona today there was a
la nee in the vigilance ot those who
have been on guard to prevent legis
lation which would take away the
rank of lieutenant general in the aimy,
and the chances of Generals Oorbin and
Mc Arthur for promotion. Prince, of
Illinois whose bill abolishing the grade
in question is the regular order of bus
iness under call of committees, slipped
into the legislative breach. There was
an immediate call to arms on both
sides, and for three hours the friends
of the generals filibustered against the
bill.
The net result was that the previous
question is odered on the bill and an
amendment is pending, having been
offered by Groavenor, of Ohio, which
extends the time of the operation ot
the bill so as to allow the promotion
of the two officers named. On this
amendment the house was voting, but
without a quorum, when adjournment
was had until Monday, when the vote
will be completed. At present it
stands 73 ayes and 83 noes on the
amendment.
Previous to this, the first real fili
buster of the session, thera had been
four hours of debate on the legislative
bill. Shackleford opened the program
with a severe criticism of Speaker Can
non, which he was not allowed to fin
ish. Then followed a somewhat lively
debate on the appropriation bill.
Thursday, March 15.
Washington, March 15. Williams
occupied the last tew minutes of today's
session of the house, which was short
ened on account of the Republican
statehood caucus, in a sarcastic speech
on the division among his opponents
on the statehood bill. He declared that
a reference ot the bill to a committee
before the house had bad an opportu
nity to vote on the senate amendments
"would be the most high-handed ty
ranny that ever took place from the
speaker's chair."
The Townsend resolution, conferring
additional power on the Interstate
Commerce commission to make the
special investigation authorised in the
Tillman-Gillespie resolution, regarding
the relation between certain railroads
and the coal and oil industries, was
passed.
Washington, March IB. The senate
today contineud consideration ot the
railroad rate question by listening to
the readirg of a report on that measure
by Tillman. His report was read at the
request of Aldrich, who said he was
curious to hear the opinion ot the
South Carolina senator. Brief attention
was called to the message of the presi
dent transmitting the letter of the sec
retary of War relative to the recent
Moro battle. Bacon spoke of the kill
ing of the Moros as "slaughter," and
Lodge deprecated criticism nntil the
facts should be known. The house
resolu ion giving the Interstate Com
merce commission authority to admin
ister oaths in connection with its in
vestigation of charges of discrimination
made against railroads was adopted
without resorting to the formality of
requiring its reference to committee.
Wednesday, March 14.
Washington, March 14. The rail
road rate bill today reached the contro
versial stage in the senate. The ques
tion came np in the regular order of
business shortly before 2 o'clock and
held the floor nntil the doors were
closed for a brief executive session
shortly after 5 o'clock. Rayner was
the chief speaker of the day. Among
the senators who were aroused by him
were Foraker, Lodge and Doliver. Both
the Ohio and the Massachusetts sena
tors took exception to Rayner's conten
tion that the railroads have interfered
with the framing of the bill and For
aker also expressed himself as dissatis
fied with the intimation that the rail
roads are represented on the floor of
the senate.
Warren addressed the senate on the
bill extending from 28 to 36 hours the
me luring which livestock in transit
on railroad trains may be confined
withont change, saying that the meas
ure was in the interest of humanitar
ianism and should be passed. He said
that the extension of time was to be
made only upon the request of ship
pers, and that it would not work a
hardship on either owners or their
sto:k.
Washington, March 14. The second
Smoot Case Next Month.
Washington, March 13. The Smoot
case is apt to be brought before the
senate early in April, and will continue
to be the foremost topic of discussion
in that body for the better part of a
month, of leaders of the anti-Smoot
campaign are to be relied upon. Before
the present congress assembled, it was
understood that the case would be re
ported eary in January, but the anti
Smoot people bad some additional wit
nesses to produce, , and then Senator
Smoot wanted some ot his friends to
ppear.
day ot general debate on the legislative
bill developed limited discussion of the
retirement ot aged clerks inter perced
with a speech on statehood by Babcock,
ot Wisconsin, one on the restriction of
immigration by Gardner, ot Massachu
setts, and a presentation of reasons why
the Jurisdiction of Federal courts should
be restricted in certain case where It
was acquired because ot the citisenship
of the litigants being indifferent states,
Babcock said the house bill was one
of the greatest legislative outrages ever
enacted ; that the senate had properly
amended the bill, and he favored the
senate amendments. Babcock dwelt at
length on the reasons why Ariiona and
New Mexico should cot be united as
one state.
Tuesday, March 13.
Washington, March 13. Before tak
ing up the railroad question today, the
senate passed a number ot bills, some
of which were of considerable import
ance. One ot them provides for the
punishment ot government officials tor
the premature divulgence ot secret in
formation ot government bureaus in
such matters as crop reports ; another
grants executive authority in the mat
ter of construction of bridges over navi
gable streams, and still another gives
congressional sanction to the effort on
the part of Delaware and New Jersey to
adjust their long pending boundary
dispute.
Washington, March 13. The house
devoted itself to general deDate on the
legislative appropriation bill. Littauer,
of New York, and Livingston, of Geor
gia, representing the Republican and
Democratic views, concurred on the
question that something must be done
in the way of reorganixmg the govern
ment service. Marshall, ot North Da
kota, gave his voice to the proposition
ot free alcohol; Hayes, of California,
spoke in behalf of restrict! g Japanese
and Corean immigration and Bennett,
of New York, defended his city in rela
tion to the class of foreigners who make
New York city their home.
The bill carries a total appropriation
of $29,134,181.
Monday, March 12.
Washington, March 12. There was
a sharp division of opinion in the sen
ate today over the question whether the
Tillman-Gillespie resolution instruct
ing the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, to inquire into the railroad hold
ings of coal and oil lands justified the
president's message regarding it. Till
man complained that the president bad
charged congress with insincerity, pre
tense and ignorance. Lodge and
Spooner took the position that the
charge of ignorance was warranted.
The debate was interrupted at 2
o'clock, when Culberson was recognised
to speak on the railroad rate bill. He
read a section of his bill to create emer
gency powers for the Interstate Com
merce commission, which he will offer
as a substitute for the pending meas
ure. Foraker took issue with Culberson
when he declared congress itself bad
construed the commerce clause of the
constitution as giving it power to fix
rates, by granting a Federal charter to
the Union Pacific railway. In that act
it reserved this power, and it acted un
der the commerce clause in that legis
lation. This Foraker contended should
not be so held.
Washington, Marh 12. Carrying out
the recommendation of the commission
that investigated the wreck of the Va
lencia, Senator Piles and Representa
tive Humphrey today introduced a bill
authorizing the construction of an
ocean-going tug for use on the North
Pacific coast from the entrance ot Puget
sound southward along the coast of
Oregon. This tug is to be designed
primarily for use in times of emergen
cy, such as shipwreck, and intended to
be otherwise useful in caring for life
and property along the north coast.
No specific appropriation is made by
the bill, the sice of the appropriation
to be determined by a committee, but
it is stipulated that the vessel shall be
built under the direction of the secre
tary of the treasury, and shall be con
trolled by the revenue cutter service.
Her crew shall include skilled men de
tailed from the life-savins; service.
Senator Piles also introduced a bill
authorizing tbft establishment of three
life-saving stations on the Washington
coast between Gray's Harbor and Cape
Flatery.
Report on Employers' Liability Bill.
Washington, March 12. The house
committee on judiciary decided today
to make a favorable report on the Bates
Employers' Liability bill, in amended
form. Representative Sterling, of Illi
nois, will draw the report. Under the
bill a railroad is made liable to an em
ploye, his wife, children or dependent
relatives, "for all damages which may
result from the negligence of any of its
officers, agents or employes or by reas
on of any defect or insufficiency due to
its negligence in its cars, engines, ap
pliances, track, roadbed or works."
ACT ON JETTY BILL.
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House Rivers and Harbors Commit
tee Will Soon Msst. - k-
Waahington, March 18. Chairman
Burton, of the house rivers and har
bors committee, said he would call a
meeting ot bis committee at an early
day to consider Senator Fulton's will
appropriating 1100,000 for work on the
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river. The committee is due to arrive
here from its southern trip by Saturday
or Sunday and it is probable the meet
ing will be held some time next week.
If it shall be the opinion ot the com
mittee that this separate bill should be
presented to the house and pressed on
its merits, the bill will be reported
without amendment. There is every
reason to believe that the committee
will favor the appropriation ot $400,000
inasmuch as the chief of engineers and
secretary ot War have both stated that
this amount is absolutely necessary to
preserve the jetty work from destruc
tion and have specifically stated that
any less amount will not answer.
There is a report that the members
of the house committee may favor en
larging the Fulton bill by add.ng pro
vision for three or four other emergency
projects, so as to make it virtually an
emergency river and harbor bill, such
as was suggested earlier in the session.
This is not cerUin, however, as the
committee has had no meeting this
session, and its sentiments cannot be
accurately ascertained. If the bill can
be so amended without making it a
general river and harbor bill, its
chances of passing the house will be
brighter than would the bill making
an appropriation for the Columbia river
alone.
CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA.
Commissioners Predict This as Result
of Study of America.
New York, March 16. Prince Teal
Tse, High Commissioners Shang Chi
ileng and Li Cheng To, envoys of the
emperor of China, their secretaries and
attaches, sailed on the White Star
liner Baltic today to continue their
investigations in England, France and
Belgium. The prince said last night:
"I have greatlv enjoyed my visit to
this country, and the uniform courtesy
that has been accorded me, Including
the reception by President Roosevelt,
has deeply impreesed me with the
friendly attitude of the American peo
ple. I believe that such contact makes
(or a better understanding and must
bring benefit to both of onr peoples."
That China will soon bnve a contsi
tutional government is the opinion of
some of the commissioners. Announce
ment of this belief was made by one of
the secretaries of the commission just
before the Baltic sailed. It followed
a brief conference between all members
of the party.
"We have been making a compre
hensive study of the political situation
in this country," he said, "and have
seen the application of your laws and
the workings of the governing bodies.
I believe that China will soon have a
constitutional government. It will
probably be modeled mnch on the lines
of the British constitution, but will
contain some ' ot the good features of
your own constitution."
WRECK KILLS ISO PEOPLE.
Head-On Collision of Fast Passenger
Trains in Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., March 16. No. 1,
southbound, and No. 3, northbound,
passenger trains on the Denver & Rio
Urande railroad collided head on near
Portland, Colo., shortly after midnight,
and it is reported at least 50 persons
are killed and a large number injured.
Relief trains have been ordered from
Pueblo and Florence. At this hour de
tails are unobtainable.
Meager but authentic information
from several sources states that the
number killed in the collision will
reach 150. The ccacbes caught fire and
most of the victims were roasted to
death.
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Money for Guns and Powder.
Washington, March 16. The senate
committee on appropriations today
completed the fortifications bill, and it
was reported by Senator Perkins. It
carries appropriations aggregating $5,
618,993, an increase of $780,000 over
the amount appropriated by the house
hill. The increases are: For mountain,
field and siege cannon and equipment
and machinery for their manufacture
at arsenals, $290,000; for the erection
and equipment of a powder factory and
or seaooaet cannon, equipment and ma
chinery for their manfacture, $365,000.
Will Nationalize Railroads.
Tokio, March 16. '.The parliamen
tary majority in favor of nationaliza
tion of railways is reported to be in
creasing and there seems to be little
doubt the project will be carried
through. Work on the elevated rail
road in Tokio, suspended during the
war, has been resumed. Japan and
Russia are planning to exchange im
perial envoys to signify the restoration
of peace. ,
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