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j IN THE NATIONAL HAUS OF CONGRESS
Fridaf, May 18.'
Washington, May 18. After 70 days
of almost continuous deliberation the
aenate today at 4 :5S p.m. passed the
railroad rat bill by the practically
unanimous rote of 71 to 3. The three
negative Totea were cast by Foiaker,
Republican, of Ohio, and Morgan and
Fettas, Democrat, of Alabama. There
vu a somewhat larger attendance of
eenatore than usual, bat the attendance
in the galleriea waa by no mean ab
normal, and there waa no manifesta
tion of any kind when the reenlt in
anncooced. There waa, however, an
almost general aigb of relief among the
senators, '
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Washington, May 18. Reminiscent
of the atreeeful days of the 47th con
greta were the scenes in and about the
house today. Hardly had the journal
been approved when the Democrats,
under the leadership of . Williams, of
Mississippi, began the first real fili
buster in a number of years, their ob
ject being to defeat the bill paying to
the estate of Samuel Lee, of South
Carolina, f 10.4S3 for allowances made
by reason of the election of Lee, a ne
gro contestant for a seat in the 47th
congress.
This bill has been reported favorably
by nine congresses six times by Ke
publicana and three times by Demo
crats. i After spending almost the entire day
on the question the bill was passed.
. , Thursday, May 17.
Washington, May 17. With the ex?
ception of Bailey's digression, the en
tire day was devoted by the senate to a
review of tbe amendments made in
committee of the whole and covered
somewhat more than half of the meas
ure. There was a prospect of conclud
ing the reading until the section grant
ing to the Interstate Commerce com
mission power to fix rates was reached
and tbe question of the constitutional
ity of tnat provision was raised. The
attack was made on the clause giving to
the committee discretion in the matter
of preserving rates, and a long debate
ensued. The question was still nnder
discussion when the day came to a
close. K - "" '"
Wasnington, May 17. After two
weeks' debate the house today passed
the naval appropriation bill, carrying
$99,74,6000. The amendment provid
ing that the secret!? of the navv could
go into the open market and .urchase
chains, anchors and cordage, should it
be demonstrated that they could be
had cheaper in free markets than they
could be made by the government,
was defeated today by a rote , of 188 to
123. 1
" By the action of the house on a sec
ond amendment, upon which a separate
vote was demanded, a 4 per cent differ
ential will be allowed bidders from the
Pacific Coast on ships constructed
there. The vote was very close, three
Republicans changing from no to yes,
llaughen of Iowa, Thomas and Long-worth.
After the passage of tbe naval budget
the house, in committee of the whole,
resumed consideration of the so-called
naturalization bill, but not great head
way was made.
. -' A Wednesday, May 16. i
Washington, May 16. The consider
at ion of the rate bill in committee of
the whole was concluded by the senate
today, and the measure was then re
ported to the senate, where '(here will
be opportunity to review and alter all
the amendments heretofore made.
Practically the entire day was devoted
to consideration of tbe anti-pass amend
ment, which was adopted after making
so many exceptions as to arouse laugh
ter every time the provision was read.
The work of tbe senate after 'the bill
was reported was confined to the partial
consideration of the pipe line provision,
which was so amended as to strike out
the Morgan proviso extending its ope
ration to other countries where the
United States had jurisdiction.
Washington, May 16. The naval
appropriation bill, carrying nearly
$100,000,000, was completed today in
the house after one of the busiest days
of the present congress. The feature
of tbe day's debate grew out of the at
tempt . to defeat tbe appropriation for
the largest battleship of its claw in the
world and the tenor of tbe speeches for
the big ship was that the American re
public must be abreast of the nations
of the world in the strength of ber
navy. Tbe opponents talked for peace,
disarmament and arbitration, and in
sisted that there waa no national need
for such a large navy. The amend
ment introduced by Burton, of Ohio,
to strike out the appropriation for a
rival to the British Dreadnaught was
defeated, aa was the amendment leav
ing the construction of the battleship
to the discretion of the secretary of the
navy after the second Hague conference,
A final vote on the bill will be taken
tomorrow. '
Tuesday, May 15.
Washington, May 15. With the ex
ception of the anti-pass amendment,
the aenate concluded ita discussion of
the railroad rate bill in committee of
the whole and, aa soon aa that provi
sion shall be disposed of, will take it
up in the aenate. The general expec
tation ia that the pate question will be
disposed of early tomorrow, and the
general hope ia that the bill may be
passed before the close of tomorrow's
seesioa. The greater part of the day
was apent In discussing the eighth sec
tion of the bill, relating to the person
nel of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, resulting in the elimination
of the entire section and the restoration
of the present law, which provides for
five commissioners at salaries of $7,600,
Washington, May 15. The House
by a decided vote today reaffirmed ita
faith in the Navy department, defeat
ing an amendment of Tawney, chair
man of the appropriations committee,
to limit the expenditures on a ship to
10 per cent of the cost, a vote of con
fidence coming after two hours' hot
debate. Having reached the section of
the naval bill dealing with increase
in the Navy and, realising that consid
erable debate must ensue, the house ad-
ourned nntil noon tomorrow.
Tawney was emphatic in declaring
that it waa both bad policy and bad ad
ministration to give to the Navy de
partment the right of spending $11,-
000,000 for repairs of vessels without
so much as being compelled to give an
account to any one for the money ex
pended.
Monday, May, 14.
Washington, May 14. The session
of the aenate today passed without an
exciting incident and without the adop
tion of a single amendment to the rail
road rate bill, notwithstanding that
measure waa nnder consideration prac
tically all the time from the hour of
convening, 11 o'clock, - until adjourn
ment at 5:15 p m. Tbe most charac
teristic feature of the day waa the re
jection of amendments. This was ac
complished either by direct vote or by
the process of laying on the table and
one followed another in rapid euces
slon. '
Among the provisions thus adversely
disposed of were several intended to fix
the liability of railroad companies for
inury to employes. The presentation
of provisions intended to accomplish
this purpose had the effect of bringing
out a practical'y authoritative state
ment that the committee on interstate
commerce will report the independent
house bill on that subject which is now
pending before it.
Washington, May 14. The house
had nnder consideration today bills re
lating to tbe government of the District
of Columbia. It completed the bills
reorganizing the Washington public
school system, then adjourned in the
absence of a quorum, postponing action
on the bills nnder consideration
These bills will be taken up tomorrow
Saturday, May 12.
Washington, May 12. The senate
proceedings today were devoted exclu
eively to the consideration of the rail
road rate bill, and they included many
interesting and some sensational feat
ures. The actual accomplishments of
the day consisted in the completion of
the consideration of the Allison amend
ments, covering the question of review
by courts of the orders of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
There were several of theie provis
ions and all were accepted as presented
or suggested by the Iowa senator, show
ing an almost perfect agreement among
Repuplican senators. Indeed, one of
the noteworthy features of the day was
the practical unanimity of the Kepub
licans. They not only voted almost
solidly for the Allison amendments,
but were just as nearly united against
opposing propositions. When an ad
journment was reached, there was still
prospect of the continuance of the de
bate for next week.
Will Double Alaska Cables. - '
Washington, May 15. Orders have
been issued by Geneial Allen, the chief
eignal officer of tbe army, for the in
stallment of tbe duplex system on tbe
Alaska cables. The commercial busi
ness of the cables has become so heavy
that even by working night and day the
operators are not able to handle all the
dieatches. With tee new system the
capacity of the cables will be increased
about 75 per cent. The supreme court
of the United States has denied the
petition for a rehearing in the Chicago
traction cases.
Jiminer Plans Revolution.
Washington, May 15. Reports have
reached tbe state department of the
organization of another revolutionary
movement directed against the govern
ment of President Caceres, of Santo
Domingo. It is understood that the
island of Porto Rico is the base of
operations, and it is supposed that ex
President Morales and Jiminez are the
leaders of the movement. Instructions
have been sent to the insular governor
of Porto Rico to take steps to carry out
the neutrality laws, which would pre
vent departure of hostile expedition.
DANGER OF QUAKES.
One of Chief Reasons for'Commtttes
Favoring Sea Level Canal,
Washington, May IS. That the
earthquake that destroyed San Francis
co helped- determine the vote of the
senate committee on interoceanto canals
la favor ot a sea level lype la apparent
from the fact that a feature ot the ma
jority report ia - a discussion nf the
effect earthqnakea might have on locks
and dame.' The majority report in
favor of a sea level canal was submitted
today by Senator Kittredge. ' -
The report eaye that the canal struc
tures wonld be exposed to Injury by
eartnquakee, particularly the locks at
Oatun. -' It the lock walla should be
moved, leakage would result and the
gatea would be useless. In case ot
tractor ot locks, months or years
might be required for repairs,, ttnd
meanwhile trafiie would be Interrupted.
It ia maintained that the darn at
Gam boa proposed by the majority ol
the board . of consulting engineer, Is
not liable to injury by earthquake, for
it will be built on a solid rock founda
tion, reinforced with strong walla and
buttressed at each end with walla ot
rock. Nor are the aide slopes ot the
Culebra cut likely to be disturbed,
but an earth dam on aa alluvial base
might be cracked, draining the lock
and raining the canal. The committee
aaya:
"At Ban Francisco, where the water
pipes were broken, the disaster was
greatly augmented by this came, for
tbe water could not be held In the
pipes and directed on the flames. What
would happen to the aqueduct, con
duits, plpea and valve, buried in the
concrete walls, used for filling and
emptying the locks, cannot be well
conjectured." -
It 1 stated that ships ot all classee
could be passed thronga the sea level
canal in 84 hours less than the time
that would be consumed in passing
ships through locks alone. The cost ol
annual maintenance la eetlmated at
$1,840,000 for the sea level and $2,-
330,000 tor the lock type. A set level
canal free from all obstacle could pass
100 warships in less than a day.. Naval
commanders and commercial shipmas
ters oppose locks.
Tbe majority argues that an enemy
could destroy a lock canal much easier
than a aea level canal with explosives.
The coat of a sea level canal is estimat
ed at $250,000,000, while the total cost
of the lock canal would be at least
$190,000,000, and the coet ot trans
forming the latter Into a aea level canal
would be $200,000,000. The conclu
sion of the majority ia "that the aea
level canal can be realised ia 10 or 12
years at a cost not exceeding $00,000,
000 above that required by the con
struction of the multilock canal pro
posed by tbe minority."
AIDS TO PACIFIC NAVIGATION.
Omnibus Bill in House for Lightships
and Signal Stations.
Washington, May 18. Tbe bouse
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today authorized a favorable
report on an omnibus bill carrying be
tween 20 and 25 project as "aids to
navigation and authorising an appro
priation of something in excess of $1,-
300,000. . Among the provisions are:
Light station at Makapuu Point, Is
land of Oahu, 'Territory of Hawaii,
$60,000.
Light station and range lights at
Honolulu harbor, $40,000.
Fog signal at entrance to harbor at
Hoinboldt, California, $15,000.
Lightkeeper'e dwelling at Cape Men
docino, Cal.. $5,50Q.
Light at.d fog eignal station near
Point Cabrillo, California, $5,000.
Light vessel for use off the mouth of
the Columbia river, Oregon, $130,000
Light keeper's dwelling at Robinson
Point, Washington, $5,000. ,
Fog signal at Edis Hook light eta
tion, State of Washington, $10,000.
New tender for inspection service in
the 13th lighthouse district, $110,000,
in addition to the unexpended balance
of $40,000 for tbe repair of the tender
Manzanilla to be applied on the new
tender.
Rebuilding of Stanford.
San 'Francisco, May 18. Stanford
University will be reconstructed
once, and by next September every
building necessary to the work of the
college will be in perfect condition.
The work has already commenced, and
there is plenty of money on band to as
sure the trustees that the repairs may
be accomplished as quickly as they de
sire. The structures will be rendered
earthquake proof. Three experts have
been appointed, and their report will
be tbe basis for whatever changes are
considered necessary.
Withdraw Troops June I.
Washington, May 18. General Gree
ley has reported to the War Depart
ment from San Francisco nnder date of
last night that tbe reported killing of a
large number of people by the army
during tbe San Francisco fire ia incor
rect. General Greeley adds that he has
notified the citizens' committee and the
Red Cross that the troops will be drawn
from San Francisco not later than
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