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DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
Monday, April 0.
Washington, April 9.— McLaurin anil
Morgan addressed the senate today on
tin* railroad rate <,u»*ation, tin* former
ad vocal mg the legislation and tlie lat-
tor oppoNing. The Mississippi senator
announced Ida Intention to support an
amendment providing for a court re­
view of the decisions of the Interstate
('ommerce comnuission and alao Mated
Ilia adherence to the Bailey amend­
ment, prohibiting the temporary aua-
penaion of the coinmleelon'e orders hy
the Inferior court«, lie criticised what
he characterised as an effort to inject
politic! into the oonaideratlon ot the
h ill. Morgan hark the position that
the propone«! legislation was an Inter­
ference with the right« of the states to
control the corporation« create«! hy
themselves, ami «aid that the l*e«t way
to check exorbitant railroad rate« was
to keep the waterway« in such condi­
tion an to insure competition.
tives of the up|»er house. I zing and
Allison successfully fenced with the
questions and refuse«! to divulge what
transpired at the conference.
Washington, April 3. — By a vote of
232 to 2(1 the house today passe«) ti e
national «juarantine b ill.
Tiie bill
{»laces the control of all quarantine
stations, grounds and anchorages under
tlie secretary of the treasury and d i­
rects that as soon as practicable after
tlie approval of the act lie shall select
and designate such suitable places for
them and establish tiie same at such
{xitnts on or near the seacoast of the
United States or the Mexican border as
in his judgment are best suited for the
same, in order to prevent tlie introduc­
Thursday, April 6.
tion of yellow fever into tlie Unite«]
Washington, April 6 .— The postoflice States.
The hill carries an appropriation of
appropriation b ill, following an imme­
morial custom, was made the vehicle ♦600,000.
Fortify Forestry Policy.
Washington, April 9.— When the
Carter b ill now on the senate calendar
becomes law, most of the Oregon oppo­
sition to certain features of forest re­
serves w ill he disarmed. Tills law w ill
have the further effect of removing the
most serious objection to Hie pending
measure which pur|>oseH to keep with
the government title to all land I earing
commercial timber which is yet public
domain.
M r. Carter’s b ill provides
that the secretary of agriculture may
permit bona fide homestead entries
w ithin forest reserves.
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Washington, April 6.— In the senate
today there was a re-echo of the White
house conference ot last Hatur«lay rela­
tive to Hie {»ending railroad legislation,
ami, while the discussion ended in good
nature, there was a time when the
feeling wa« quite intense The incident
occurred at the close of a speech hy
Htone, which was devoted largely to a
discussion ot that conferenec.
Elkins has given notice of a speech
on the rate hill for tomorrow and
Bailey tor a speech on that subject
Tuewlay. The Texas senator will reply
especially to the criticisms made by
Kjxxiner and Knox, of his {»Ian for s
lim itation of the powers of inferior
courts in granting injunctions in rate
litigation.
Newland« eontlntieud his argument
in support of his proposition for the
national incorporation of railroad com­
panies.
Washington, April 9. — Notwith­
standing that thia waa District «lay in
the house and that laxly reeolved itself
into a common council tor the purp xie
of making laws for the District of Co­
lombia, general interest waa shown in
the hills requiring non-resident pupils
to pay tuition ami regulating the em­
ployment of child labor. Hepburn, of
Iowa, n plying to a long speech of Kims,
of Tennessee, in which he contended
for self government for the {xx»ple of
the District of Columbia, made a de­
fense of the form of government, hut
criticised its administration.
He did
not think two new«paj>er men ami one
army officer, who constitute the board
Wednesday, April 4.
ot commissioners, the proper personnel
Washington, April 4.— In the senate
fot such a government.
tixlay New lands discussed the railroad
rate hill an<l Daniel the «juestion of the
Saturday, A pril 7.
lack ot representation hy the Southern
Washington, April 7. — The house states in the public service.
New­
did not indnge itself in the usual half land« advocated amendments to the
holiday Uxlay, hut continued the con- rate hill providing for the national in-
«¡deration ol the poetott'ne appropria­ co»¡» »ration ot railroads, and announced
tion h ill, and in the latitude accorded himself aa favorable to the govern­
under general debate the <1i»<-ue*ion mental ownership of these utilities.
took on a wide range, including ra il­ Daniel's «{»w-ch was based on a provis­
way mail pay, increased pay for rural ion in the urgent deficiency appropria­
letter carriers, the American smelter tion hill for the representation of the
trust and the corrupt use of money United Ktates at the next Pan-Ameri­
in elections, with aide light« on na­ can c«»ngr«-ss, to be held in Rio de
turalisation law«.
Janeiro next July. The deficiency bill
Dalxell, Republican, of Pennsylva­ waa amende«! so as to provide tor more
nia, called up the hill amending the in ­ delegatee, and as amended was passed.
ternal revenue laws to prevent the
double taxation of certain distilled
Washington, April 4. — The house
spirit«, lie asked that the b ill he con­ during its ««-ssion tot ay listened to a
sidered by the house as in committee of criticism of the president on the part
the whole, possibly anticipating some of Fitsgerald, New York, for the fail
det»ate.
Before he could make any ure of the chief executive property to
statement, the «{maker had the bill advise the house as to the objections he
read a third time, indorsed and pesetd, had to the h ill opening 606 000 aeree
while general laughter over the expe­ of land tor graxing purpose« in Okla­
ditious way the speaker disposed j t homa territory, instead of advising the
legislation ran around the chamber.
members of the ludiao Affairs commit­
tee as to Hie *-*sknees of the measure,
Friday, April 0.
eo that it might lie amended to meet
Washington, A pril 6 .— In making an the wishes of the commissioner of In ­
effort today to get the senate to agree dian affaire.
upon a date for taking a vote on the
The |w»etnflice appropriation b ill was
railroad rate h ill, Tillm an made the taken up, hut beyond an explanation
important statement that one week hy the chairman of the {»ostoftice com­
idore prohably would exhaust the gen­ mittee, Overstreet, no headway was
eral debate.
He failed, however, to made.
secure the consent of Aldrich, who said
that he would no} I * willing to agree
Tuesday, April 3 .
to vote on the b ill until it wa« more
Washington, April 3. — Senator«
nearly ,mrf«-cte«l than it now is.
Izing and Allison were under croes ex­
During the «lay there were three amination hy their brother senators to
apeechea on the rate b ill. The first of day on the W hite house conference on
these was made hy Elkin«, who, while the former's court review amendment
expressing the opinion that the situa­ to the rate h ill. After Izmg had «(token
tion
demand« legislation, indicated at length in support of his amendment,
many «lefecta in the {»ending b ill. lx»th the railroad senators on the Re­
Gamble followed in support of the h ill, publican side and the I>einocratic sen­
and Kean c I omm , in op)»o«itinn. Elkins ators wanted to know more about its
was frequently interrupted, ami several paternity. They scente«! in its l»eing
Spirited collo«|uies marked the progri-sn discusse<i with the {»resident and iiis
of hi« remark«. No senator iming pre­ advisers hy » few of the friends of Hie
pared to speak tomorrow, the senate hili l»efore its introduction in the ser-
adjourned until Monday.
ate an invasion of Hie sacred preroga­
Washington. April 6.— Tariff railway
mail subsidies, denutnrixed alcohol and
enlarged postal facilities for Western
cities were the feature« of the debate
in the houne today. W hat were al-
lege«I to Ire the iniquities of tiie Ding-
ley law, «o far as the manufacture of
watches is concerned, weredisctiaaed hy
Rainey, of Illinois, whose tariff revis­
ion speech wan listened to with much
interest.
The “ stand-patters” made
copious notes for the discussions on
protection which are foreshadowed.
W ithout touching the merits of the
postoflice appropriation h ill, which
nominally was under discussion, the
house at 6:16 adjourned until noon to­
morrow.
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tor a number ot «{»eeciies t<»«lay having
no hearing « hi the subject under dis­
cussion, loll of general interest to the
country The rights ol labor were dis­
cussed try Towne, ol New York; goods
road, hy Lee, ol (ieorgla; railway mail
pay hy Kt» enerson, of Minnesota, and
protective tariff hy Rainey, ot Illinois.
Incident to his speech on lalmr, Towne
Spoke of the increased power given the
speaker of the house hy the rules now
in force. He said that, if the house
ever has its »indent dignity ami power
restored, it will he after it has vindi­
cated the right of discussion ot all pub­
lic questions. __
O F F E R T O A R B IT R A T E .
M iners
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f|O H F O R D A RAGSDALE
ATTORNEYS & NOTARY PUBLIC
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Willing to Let Conciliation
Board Settle Tro u b le.
New York, A pril fl.— Having failed
to come to an agreement themselves,
tlie hard coal miners of Pennsylvania,
through their reprerentatives, t«xlay
pro,>«»sed to tlie operators that ail mat­
ters in dispute lx» referred to a lx»ar«l of
arbitration tor settlement, the tribunal
to he composed ot the lx»ard of concili­
ation winch was create«! hy the award
of tiie Anthracite Strike commission in
1903, with Jwlge Gray, of Delaware, or
any person he may a,»point, as chair­
man and umpire. If tiie operators ac
cept the proposition and a convention
of rnineworkers approve« tiie plan, tiie
160,000 men now idle in the anthra­
cite fields w ill return to work at once.
W hile it had been reported for several
days that the miners might ask that
the differences lx, arbitrated, the prop­
osition came to them as a great sur­
prise, as they did not believe the union
leaders were ready to leave the contro­
versy to a third party at this time.
That the operator« w ill accept the
miners’ prop».-"al as submitted is not
generally believed; in fact, it is in ti­
mated they may flatly refuse tha offer,
on the ground that existing conditions
are the result of arbitration.
The em­
ployers have decided to consider tlie
miners’ latest move and promise to
give President Mitchell and his men an
answer on Monday, when another
meeting of the two sub-committees w ill
be held in this city.
The anthracite boa’d of crnciliation
consists of six members — three repre­
senting the operators and three the
miners. This board held frequent ses­
sions during the last three years,
settling lo«**l disputes in the anthracite
region. The award of the strike com­
mission provided that, when it could
not agree, a Federal judge in Hie Third
judicial district should appoint an
umpire, who shonld make a decision.
Judge George Gray, president of the
strike commission, made the appoint­
ments.
During the first two years he
selected Carroll I). W right, ex-United
State« commissioner of labor, as the
umpire, hut during the last year
Charles P. N eill, the present labor
commissioner, acted as the arbiter.
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W ill Practice in Ail Courts
in the State
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saddles, bridles, halters, bits, spurs, sweat pads, rings, whips
curry combs and brushes, robes, gloves, etc.
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Wasco, Oregon.
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Livery, Feed & Sale Stable.
Special attention given to Commercial Men and the
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F U R IO U S W IT H F O R E IG N E R S .
Chinese Excited by Picture o f M agis­
trate Killed by Priest.
Pekin, April 6.— Tlie Naocbangaffair
ot February last, during which a C h i­
nese magistrate met death as the result
of a diepute with French Catholic mis­
sionaries which caused a riot and the
killing of a number of French and B rit­
ish missionaries, continues to inflame
the Chinese. The native {»«per« in the
north of China this week print pictures
nf the magistrate's corpre, showing bis
wounds, with sensational articles w rit­
ten in a style which appeals to the
lower classes, exhorting tiie people not
to forget the outrages and to prepare to
defend themselves against foreign bru­
talities.
The belief that a French priest mur­
dered the magistrate is universal and
prohably no other incident ever excited
such widespread resentment against the
missionaries.
In many places the
Catholic converts and the other Chinese
are living .¿n tiie ha-is of armed neo
tra llty , and but for the presence of the
troops stationed near the missions by
Hie government’s orders, the slightest
friction would result in massacre.
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J A M E S V E N A B L E , Proprietor.
Fine W ines, Liquors &. C igars
Disturbance in Coal Field.
Philadelphia, April 0 . — The situa­
tion in tlie etial fields remains un­
changed. Occasional disturbance« are
reporte«! from various sections, but
they are regarded as incons*«juential.
As a result of the attacks made on the
breakers of the Fernwood colliery, the
Erie, company, which owns the land
occupied by the rnineworkers, ban er-
dered them to vacate the property.
Tlie miners are said to have shot out
neariv every window in the breaker.
A detail of state police today arrested
seven Italian laborers at Mo«*anaqua.
near Wilkesbarre, who yesterday pre­
vented non-union men from operating
tiie Weet End waehery.
They were
sent to ja il.
Wants All Railroads Appraised.
Washington, April «.-—By unani­
mous vote today tlie National associa­
tion of Railway commissioners adopted
the resolution of B H . Meyer, of W is­
consin, offered yesterday, declaring it
to tie the sense of the association that
tlie congress of tiie United States should
authorise and direct the Interstate
Commerce commission, or some other
department of tiie Federal government,
to ascertain the inventorv value of al)
railways in the United States, and to
American Questions Up.
Washingtonii, April 9 .— The State fix a valuation on the railway property
department has suirgeste«! to the Rus­ of each state separately.
sian government through Atnitassador
Will Build Island for Fort.
Rosen that the period suggested in tlie
Washington,
A pril «.— The creation
Russian note for tiie convention of the
second Hague {»eace conference, namely of an artifical island in the middle of
the early part of July, would he incon- the entrance to Ch sspeake bay is pro­
venient to America ami to some of tne posed by the joint txiard on coast de­
other countries of this hemisphere, fense, as an absolute essential to the
which were expected to lie represented defense of the National capital and the
at The Hague. The reason for this ac­ cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport
The gov­
tion was to avoid a conflict with the News and even Richmond.
Pan-American congress, which has been ernment w ill «lump stone on Hie middle
ground as foundation for a fort.
set for July 21.
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