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rot the cheering which had interrupted Mr.


Wilson
Nr. Reeds Reply.
Mr. Reed who was applauded as he arose
again said that he took il for granted that
Mr. Wilson had observed all the proprieties
in having read a personal letter in public
He referred TO the remarkable spec
tacle'' of the President addressing a letter
to the House. through his faithful servant
of the committee of ways and means. Was
such a stroke contemplated In the CGnsti-
tuition. he asked Republicans would have
no complaint to make cf the harsh Ian
-Suage used toward the Senate. that was a
matter between the Senate AMI the Presi-
dent. for history to decide who was right.
BY the consent Of the President an income
tax would be had.
Evidently the President in the contro-
versy between the sugar trust. home cor
poration. and the great corporation which
was to exploit the coal mines of Nova SEQ
tia took the part of the Boston corpora
ton
4 Sectional Reference.
In complimenting the conduct of the re-
publican conferees. the gentleman from
West Virginia had fortunately rebuked
those of the House He had expressed the
rope that when the real conference COM
mittee met again there would be a diagram
of what amendments each Senator was
fettered to. and of the size of the letters.
No doubt the southern gentlemen of the
House met those of the Senate with sad
ress because many of the amendments
were improvements in the line of protec-
ton.
He made references to collars and cuffs.
When the gentleman from Ohio had alluded
to the sacrifices Of the southern members
the democratic applause had Indicated that
they recognized that taking off of tariffs
was injurious to Industries. The south was
trying to drag down the north to its level
rather than to follow the example of the
north. which endeavored to lift the south to
Its own measure of prosperity.
Mr.. Wheeler (Ala) followed.
Democratic Inronsistencirs.
NJ. Grow. republican. of Pennsylvania.
pointed out what he considered the incon-
sistencies Of the democratic position. but
such hum of excited discussion over the
Presidents letter followed it's reading that
little else could be heard Mr. Reed, with
copy Of the Presidents letter in his hand,
said he wished to make correction. The
Presidents letter followed it's reading that
thought at first reading against the sugar
trust, but seemed to favor both the trust
and the Nova Scotia syndicate. Demo
cratic hissesD Mr. Reed did know, but il
would be in order to rem the imprinted
executive essage to the committee on
ways and means
Disagreement Agreed To.
At 10 the resolution to further insist on
the disagreement to the Senate amend
mt nts was agreed to without division.
The Speaker then reappointed the former
conferees on the part of the House. and
the regular order was taken up
THE SENATE.
When the Senate met today Mr. Allen
CNebJ introduced a resolution calling on the
secretary of state for information as to
whether any office bureau has been es-
tablished on Ellis Island ~ Y harbor or
the purpose of furnishing information to
Italian or other immigrants relative to en-
ployment. and whether the expense of the
bureau Is borne by the United States 1t
was sent to the committee on immigration
The Senate agreed to the conference re-
port on the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill
Rice. granting him 81. so for expenses in
contesting for a scat in Congress was
passed .sss-s-r
The Indian Appropriation BILL
Consideration of further bills was blocked
by Mr.. CockreH. who asked that the Indian
appropriation bill might be taken up and
dispc: ed of. for It was the last appropria-
ton bin on the calendar. and no more
would be reportedrfor two or three days
The bill was accordingly taken up and
the question occurred on the amendment
OF Mr. Squire (Wash) removing the restric.
lions to the sale of the lands OF the PuyaIlup
Irdlans.
AT p. m. the tariff conference report was
received in the Senate.