Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Nhen the House. met today Mr.. Steele
tlho-) renewed his request, made several
days ago. that the speech of Mr. Conry
tMass-), printed in~connection with the de-
Date upon the antitrust bills, be expunged
from the Record
Mr.. Conry, who was present today. ex-
planned that he had printed the speech un-
der emisapprehension of the scope of the
leave to print granted on those bills tthe
leave combining remarks to the subject of
those Bills. and he therefore asked leave To
Withdraw the speech. This was granted
ana the speech was ordered expunged
Alr. Llttieffeld arose to- question OF
privilege In connection with some remarks
made last week by Mr.. Sulzer On. W. but
as tne latter was absent he decided to wait
until the latter was present
Mr.. Kern Un.) attempted as a privileged
matter, TO call up resolution calling upon
the Secretary of War to investigate the OIL
legation that the East St Louis Bridge and
oohstruction Company had. formed pool
with competitive corporation and report
10 Congress The Speaker ruled that the
resolution was not privileged.
Automatic Couplers on Tenders.
This being committee suspension day Mr..
Wanger (Pa) then moved the passage I'M
ger suspension of the rules of the Senate
bill to amend the act of March 2 1898. to
with automatic couplers, etc Mr.. Wanger
explained that the bill would compel the
railroads to equip with couplers tenders.
which had been held not to be cars. and
"ouia also require a more general use OF
air brakes
MT Ryan On. W said he favored all the
amendments proposed in the bill to the
SAFETY appliance laws save an amendment
inserted by the House committee which
would give the interstate commerce COM
mission power to reduce the minimum
NUMBER or cars to be equipped with power
brakes below so per cent. He protested
tnat this amendment should not be adopted
and asked unanimous consent for a sepa-
rate vote upon 1t.
Mr.. Wanger. however, objected
MI Grosvenor (Ohio) explained that a
misunderstanding existed among the MEM
bers OF labor organizations relatiye- TO the
parliamentary status of this bill. 1t had
never been. he said. before the Committee
on rules. Speaking to the merits of the
Dill he said that many of the labor organi-
cations strongly opposed the amendment
antagonized by Mr. Ryan, but they pre-
ferred TO have the bill pass with this
amendment in II than to have 1t fail
Mr.. Dalzell bore out what Mr.. Grosvenor
had said relative to the bill and the COM
mittee on rules. In his whole legislative
experience. he said. he had never been so
neset oy telegrams petitions and resolu-
Sioi,s relative TO a measure. and yet the bill
mad never been before the rules committee
The bill was passed 90"
The Fowler Currency Bill.
Mr. DalZell (Pa). from the committee ON
rules. then reported a special order to give
the Fowler currency bill the same privilege
accorded bills reported from committees
having leave TO report at any time.
Mr.. Hepburn Qowa) asked II the effect OF
the rule would not be to make IT a con-
ttnuing order for the remainder of the ses-
sion and virtually shut out everything else
which was not privileged.
Mr.. DalzeIl practically assented to this in
depreciation but said the question Of con-
sideration could be raised at any time
Mr.. Bartlett tGA-) took occasion to correct
q misrepresentation which, was abroad that
the minority had agreed on substitute for