The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-08

tee. The FIRST OF these, which was ruled
out OF order. provided that the following
articles should be imported into the United
States free Of duty. steel rails, structural
steel, tin plate. iron pipe and other metal
tubular goods. wire nails cut nails, horse
shoe nails barb wire and all other wire,
cotton ties. plows and ali other agricultural
tools aud implements. Boax, borate Of
lime ana boric acid, paris groom, paper and
pulp for the manufacture OF paper, salt,
plate glass and window glass Mr. Henry's
other Amendment declared each days viola.
ton of the respective sections of the bills
10 constitute separate onense. This was
defeated by strictly party votes,
Fhe bill, MS passed, requires corporations
hereafter organized to Gle returns covering
its articles OK Incorporation, financial com
position, condition, etc. with the Interstate
commerce commission, on penalty OF being
restrained frou, engaging in interstate
commerce aud preScrtbes penalties Tor false
returns, etc. The commission is given au-
thorlty in It's discretion to cali for similar
returns from existing corporations doing an
Interstate business The commission Ia
] given power TO compel the answers 70 queS-
| lions and a hne Of not to exceed 5000 is
imposed for failure to obey the commission
! IN this respect Rebates by carriers Is made
punishable with ine OF not less than S10.-
| coo. and corporations violating the provi-
slons OF this section arc forbidden the use
| OF the tnstrumentalitles OF interstate com
! merce. Carriers are prohibited from know
ingly transporting articles produced, manu-
featured or sold In violation OF the Shsr-
man act. In cases OF prosecutions no per
son IL to be excused from tesufying on the
| ground that such testimony would tend To
iucrimlnntc him, but for such testimony the
witness "a not TO be prosecuted. Tho cir
cult courts are given jurisdiction In case
of violations and II is made the duty OF the
district attorneys TO institute proceedings
10 prevent violations.
During the debate there was a sharp per
sonal encounter between Mr.. De Almond
tMo1 and Mr.. Littlefeld (Malne). A number
Of amendments to the first section had been
voted down and one by Mr.. Henry (rexsa)s
Offering as new section the placing OF
steel rails mud some ether Rrtielea on the
free list had been allowed to so over on a
point Of order, when Mr.. De Almond
moved that debate ON the section close.
This brought Mr.. I.ittleneld to his feet
''lIas the gentlemen taken charge of the
hllG" he asked
~ win say to che gentleman from Maine, "
replied Mir. De Almond, that don't think
there is any suggestion that anybody Is
tnllng charge of the bill, and there might
be some reason to suggest that not much
Of anybody has had charge OF the bill.
/ wish 10 reach a point where amendments
that We have prepared VIII be voted on;
and don't care TO play into the hands OF
the gentleman from Maine or anybody else
who may be disposed to fritter away dine
OH this occpaon."
'Alr. LAttlc1eld-"Let me aek the gentle
man, does he undertake TO infinite that
the gentleman from Maine has been re-
sponsibIo for any OF these delaysf"
Mr.. De Armond-"I undertake TO say that
the suggestion Of the gentleman that soane'
body was trying TO take charge OF This
bill IS entirely grntuitous and the better