Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-18

nation of the independent bureau of labor.
Mr.. Mann 1ll.) denied that labor was
opposed to the bill and read a letter from
Chicago to the Federation of Labor, ex-
pressing the hope that it would pass.
Mr.. Richardson's amendment was de-
feated-56 to 103.
MIR. Corliss (Mich.) moved to strike out
the provision making 1t the duty of the
department to foster, promote and de-
velop the insurance business of the United
States"
The motion prevailed, 20 to IS.
Mr.. Cowherd (Mo) moved to decrease the
salary of the director Of the census from
5000 to $4,000, arguing that his RESPONSE
bilities. were greatly reduced under this
The amendment was lost, Sc to %.
Trust Regulation Opposed.
Mr.. sulzer IN. " offered as an amend
ment the comprehensive bill he had intro
duced to create a bureau OF corporations,
which would have extensive power to COM
pei publicity OF matters relating to cor
porations.
Mr.. Mann (Ill.) called attention to the
fact that the bill contained a provision for
a bureau Of corporations.
ut seems to me-" observed Mr.. H. O,
0mlln imlCu.), lndl lndl btNllOh blNNo nv
power to compel corporations to make re-
ports"
THAT is true" replied Mr.. Mann, but
II is intended to supplement this legisla-
ton with other legislation that has been
thoroughly digested by the judiciary COM
| mittee. We cannot accept a crudely drawn
section like this"
Mr.. Thayer (Mass.), said he was willing
to follow either side or any leader who
proposed to do something to "clip the
wings" Of the trusts. He thought the
amendment presented an opportunity to do
something. r--t
Mr.. Sulzer denied that the bill he Of
fered was crude. He said it had been
drawn by one of the greatest lawyers in
the country and was generally supported
by the labor organizations.
The motion was defeated, rs to 90.
A motion made by Mr.. Corliss (Mich,)
to strike out the provision for the creation
of a bureau of insurance led to a pro-
tracted discussion.
Mr.. Hepburn declared that tie purpose of
the bureau was to collect and disseminate
information regarding the business and
s~olvency Of companies in which the people
OF the whole country were interested.
The amendment carried by 9S to 81.
The section relating to the bureau OF
corporations created no comment. 1t was
amended without debate to make the chief
Of bureau an appointee Of the president.
President May Act.
Mr.. overstreet Qnd.) offered an amend
ment allowing the president, in his dis
~cretioh, TO transfer the interstate COM
merce commission to the department Of
After debate 1t was adopted,
SO to SS.
An amendment was adopted providing
that transfer of the old bureaus to the
new department should not take place until
July !, 1908.
When the committee reported, Mr.. Hep
burn (Ia.) by a parliamentary maneuver
succeeded in bringing the house to a direct
vote on the original resolutions, relative
to the bureau of insurance. Instead OF
moving the adoption OF the amended SUBJ
stitute he moved the adoption of a supsti-
tute which he offered, and that substitute
was the original, with the insurance bureau
sections restored. II also included Mr..
overstreet's amendment authorizing the
transfer OF the interstate COM
mission to the new department.
Mr.. Hepburn's motion was lost, So to So.
Mr.. Richardson (Ala.) moved to recommit
the bill as agreed on in committee of the
whole. with instructions to report 1t back
amended, so as to create two departments,
one Of and one Of labor, and to
incorporate Mr.. Suffers provision for a
bureau Of corporations in the former.
= This motion was lost, So to 115. a party
vote with the exception OF Messrs. Alpin
(Mich.) and Tompkins CO... republicans,
who voted aye, and Messrs, Howard and
Maddox (Ga.), democrats, who voted no,
The substitute was adopted and the bill
passed by 1877 to 40.
The republicans voted solidly for the bill
and the following democrats with them;
Messrs. Brantley Ua). Breazeale IA),
coney (Mass.). Feely Qll). Fleming CGa.).
Glass (Va.), Gordon (o), Grihlth Qnd),
Johnson rs. d., Lamb Cva.). Livingston
(Ga.), Lloyd CMol, MeAndrews Qll.). Me-