The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-15
CONGRESS WAS
FORCED TO MET
Vest Resolution Stirred Up Both
Houses.
PLAIN TALK OF Mr.. TILLMAN
SENATE AMENDED AND PASSED
THE REBATE BILL.
PLAIN TALK OF Mr.. TlLLMAN

dSnlngtOn, Jan. 1.-THE senate today
acted promptly on the house bill provid-
| ing rebates of the duty on coal and passed
| IL unanimously, without debate, few
! minutes after il was brought over from
| the house. The militia bill also was
passed, with an amendment striking out
CT the bill the section providing for a
reserve force of trained men, thus re-
| moving the objections made against It,
For an hour and a half Mr.. Tillman oc-
| cupied the attention of the senate in
] Characteristic speech in which he de-
! aounced trusts and. monopolieS and Sc
! verely criticised the attorney general
| time during which Mr.. McCumber spoke
in favor of granting statehood to Okla
homa. Arizona and New Mexico.
Hear Wants to Know.
Soon after the senate met today Mr.
| Hoar introduced a concurrent resolution
calling on the president to inform the
senate what government is existing in the
I Island of Guam and through what execU-
| tive department the powers of such gov
| eminent are now executed and admins
/ tered. as we'll as the number of inhabi-
! tants in said islands. and also by what
! authority Mabini, the Filipino chief, is
/ being detained at Guam At Mr.. Hoar' S
! request the resolution went over until
/ tomorrow.
! The Vest resolution regarding the re-
/ moyal of the duty on anthracite coal
| then was considered.
MI Tlllman, in pursuance of his notice
| of Yesterday, addressed the senate. He
! said that Mr.. Aldrieh. since the resolution
! came Up, had become more strenuous and
| had exhibited more feeling and earnest
ness than he thought him capable Of
The energy of the venerable and bril-
I liant senator from Missouri. Mr. Tillnan
said, had put spur to the tagging horses
| in the house of representatives and those
in the senate who have been cold
bloodedlY contemplating the condition of
affairs for a month. His only wonder he
said WAS that in these trying times OF
death and distress
steps to show monopolists that in the last
resort men Will neither starve nor freeze
to death. but viii throttle the law if
I necessary and take It into their own
/ hands and seize supplies.
Law Not Enforced.
He then criticized those who claimed
that there was not now sufficient au-
! thority to remedy the evils which exist,
and said that. We may load down our
statute books with laws but unless the
sworn officers of the law shall discharge
i their duties fearlessly and honestly every
effort TO protect the people viii fail be-
cause of their dereIiction.
Efforts have been made" said Mr..
/ Tnlman. proof has been filed. pleadings
have been had, petitions to the attorney
general filed warning and begging him
to protect the people against the impSnd-
ing danger. but he has sat quietly in his
i office and done nothing Rich and poor
alike" he declared. are freezing because
Of the fact that a monopoly does exist,
3
terpret the law in the interest of the
people"
he criticised the coal strike commission
eTs. saying they were taking Irrelevant
and unnecessary testimony when, if they
wanted to they could find out about the
conditions and report to congress that
such monopoly exists. He cited a de-
cision by Judge Taft involving case un-
der the interstate commerce law and said
il was the same judge who would not
leaVe the generous and odlous duties to
~ ~.
Philippines for a seat on the supreme
Statehood Bill.
At o'clock the statehood bill was
taken up and Mr. Gilman gave notice
thar he would continue his remarks to-
morrow Mr. MeCunber then addressed
the senate on the statehood bill.
Mr.. McCumber favored statehood TOT
Oklahoma. Arizona and New Mexico, ana
compared the conditions existing in those
territories with those which prevailed IN
Dakota before North and South Dakota
were admitted into the Union.
The house bill providing rebates Of the
duty on coal was reported fayorably by
the finance committee, Mr.. Aldrich re-
marking that the committees action was
unanimous
AR -Aldrich offered committee amend
nent. adding a new section to the bill,
providing that the provisions Of para
graph 40 OF the Dlngley aet, shah nor %, De
construed hereafter to authorize the I'M
position of any duty on anthracite coal.
Mr. Aldrieh asked Immediate considera-
ton.
Rebate Bill Passed.
Mr.. Vest remarked that he hoped the
bin would pass without single dissent
ing vote. AS amended the bill passed
unanimously
The statehood bill by unanimous con-
sent was laid aside and the militia bill
taken up Mr.. Quarles of Wisconsin Of
fered an amendment, which was agreed
to- striking out ali of section q of the
hill REGARDING reserve force of l03.oeV
trained men. This section has been the
subject OF much discussion. and much
objection has been made TO it.
An amendment by Mr.. Beverage was
agreed 10. exempting certain persons hav-
ing religious scruples against war from
serving in the militia. The bill was then
passed. At 4:39 p. m. the senate went
into executive session. ana sdJournea