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.

Washington. 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, a 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
reserve force of trained men, thus re-
moving the objections made against it.
For an hour and a half Mr.. Tillman &C.
cupied the attention of the senate in
characteristic speech in which he de-
| aounced trusts and monODolieS and Sc
verely criticised the attorney general
The statehood bill was up for short
time. during which MIR. 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
| Island of Guam, and through what execu-
tive department the powers of such gov
eminent are now executed and admins
| tered. as Well as the number of inhabi-
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-
moval of the duty on anthracite coal
then was considered.
Mr.. Tillman iE pursuance of his notice
! OF Yesterday, addressed the senate. He
said that Mr.. AIdrieh. 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.. Tillman
said, had put spur to the tagging horses
in the house of representatives and those
in the senate WIN have been cold
/ bloodedly contemplating the condition of
AFFAIRS for month. His only wonder, he
said was that in these trying times of
death and distress mObs are not taking
steps to show mOnopnlists that in the last
resort men viii neither starve nor freeze
4 to death. but will throttle the law If
necessary and take It into their own
hands and seize supplies
Law Not Enforced.
He then criticized those who claimed
! 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
j their duties fearlessly and honestly every
effort to protect the people will fail be
cause Of their derelictiOn.
Efforts have been made" said Mr.
Tillman. 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
office and done nothing. Rich and poor
alike" he declared. ARE freezing because
of the fact that monopoly does exist.
because the lawyer. have failed to in
terpret the law in the interest Of the
people"
He criticised the coal strike commission
ers. saying they were taking irrelevant
and unnecessary testimony when, if they
wanted to. they could find out about the
conditions and report to congress tnat
such monopoly exists. He cited de-
cision by Judge Taft involving case un-
der the interstate commerce law and said
il was the same judge who would not
lsaVe the generous and odiOus' duties TO
which he was now applying himself in the
Philippines for a seat on the supreme
Statehood Bill.
At o'clock the statehood bill was
taken UP and Mr. Tillman gave notice
morrow. Mr.. MeCumber then addressed
the senate on the statehood bill
Mr.. McCumber favored statehood for
Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico, ana
compared the conditions existing in those
territories with those which prevailed III
Dakota before North and South Dakota
were admitted into the Union.
The house bill providing rebates OF the
duty on coal was reported faVorably by
the finance committee. Mr. Aidrich re-
marking that the committees action was
unanimous.
Mr. Aldrich offered committee amend
ment. adding new section to the bill.
providing that the provisions Of para
graph 415 OF the Dingley act shall not be
Construed hereafter to authorize the i'm
position of any duty on anthracite COAL
Mr. Aldrich asked Immediate considera-
ton.
Rebate Bill Passed.
Mr.. Vest remarked that he hoped the
bill would pass without a 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
ferad an amendment which was agreed
10. striking out all of section "a of the
, bill REGARDING a reserve force of 100000
trained men This section has been the
subject of much discussion. and much
objection has been made TO it.
An amendment by Mr.. Beveridge was
agreed TO. exempting certain persons hav-
ing religious scruples against war from
serving in the militia. The oil was then
passed At 4.39 .. m. the senate Went
into executive session. and adjourned
shortly aftcrvf@-d.