The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-17
TWO MORE REBATE
BILLS PRESENTED
One Provides Court q Transpor.
tation TO Hear Appeals
FROM INTERSTATE BODY
WHICH IS TO HAVE AUTHORITY
TO NAME A REASONABLE
RATE WHICH SHALL BE
EFFECTIVE IN 80
DAYS.
3J the Associated Press.


/ By the Associated Press.
/ Washington. Jan 1G-Two bills on
the railroad rate making problem
were introduced III the house today.
one BY Representative Townsend of
Michigan, creating "a court Of trans
portatien,H the other BY Representa-.
tive Esch of Wisconsin. granting an
! thority to the Interstate c0mmerce
commission 10 name 4 reasonable rate
II place Of one they may have lie.
clared unreasonable.
/ The court of Iransp0r alton is to
consist cf chief Justice and four as
sociate justices to be appointed by the
president and confirmed by the sen.
ate and to hold office during good be.
hayior the chief justice to receive
$4,000 and associate justices $500
annually.
The court is to hold one regular
session each year in Washington and
/ special sessions at such times and
places as the chief justice may deslg-
aate The court IS to have original
/ jurisdiction in al classes arising TN.
der the interstate commerce act An
appeal can be taken 20 the supreme
court only.
Must Appeal IN Sixty Days,
Each bin gyes The co.ns6lssion au-
thority TO name a raasenaFfe rate or
regulation which shaN 10 into effect
thirty days thereaaser An appeal to.
.he court of transportation must be
made within sixty days In case the
q rae fixed is a joint rate and the
roads affected fail to agree on same
amoue themselvas wisnin twenfy days
the commission IS to issue supple
mental order In detail as TO each
road.
The commission Is to enforce its or
lers ii necessary through a writ Of in
junction from the court of Transports
acn and In addition a fine Of 5000 a
lay on offending parties Is provided.
rho act is to become effective July !,
1905.
Representative Davey Of louisiana
introduced bill today giving the in
serstate copnlerce commission au-
horisy 10 name a reasonable rare in
llace OF one they have declared un-
reasonable. bat Withholding the power
to raise any rate that has been fixed
by a railroad
The statehoos 5ill.
BY vote cf so 70 "A, the senate to
lay decided o. consider the Crosstown
Street railroad bill for Washington,
but the measure soon gave place to
the statehood bill The measure was
discussed for three hours by Senators
simmons and Hepburn. both Of whom
favored the elimination Of Arizona
from the bill
/ swayne impeachment.
The deba on the swayne impeach-
nent case in the house today was ex-
haustive, dealing with many legal
E ohrases Of the charges against
b swayne The senate resolution fixing
Z wednesday February Sth, as the time
for count ug the electoral vote for
? presiden and vice president, the pro-
2 ceeliRgs to take place in the hall Of
y the house. was adopted
a resolution was agreed to provid-
ng for the collection OF additional
: cotton statistics by the census bureau.
Philippine Bill Ready.
y The conference commi tee OF the
e senate and house On the Philippine
2 bill today agreed on report. The
Al house conferees accepted the amend
y ments which the house committee ON
q nsular affairs agreed should be made
d and which were proposed in confer
4 euce. These amendments provide for
4 the manner in which earnings shall
be applied and give original jurisdie.
e ton TO the Philippine supreme court
a. in cases involving contracts between
e The Philippine government and the
y railroad company.
Revenue Cutter Service.
s Secretary Shaw today transmitted
TO the house a statement Of expenses
= of revenue cut er service for the year
ended June 80. 1905. The total named
is s1.60G.000. which. it is stated. ex.
eeeded the appropriation b. s156,0eo.
South 0akota'e Hearing
Is The house committee ON public
lands today heard Senators Kitfridge
and Gamble and Represen .atives Mar
tin and Burke, Of South Dakota, in "a
4 vor of the bin increasing from leo
Il. acres to Gao acres the amount of land
. that may be taken up under TIE home
8 stead act in that stae. Argument
2E vas made that without this increase
the settlement af the stae u'oHld be
n materially retarded. The committee
E took no action.
legation At Fskin. China.
ID Secre ary Hay today transmitted %
Il the house requests for appropriations
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