The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
DolNGS IN CONGRESS
The Senate and House Regularly at
Work-What They are Doing.

Inc Senate an0 rouse regularly 81
Work-What They are Doing.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was considered in the House, but the
debate turned principally on the topic
OF restricting the railroads in the mat
ter of freight rates. AS if impatient to
deal with the subject, the Hepburn
bill, although not before the House, and
which probably will not be for several
days, formed the basis of the discus
sion. A feature of the debate was the
statement by Mr.. Williams, of Missis-
sippi, who said that on the subject OF
revision of rates the Democratic party
was committed without addition or sub
traction to the Recommendations OF
President Roosevelt in his recent mes
sage. The Democrats, he saidS were
glad to have the Presidents views, "be-
cause it was Democratic doctrine" 1t
ought, he said, to be American doc
trine, and he said he was only too glad
that the President was more OF an
American than a Republican or Demo-
crat. 1--WE will, toemark his tracks on
this subject" declared Mr.. Williams,
amid great applause, and" he con-
tinued, facing the Republican side, 1--WE
will call on you as American citizens
to help us toemark them"
Mr.. Williams later asserted it as his
belief that railroad influences were felt
in the Senate at the same time the
so-called Cullom bill, establishing the
interstate commerce commission, was
substituted by the Senate conferees
for the so-called Reagan bill. The
latter bill, he declared, would have
fulfilled the requirements.
MI. Bell, of California, asserted that
the Hepburn bill was SO worded as to
BIZ indefinite as to what constituted a
reasonable rate.
Consideration of the agricultural bill
had not been concluded when the
House adjourned.
Agricultural Bill Passes House.
The House Friday passed the agricul-
tural appropriation bill without mater
ial amendment. During its ~considera-
ton the usual discussion of the provi-
sion for free seed distribution was in
dulged in, Mr.. Lilly, Of Connecticut,
characterizing it as petty larceny.
Mr.. Pou, Of North Carolina, wanted
the appropriation increased to $500, 900
and offered an amendment to that
effect at the same time remarking that
1t would cost more than that to in
augurate President Roosevelt. The
amendment vas rejected.
The present system Of the Agricul-
tural Department in publishing cotton
reports was denounced by Mr.. Living
ston, of Georgia, as damnable and
shameful, and he pleaded for some n
to submit an amendment requiring
that the reports shall be published
every two weeks, in order to stop
Oo him IN a0tf0n He Uynr1d ho
said, have offered such an amendment
himself had" he not been thrown down
and turned out of doors" when he
brought in q resolution of the same
character some time ago.
Mr.. Maddox, OF Georgia, declared
that the Census Bureau and Agricul-
tural Department were vying with
each other in duplicating the cotton
report. The publication OF cotton sta
tistics by the the Census Bureau he
considered senseless. BY abolishing
the latter, he thought there should be
no difficulty in publishing the reports
every two weeks:
Mr.. Bartlett, of Georgia, said that as
between the two reports, it was his
opinion that the census report was the
more valuable. A colloQuy ensued be-
tween himself and IIr. Maddox, each
insisting he was right, in. his conten-
ton. . Both reports were pronounced
by Mr.. Burleson, of Texas, to be nee
essary, he maintaining that the work
OF each was separate and distinct.
Senators Eulogize Hoar.
Eulogies upon the character of the
late Senator George F. Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts, practically 'engrossed the
of the Senate. There were 16
speeches by as many Senators, includ-
ing Senator Hoar's colleague, Mr..
and his successor, MI. Crane.
the conclusion of the memorial
services, the Senate adjourned out of
to the dead Senator's memory.
the speakers were Messrs. Dan
lei, Bacon and Cockrell.
Mr.. Pettus took accession to speak
especially of Senator Hoar's fairness
to the South in the period succeeding
he war, saying; HE was throughout
it all a man of infinite compassion, of
comprehensive sympathies, of noble
and unselfish impulses He was a par
tisan without rancor, an antagonist
without bitterness, a friend without
and conditions, a con
querer without vengeance, a loser with
out resentment"