Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-12-28


dent to put the work of building the
canal under any one of the executive
departments and also to operate the
Panama railroad through the same
means.
Representative Lacy of Iowa has
introduced bill providing for the
protection of fish, birds and game in
sections of forest reserves disignat-
cd by the president,
Representative Crumpacker Of In
diana. has introduced a resolution
providing for an amendment Of the
mouse rules creating committee on
rules OF eleven members, seven to be
elected by the majority caucus and
four by the minority, and all vacan-
cies to be filed by these caucuses.
The resolution provides that the
speaker of the house shall not be a
member of the committee on rules.
The resolution also increases the com.
mlttee on ways and means and several
other important committees from
seventeen to eighteen members and
makes slight changes in the size OF
smaller committees.
Representative Edwards of Ken.
lucky, has introduced bill designed
to assist the states in enforcing anti
cigarette laws, providing that all
cigarettes transported into any state
shall be subject to the laws of that
state just as though produced In the
state, and shall not be exempt "by
reason OF being introduced there In
original packages or In otherwise"
The senate has received from Score
tary Shaw the reply of the controller
Of the currency to Senator Tlllman's
resolution calling for information as
to the revelations of bank inspectors
regarding contributions made by ma
tional banks for campaign purposes
The controller says that there are
about 100000 such reports on file and
that while he cannot, without inspect
ing all of them, state their charact
err, he Is confident that except In one
or two instances they show no con.
tributions for political purposes since
1891. The exceptional reports show
ing contributions cover transactions
of 5000 or $500 In small banks and dc
not go into details.
II developes that Senator Willard
Of Nebraska will retire from the In
terstate commerce committee and
Crane of Massachusetts will go In hs
place II is believed that this will
strengthen the hand of Senator Dol.
liver and will aid him in bringing out
bill such as he and the administra-
ton forces want. Sometime ago
Crane and Lodge told the president
that they could not support his rate
programme. Since then Crane Is
said to have come to the conclusion
that the country demanded rate
measure such as the president was
advocating in his message. and to
have determined to support him. Mil
lard's retirement from this committee
will obviatc his going on record on
the rate question further than to vote
finally in the senate. He is generally
understood to have peen in an ex-
tremely embarrassing position. He Is
regarded as opposed to rate legisla-
tion, but his constituents are for It.
Fort Des Moines will soon receive
another squadron of cavalry and all
al Bates as soon as he succeeds Gen.
indications are that two batteries of
artillery will be provided for there
before any remote date. Representa-.
some extent with the war depart
nent the question Of sending another
squadron there. AS the buildings are
ready for another squadron he holds
that It should be sent and the war do.
partment will do so at an early date,
but the matter has not been fully ar
ranged. AS to getting two batteries
Of artillery sent to Fort Des Moines,
Captain Hull confidently experts It.
Congress will probably pass a bill at
this session increasing field artillery
and this will make II necessary TO
provide for an increase at scme OF
the posts. AS the war department has
a high opinion OF Fort Des Moines,
General Chaffee having said this on
various occasions to Captain Hull,
batteries are likely to be provided for
there. Barracks for the batteries will
have to be furnished and captain Hull
will take up this matter with Gener.
eral Chaffee in February.
Senator Dolliver will be put on the
committee on privileges and elections.
He was not willing to accept his as
signment because his committee dut.
les are already heavy, but the COM
mittee on committees has decided
that he must go on. The fact Is i'm
portant because of its bearing on
Senator Shoots case Senator Bur.
rows, head OF this committee, will
take the Smoot case up after the holi.
days. Burrows Is anxious to oust
5moot and Senator Dolliver Ia expect
ed, because of strong feeling In Iowa
on this question, particularly among
Iowa women, to back Burrows up.
Burrows has little republican sup
port on his committee in his purpose
to expel Smoot and Dolliver is expect
ed to be subtantial aid to him.
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