Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-16

Time for Voting Is Abandoned e.
More Work for Hepburn--RalIroad
for Philippines.
Washington, D.. c., Dec. 15.-An sef.
Tort was made when the house met to-
day to limit further debate on the I
question Of the committee reference of
the Presidents message, but SO many I
requests were made for time to speak
that the attempt to set a time to vote
was abandoned
Hepburn In Lime Light.
Representative Hepburn, Of Clarin-
da, Iowa, as chairman of the house
interstate commerce committee, will
be put in the lime light in connection
with federal control Of insurance II,
when the controversy now on in the
house is settled, it is decided to refer
those parts of the Presidents message
dealing with insurance to that com.
mittee.
Large Importance is attached here
as to what committee gets considera-
ton OF insurance. The ways and '
means committee is regarded as hos.l
viz w iSaSi Oh lhoul uuCS COullOl.
Colonel Hepburn is regarded as
friendly and 1t Is expected that If his
committee wins out in the contest to
have the Presidents recommendation
on insurance referred thereto, a bill
for federal supervision of insurance
will reach the House this session.
The Senate is Rebuked.
| A message from the senate was re-
ceived announcing that the senate had
passed the senate bill removing thexdis-
abilities from the canal bonds. $GogY-
gressman Payne offered a resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, re-
garding the bill. stating that .'the, bill
| in the opinion of the house contravenes
the first clause of the seventh section
of the first article of the constitution
and is an Infringement of the preroga-
tives of the house, and that the senate
bill be taken from the speakers table
and be respectfully returned to the
senate with a message communicating
this resolution"
Statehood Fight Is On.
Representative Tawney of Minne-
sofa, chairman of the com mmittee on ap-
propriations, led revolt in the repub-
lican conference on statehood yester-
day.
4 + Tawney and sixty-four other republi-
cans are opposed to two state state
hood bi.l-that is, a bill admitting as
one state Oklahoma and the Indian
territory, and as the other Arizona and
New Mexico. They are not opposed to
the admission of Oklahoma and the
Indian territory, as single state, but
insist that New Mexico shall not come
in yet, although there Is no particular
objection to the admission of Arizona.
4 1t was first decided to report a two
7 state bill, Oklahoma and the Indian
, territory as one and Arizona and New
Mexico as the other. This vote was 100
to 65 the Tawney crowd standing
firm In the event that Mr.. Tawney can
control his sixty-four men he can by a
mbination with the democrats force
the admission Of Arizona as separate
state.
viii Investigate Annapolis.
Representative Loud, Of Michigan,
has introduced a resolution In the
n house of representatives providing for
an investigation Of hazing at the acad,
emy.
1t is now apparent to the secretary
of the navy that hazing has not been
abolished, and while It may be given
the name of running" 1t is neyerthe-
less hazing.
Secretary Bonaparte will dismiss
; Midshipmen Vapderveer and Coffin
from Annapolis for hazing Midship-
/. man Kimbaugh, and will, if possible,
prosecute them for assaulting the mid
shipman, who was their victim.
He has requested the attorney gem
I. eral to give him an opinion aH to
whether the naval academy reservation
is under the Jurisdiction of the Unit
I led States or Of the state of Maryland,
| and he has also requested the attor-
: ney general to interpret the law relat-
ing to hazing.
q Senate Has Merchant Marine Bill.
When the senate convened today
: Senator Gallinger from the committee
on commerce, reported the merchant
marine bill.
A resolution was adopted request.
ing the postmaster general to inform
. the senate whether college periodicals
are admitted to the mail as second
class matter and whether preference is
: shown some such periodicals over 9TH
!, er similar publications.
The Panama canal bill was then
! laid before the senate.
:. Illinois Man for Consul.
e The President today nominated viii.
r liam Harrison Bradley, of Illinois, to
t be consul general at Manchester.
England. "a