The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17
IlV|llN MOI PASS {:
OMNIBUS ! \ B ]! BILL III.
Cannon Against R1t; Says Co Y Il,
Try Needs Moncy$for Other
Things Just Now. IN
NoTHMucHIH E ! ! Is SESSION {: 5 q:
Friends 81 Jamestown Green
tenary} Enco uraged by Latest
Action 81 Subcommittee.
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fFro,n9 our Regular Corresponhent.) 8
WASH INGrOt1 D. CT, Jan. q. furry
was created among senators and re pfcsetl-
tatlyss t6-day Dy huaruinor that Spca korE
Cannon had declared that the omnibus
claims BILL should not pass Mt n THIS ses-
sion. Thc bill spnssed tho House OF ,Rerre
sentatives last session and went thro 70 gu q
the Senate last week, tn anne ndtne 'rl
.rhe benehcnrics undcr tho 5DillHr press.e s!
over hnlf the states OF tho Union, gooIilS
tl1o. claims or Southern people for damages
done property by Union troo Fps 70 tier ~, the
war; Of, In tile case Of loyalty Of claim
ant during tho war, comprise probhplyg
the major&portionB of the bill B fS I.
rho BELIEF Is prevalent tina a the NJ Pill III
Will not pass this session. r he position
Of Speaker Cannon 10 that the hnancialH
condition Of the country does not gwarrants
the expenditure OF any money for claims
that whilcl they have boen pending tor Oh
ven "a, a they Cd n + wait better than other
things # requiring. tho Cd xpendit ure ", OF,
money. Thc chairman Of the Committee
On war Claims Will be back in the CITY cl
"Wednesday, and "a will 4 be q cided gthe
whether or: not tile Il House vii take nctt9rlI
onthe Bill. $3If 81 Is passed IT $is certain
that will 10 rcduce d In amount nnd.it
is not entirely improbable that all the
war claims will be elinllnat g.
Wants Franking Privile 38!s
Commissioned 81 Agriculture * liner was
here to-day looking q fters bill intro
duced ~ r eprcsen tat We Glass, N1EI a
Ing that tho bulletins published BY state state
Departmental Of Agriculture may be trans
En1itted through tile malls Witho put cos II
This blll8was first introduced BY tho late ~
Major Peter Otey, whom Mr.. y Glass &s1o- "
ceeded US atiye from the six GIN
Virginia District. 4 1t Ii the policy OF tho
Congress- to extend tho franking priyl-s
1ege on W fter great pressur .F3a It tsg
moro than likely that II the blu In ~ icfS
Mr.. Koiner is Interested Y should pass pass ~
will BIO amended 80 as to u pr vide ina 81
the franking privilege shall be- ex TENDED
to the publications Of United States agrl-S
cultural expert sta tons loca reg 1ed ~
state institutions. 5
d Representative Flood state d o-dny that
he expecte a TO secure a hearing g on5 on
His bill to compel street raj WayS COM;
pnnes in the District of d Colum bia# to-
EQUIP ali 81 cars with vestibulcs for their
Imotormer /. ii The bill Isl prnc ically the
one 4 passed by the Y irg MIA Legis stature
some years ago So far as KIN own, Y his
|Sts the first billsof the kind ever Tered
IN conEress though tho need OF legl
ton 81 the character Is mos dent.
Some ofSsthe cars on n theg IN shinstonS
lines have Ffyesti bules, n But the ma jorlty
have not md the use OF hem Is not COM
Spulsory sA nj tormen I have been Scl amortng
FOR legislat Of " this kind tor seyera
wears, ana Mi # ood says he sis honeflil5
OF securing It'll at las T, thong fardl a.
1.-THE present session, owl ig tn y few NJ
Legislative lays no ~ rernalnin 8.
l5a CONGRESS- has done very little since tt
| convened ron the first Monday in Dee
cember. Not one OF the great q proprla-5
| stion bills have been passed u, and there.
| has been no other leg islation5 approac ching
national Importance. The time Of the
sess Ion has been wasted In talk s5s Over
| four hundred pension bills were " pas sed
| In one hundred and eight minutes sF'riday w
which broke the record for ra pid legi Ia h
ton Of this charac ter.5Ss len o. ba OK
that little5or thing has been done save
take money Oh Il 81 the 4 ren srry for the
payment OF private pension claims g
should also he rernemb ered III that the
Claimant unde Ell every pension bill passed
by Congress ig unable to get; q pension
under the law governing the L payment
Of pensions. ll 81 .ssS
The electoral vote OF North Carolina
was brought II to the Capitol Ii to-day y by
Mr.. y. s.. sprulll, he 9 FL ella m ssenger#
appointed by sthea electors Of the State
and deposited with Senator Frye, Pres-S
dent pro Al en-. Of the Senate North
Carolina claims that the y emocrats Of
that State made Y q larger go over the
Dnmocraticj vote OF four years "a go than,
wa made IN any State Of the Union 'llt''' .}F
Ellyson8 for Lieutenant Governor
5SSyirglnla Democrats in shingto on ore
much TIT crested in tho report thai Ef Hon.
j. Taylor ISllyson IS conten plating be-
coming d candidate for. tho omina ton
for tho lleutenant-g oyernorship y p lends
OF other candidates admit tina I'll Will
be. difficult for any o Their man to win, IL
not Impossible. 3 5SSS
The Commit tee on Iudus trial Arts and
Exposltions, at a meeting to- day, recon-
sldered Its action III at a. meeting some
days ago at which al resolution was
adopted declaring 81 + to DO 4 the n sense Of
| the committee that no appropriation
should liz made In q Id of an 3 Industrial
expositlontlns with the {celebra-
ton oE$tho three 4hundredth anniversary
OF tho settlement OF Jamestown. "a The
committee did not take further action
to-day but Its recession or rec nsld era "
ton OF the former; reso Ion kis looked
upon by Representative Maynard as q
long step towards securing an approprla-S
/ tion for an exposition, Il He is 3distnctly3
more hopeful than ne has been In some
time, # FL ,8i is9ss IN
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