The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-12-22
Senate Fails to Show Respect for
Memory of Senator Mitchell.
,JHIs DEATH PASSED UNNoTEo
rIIlman's Railroad Rate Legislation
Subject OF Lengthy Deoate-Gann1n
Settles Sadsiacl.A iiy Rouse Commit
= tee appointments rroL,emo.

Washington, Dec. 12.-With spirited
Rebates on ,ue SUBJECT OF railroad rate
fegisIation, ARISING through the intro
aucuon OF a Diii by AIr. 1lilman TO
authorize the Interstate conlmerce
commISSIon 10 ia IlslAiinuAl rates, ana
the PANAMA N,tIIAI, due 10 contIO-
Eersy over me reference OF the enl-
Urgency app Upi Ia,.on bIll 10 a commit
tee, AlOAAds 5 session OF tie senate
conD.1iuOusls proved interesting Ior
cole tAan four ho~ls.
An aOJoL. .--..oA. k,-S taken without
@ mCuI.OH me late senator Mitch
ell, OF OIeeOn, anL so IL, lle first
time the liz tn OF a member was per-
mitted ~ = - 1nnU.- Oy .Ae senate.
The erasurc OF ii. MltoGt4ls nan.o
from tnJ rol.s ioIIC 81. Chaplain
Halt CALEB The s..otl.On TO mind IN
his prayer by rel ms pointedly TO
corluPlCn md death, md by praying
! that ua- ..D.Is OF the late be given
strength 10 bear eth o.neIs' burdens.
lnVeStl. zion a FlAsco,
The d bate On the Tillman bill WAS
eEgaged IN by number of senators.
AIR. Foraker dared that the 1.ll
proved that it's author believed that
present laws WtIe Sin Gent TO corr
rect al aut Il tr4LS oita,.%l evils
except excessive rates, and that there
Ras ample pIov.s.on for the punish
ment Of a. ne swim :. M. Tlllman
'respOnded mat be al thought the
daws suihC .ent until invest Sation, Ce-
gun by MCssrs Judson and Harmon,
into the MA he case, h.d termin-
ated in a pitiable fasco. Mr.. Foraker
asserted that the law co..i not be
BLAMED il some person" fell short
in his duty. Mr. Foraker intimated
IN his discussion that there would be
some extended control ersieS before
the railroai rate bills were disposed
OF this session.
After more than q score OF senators
mad discussed the Panama canal bill,
d was ref, rred to the appropriation
committee by vote of forty to %.
, The addition of a republican men,
Der to all OF the important commit
tees OF the house has enabled Speak
CT Cannon to solve the difficult prob
lem II committee assignments In
manner which appear most satisfac-
tory 20 both parties in the house.
Only two important chairmanshiLs
were wax ems, appropriat. and puo-
aic builda and groun s. In filing
the form .. H. speak,, followed pre-
cedent, and ooked 10 the whole house
dor the available mate:. /. hIr. Tawn-
ey OF MINI sofa was CHOSEN chairman
Dol appYopi .ons, and -Ir. BlrLhoi t
of NJ .ssonr, chairman Of public build
ings and grounds. nlr. Tawney gives
up his Ia Eanship C the commit
lee On ind istrial arts and expositions
and his place on the ways ana means
committea Lr. McCleary was trans
ferred from the appropriations to the
ways and means committee and re-
Hains the Craftsmanship of the commit
tee OF library. Mr.. Gardner of Mass
achusetls becomes chairman Of in
dustrial arts and expos tons. Will
liam Alden Smith of Michigan leaves
dhe foreign AZ 1irs and the chairman
ship OF Pacific railroads to take the
added republican place on ways and
means D. Warren Keefer of Ohio,
6ormer spaa ler, is appointed to the
appropiiat.ons.
DENLY en- Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Beidler of Ohio is transferred
from foreisH affairs to the District
OF Columbia committee, and Messrs
Fasset, of New York; DENLY, of
Mic higan, and Mckinley, of Illinois,
and Tovne Now York; Lamar, Flori-
da; Ng Z s5achuse S, and Garn-
en- a4dai 20 ,le foreign
nffa
r com~, { e piaces were
dec NJ tho mi-
nor ISL Me, aud
La1 &C on the IN
ter terce Con-
nit {. Geo .. ard Rvs
sell ood, bama, mi
Grs and. re- naniOa
Tor vacau IS on ways
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