The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-07
4. President 4 That |! y
it it; May \ be \! / Hel!dSill i5s
II the s Spring
3T'O HOPE F'O O r r AT' e ;s35.
L..E,G'lSL i, J ATlO y YET.
Matter Will Probably N ots8Bbe
Pushed at the Present ses. # II
W. sion N MSliorton3 itoS Send : A ~
Statement to I G ON
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cur Regular CORE ent...).l

(From Cur Regular Correspond dent.)
WASHINGTON /, 4 .. y, III January g. --s8
scnrcely n day passes HI | the Presidet,t
does not talk with some 3rai lrond man Sof d
fprominence conceEnillg legislation giving Y
to The government theSautlloritys tos CON-
troll rates charged for tra rsporting 8
&sengers sand freight. In add tlon2to HIS
The often consultsS 4 blicans ind Demo-
Gratis or the Senate and SH ouae of Repre-
sentntlves. TO both classes or his callers
she makes it8plain thd T. he #iss determined II
that he Congress Hshnl Il enact sue h egss9
Slation$nt the presel, session. possible
certainly ~ the W ex sesso II
eS ira session. IS
Will Have y Extra Sessio a
II is settled, Is tldersto I'd, that there
will be- a ii extra sessiot, II. ia lied to mests
some time, III v the spring s probabl Il, OH
about Mthesnliddle Of Octobet. . III t b IL sSsa!d 4
that the President has II in his mind Sto8
call he ex ord inar yts sess lon the
purpose OF Using tariff scted dules,S M y
sofSSenacting he srai ilroad legisla lion,
&yided the Congres does not 4 act n heSS
The Z resident said 4 almost III SF so many
words 81 to-day that n the cluestl lon all
ex ira session in I he 81 spring Il MA 81 set
Tiled.
President ooseyelt talk III
ssenato u lkins, ella irrnail of !. the Com
Smerces& Committee yesterday a. for the Spur-
pose " { 4 learning W At h, the committee
5proposed NJ ii E sena tor d not
appear TO thlnk rom, " ha VI Ssa Ia Ter
there sWo uds5 be my act on at the pres
Sent sess The ~ lne f Ii 90 short III slles
said N and the ssu ject Il of ira te reg tion
SissS sucha q big lone 81 hat " tis ard to-
|ysee.s how II can be 4 I'll and
on /, AM ten sen anne thes
present sess ION Cong
sSi3 5. Not to sAppe al. s fSs
said that Secrets onrtomn y Il hss
Navy Department. will mot nppear fore
tleS SInterstate3I Iommerce Commit :on n$s $sto3
sansWerat charges mad III he resi- olu;-i
6tion8 ffered by; R epgesent Il I've Baker q
& News York, hat ID ma ma ersS of thes
Ssante re road 4 VII ichs petl ton lie gave
up to become head #of fst he n epa
Colorado ron a nd g 2s3ss Company
amounting to many floll lsan DIS of dol liars.
ri t liz Understood the secretar ~ wi ma kes Y
a written statement n " hictl VII he sub
&mlttet to- tte comrnis ssi ion.s sst Ba kerS
B charges that Il IL! Il Morton admitted ID
8henrng before The #comnliss ons5 that NJ u shags
had granted AtheM ebnt tes SAID Ii bs5SS 5S
some &thatBthe# total Fof he relat tes giVen nv
this one company amou oun ted to- ~ lest
siOo 100, and some est mates |, ma ke +
much MS t4oO. COO A}# penal Of fine or Il
4imprisonmento or bot tls# Is provid ed ls
#yolatlon OF the Federal statute \ gainst
giving 5Sreba tes. # Perhaps lie & secretary
could &plead tho statute Of llnnltat! tons a
prosecuted, ,gs t Re IS understood tha n he q
has Rsundertuken3Sto explain his nc tss n
#the President, una tina "A the exp plana ton.
has been accepte Cd.
4 tS was asserted here last Snish 1T by one !:
Of the prominent railrond Il men Of n thn.s,
#countryilthnt the Standard II OIL Com pafys
had not nccepte G :,rebat e since a
&1SS7. ,rheB ntemen sw ma por NJ
what was snid to be nbsolut te Snu tl0rity,Ee4
h EButftheg Standard Oil Compnr,y ha 81 been a
using Its own cars for the shipmen e
&oilfor period dat Il Ing back 10 t8lsS
charged that under scoverSSof his prnct tises
at mas received WI noun ts IN prac lee
Ito 4rebn tes.s @ jsS
If #ssNvithf two senutorsSof the United Stittes N II
under indictments and athlrd hnrel Y iSes,ss9
4caped conviction on a tcchntca II ne h
prospect siof ia quorum for, he mex ses-Ss
sion lis mot IN holly good, Champ 8t,l .@s
the gennl Missouri pres en- TAT iye, sn
to-day tsif the present I ra te fofs sindic
ment of senators Keeps u p, we vii liear "a
something like this swheli n yote " ~ ken
in the sennt lrst d,
league, II Sena or Blank i3 is y rn Voida bly,
detained IN the penitentiar
here he would vote aye, 3l5ss MI
SS Visit toss South.
President Roosevelt 4 said to-da y. iii Ii res "
plying to M Invitation tended IL by sSitl
delegation from knoxville to IN lsit q tl!ut M
city, that he hoped to be able to- d q .itfi
He said he had Intended to- 30 tSOut tli in is
the spring to attend tho reunion Of the Fs
Rough Riders Mt san tonio, Il but tlla 81
II seemed likely there Wun By a " MI a ii
session of Congress in tho 3 spr'lls, II II
saidtit WAS his intention ~ Leave WI "A
4lngton us sooli as he " &c1,lld all i,o to to IA
$Richmond, thence to Atlansa.an the Old u
home Of his mother at Roswe.l,S r;,s,.
thence To birmingham, Ne5s Oticasls.l u,nli II
Knoxville, Sila paid N f!ns tribute to NE vi
people or East Tennessee, and a lluied " +
& the fact TINT when tho Wars between the n
States, cpms every man nt that section q.
OF the State shouldered a 8llusket. either u
FOR the Union or for the Confederacy b ,lg
Is no man In the y Yorld for l a
whom L have greater respect thai 10Y 10Y
the man Who wore the hluep said the
PRESIDENT; next comes tho man Who &
wore the gray, ] had two 5uncles y, the
Confederate service. one OF them fired
the last gun fired on board the l.on-
4federate cruiser Alabama. and as Fitz-sg5
hugh Lee said yesterday, one OF them
aboard IL Confederate priYateer waa fig ght- 4
Ing FOR the Confederacy SIX months Q 4
ter General Lee surtendered,' & IA II & {s
I lspeaking of the people OF East tTsI.- M ~
8nessee, the President said that the per- i
centage OF purely native blood was
greater In that section than In any other
Of the Union. and that Na sreatcr per-
centage Of the people could trace thfir
ancestry hack to tho men Who isat In the M
Congress. 7. n nd 4 theif c9nsI, slss
stuents. than IN any other section Of tue \
country, 53a ~ ~ 5ts 3its tSS