Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-02-08
CUR NATIONAL. LAW MAKERS
The Senate and House Regularly at

Of restricting The railroads in the mat
ter Of freight rates. SAs-ifs impatient to
deaTWlff6 the Subject, the Hepburn
, bin: althoughsn not before the House, AMI
Which probably will not be for several
da..s, formed the basis of the discus
sion. Gfesture of the. debate waa the
statement by Mr.. Williams, Of Missis-
sippi; who said that on the subjeetsof
revision Of rates the Democratic: party
| was committed without addition or SUBJ
traction to the Recommendations Of
President Roosevelt in his recent mes
sage. The Democrats, he said, were
glad to have the, Presidents views, che
cause, it was Democratic sdoctrine." 1t
ought, he said, to be American doc
|,trinerandy he said shes was only too glad
that the President was more OF an
american than Republican Or Demo-
crat. 1--WE will, toemark his tracks on
declared Mr.. Williams,
amid great applause, and" he con-
tirued, facing, the Republican side; tive
Will call on you as American citizens
to help US toemask them. !"
Mr., Williams later asserted it as his
|SEeHef ,tnat railroad influences were felt
in the Senate at the same time the
so-celled Cullom bill, establishing the
inter- State commerce commission, was
substituted by the Senate .cenferees
for tie so-called Reagan hlll: The
latter bills shs, declared, would have
fulfilled the requirements.
90 Mr.. Bel, of California asserted that
|Sthe Hepburn bill was so worded as to
De-; indefinite as to what constituted a.
reasonable rate. a.i
Consideration of the agricultural bill
had not been concluded when the
House adjourned.
Agricultural Bill Passes House.
The House Friday passed the agfieul.
tural appropriation bill without mater.
ial amendment. During it's considera-
uon the usual discussion of the provi-
sion for free seed distribution was in
dulged in, Mr.. Lilly, of Connecticut,
characterizing it as petty larceny.
Mr.. Pou, Of North Carolina, wanted
the appropriation increased to S400,000
and offered an amendment to that
effect at the same time remarking that
|$lt would cost more than that to "a.
augurate President Roosevelt. The
amendment was rejected.
The present SYSTEM Of the Agricul-
tural Department in publishing cotton
reports Was denounced by Mr.. Living
stcn, of Georgia, as damnable and
shameful, and he pleaded for some one
10 submit an amendment REQUIRING
that the reports shall be published
every two weeks, in order to stop
gambling in cotton. He would, he
said, have offered such an amendment
himself had he not been "threwi down
and turned out ef doors" when he
brought in u resolution of the same
character some time ago.
/: Eulogies upon the character of the
late Senator George F. y Mas
sachusetts, practically The
time Of the So, ere is
speeches by .nrs. inclnd---
=tnEs-sSenHur oesuo1--1HT.
Eodges and his s.,o. Mr.. Crane.
After the conclusion of the memorial
services, the Senate adjourned out Of
respect to the dead Senator's memory.
Among the speakers were Messrs. Dan
Eiel, Bacon and Cockrell.
Mr.. Pettus took accession to speak
especially Of Senator Hoar's fairness
to the South in the period succeeding
/ the war, saying: "Fe was throughout
it ell man Of infinite compassion, Of
comprehensive sympathies, OF noble
and unselfsh impulses. He was par
tisan without ranc6r, an antagonist
without bitterness, a friend without
reservations and conditions, {. con-
Querer without vengeance, loser with
out resentment"
Charge Against Catholics. Z
Sensational disclosures In relation to
the alleged use of Indian trust funds
for the support of sectarian schools
we're made by Senator Bard, in state
2ment to the Senate committee on In-
dian affairs Senator Bard addressed
the committee after the statements had
been made by S. M. Brosius, agent for
the Indian Rights Association, and
Francis E. Lupp, commissioner OF In
dian affairs Senator Bard addressed ne
had been visited by DR.. E. l.. Scharf,
an agent for Roman Catholic Mission
Society, and asked to use his influence
with Republican members OF Congress
looking to forwarding the interest OF
Catholics in getting diversion OF
Indian trust funds for the support OF
Catholic schools on the reservations.
He quoted Dr. Scharf as saying that if
the Republicans would agree to bring
about the desired legislation, the Cath
olics would see that twenty congress
ional districts in which the Repubh-
cans were weak were carried for the
party. Dr.. -Scharf was -saidrto have
given the names Of the districts, to-
gethers with the number of Catholic
voters in each, and names Of the priests
who would look after the agreement
and deliver the necessary votes to car
ry the districts
Senator Teller said that il it was
proven that the statement Of DR.. Scharf
was made in earnest, then there was
more cause to complain Of the inter,
ference of the Catholic Church than,
the Mormon Church in political affairs
of the country.
Gen. Miles and President Davis.
uG LIcdLluSll NY NSAOA al A<NiHiOA -
Miles Of Jefferson Davis, President OF
the Confederacy, during the time he
was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe, Va,
was recalled in the House when Mr.
Williams, of Mississippi, the minority
leader, tried to secure the adoption OF
the Senate amendment to the House
provision regarding retired onlccrs
serving with the State militia. Messrs.
Hull, of Iowa, and Hay, of Virginia,
both members Of the military affairs
committee, lend the House pro
vision, making itretroactive. The latter
declare it was Democratic doctrine to
save money and for that reason called
upon the Democrats to stand by the
committee. Mr.. Williams. motion to
:ree to the Senate amendment, which
does not make the law concerning re-
tired officers retroactive, was lost-ll
to III. The bill then was sent to con.
ference. f1lts - =.