The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Rate Bill By Tillman.

ia. through the inlTeIffEii :. OF Dill
BY Mr. Tillman 10 authorize the inter
state comeTce commission 10 fix max
irnum rates. and the Panama Canal
due to 4 controversy over the refer
ence Of the emergency appropriation
bill TO a committee Mondav's session
Of the Senate continuously proved in
teresting for more than four hours
An adjournment was taken without a
mention Of the late Senator Mitchell.
Of Oregon. and 20 for the first time
the death of a member was permitted
to pass unnoticcd by the Senate.
After more than score OF Senators
had discussed the Panama Canal bill
it was referred To the appropriations
committee BY a vote Of 40 to %.
House Committees.
The addition - a Rep. olican mem
Der 10 all Of the important committees
Of tie House has enabled Speaker
Cannon 10 solve the difficult problem
of committee assignments III Il matte,
which apepars most satisfactory to
both parties i'll the House. Only two
important chair:nanships were vacant.
appropriations and public buildings
and grounds. In filling the formc:
the Speaker followed precedent and
looked the whole House for the avail
able material. James \. Tawrcy, Of
Mimi. was chosen chairran Of appro-
priations, and Richard barthoidt, Of
Missouri, chairman Of public build
ings and grounds.
The minority committee places
were decided on By Mr.. Williams, the
minority leader. The changes Of note
arc the transfer Of Shackclford. mo. J
and Lamar. (tla.) from the inter
State and foreign commerce commit,
tee and tie substitution 10 their places
Of Bartless, tGa.) and Russell. (Tcx.)
Messrs. Underwood. (Ala.) and
Granger, tR. H. wer named for :hc
democratic vacancies on WAYS and
means.
Brief Session of Senate.
The open session of the Senate
Tuesday was brief One bill was pass
ed.
Mr.. Taliaferro took the oath of of
flee for his new term as Senator
He was escorted by his colleague, Mr..
Mallory, before the yice-president
who administered the oath. In the
executive session Senator Lodge NOV
ed to send back to the committee or
foreign relations the treaty in rela-
ton to Santo Domingo affairs. OPP
position developed, and without ex-
planning his reasons for asking for
the consideration Of the treaty again
by the committee, Senator Lodge with
drew his motion. Senator Morgan
said that before any n.enments were
voted upon or the treaty itself was
discussed, it was desirable to have
further information as to what had
been done during the recess of the
Senate. If the provisions of the
treaty had been carried out before
the treaty had been ratified it was
desirable to know why such action
had been taken and by what authori-
ty.
While the Lowering Joint resolution.
directing the Secretary of Agriculture
to furnish certain information con-
corning the cotton crop is not taken
very seriously as a piece of prospec-
tive legislation, number Of people
Will doubtless be interested in the pro
visions of The bill, and it IS therefore
given:
LOWERING S RESOLUTION
Whereas, the estimate Of the grow
ING cotton crop made and published
by the Agricultural Department on
December fourth Indicated total pro-
ductlon III the United States for the
season Of nineteen hundred and five
ane nlnetenn Hundred and six Of ten
million one hundred and sixty-seven
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
bales of five hundred pounds each,
gross weight: and
Whereas the census returns of the
cotton einned in the varinnS States
up to une nrsu OIL DeceniDIr nlneIeen
hundred and FIVE, show that in the
States of North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Oklahoma the Weld
for the entire season as estimated by
the Agricultural Department had been
more than ginned; ard
Whereas neither tie pickin" nor
the ginning Of cotton III the State
named. or in any other of the cotton
producing States of tho United States
is completed by the first of Deem
Der, and that therefore the estimate
of the Agricultural Department as
to the yield of cotton in the States
named is plainly an understanding
and likely to miSlead, and damage the
cotton interests of the United States:
and
Whereas, in various other States
where the picking and ginning is
known not to have progressed toward
completion even as fully as in the four
States named the amount of cotton
glnned up to the first of December
shows that the Agricultural Depart
ment s estimate CT the yield is unques-
tlonablv an underestimate: and
Whereas it is matter of the first
Importance to the people of the United
States that they be supplied with a
more accurate estimate of this sea-
sons cotton crop; Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-
bled that the Secretary of Agriculture
is directed to proceed Immediately to
collect such data as may, in his opin-
ion be necessary for { more correct
estimate of the seasons crop, and
to publish the same on the tenth dav
Of January, nineteen hundred and sly.