The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-02-02
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The agricultural kpnfuastSt a bstl
waa cuas.8@f.d ia the Hoaa~. tet fAe
debate tuTaea principally "a tts suEis
of re~grlsg4ns thr railroads - tbs mat
ter of freieht rates. As II lnpssssut T.
deal with The saeyszt the iiepaofa
bill. although nos before gES RfuE#=. sr. !
which probably VII sot le soz several
lays. ECrnei the basis -! ta~ Ga ~gs-
sion. 4 feature CT tie debate Nzs thr
statement by MIR. Williams. uf Ala8l6-
slppi. sao said that "a the subtzcI o.
reYlaion II rates iae fssuo~~~sltE party
Sas committed without addition ~ sae-
traction t. the e-o-nsndas lczs IT
President Rnczeve.f ii his gereat EnsA-
sage. The remoss ats. he aasJ. We-e
glad to nave the Preside : ssceH be
cause IL vas Dsmoe rate doctrine II
ought. be said. to nc American Goc-
trlne. and he SAID he vas only tu1 ElGd
thar the President was E-u-e ~ an
American tAaa n Republican or Deuo-
crat. We will toe31ark his tracks on
this subject" declared ". Nil.lauss
amid great applause 'ani.' hs cs.a-
tlEGed facing the Republican side "wc
will cali cu ycu As ATe. lean cSiikeyz
In help as toemaTT them.
MIR. Williams late. asserted Il a. hir
belief that railroad influences were 'ett
in the Senate NJ the same time tao
so-callcd Culiom bill. establishing tEc
interstate commerC" com mission. Wa
substituted by the Senate cun:c-sr5
for the so-called Reagan bill The
latter bill. he declared. would have
fulfilled the requirements
Mr.. Bell. Of California asserted thai
the Hepbu.n bill was 81 wordrd a. to
be indefinite as 10 what constituted =
reasonable rate
Consideration OF TIC agricultural bin
had not been concluded when the
House adjourned
Agricultural Bill Passes House.
The House Friday passed The agrlcuI.
turai appropriation bill without mater.
ial amendment. During its conTl3cra.
tion the usual discussion II the pT0y!-
sion for free seed . atritutiCu was in
dulgcd in. Mr.. Lilly. of Connecticut,
characterizins il a petty larceny.
Mr.. Pou. OF North Carolina. UG@tea
the appropriation increased TO s $1,000 ,
and offered al amendment 10 that
effect at the same time rcmErEiGs that
II would cost more than that to IN
augurate President Roosevelt. The
amendment was rejected.
The present system Of the AgTiCul
tural Department in publishing cotton
reports was denounced by Mr. Living
StOn. of Georgia, as dannGblc and
shameful. and he pleaded far some one
10 submit an amendment requiring
that the reports shall be published
every two weeks. Ii order II stop
gambling in cotton. He would, he
said have offered such an amendment
L =. =
and turned out of doors" when he
brought in q resolution of the same
character some time ago.
Mr. Maddox, OF Georgia. declared
that the Census Bureau and Agricui-
tural Department were vying with
each other in duplicating the cotton
report. The publication OF cotton sta
tstics by the the Census Bureau he
considered senseless. By abolighing
the latter. he thought there should be
no difficulty in publishing the reports
every two weeks.
Mr.. Bartlett, CT Georgia. said that as
between the two reports, ii was his
opinion that the census report was the
more valuable. A colloquy ensued be
tween himself and r. Maddox, each
insisting he was rignt in his conten-
by Mr.. Burleson. Of Texas. To be nee
essary. he maintaining that the work
Of each was separate end distinct.
Senators EuIoeize Hoar.
Eulogies upon the character Of the
late Senator George F. Hoar. Of Mas
| sachusetts. practically engrosgcd the
| time of the Senate. There were Is
| speeches by as many Senator'S. includ-
ing Senator Hoar's colleague. Mr.
Lodge. and his successor Mr. Crane.
After the conclusion IF the memoria!
| services, the Senate adjourned out of
respect TO the dead Senator's memory.
Among the speakers were Messrs. Dan
| lei, Bacon and Cockyell.
Mr.. Pcttrs took accession TO speak
| especially of Senator Hoar's fairness
| to the South in the period succeeding
| the war, saying: He was throughout
| it all man OF infai;e compassion. o!
| comprehensive synpathies. Of noble
| and unselfish impulses. He was a par
| tisan without ranCor, an antagonist
| without bitterness, a friend without
| reservations and conditions. a con
| querer without vengeance, Z loser with
! out resentment"