Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-12-20
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
What Our National Law Makers Are
Doing Day by Day.
Rate Bill BY Tillman.

Rate Bill By Tillman.
With spirited debates on the sub
jects of railroad rate Legislation. aris
ing through the introduction of bill
by Mr.. TiisMan to authorize the inter
state comerce commission to fix max
lmum rates, and the Panama Canal
due to controversy ovet tile refer
encc OF the emergency appropriation
bill to q rnMmittce Mondays session
of the Senate continuously proved in
teresting for more than four hours
An adjournment was taken without
mention of the late Senator Mitchell
Of. Oregon, and so FOR the first tim,
the death of a member was permitted
to pass umnoticed by The Senate.
After more than score of Senators
had discussed the Panama Cahal bill
it was referred to tho appropriation.
committee by a vote of 40 to 90.
House Committees,
The addition of a Republican mem
ber 10 all OF the important committee.
Of tie House has enabled Speaker
Cannon to solve the difficult problem
of committee assignments in il matter
which apepars most satisfactory tc
both parties in the House. Only two
important chairmanships were vacant
appropriations and public buildings
and grounds. In filling the fnrlner
the Speaker followed precedent and
looked the whole House for the avail.
able material. James A. Tawney, OF
Mimi, was chosen chairman Of appro.
priations, and Richard Bartholdt, of
Missouri, chairman of public build
ings and grounds.
The minority committee places
were decided OH by Mr.. Williams, the
minority leader. The changes of note
are the transfer Of Shaclelford, yAfo. J
and Lamar, (Fla.) from the inter
State and foreign commerce commit
tee and the substitution TO their places
Of Bartless, (Ga.) and Russell. (Tcx.)
Messrs. Underwood, (Ala.) and
Granger, OR. L. wcr named for The
Democratic vacancies on ways and
means,
Brief Session of Senate.
The open session Of the Senate
Tuesday was brief. One blu wes pass-
ed.
Mr. Taliafer,c took the oath of Of
flee for his new term as Senator.
He was escorted by his colleague, Mr..
Mallory, before the vice-president,
who administered The oath. IL thc
executive session Senatoi tot tlge mov-
ed TO send back 10 the committee on
foreign relations tho treaty in rcla-
ton to Santo Domingo affairs. OPP
position developed, and withnut ex-
planning his reasons for asking for
the consideration Of tile treaty again
by the committee, Senator Lodge with
drew his motion. Senator Morgan
said that before any amcnments were
voted upon or the. treaty itseltawas;
discussed, it was :desirabl ato have
been done during the. recess ri. the
Senate. II The provisions the
treaty had been carried out before
The treaty had been ratified it was
desirable t. know why such action
had been taken and by what authorl-
ty,
Willie the lowering joint Restitution
directing the Secretary of Agriculture
TO furnish certain information con-
.en,ing the cotton crop is not taken
very seriously as Il piece Of prospec-
tive legislation, number of people
will doubtless be interested il The ltrc-
visions of the bill. ard Il IS therefore
given;
I.OVERlNG'S RESOLUTION
Whereas, the estimate Of the grow
ING cotton crop made aud published
by the Agricultural Department on
December fourth indicated total pro
duction in the United States for the
season of nineteen hundred and five
ane ninetenn hundred and six vi len
million one hundred and sixty-scven
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
bales Of live hundred pounds each:
gross weight: and
Whereas tho census returns OF the
cotton ginned in tile various States
up to the first Of December nlneteeI
hundred and five, show that i'll th'
States Of North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Oklahoma the yielt
for the entire season as estimated b,
the Agricultural Department had beer
more han ginned; and
Whereas neither tie picking no
the ginning of cotton in the Stat
named, or in any other of the cotton
producing States of the United State
is completed by the first Of, Decem
Der, and that therefore the estimat
of the Agricultural Department a
to the yield of cotton in the State
named is plainly an understanding
and likely to mislead, and damage tn
cotton interests Of The United States
and
Whereas, in various other State
where tie picking and ginning
known not 10 have progressed towar
completion even as fully as III the foll
States named the amount Of cotto
ginned up to the first of Decembe
shows that The Agricultural Depart
ment's estimate of the yield is nnques
tionablv an underestimate: and
Whereas it is q matter of the frs
Importance to the people of the Unite
States that they be supplied with
more accurate estimate Of this SC;
sons cotton crop; Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and Hous
of Representatives of the Unite
States Of America in Congress assen
bled that the Secretary of Aericultnl
is directed to proceed Immediately
collect such data as may, in his opil
ion be necessary for { more corrcc
estimate Of the seasons crop, an
to publish the same on the tenth da
of January, ninetecn hundred and 81!
togethe. with full and complct
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