The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
COMMITTEES WANT
 ID DO REGULATING Two Committees Seek to Con- troI Insurance Regulation DEBATE STILL CONTINUES Question on Recommendation in Presi- dents Message Is Being Discussed
 In the House-severaI
 Bills introduced.
DEBATE STILL CONTINUES

1 Washington December 14.-Deoate on l the recommendation in the fresloeh'
 message regarding insurance reguiauon | occunied the House again today without
 a conclusion The pending resolution re- 1 eers inc ouestion to the ways and means
 oon,n,ttae and in it's defense MT. Payne ,he chairman made the argument that l inc only way Congress could contfoi iii- l surance was through the taxlhs po"ei' l To this many objections were maue. ooii'
 members said Congress could not anoro .o
 take the position that the only way i conld control insurance was through 'aA inc if. that it should resolutely pursue other methods of control until some meth | nd was found which would be eHeetNe. The liberal rules of the debate aiio"eo lengthy speeches, which went on on ,heir s,hiects more or less intended for home
 consumption and applicable to particular I localities. The contest between the ways ahu
 means committee and the interstate ana l foreign commerce committee TOT coh''o' l of insurance legislation was coniihueo III l the House today. MT Payne tooh '"e | floor to show that the power to taX was the only way In which Congress oouiu | get control over insurance. and the ways and means committee had jurisdictioh l oyer the taxing power.
 l MT. Mann said he saw great dinicui'y in regulating insurance through the taAihs mower. but he did believe regulatioh Hish' I ba secured under the commerce ciause of the constitution. Regulation throuen probibiting mail facilities to insurance I oononanies which did not comply with
 nrescr,bed regulation was suggested by MT. Davis of Minnesota.
 or Great importance. l As a precedent for the future, MT hep-
 burn said he saw great importance In the | manner in which the question should De decided The supreme court view, he said,
 u.s not the view of himself, nor of | considerable number of the members Of tha bouse nor of the American Bar as- sociaton. 4.
 The exact recommendation or the par association-the enactment by Congress of legislation for the regulation Of insur- ance-was. placed in the record by MT. Bartlett of Georgia.
 Mr Uepburn said the bar association had gone even further and recommenos the exact form the legislation should take. As to the court decisions, MT. Hepburn said he remembered that regarding one of the most important decisions, MT. Lincoln | had said we will never cease our eff l forts to secure a reversal of that de- | cision."
 Conditions regarding commerce were in- 1 fnitely different than when thA decisions | in question were rendered.
 | By adopting the resolution regarding reference taken with the statement or MT. Payne that taxing power was the 1 only Jurisdiction over insurance. MT. Hep burn said the house would be simply pro claiming its lack of Jurisdiction. Par tleularly was this son when as he said I he had been informed the majority of the
 ways and means committee agreed with It's l chairman.
 Many Bills introduced. 1 Representative sulzer of New York in- l troduced a resolution to save 'old Iron l sides" which requests the President to l prevent the destruction of the frigate and l to recommend measures for preserving | what remains of the historic craft. Representative Ruppert of New York in- troduced bill today granting fire boats
 of all harbors and inland waters right or | way while displaying a red flag during | the day and two red lights by night.
 A resolution providing for thorough | investigation of the situation and condi- | tions at the Naval academy was intro
 duced today by Representative Loud or | Michigan The investigation is to be | made by the house naval committee.
 which is especially instructed to "ascer- tain and report whether violations Of the law and the regulations governing the | academy continue, and whether hazng, tagging, running and class fist fighting continue in practice there and the knowl- edge of and responsibility of the officers of the academy for any conditions found | to exist"
 The resolution empowers the committee
 to act through ub-committee If deemed
 advisable, which may sit at the capitol | or at the Naval academy.
 The pure food bill was today reported from the committee on manufactures by Senator Hepburn. who said that only few changes had been made in the meas ure since last session.
 The granting of patents on medicines and drugs except for definite process or | manufacture Is prohibited in bill or dered today by Representative Mann of Illinois. The bill received the favor able consideration of the house at the last session Tho bill also places the patents of German citizens on the same basis in this country as American patents are treated in Germany.