Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-11


graft or scandal in connection with the
great enterprise
Mr.. Simmons then quoted an article by
Poultney Eigelow criticising the manage
mcnt of tire canal
Does the senator know how long Mr..
BigelOw was on the isthmus9" asked
Lodge, and when Simmons replied in the
negative Lodge said he was there only for
2S hours. from Nov % to Dec l. II hope. '
replied Simmons, that while there his in
vestigations were so directed as to get
at more of the truth regarding the situ.-
ton than did the secretary of war during
his recent visit
Continuing. Simmons said that his only
purpose in referring to the article was to
show that the mind of the American peo-
pie is prepared to expect excuses and
abuses en- the isthmus. He congratulated
the President on his request for investi-
.tion. and said he hoped it would be
fount! that he was correct in saying that
the charges against the management OF
the canal was not founded on fact.
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on inter-oceanic canals.
On motion of Hepburn. the Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of the pure
food bill and Hepburn addressed the Sen
ate in support of the measure. He said
that the primary object of the bill was
to protect the public against fraud and
deception.
He analysed the bill and said that it
had been modified as to protect retail
dealers in manufactured goods and he
added that there had been other changes.
adding however that the bill contained
all that was in the bill of last session.
Then" said Spooncr, lit is objection
able
When told by Hepburn that the penalty
provision i'll the bill had been So amend
ed as to provide that dealers in Imported
articles covered by the bill shall not he
punished unless they purchase the goods
knowing them to be adulterated. Spooner
| replied that the change effected "a great
Improvement"
Gallinger also expressed his appreca
ton Of this amendment.
| Further consideration of the bill was
postponed until tomorrow.
| At 9 o'clock Galilnger asked for the
| reading of the merchant marine shipping
| bill. but Morgan suggested that that bill
| had been displaced by the Senate in Sc
| cret session yesterday. when it made the
| Racon Morocco resolution the regular Or
der.
| The Chair held that after failing to
secure action yesterday the resolution
had gone to the calendar and could not
again be taken up except on vote OF
with unanimous consent.
| The reading of the shipping bill the;
| proceeded
| When the reading of the bill was COM
| rleted it was again laid aside and the
| Senate gave its sanction TO an exchange
| Of committee assignments between
Messrs. Arkerey and Piles, whereby Piles
was transferred from the comu!ttec or
| inter-occaric canals to the committee or
commerce, and Ankeney from the com
| nlittee en- commerce to the canal commit
tee.
The consideration of the calendar wa:
| then resumed and number of private
PENSION bills and other measures passed.
While a Western bridge bill was under
| consideration Hale made inquiry of Frye
chairman of the committee on commerce
| concerning the attention given to brdg,
bills. There are so many of them,
said he, that l have sometimes been il
doubt as to whether there are river,
enough to accommodate them.
Frye replied that all the bills We're re
ferred to the war department and passed
upon by the engineer corps.
When the last pension bills had beer
acted upon. the only measure left undis
posed of at tie end of the calendar wa:
the Bacon Morocco resolution, but furthc
consideration OF that subject was avoided
by going into executive session ut 81
L. NJ, and adjourning at 3.e6 Z. NJ.