The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-11
SENATE DODGES
MOROCCO TALK
Poultney Bigelow's Article Criticising
Panama Canal Management
Is Brought Up.
SLAP AT SECRETARY TAFT
HEPBURN GETS UP PURE FOOD
BILL AGAIN.

Washington. Jan. 10.-The senate made
1t plain today that It had had yesterday
all that it wants to hear for the present
on the Moroccan question. There were two
opportunities to resume consideration OF
the subject, but both were avoided, ap-
parently with the assent Of all the mem
bers, and the senate adjourned at a COM
paratively early hour rather than take 1t
up.
Notwithstanding the early adjournment
q great deal of business was disposed or
About eighty bills were passed, leaving
on the calendar only six or seven meas
ureE. Of the bills passed a large majority
grant private pensions, and many were
bridge bills. One Of the bills faVOrably
acted upon apprOpTiates 100000 for the
appropriate marking Of the graves of con-
federate soldiers who died in northern
prisons during the civil war.
For the rest Of the session the senate
gave attention i'm turn to the question of
salaries TO Panama canal officials, to the
pure food bin and the merchant marine
shipping bill, but without taking action
on either of those subjects. The canal
subject was discussed by Mr.. Simmons
and the pure food bill by Mr.. Hepburn.
The only action taken on the shipping bill
was that of reading il at length.
After the routine business had been dis
posed of Mr.. Simmons called up his resO-
luton making a request for the names of
the high-Saldrled employees of the Panama
canal commission. hr. simmons quoted
an article from POultney BtgelOW critics.
ing the management of the canal, saying
that he was not in sympathy with it.
AS to Taft's Observations.
Does the senator know how long Mr.
BigelOW was on the isthmuS?' asked Mr.
Lodge. and when Mr.. Simmons replied IN
the negative Mr.. Lodge said he was there
only for twenty-eight hours, from Nov.
% to Dec. ]. Il hope replied Mr.. Sim
mons, 'that while there his observations
were so directed as to get more truth out
OF the situation than did the secretary of
war in his recent visit
Continuing Mr.. simmons said that HIS
only purpose in referring to the article
was to show that the mind of the Amer
lean people Is prepared to expect excess
and abuses on the iSthmus.
The resolution was referred to the COM
nlittee on inter-OCeanic canals.
On motion of Mr.. Hepburn, the senate
then proceeded to the consideration Of
the pure food bill, and Mr.. Hepburn ad-
dressed the senate in support of the meas
ure.
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 ii had been so modified
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 winter.
Then. said Mr.. spooner. at is OBJ
jectIOnable-' When told by Mr.. Hepburn
that the penalty provision in the bill had
been so amended as to provide that deal
ers in imported articles covered by the
bnl shall nos be punished unless they
purchase the goods knowing them to be
adulterated. Mr.. SpOoner replied that the
change effects "a great Improvement
Further consideration of the bill was
postponed until tomorrow.