The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-05-24

tor Bailey's negotiations with the Presi-
dent on the subject. This was followed
by speech by Mr.. Bailey, vigorously at
tacking the President. Senator Carter
entered a vigorous defense, and Mr.. Lodge
controverted some Of the utterances Of
Mr.. Tillman. The discussion of the ALI
son amendment was completed, and the
amendment accepted. The House was not
in session.
The rate bill was under consideration
practically during the entire Senate ses-
sion Monday, the time being largely de-
| voted to the rejection of amendments
either by direct vote or by laying on the
| table. When the Senate adjourned at
5 :15 p. IN. the eighth section of the meas
| ure, regulating the personnel OF the in
| terstate commerce commission, was under
| consideration. Senator Lodge offered a
new section providing for new commits
sion of nine members, but indicated
willingness to accept modification sug-
gested by Senator Bailey for the creation
of nine transportation districts with one
member from each of them. The House
had under consideration bills relating to
4
| bia. 1t completed the bills reorganizing
the Washington public school system. The
| House adjourned, the absence of a quo
rum postponing action on the bills under
| consideration.
| -
| The Senate spent the greater part OF
Tuesday in discussing the section of the
| ta a1ati inu IN h.a
of the interstate commerce commission,
| finally eliminating the entire section and
restoring the present law, which provides
| for FIVE commissioners at a salary of ST.
! 500 each. On motion of Senator Culber-
| son the vote by which the anti-pass sec
| tion of the bill was adopted was recon-
sidered, and several substitutes were of
| fered, but no final action had been taken
| when the Senate adjourned. The House
| voted to transfer from the district COM
| missioners to the Supreme Court of the
| District of Columbia the power to APP
{! point the board of education of Washing
| ton. The naval appropriation bill was
| then taken up. The employment of con-
sulting architect to prepare plans for the
naval station at Lake Bluff, ILL.,, was au-
| thorized. An amendment of Mr.. Tawney
! to limit repairs on ship to 10 per cent
Of the cost was defeated by vote of SO
: TO ~, after two hours debate. in which it
, was charged that millions of dollars are
now spent by the Navy Department with
out an accounting on repair work which
often amounts to reconstruction of ships.
/ When the section dealing with the in
! crease of the navy was reached the House
adjourned.
The controversy between the President
and Democratic Senators over rate bill
| negotiations was resumed in the Senate
| Wednesday, Mr.. Tillman presented a
statement from former Senator Chandler
in reply to the Presidents denial, and Mr..
; Bailey, referring to an article concerning
, his course, which had been printed In
Chicago newspaper, denounced it as a
"lie" The consideration of the rate bill
in the committee of the whole was con.
cluded. A substitute for the anti-pass
amendment, which contained so many ex-
ceptions as to cause general laughter, was
adopted after extended debate. After the
bill had been reported TO the Senate the
pipe line provision was amended so as to
strike out the proviso extending its opera
ton to the Panama canal zone. The
naval appropriation bill, carrying nesrly
100000, 900, was completed in the House.
! An attempt to defeat the appropriation
/ for the largest battleship In the world
| was voted down, as was an amendment
1 leaving the construction of this ship to
! the discretion of the Secretary of the
| Navy after the second Hague conference.
4 80
The Senate spent Thursday in re-
view of the amendments to the rate regu-
| lation bill made in committee of the
| whole, covering more than half of the
measure. The pipe line, rebate and anti
| pass amendments were slightly modified.
| The section granting to the interstate
commerce commission power to fix rates
! was reached and motion by Senator
/ Tillman to strike out the words lin its
J Judgment was pending when the Senate
adjourned. After two weeks debate the
House, by vote of 121 to III, passed
the naval appropriation bill carrying $780,
764,0O. An amendment providing that
! the Secretary of the Navy could go into
the open market to purchase certain sup
plies, if 1t appeared that they could be
secured cheaper than il made by the gov
eminent, was defeated By a vote of 11S
to 129. BY close vote an amendment
allowing per cent differential to bid
ders from the Pacific coast on the new
ships was agreed to. After the passage of
the naval budget Se House in committee
of the whole resumed consideration of the
so.called naturalization bill. Little pro-
gpess was made.