Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-17
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The measure was changed so as to in
clude oil pipe lines as common carriers,
not excepting the one on the lsthmus OF
Panama. A proposal by Mr.. Foraker to
exclude refrigerator cars from the opera
tions of the measure was voted down, as
was an amendment by Mr.. McCumber
making the requirements concerning these
cars more stringent than in the original
| bill. The Senate adjourned until Mon
day. The House spent the day consider
ing the naval appropriation bill. Mr..
Burton (Ohio) delivered a speech against
what he termed the needless enlargement
of the navy, while Mr.. Butler (Pa.) and
Mr.. Calder IN. " supported the bill.
| Other speeches, covering wide range OF
subjects, were made by Mr.. Flood (Va.),
Mr. Clark (Fla.) and Mr.. Shackleford
(Mo.).
The Senate was not in session Satur-
| day. General debate on the naval appro-
priation bill terminated with the close OF
| SATURDAYS session of the House, one par
agraph of the bill being read in order to
make it the continuing order before the
House adjournment. International arbi-
| tration, the reduction of armament, q
carefully prepared address on the achieve
ments Of the navy and a defense of the
naval program for 1907, together with
speech in favor of monument on Kings
| Mountain battlefield were the features Of
| the legislative day. Those who addressed
| the House formally were Mr.. Bartholdt
of Missouri, Mr.. Johnson of South Caro-
lima, Mr. Webb of North Carolina, Mr..
Tirrell and Mr.. Weeks Of Massachusetts,.
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In the House Monday forty-fve impof.
tant bills, covering a wide range of SUBJ
! jecss, were passed. The Senate spent
| most of its time on a single amendment
| to the railroad rate bill, and ended by
| adopting a substitute instead. The provis-
| ion under discussion was Senator Fora
| ker's prohibition of the granting of re-
| bates, passes, drawbacks, special passen-
| ger rates, or determinations in accommO-
dations to railroad patrons paying equal
rates. Senator Culberson finally secured
| the adoption of the following substitute:
'That no carrier engaged in interstate
commerce shall directly or indirectly issue
or give any free ticket, free pass, or free
transportation to any person except to the
officers agents, employees and attorneys
exclusively in the service of the carrier
issuing the same, or to ministers of re-
ligion, inmates of hospitals eleemosynary
or charitable institutions. Any carrier
violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for
each offense pay to the United States a
penalty of not less than S100 nor more
than $1,000"
The House devoted Tuesday to the ma
val appropriation bill and accomplished
the reading for amendment of the first
fifteen pages Several topics were dis
cussed. including the difficulty of obtain
ing enlisted men in the navy, the location
of the naval training station on the great
lakes, the cost of smokeless powder, ana
finally the unnecessary expenditure OF
100000 a year for chains for ships. This
last matter was under consideration when
the House adjourned. Aside from a few
minutes devoted to the reception or the
Allison amendments to the railroad rate
bill and half hour given to routine busl-
ness, the Senate devoted its entire ses-
sion to the Intellectual consideration of
the EIkins amendment prohibiting COM
mon carriers from engaging in mining
coal or IN the production of other COM
modities IN competition with shippers, and |
adjourned in a state of great confusion as |
to the exact subject before it.
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Nearly the entire time OF the House +.
was taken up Wednesday by two PROPOSE
tiors-frst- whether the Navy Depart !
ment should go into the open market and
purchase anchors, chains and cordage, or
continue to manufacture these articles, /
and second, whether the cost OF transport !
ing coal from Atlantic and gulf ports to /
the Philippine Islands. in American bot {
toms. should be limited 10 50 or So per
ton. Mr.. Grosvenor's substitute amend /
ment giving the Secretary Of the Navy I
the right to purchase in free markets I
should it be demonstrated that this. could /
be done more cheaply, was adopted, 80 to |
76. The reading of the naval bill was |
continued until adjournment. The Sen /
ate spent the greater part of the day !
again in the consideration of the question |
of divorcing the production of coal and !
other commodities from their transporta-
ton. and closed that branch of its work /
by adopting a modified provision formally |
offered by Senator Elkins, but originally |
suggested by Senator McLaurln.
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The Senate Thursday completed the |
consideration of the second section OF the /
railroad rate bill, and just before ad- /
iournment listened to the reading OF sec
tions 8 and 4. The following amend
ments to the bill were agreed upon: Re
storing the Imprisonment penalty of the |
act of 1887; imposing a penalty Of fine |
and Imprisonment against shippers who
secure rebates from transportation com
panies; giving government business the
preference over all other traffic IN time of
war The naval appropriation bill again
was before the House, and an amendment
adopted providing that shells and projec-
tiles for the navy, after June 80, 1905,
shall be purchased in the open market.
Amendments designed to enlarge the navy
yards at Washington and Pensacola were
defeated.
National Capital Notes.
Viscount Aoki, recently appointed first
ambassador Of Japan TO the United
States, has been presented formally to
the President.