The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
CONGRESS
TO ADJOURN

sion of the 59th congress will expire
tomorrow peacefully and sedately, in
striking contrast to the bitterness and
turmoil that has marked It's every step
since it convened in December
Almost everything that it is desired
to be done was gotten out or the way
at todays session, which began an
hour before noon and continued into
tonight with but a short interval for
dinner. 1t had been the hope of the
leaders to force adjournment before
tomorrow but the grave questions at
issue and the physical impossibility
of the overworked clerks to handle
the mass of bills and of the printers
to have the measures engrossed ne.
cessitated postponement in the
plans.
IMPORTANT BILL PASSED. 4
But the executive decks are not yet
cleared. The pure food bill has been
signed by the president. The beef
inspection, which is part of the agrl-
cultural bill, but by reason of the
packing house scandals has been of
overwhelming magnitude, will soon be
signed By the president.
The conference report was adopted
by both branches this evening. The
only measures of great Importance
now pending are the conference re-
ports on the general deficiency and
sundry civil appropriation bills and
the public buildings bill. The con-
ferees on the latter worked until late
tonight to adjust their differences.
The house by vote of 125 to O,
instructed it's conferees not to ac-
cept the senate proposition of $4,000
900 for the site for a department of
commerce and labor. They sent meas
ure back into conference. Then the
house at 1925 recessed until II to
morrow morning.
IN THE SENATE.
The night session of the senate was
devoted largely to the efforts of Mr..
LaFollette to get action on his bill to
limit the number of consecutive hours
i that railroad men should be employed.
In the house there were speeches.
The president is staying up unusual
lily late so that he can sign all bills.
He will leave for Oyster Bay tomor-
row evening If congress gets away
about noon.
1t was a day of hustle and activity
in both branches of congress. There
were times when the tumult was so
great that the greater number of the
national legislators could hut guess
at the business under consideration
But the watch dogs were alert, and
whenever a measure bobbed up that
stood no chance of passing, it was
sidetracked to give path way to bills
that were not Objectionable for one
reason or another.
SWEAT AND WORKED.
The heat was oppressive from the
start off but by the middle of the
afternoon the atmosphere became al
most unbearable. But with all the dis
comforts, the sum total of work ac-
complished was great.
The storm center was in the senate
: The first struggle was over the con
ference report on the railway rate
bill, which the lower branch had dis
posed of yesterday. The conference
report on the beef inspection measure
and pure food bills were awaiting
For several hours it looked as if there
would never be settlement Then
there were several of them and very
gratifying. The report on the rate bill
had hardly been agreed to after firm
debate when the pure food report In
giving the privileges of free trans
portation to attorneys and denying
them to the families of railway Off,
cials.
1--WE did the best we could" replied
Mr.. Tillman, "but there are so many
lawyers here who stick 1t out that
there is no harm for lawyers to get
passes"
TILT BETWEEN SOUTHERNERS
Mr.. Bailey gave Mr.. Tillman an old
fashioned talking to upon the error OF
, abusing the members of an honorable
: profession. Mr.. Tillman denied that
he had any prejudice against lawyers
'It's the lobbyists that | am after,
he declared. II have infinite contempt
for some Of the breed that know II
is the pettyfogging shyster I'm after
There was another interesting time
when Mr.. Proctor asked the senate
to direct the conferees to recede from
their insistency that the beef pack
ers be made to pay the cost of inspec
ton and also place the date of in
spection upon the labels. He said that
, an agreement had been reached upon
all points of dispute but the beef In
spection provision. He declared that
the house conferees would not recede
and that all legislation would fail un
less the senate backed down.
Mr.. Stone thought that the govern.
, ment should pay the cost of the in
spection.