The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-11
RATE BILL UP
 IN THE AIR The Problem Confronts Speaker Cannon. HARD TO MUZzLE ORATORS Chairman Burton Will Pay Visit to
 Colbert Shoals. Head of Rivers and Harbors Commit tee Will Also Inspect the Chntta- hoochee and stop Over in
 Birmingham.
HARD TO MUzzLE ORATORS

Washington, June 10-fSpecial )--So far as the House of Representatives is concerned the railroad bill is shaking In the air.
 Speaker Cannon and the assistant Republican managers of that body are trying to devise means by which mem- bers will not have an opportunity to either amend the conference report or make speeches on the section referring to the Issuing of passes by railroads to employees and members of their fanli- lies. There Is an undoubted disposi- ton on the part of both Republicans and Democrats to talk on this question and the speaker and the other Repub- 1ican members of the Rules Committee will evidently have trouble in getting through special order to completely gag the House and make 1t do the bid- ding of the powerful triumvirate.
 Unless the situation greatly changes between now and Thursday the test will probably come. The indications are that a large number of the House Re- publicans will rise up in open revclt and join the Democrats in resisting the Rules Committee. What Speaker Can non and his allies are driving at is to shut off debate and prevent if possi- ble any further changes in the rate bil1,outside of those made by the con ferees on the part of the two branches of Congress.
 Congressman Richardson Talks.
 Representative Richardson of Ala bama. who is one of the conferees, said that it is an acute situation, and at this writing he Is not prepared to say what the final outcome will be. He and other Democrats think today that the Speaker has a problem on his hands and they will watch with keen inter est the continuation of the fight. The railroad employees, by the thousands of telegrams showered upon the Congress men on the subject of passes, have eer- tainly stirred up lots of trouble for the national lawmakers.
 Representative Burton, Chairman of the House Rivers and Harbors Com mittee, 1t was announced several days ago. Is planning to make a trip after the adjournment of Congress to points along the Chattahoochee river, and will also spend a day or two at Birming- ham. MT. Burton has also promised Representative Richardson that he will go with him to Huntsville, and togeth- CT they will visit Colbert Shoals on the Tennessee River. Mir Burton will be the special guest of Judge Richardson on this latter trip. The Chairman Is anxious to carefully investigate Col bert Shoals
 Relinquish to Bishop Allen.
 The Senate has passed a bill offered by MT. Mallory providing that all the interests of the United States in and to the land at Pensacola. known as lots l and 9, between the squares and the lot on the east side of the square of Ferdinand the Seventh. known as the Catholic Square, be relinquished and released to Right Reverend Edwin P. Allen, Catholic Bishop of Mobile, Trus- tee for the Catholic congregation of Pensacola and his successors.
 Hon. William Pinkney Whyte, the newly appointed Senator from Mary land to succeed the late Arthur Pue German. is expected to be sworn in to- morrow. Mir Whyte and Senator Nor gan served nearly four years together at the beginning of the Alabamian's 8 first term. They were born the same year, Senator Morgan being several weeks the senior of the venerable Marylander.
 MT Powell of Union Springs, one of the prominent members of tho Alabama Legislature. is here on a visit and ex- poets to remain for a week or ten days.
 A very sensational trial is going on in Baltimore. A pr" White, com monly called the Love Powder Wiz gard" is being prosecuted before the United States Court for fraudulently using the mails. Witnesses who claim to have been victimized by the doc tor" have been summoned at govern ment expense from all parts of the country. One of the alleged victims is Herman Richter, of Cullman. It is said that Richter paid out his money for book called Life Readings From the Cradle to the Crave"
 Alfred J Stofer