Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
What is Being Done Day by Day By:
the National House and Senate. :s
In the House.

In the House.
With a very large proportion OF
the members present, due to the ac
tivity Of the Republican and Demo
cratic whips, the House passed a rule
sending the railroad rate bill baekatt
conference as asked for by the Sen
ate, without even an expression oi
its wishes as to any Of the amend.
ments to the bill: Tie rule was de
bated for forty minutes. The leader:
participated in The discassion,s the
Democrats taking the position thai
the time was oportune to concur il
the sleeping Cal amendment and in;
struct the conferees as to the anti:
pass amendment. Although the Dem:
ocrats were aided by eight Republi;
cans, they could not command votes
enough to defeat the rule, which was
adopted 1S4 10 90: :.s
Mr.. Dalzell Presents Rule. |
When the House met, Mr.. DalzelI,
Of Pennsylvania, presented rule
from the committee OH rules taking
the railroad rate bill froin the Speak
er's table and sending it 10 confer
ence as requested by the Senate;
Mr., Williams, Of Mississippi;:sthe
minority leader, desired to. offera1
amendment, but with a shake Of I'LL
head Mr.. Dalzell refused permissioia
Mr.. Dalzell then moved tile preyi
Gus question, whereupon Mr.. vii
liams demanded the yeas and nays,
and the roIl.was CaliGd.
BY vote of 1S6 to %, the previ.
Gus question was ordered.
Mr.. Dalzell explained the: parlia:
raeritaty Status 5f Tic rdtc' billsstat=
ing that the Senate had amendedsalle
bill and that on the request Of Tie
House conference between the TITO
houses had been agreed to. Now tHe
Senate has re-committed the bil[Ao
the coiferees. Tie rule prbosesao
GRANT the fepuest Of the Senate FIR
further conference.
Mr.. Williams Amendment.
Mr.. Williams, the minority leader,
said that the House was pretty IA
miliar With tN,e rules BY this time.
If they wanted to be gagged, all they
had to do was to vote for the rule.
If they dared to express themselves
on the great questions involved jnsthe
rate bill, they would vote no. He
said tile gentleman FROM Peinsylva-
MIA, tif. Diiztii; llnd promised the
House that it would have chance
to vote OH the amendments, and now
brings III rifle prohibiting an hon.
est expression. MI. Williams then
read the amendment proposed tosthe
rule as reported by Mr.. Dalzell: from
the committee OIL rules: ;ssi;3s3Ss
".protided; ht,sefeli THAT the
House conferees are INSTRUCTED
concur iilsf senat te.4 dments ssssi
;claling sleeping car: companies to be,
common carriers; andsare furshersill-5
structed to insist Upon exempting
from the provision forbidding free
passes of officials S did employees of
The railroads and their Immediate
families" /"
Statehood Report in Senate.
The conference report on the state
hood. bill WAS withdrawn from, and
agair rrpsenia'l tu the Aepaie. the
new report containing the eompro-
mise provision agreed upon by the
conferees OF the two houses. There
was some discussion Of the power Of
Ae conferees 10 withdraw the re-
port, aud thc withdrawal was only
permitted by a vote: Tic ,isw re-
port was rot considered:
Much of the remainder Of the day
was devoted to the bill extending to
36 hours the time that live stock may
be carried iii transit without unload
ing. Senator Warren was in charge
of the measure and he and number
of Senators debated it at length.
During the discussion there was some
reference 10 the proposed legislation
for The regulation Of packing houses,
and Senator Lodge said the packers
are standing in their own light IL
not inviting tile Hiost rigid inspec-
ton. The bill was passed.
The bill incorporating the Lake
Erie s. Ohio River Ship Canal was
also discussed at some length, bnt its
further consideration was postponed
A humber of minor bills were pass
ed.
One New State.
The Senate adopted without divi-
sion the conference report on the
statehood bill.
The report was debated by Sena-
tors Foraker, Bailey, Patterson,
Money, Dubois, Morgan, Stone, Nc
Cumber and others. Several Demo-
cratic Senators intinated that the
consolidation of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory would inure to the
advantage of the Republican party,
and Mr.. Money declared that such
was the intent, and charged further
that the legislation is Influenced by
scctionalism. He declared that one
Western man is equal in all The ,lual-
itics OF manhood TO five Eastern
men.
Senator Dubois announced Ills in
teption to vote against the acceptance
of the report because Of the omission
of the anti-polygamy provision IN
serted by The Senate, and in doing
so lie took occasion to review his own
political experience in dealing with
the Mormons, saying that he knew
his stand on the question would re-
suit in his. enforced retirement from
the Senate.
The conference report upon the