The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
WAY NOW CLEARED
THE MUssEL SHOALS BILL WILL BE
 AMENDED.
Measure, By Concurrent Resolution Has Been Withdrawn from the Waite House, and VIII
 Be Re-fmtrodueed.
By Alfred J. stofer.


 Washington, Feb. 1s.-(special)--- About 1 o'clock today Secretary Taft called upon Representative Richardson at the Capitol and informed him that if a slight amendment was made to his Mussel Shoals power plant bill, the President would take pleasure in sign Ing it. Immediately a concurrent res- oIution was prepared calling the meas ure back from the White House. Judge Richardson and Secretary Taft then went to see Senator Morgan and requested him to offer the resolution in the Senate. General Morgan was very busy examining Governor Magoon before the Inter-oceanic Canals Com mittee and naturally did not like to be interrupted just then. but brief expla- nation sufieed. He went to the cham Der. Mir spooner was speaking and kindly yielded the floor. Tn few min utes the resolution was passed, en- grossed and transmitted to the House.
 Secretary Taft then found Congress man Burton of Ohio, who has been op- posing so vigorously the Mussel Shoals project Together they went to Speaker Cannon's room. It required unanimous consent to call the resoiu- tion up in the House. Besides. an ar engagement for the prompt action re- quired to ssve the bill from a possible
  was also using his good offices in an effort to induce MT. Burton not to ob- feet. Meanwhile Judge Richardson was quite busy Secretary Taft appa- rently had forgotten to ask him to go to the Speakers room. Judge Rich ardson has been working six years at this Mussel Shoals project. and he was anxious to push the matter after such favorable turn.
 ha Iouza waa OnSfderinR in com mittee of the whole the fortiflcations appropriation bill. A brief eonsulta- tion with the parliamentary clerk re- suited in finding way to call up the resolution without disturbing Uncle Joe" The committee. on motion. rose for few minutes and Mir. olmsted Of Pennsylvania was called to the chair as a Speaker pro tenn. The resolution was quickly offered, read and passed, and in a few minutes more Judge Rich ardson sauntered into the Speakers room. The men there acquainted him with the nature of the consultation that had been going on and what was pro- posed, and were surprised by the an- nouncement that the resolution had already been agreed to by the House
 Judge Richardson will tomorrow in- troduce the bill amended to meet the only objection raised against 1t by the President. In effect, the amendment will be to confine the dams from the head of the canal on the east to the foot of the canal on the west on the south side of the Tennessee River. That Is what Judge Richardson had origin ally intended in framing his bill, but by an oversight overlooked the point The Mussel Shoals project now seems to have very plain sailing at the White House after Congress passes the amended bill
 A knockout for the blind tigers" in Alabama and other Southern States IS apparently in sight. The Ways and Means subcommittee had agreed to favorably report the Humphreys bill. great many bills have been intro duced on the subject, one by Represen- tative Wiley and two by Representative Bowie.
 Messrs Wiley, Clayton, Bowie and Hefiln all appeared before the commit tee and made arguments urging acton at this session
 The Humphreys bill, in effect. re- quires that international revenue col lectors shall post in conspicuous place. and keep so posted, alphabetical lists of all persons to whom the speciai tax receipts have been issued. They are also required to furnish names when requested by county, city or State officials.
 One of MT. Bowie's bills is practically on the same line as that of MT. Hum phreys (Miss.). The proposed legisla- ton does not go as far as the Ala bama members wished. but is a bigger concession than has ever been made and they all agree it will go far to- wards breaking up the blind tigers in the various States.
 The House passed Representative Clayton's bill to regulate judicial pro- ceedings in the courts of the United States. The first section of the Dill gives the right to transfer the ease from the equity side of tho court to the law side upon such terms as the court may prescribe. to the end that injustice may not be done to either party to the cause. The second section is to allow defective pleading to De cured in the appellate court so that mere technicality may not be lnVokeo to defeat a meritorious cause
 The House today passed Representa- tive Wiley's bill authorizing the Com missioners' Court of Baldwin County, Alabama. to construct bridge across Perdido River at Waters Ferry.
 Representative Clayton introduced in the House today bill authorizing the Choctawatehee Power Company to build a dam of steel and concrete or other material in the Choctawatchee nivou ,,oa- Nax.ytoo Dale County,