The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-18
CANNON AND ROOSEVELT
 IN SUNDAY CONFERENCE
TALK OYER SOME LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AT THE RHITE
 HOUSE.

Speaker of the House Expects Congress
 WiI1 Close Up Business and Get Away
 by July 1--Confdent Safe and Sound
 Legislation will be Enacted Regard
 ing the Meat Inspection Bin-New
 Proposition to Give Secretary of Ag-
 riculture Final Control in Certain
 Instance.
 Washington, June T.--Speaher Csn- non spent some time at the White hous0 tonight with President Roosevelt, con- ferring on legislative matters. Tha speaker said regarding the adjournment programme that he expects congress will close up business and get away from Washington by the first of July. Regarding the meat inspection legisla- ton, MT. Cannon reiterated his opinion that safe and sane legislation will be enacted, and that, notwithstanding dif- ferences on the matter of judicial re- view, everybody's constitutional rights will be protected. There are a number of matters which are to be brought up in the house for passage under sus- pension of the rules, and Mir. Cannon says that if three hours be devoted to- morrow for that purpose these can be disposed of This in all probability will be done unless the house decides to in- mediately adjourn after convening out of respect to the memory of Represent ative Lester, of Georgia, who died yes | terday.
 Members of the house committee on agriculture, including Representative Adams, of Wisconsin, assisted by sev- eral officials of the department of agri- culture, devoted some time to-day to discussion of the various features ofthe amendments proposed by the house l committee to which the president has I pointed out his objections. There IS to be a meeting of the full committee to- morrow and an effort is being made to agree on some ground of modification of the ohiectionable features so as to facilitate action on the measure. MT. Adams, who was at the White house Friday and was made acquainted with the presidents views, explained them lin detail to his colleagues on the com mittee to-day.
 A suggested amendment which MT. Adams says emanated from the de-
 partment of agriculture officials and
 which, 1t is said, is favorably consider-
 ed by the president, has been brought
 forward to eliminate the objections set
 out by the president to the court re-
 view proposed by the amendment. This
 new proposition is designed to give the
 secretary of agriculture the final con-
 trol of the situation so far as the qles-
 ton of the fitness of the slaughtered
 animals for human food is concerned. :, by the insertion of the following clause
 in the paragraph of the amendment re- lating to the inspection and condemna-
 tion at the post mortem examination of such animals:
 (Which in the judgment of the sec retary of agriculture are unsound. u1l- healthful unwholesome and unfit fo5 human food. This clause is suggested to take the place of the words found to be unsound, unhealthful, etc. : The proposed amendment is expected to meet with opposition from the pack ing interests who object to delegatfna 7 such final authority to the department
 officials.
 MT. Adams expressed the opinion thad the committee on agriculture win re cede from it's position waiving the ap' ] pointnient of inspectors under the civi service commission This waiver wa; inserted in the amendment becausl he says the committee was under thu
 Impression that the department had n' n sufficient list of persons available fo l that position. He has since been in l. formed that there will be a suf1easn tt number ready for work whenever tn j. legislation becomes effective. l Chairman Wadsworth of the commit
 tee, who is in New York, is expected | n return to the city tomorrow.