The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-03-15
WILL ATTEMPT 70 LINE UP ON
STATEHOOD QUESTION.
CANNON HAS NOT GIVEN UP.
The Speaker Feels Confident Of Being
Able to Hold the Party In Line for
Statehood as Defined by the House
and Against Amendment.
Washington, March ia.


Washington.-The house devoted II!
attention to legislation for the Dis
trict Of Columbia with the exception
Of making an inquiry Of the secretary
OF the treasury regarding fees for ad
diNonal services In customs cases
which may have been paid the United
States district attorney for the South
ern district of New York. Four Local
bills were passed, two tabled and one
recommitted. An effort to bring UP
the naturalization bill failed because
,of lack of quorum.
The senate committee on pensions
has voted to raise the pensions OF
Mexican war veterans from s12 to $40
per month and that favorable ere
port be made on Senator Gallinger's
8bal for that purpose.
N, Representative Curtis called at the
department Of justice and urged that
the eight-hour law be extended to the
slaborers on the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth. The department will
take thes matter under advisement.
N, President Roosevelt has submitted
to congress a report Of the secretary
of state concerning the governments
obligation to pay to France 1891 am
der the convention between the Uni.
i'd States, Germany and Great Brit
ain for the settlement : of Samoan
claims. These claims grow out Of
damages alleged to have been sustain
ed by French citizens In the opera
tlBls of American and British in Sa-
m6a in 1899.
H There was sharp division of opin-
ion in the senate over the question
whether the Tillman-Gillespie resolu-
ti6n instructng the interstate COM
merce commission to inquire into the
railroad holdings of coal and oil
lands of a character justifying the
presidents message regarding 1t.
Senator Tillman complained that the
president had charged the. congress
with insincerity, pretense and ignor-
ance, and Senators Lodge and Spoon
or took the position that the charge
of ignorance was warranted. The de-
bate was spirited, but was interrupted
at 2 o'clock when the railroad rate bill
was called up and Senator Culberson
made a two-hour legal argument, In
which he supported a bill of his own
which he has introduced as substi-
tute for the pending house bill. Sena-
tors Elkins and Bacon announced
that they would discuss the resolution
and message later and predicted that
several others would do the same.
Tuesday, March 10.
Washington.-Spe Cannon and
the leaders of the house have decided
TO call caucus of the Republican
members for Wednesday or Thursday
evening to take action on the state
hood proposition. The speaker Is con-
fident of being able to hold the party
in line for statehood as defined by the
house and against the acceptance OF
the amended bill, which came back
from the senate on Friday. The lead
ers are giving 1t out that they are not
alarmed, but they are taking extraor-
binary care to impress every member
with the intimation that no mercy
need be expected by those who do not
vote to uphold the house bill In the
contest between the two chambers OF
congress 1t was intimated by the
speaker that, with the support which
the president will give him in his at
titude, the majority Of the house will
conform more agreeably to the pro-
gram than was the case when the bill
was put on its passage in the house
the first time.
The only visible object on the hori-
ION of the senate Is the railroad rate
bill. This measure Is now on the cal
endar as the unfinished business,
which gives 1t the right OF way over
every other subject each day after 2
o'clock. Ordinarily bills like this per
tanning to general legislation give
place to appropriation bills, and
doubtless the railroad bill would be.
temporarily sidetracked for them II
d request to that effect should be
made, but unless the railroad bill re-
mains undisposed Of longer than any
one counts upon, no effort will be
made to displace 1t, even temporarily,
with the supply bills, for the senate Is
a unit In its desire to- have the matter
disposed of at the earliest practicable
moment.
Moneay, March IL.
washington. - A resolution and q
ANGLo-sPANisH ALLIANCE.
Madrid March IA. - Signor Viii