The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-05-28
Most Republicans Are Stand
Patters to Judge By the
Reception Given Landis's
Tariff Speech
ALL READY FOR ADJOURNMENT
IT is GENERALLY RELIEVED
CONGRESS WILL QUIT WASH
INGToN ABOUT JUNE 12 HOB
SONS COSTLY JOB


Judging from the expressions of APPROX
al heard in the House of Representatives
last Thursday afternoon, when Repre-
sentative Charles B. Lands, of Indiana,
finished discussing the tariff from the
point Of view of the stand patters,H the
majority are of that faith, and
the ..revisionists" among the Re-
publicans are few and far between,
Mr.. Lands delivered a speech that was
entertaining and instructive to the re
visionists." He held the attention of the
House for more than an hour, and he
extolled the Dingley tariff law in we'll
chosen language, a convincing manner,
and a splendid array of facts.
Mr.. Lands was sarcastic in his refer
ence to the Democratic party and its adj
yocacy of free trade. He made an allu=
sion to Representative John Sharp Will-
Jams, the minority leader. in the follow
ing words; IF the Democratic party
should again come into power while Mr..
Williams lives, l shall advocate the co
tablishment of a new department of the
government with representation in the
Cabinet. 1t will be known as the depart
ment of mendicancy. There will be bu-
reaus of beggary and divisions of want
and despair. think it would be fit and
proper for Mr.. Williams to be the first
secretary of this department
Speaker Cannon is willing to go home
in the near future. He made this known
when a committee from the Senate call
ed upon him. President Roosevelt would
/ like to have Congress off his hands even
if the type Of the Panama Canal goes
over until next winter, and he too, would
like to see an early ADJOURNMENT The
Representatives have been ready and
willing to adjourn for month or more,
and now that the Senate has gotten the
rate bill out of the way, the Senators are
becoming impatient for the end of the
session, and all are at work to bring
about an early adjournment. That this
will be accomplished so that Congress
will adjourn sine die about June L. or
16, is generally believed
There will be little discussion of the
railroad rate bill by the House. The
committee on rules will take care. of that.
Representative Williams, the minority
leader, is apparently as anxious as some
of the Republicans to see the rate bill as
It comes from the Senate agreed to by
the House. It is mere drastic in its pro-
visions, to the surprise of many people,
who thought the House would evolve
more drastic measure than the Senate
ever, it it possible that some of the
amendments made in the Senate may be
modified when the bill is considered by
the conferees, and 1t would not be sur
prising if the provisions affecting rail
road passes sho,dd, by some means, dis
appear from the measure entirely.
Representative Jenkins, chairman Of
the committee on judiciary, of which
Representative Parker, of New Jersey
is member, does not like the rate bill.
He declares that the court review fea-
ture, in his opinion, makes the bin abso-
lutely worthless. He contends that Con-
gress has no right to fix the rate, and he
believes the better argument would be
that the judicial power cannot interfere
unless Congress so wills it. He thinks
the House act is more jnst and reason
able to the carrier than the circumstances
and the Constitution require.
The Senate discussed pretty thorough
| ly the provisions Of Senator Dillingllam's
bill to restrict immigration, which is sim
liar to some extent to the bin which Mr.
Howell's committee reported in the
House. The bill did not. however, have
the educational test in it. one of the fea-
lures which the House will probably in
corporate in the bill when it is passed by
that body, and which, it is expected. will
be retained in the act when it comes
from conference Mr. Gardner, of Mas
aachusests, hopes to get the bill up in the
House in a few days and get it finally
disposed of.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, Of Merri-
mac fame. is frank, to say the least
when he confesses that it cost him So
948 to get the nomination for Congress
At that rate there will not be much in
it for him the first term, and he will
probably be in favor Of making large
increase in the salaries Of the Congress
! men. When he rsaisnsd from the navy