Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-18
A Resolution by TiIlman
Finds But Two Sup
porters.
PACKS THE GALLERIES
House Committee on Territ0r.
les Gets Into Row Over
Statehood.

Washington. Jan. 1S.-Evidently in
anticipation of a renewal of yester-
days discussion. the galleries were
crowded when the senate assembled
today. After some routine business
had been disposed of Tillman offered
the following resolution:
For Committee of Five.
Resolved, That the president of the
senate be authorized 10 appoint a COM
mittee of five senators TO investigate
the recent unfortunate incident at the
White house resulting in the expulsion
from the executive offices of Mrs. Min
or Morris and report to the senate.
On motion of Daniel CIV. Va), the
resolution was laid on the table. yeas
al; nays, S.
The senate took up the pure food bill
soon after the Tillman resolution was
tabled and McCumber spoke in favor
of il.
Would Save Constitution.
Washington. Jan. lS.-The house to-
day adopted a resolution from the
committee on rules directing the com
mittee on naval affairs to ascertain the
frigate, Constitution.
EIkins Bill Explained.
Washington, d. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Elkins, chairman of the senate commit
tee of the interstate commerce, has
made public his bill for the regulation
of railroad rates which he proposes to
offer. The bill authorizes the state
interstate commission to enter suit for
Injunction against railroads enforcing |
unfair rate or practicing unjust dis
elimination. Should the railroad fail
to abide by the courts order to make |
fair rate or stop discrimination, the
committee is authorized to make such
rate. A fine of $1,000 for each days
violation of the commissions rate or
order is provided. Railroads have the
right to appeal TO the United States
supreme court.
Power of the Commission.
The commission is empowered to
have books of the common carriers
examined by expert accountants; to
employ special agents to investigate
suspended rebates and providing pun
ishment for rebate giving or receiving
according to existing statutes; to pro-
vide for icing of refrigerators in tran
sit and the publication of rates for
such service; to prohibit the issuance
of passes, the sale of tickets or trans
portation of passengers at less or |
greater compensation than the regular I
ly established rate, providing this does
not interfere with the use of mileage,
Communication or excursion tickets or
free passes or reduced rates to per-
sons employed in caring for live stock
in transit, to ministers. destitute or in
digent persons and charity patients,
employees and officials of railroads and
their families.
Roads Have Some Rights.
Common carriers may agree to es-
tablish or maintain rates, if first ap-
proved by the commission, and to Sc
lect connecting lines for forwarding
shipments.
TIIIman Shed Tears.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-At times Sen |
ator TiIlman wept over what he re-
garded as the indignities to Mrs. Minor
Morris, in his speech arraigning the
president yesterday afternoon, and his
voice and eyes were full of tears when
he declared, in the face of protests
from his fellow senators, that ne would
demand an investigation of the White
House incident.
The South Carolina senator had de-
voted considerable part of his
speech TO a denunciation OF President
Roosevelt's Santo Domingo treaty be-
fore he took up the the Mrs. Morris
incident. Leading UP to it. he declared
that President Roosevelt had gradually
assumed to direct the efforts OF the
press until the White house news has
become coIored and doctored in the in
terests of the administration.
Loeb the ApOthecnry.
Secretary Loeb is the apothecary,"I
he said. land pills on Panama, pills on
Roosevelt, pills on railroad rates, and
pills on everything pertaining to pub
lie affairs are administered in this
way The newspapers have been the
funnel through which this quack physic
has been sent abroad, and when some
newspaper man refuses to print that
which the president wants there is
great wrath at the executive mansion"
He said that because only of the
of some rule the woman,
sitting quietly in the Office, had beenI