Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-18

legislation, making final disposition
of the affairs of the Indians. The
first four sections of the bill contain
all necessary provisions for the clos
ing OF the rolls of each tribe, and sec
ton 2 was amended SO as to take all
Jurisdiction from the secretary to APP.
prove any enrolment after June 4,
1906. The report sets out in full the
number of applicants who have ap-
piled for enrolment, the number act
ed upon, and those still pending in
each tribe. 1t gives the present
status of each enrolment.
Washington. Jan. 1.-THE Repub-
lican members of the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign. COM
merce at a conference which lasted
three hours agreed to support the
Hepburn railroad rate bill with few
notifications, which were agreed on
and which relate chiefly to court pro-
cedure. These notifications were Ia
ken from the provisions of the Esch-
Townsend bill and are in the nature
of a compromise with the supporters
of that measure. The committee will
report the bill to the house next Fri
day. Representative Townsend, of
Michigan. author of the Townsend
bill, which was consolidated with the
Esch bill and passed at the last ses-
sion, it is announced, will make the
opening speech in the house in favor
of the Hepburn bill. 1t is planned
to bring in a rule on the Hepburn bill
when it is considered in the house
so as to prevent amendments except
on the first day of the debate. The
Democrats, however, are to be per-
mitted to offer substitute on which
they can go on record. This course.
it is pointed out, is the same as was
followed with the Esch-Townsend bill,
when the Democrats submitted the
Davey bill.
The Republican members of the
committee expressed the opinion to-
day that the debate in the house will
continue probably not over a week.
Washington, Jan. 11.-Speaker Can
mons efforts to win the insurgents
over to the Hamilton joint statehood
bill have met with little success ap-
parently and the joint statehood pro-
position is still shrouded in uncer-
tainty. The insurgents claim they
have more than fifty-eight votes, the
number which, coupled with the solid
Democratic vote will force consid
Grafton of amendments, to the Ham,
ilton bill. Two or three representa-
lions are reported to have been won
over TO the ADMINISTRATION measure
through Speaker Cannon, but the
weakening in the opposition is so
slight that until further changes are
brought about the Hamilton bill will
not be taken before the house. All
sorts of compromises have been sug-
gested by the insurgents, but have
met with no favor at the hands of
supporters of joint statehood. The
last compromise offered by the in
surgents was the insertion of the sim
gle word. Each"
Republican insurgents held state
hood caucus which was attended by
about % representatives A poll OF
the house on the joint statehood pro-
position by the insurgents was report
ed at the caucus to have shown slight.
ly less than rs representatives who
will vote against proposed rule pre-
venting the amendment of the Ham
ilton Joint statehood bill. The insur-
gents are confident they will retain
enough of these votes to make it pos
sible for them, with the Democrats,
to defeat the proposed rule.
The caucus was held in the COM
mittee room of Representative Bah
cock of Wisconsin. Sugar beet inter-
ests of the middle west were well re-
presented in the caucus.
:. The senate adopted two resolutions
of inquiry. One of them authorizes
an investigation by the committee on
inter-oceanic canals into the general
conduct Of the affairs of the Panama
canal. and the other an inquiry by
the finance committee into the ques-
ton of the exchange rate on money
on the isthmus. The first resolution
was reported from the canal commit
tee by it's chairman, Mr.. Willard and
the second is the resolution present
ed yesterday by Mr. Bailey with the
provision relative to the sale of Pana.
ma railway bonds omitted.
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