Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-26
SENATE REJECTS
RAILROAD BILL
Rate Measure Goes
Back to Joint
Conference.
WRANGLE OVER PIPE LINES
Upper House Also Refuses
to Accept Report on
Meat Bill.
special to the New Mexican.


Washington, June 26.-Deiegate w.
II. Andrews has introduced a resolu'
tion changing from a concurrent TO a
Joint resolution the resolution recent
" introduced providing for the print
ina Of 25,o0o copies of the Hamilton
ioint statehood law for each OF the
territories Of Oklahoma, New Mex
leo and Arizona for distribution.
sPooNER DISCUSSES BILL.
Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, June Ex-senator :
spooner. of Wisconsin,, in speaking OF
the bill introduced by Delegate An
drews providing for a system FOR tne
drawing Of United States juries in the
Territories and which has passed botn
Houses, made complimentary mention
Of Major W. H. n. LIewellyn, United
States attorney for New Mexico on
the floor Of the Senate.
washington, D. c., June 26.-Ihe
Senate today voted not to accept tne
conference report on the railroad ra'e
hill. Senators Tillman, Elkins ana
Cullom we're reappointed to conduct
a further conference.
Wants Pipe Lines Out.
When the conference report on the
railroad rate bill was taken up III
the Senate today, Senator Elkins, VINO
was one of the conferees, spoke on
the amendment to the commodlty
proyision using the word Nrallroaos
instead of common carriers" he
said West Virginia is the largest OH
producer in the Union and the greater
mart of the oil is sold to pipe line
owners so that the owners transport
their own oil and are not strictly
speaking common o4es 'riers.
Senator Long spoke on the pipe line
amendment. Kansas, he said, de-
clared pipe lines common carriers as
q means Of hitting the Standard OH
Company, but it had not the expected
effect There had been no attempt
in Kansas to prohibit pipe lines from
transporting their own products be-
cause it was known the effect would
be disastrous to independent com
panies.
The House acceded to the request
of the Senate for another conference
on the railroad rate bill Hepburn,
Sherman and Richardson were ap-
pointed conferees.
Agriculture Bill.
The conference on the agricultural
appropriation bill today developed
"a difference between the House
and Senate in regard to the meat in
spection amendment. The bill prob
ably will be sent back to the two
Houses for further action or for in.
structions to the conferees.
The Senate representatives refused
absolutely to consider the provision
making an appropriation to pay the
cost of inspection and insisted upon
the provision of the original Beveridge
bill requiring the date of inspection
to be placed upon canned meat.
Another meeting will be held late
this afternoon when the conferees
will decide finally whether there is
possibility of agreement.
Grants Request.
The Senate today granted the House
request for a conference on the i'm
migration bill. The differences be-
tween the two Houses on the naval
appropriation bill have vanished.
The House committee on public
lands today made favorable report
on the bill authorizing the city of Los
Angeles to acquire a right Of way fol-
a canal for water supply from Owens
River.
BY vote of six to five the Senate
committee on inter-Ocean Canals to
day decided not to 60 to the Isthmus
Of Panama to take testimony In
the canal investigation. BY agree
ment also no testimony will be taker
here until next December.
Repeats Cattle Law.
The House today passed the Senate
bill which repeals the so-called twenty
eight hour law by fixing the time II
transit for stock at thirty-six hours
upon written request of the owners
Or person In charge Of the particular
shipment.