Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-15
COMMITTEE DEADLOCKs
Unable to Agree on Type of Canal to
Recommendations Until Wed
nesday-Unfty Among Republicans
on Rate Bill Distasteful to Demo.
erats-FIays Naval Officers.

senate again today took up the railroad
rate Dill and Immediately entered up.
on the consideration of the remaining
!Alllson amendments, relating to the
jurisdiction Of federal courts over or.
ders of the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The first of these pertained to the
venue Of the courts and provided that
IN cases where two or more carriers
were affected the venue should be in
district where neither has it's prin-
cipal office.
Attack Roosevelt.
Senator Bailey in concluding his at
tack on Roosevelt, for his alleged sur
render on the railroad rate and tariff
questions said, .Let us have no more
here or throughout the country of this
talk of an iron man. He. is clay, very
common clay at that"
Agreement DistastefuI.
The agreement among republicans
evidently was distasteful in the ex-
treme to the democrats and they taunt-
ed the fofner with having sold a gold
orlck INC, ashape. Ola broad court re-
view Amendment to Mr.. Roosevelt and
to the radicals in the senate who have
been supporting him. Senator Ray
ner declared Mr.. Aldrich and the men
who had worked with him had tricked
the President with the so-called ALI
son amendment. He would not adj
nit. he said, that the President had
walked into the trap.
President Caught In Trap7
"But, unfortunately" he continued,
President Roosevelt is so constituted
he cannot look at a trap without fool
ing with the spring, and other republi.
cans are vying with each other for
tho honor of Joining him in his gratui
tons captivity"
So the democrats went on through
out the session and the republicans
for the honor of their party, found II
necessary to reply to them.
Tillman Makes Charge.
During the consideration of the rail
road rate bill in the senate today Sen
ator Tillman made an attack upon the
President. He charged that the Presi
dent had negotiated through ex-Sena
tor Chandler and Attorney Genera
Mooney for Tillman's and Bailey's sup
port in securing united action on the
Hepburn bill that would assure ma
jority in its, favor and against the in
J furious amendments. Tillman claim
ed that after assuring the President o
Z twenty-six democratic votes the Presi
J dent had changed front and insisted
upon the adoption of the Long amend
ment.
Committee In Deadlock.
The senate committee on inter-oce
anic canals is in dead lock on tn,
question of the type of canal to be rec
commended. The question was takel
up today and the vote showed five TO
a sea level canal and five for the loci
type. There were two absentees, Cor
man and Carmack. The latter tele
graphed from Tennessee instructinl
the chairman to count his vote for SCI
level type, which would have mad
the majority against the lock canal dc
sired by the administration. Afte
wrangling for an hour over the ques
ton of accepting the vote for Carmacl
the committee adjourned until Wed
nesday.
Flags Naval Officers.
Naval officers are incompetent t
discharge efficiently the great respor
sibility of safely navigating the wa
ships, costing millions, which are Ell
trusted to their care" declared Repre-
sentative Hepburn of Iowa in tn
house yesterday. He cited numerou
instances where costly battle ship
have been endangered and in som