The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-05-24

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permitting the people Of Arizona AM
New Mexico to vote separately on tai
subject Of joint statehood.
The pure food bill will be called Vi
In the house at times when the ap
preparation bill or other matters arr
not under consideration.
The senate will resume business b!
taking up THE legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill ant
when that is passed will probably en-
ter upon the consideration Of the i'm
migration bill. Senators have beer
so engrossed with the rate bill during
| the past few months that they have
given very little attention to Other
questions. Consequently there Is nc
| well defined program for future legis
| lation and no one has definite author
ity to state what course will be pur
sued. But the immigration bill Is SC
generally favored by the Republican
leaders that there Is no doubt 1t will
be given the next place Of preference
on the senate calendar. There will
not, however, be any further effort at
LEGISLATION. aside from appropriation
bills, until the Republican steering
committee can get together and de-
eide upon a program, which will prob,
ably be some time during the week.
The general disposition is to confne
business to the supply bills as much
as possible, but there is considerable
division Of opinion with reference
to the Panama canal bill and also on
the question Of the discharge Of the
Philippine committee from the fur.
Their consideration Of the Philippine
tariff bill.
Monday, May Fl.
Washington.-After seventy days Of
almost continuous deliberation, the
senate at 4:53 p. m, passed the rail-
road rate bill by the practically I'M
animous vote Of II to 3. The three
negative votes we're cast by Senators
Foraker, Republican, Of Ohio, and
Morgan and Pettus, Democrats, Ala
bama. There was somewhat larger
attendance of senators than usual,
but the attendance in the galleries
was by no means abnormal, and there
was no manifestation Of any kind
when the result was announced.
There was, however, an almost gen.
eral sigh of relief among senators.
The bill has received more atten-
tion from the senate and from the
country at large than any measure
that has been before congress since
the repeal Of the purchasing clause
Of the Sherman act, in 1893. 1t was
reported to the senate on February
rs, and was made the unfinished bust
ness on March IL. From March II to
May the bill was under general dis
cussion without limitation ON the du-
ration of speeches, fifty-eight of which
We're delivered. Many Of these were
prepared with great care, and two OF
them consumed more than days
time In delivery. Senator La Toilette,
the junior senator from Wisconsin,
spoke for three days, and Senator
Daniel Virginia, for two days. Sem
ators Bailey, Foraker, Lodge, Rainey
Dolliver and others each spoke for
one entire day.
For twelve days the bill has been
under consideration under a rule linn
iting speeches to fifteen minutes
EACH. The debate has at all times |
been earnest and animated but for
the most part devoid of personality as
between senators, the past few days,
however, having called out some
caustic criticisms of the president and
of some newspaper correspondents by
Senator Bailey.
In addition to passing the bill, the
consisted in concluding
the consideration Of the amendments
as such, and the delivery of number
Of speeches on the bill. The only
adopted was the one Of
fered by Senator Teller, eliminating |
the words ain it's judgment from
the power given to the Interstate
commerce commission to fix rates.
Saturday, May 49,
Washington. = Some Of the state
hood boomers from Oklahoma and
indian Territory have been talking |
IN Respondent way for the past few
lays, though 1t has been difficult to
ascertain the reason for their down.
EAST feelings. With resigned air
hey say they have hidden goodby to
statehood legislation at this session
If congress, and believe that the bill
will be buried In the conference COM
nittee as 1t was last year.
A Democratic member Of the con-
yressional committee on territories
;ald that it had come to him that
Speaker Cannon had asked some
anxious members who had been max
ng inquiries Of him about statehood
legislation what difference 1t would
make IL the statehood bill were left
,ver until next fall. This indicated