Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
THE HOUSE VOTES FAvoRABLY
UPON THE CONFERENCE
REPORT
THIS is PENSION DAY
Large Attendance In the House to At
tend to Important Work-senate
Gets Urgent Deficiency Rlll-Mlchl-
gan Railroads Lose Big Case.

Washington, D. c., April 2.-This be-
ing pension day in the house there
was a large attendance of the men,
bers. s
The pension appropriation bill was
sent to conference.
Personal Liability Bill Passed.
The personal liability bill passed
the house without division today.
Hazlng Bill Adopted.
The naval academy hazing bill con-
ference report was adopted and the
personal liability bill was called UP,
Representative Sterling of Illinois stat
ing its feature.
Civil Service Ruling.
The supreme court of the United
States today decided that person en-
ployed in civil service may recover
damages on account of suspension
from Office by subordinate official.
Wisconsin Loses Lands.
The case Of the State of Wisconsin
vs.. Secretary Hitchcock, involving the
claim of the government to dispose of
school sections in the Indian reserva.
tions In Wisconsin, was today decided
by the supreme court in favor of the
government
Senate Gets Important Bill.
When the senate convened today
Senator Hale reported the urgent de.
heiency bill. A joint resolution was
was passed reappointing Andrew D.
White as a member of the board Of re-
gents OF the Smithsonian institution.
Mallory Bill Passes Senate.
The Mallory bill, to further enlarge
the powers and authority Of the public
health and marine hospital service and
known as the national quarantine bill
was passed by the senate.
Railroads Must Pay Taxes.
The supreme court Of the United
states today decided the Michigan
rallroad tax cases, involving the taxes
OF all the railroads in that state for
several wears past, against the rail.
roads. The opinion was by Justice
Brewer.
TilIman Not Satisfied.
Senator Tillman who has charge of
the railway rate bill in the senate,
said last night that he was not salts.
fed with the court review amendment
to the measure which was agreed on
Saturday at a conference Of President
roosevelt. several republican senators
who are supporting the bill and mem.
ibers OF the interstate commerce COM
mission. Senator TilIman said that
ne would oppose it on the floor of the
senate and he expressed the opinion
that not half a dozen of his democrat.
1c colleagues would support the
amendment.
Senator Tillman declares that the
amendment does not meet the situa.
ton fully inasmuch as it makes no
provision setting forth specifically
that there shall be no suspension of
the railway rate fixed by the inter.
state commerce commission pending
the Judicial determination of any case
which may be appealed from the rate
as established.
This is a contention which Senator
Tillman and a number of the demo.
cratic senators have urged, as they
argue that a failure to provide abso.
lutely against suspension Of the
rate, operates to nullify the objects
for which the legislation is desired
The senator added that he would pre-.
fer to vote for the house bill as 1t
stood than to accept the amendment
for the pending measure gave the
right Of review where constitutional
questions are involved.
Democrats Discuss Amendments.
The proposed amendment was dis.
cussed Sunday and last night among
groups Of democratic senators, but
there was no conference on the sub
ject among them. Senator Spooner
was at the White House last night in
conference with President Roosevelt,
presumably on matters connected with
rate legislation.