The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-03-08
SPEAKER HOLDS
ABSOLUTE POWER
His Jurisdiction Exceed
That Of Any Ruler Of /
European Monarchy
ARMY OF SEED MEn
RUMoRs GALORE AS 10 THU
RAILROAD RATE SITUATION Il
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Mar. s, 1906.-NB
ferring to the power of the Speaker a
"desposic and absolute" Representative
Shackleford. of Missouri. denounced III
rules of the House yesterday afternoon i
a short speech that was pitilessly pun
gent in its sarcasm. He expressed g7ea
personal admiration for Speaker Cannon
| but declared there was no monarch u
all Europe who was more absolute il
his jurisdiction. He said be had reas
only the other day that the Speaker ha.
| packed. the ways and means commit
tee with ten men who would stand pat
as men of stone against any aud ever.
attempt to amend The tariff. He ais
roasted the Speaker for the passag
of the statehood bill under the parl.
lash.
Mr.. Shackleford was not like Mr.. Ad
ans. of Wisconsin. who. when he wanted
to criticise the rules of the House, wen
to New York to do it. Mr.. shaeklefore
had the courage to make the criticism il
the House and 50 that the Speaker nigh
hear exactly what he had to say. NJ
one disputes his courage. but there seem
to be a general opinion to the effecl iea
he had nothing to gain and little to lose
being in the minority. When the Re
pubIicans, however. speak out in meet
ing against the rules and the power 0.
the Speaker it is felt their utterance
have more s.gifcance
If all the farmers, and SOME who ar
not farmers, who favor the free seed dis
! tribution should assemble al the capita
what an army they would make com
pared with the seed men from the differ
ent parts of the country who are her,
TO combat the seed appropriation. Secfe
tary Morton denounced the-seed distsi
button as petty graft, and there have
been repeated efforts to have the practice
stopped on different grounds, one o.
which has been that it is naternalisn
pure and simple. Aud yet. when i
comes to the test-a yote-many of the
Congressman weaken and vote for tbs
seed distribution, and it would not bs
surprising if this is what will happen this
| time.
There are rumore galore on the rall.
road situation in the Senate. The issus
| is now so sharply drawn on the court
review amendment that it cannot be be
logged. President Roosevelt and the sup
porters of the Hepburn bill favor ths
minimum court review as set forth BY tbs
amendments proposed. Those who do not
| want to see the powers of the Interstate
! Commerce Commission strengthened,
which would be obtained should the
words ''or legal be inserted in the
amendments of the bill, want a broad and
sweeping court review amendment. II
the two innocent looking words are snug
gled into the bill Mr. Roosevelt win lose
his fight.
The men who want to nulify the rate
bill are seeking to have the words "or
legal" inserted between the words .con.
stitution' and rights" The last sen.
tence in the amendment proposed for re.
view would then read, ''and whether ths
order of the commission violates the con,
stitutional or legal rights of the plain
tiff."
1t is understood that the court review
amendment that the President does not
object to reads as follows
'.That any person affected by the order
of the commission may apply to the Cir
cult Court of the United States in the
uiScIltCt Nuclt lHS SuAtiCA SVAhpAoAAS0 VI
has its principal operating Office, BY peti.
ton to the court sitting in equity. and
the court shall entertain such suit fos
the purpose of determining only whether
the commission acted within its authority
and whether the order of the commission
violates the constitutional rights of sht
plaintiffn
Former Attorney-General Knox and 1
number of prominent lawyers in the Sem
ate object to the insertion Of the words
''or legal as they contend it would ut
terly destroy the efficacy of the measure
The Senate has favorably reported this
bill which has passed the House. which
provides for more rigid inspection u
steam vessels. The bill is designed "
prevent, so far as possible, dissstem
similar to the destruction of the General
slocum.
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