The National tribune., 1906-05-10

ator Clark has been much msligned
outside the Senate. but inside that body
no finger has ever'fbe&n pointed at him.
He has been quiet. conservative. and
apparently conscientious representa-
tive of his people in the House OF
Lords" Although one OF the richest
men in the United States Club" he
has made no show of wealth. and
hoe soss 's about ts n ay su Rssst nan
like anything else. II
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What amounts practically to an
agreement on the existing differences
concerning court features OF the Rail-
road-rate bill has been reached by Sem
ate conferences extending over the last
week. and Senator Allison has offered
an amendment comforting Jurisdiction
upon the Circuit Courts to hear and de-
ternine suits brought against the In
terstate Commerce Commission. The
amendment will not suggest to the
courts, whether their judicial review
shall be confined to constitutional
questions or whether it shall be an in
quiry into the business or reasonable
ness OF the rates fixed by the Commits
sion. Senator Long. who made the prin-
cipal legal argument for the House bill,
and Senators Aldrich and Crane, the
leaders in the movement seeking an
amendment providing for broad
court review. expressed themselves to-
day as favoring the amendment, and
both factions are agreed that the COM
promise is satisfactory to President
Roosevelt.
Arrangements have been concluded
by the Agricultural Department to try
Oiling some of the dirt streets in the
outskirts OF Washington to see whether
they can be semi-macada mtzed by this
means. as are some Of the roads in CAL
xvha <,s1 IL
great success. The oil used in the west
is very cheap, and it's application has
been eminentIy satisfactory, the roads
resembling asphaIted pavement, only
more yielding to the feet of horses, and
the dust being laid entirely.
The President likes to have news
paper correspondents get right on mat
tiers about once in SO often anyhow, so
he invites them into his councils oc-
casiOnally. Once, some months ago,
the President issued an order to the
members Of the Cabinet that they
must not talk so much. In fact, he
suggested to them that he would give
out all Administration news, especial
ly that which had it's inception at Cab
met meetings. The newspaper corre-
spOndents didn't like this little bit,
and they continued to say SO. until the
President inaugurated his Newspaper
Cabinet" He has just had another
meeting Of his Newspaper Cabinet. He
called together SO OF the Correspond
ents of Congress and discussed with
them in the Executive Offices the status
of the Railroad-rate legislation, and
to learn the Presidents views as to
certain pending amendments to the
Hepburn bill.
The meeting lasted more than an
hour. While the President made I'll
clear. at the outset. that he desired
not to be quoted directly as to views
he might express. he said he was per-
fectly willing that his views should be
known and be stated in the language OF
the members of the, press who were
present. a,r,
With this understanding, the infor-
NAL discussion which ensued took a
proposed amendments The President
talked with frankhess in the express
sion OF his views, IN answering ques-
tons which were ,pr6pOunded to him
from all sides. and In explaining the
attitude of himself and the advocates
aar i1e he as n Nstns
academic. but IT was interesting and
="
The discussion dealt chiefly with the
various propositions. for a court re-
view. ~.
The Senate Committee On Privileges
and Elections held meeting. friday
to consider A report In the SffIoot case
After considerable discussion. in which |
1T developed that the committee stood
eight to five in favor OF report that
the Utah Senator was disqualified, Mr.. |
Dubois, OF Idaho, as means OF bring
ing the question to an issue, proposed |
the following resolutions:
Resolved. That Reed Smoot Is not |
entitled to his seat as Senator Of
the United States from the State Of
Utah" |
Senators Frazier, OF Tennessee, and
Knox. OF Pennsylvania, asked for time |
to consider the evidence more fully. |
1t was agreed to vote upon Senator |
Dubois's resolution Friday May Is.
1t Is likely that food manufacturer
OF the country and DR.. Wiley, Chief Of
the Bureau OF Chemistry, will clash |
during the consideration Of the Agri !
cultural appropriation bill by the SEN |
ate Committee on Agriculture. Of
which Senator Proctor Is Chairman.
This will come through an attempt
to put back into the bill the appropri- |
alton and authorization for the investi- |
CATION Of food products by the Secre- |
tary of Agriculture. or "his represent |
atives." The appropriation was $4,000. |
and was for the publication of the re-
suits Of the investigation. the estab- |
and Of purity of stand |
ards for food products.
Regulations regarding impOrtatiOns |
were also authorized. The National
Food Manufacturers Association was
to- this as giving DR.. Wiley too |
much power. and will contest an at |
tempt to put 1t back in the bill.
A sequel to the San Francisco earth |
quake and fire has appeared at the |
Treasury Department in the shape off
charred money. which has been sent
here for redemption.
The money In question amounts tOl
$3.50, which was Enclosed in tin box
i'm the safe Of business firm located |
at No. So California street. near the |
water front. So great had been the |
heat to which it had been subjected
that when the safe was opened it was
found that the tin box had melted, and
the money was charred as a result.
The damaged certificates and notes, |
however, are in good condition, and |
the employees of the Redemption Di-
vision are having little trouble in idcn- /
tifying them.
A fortunate thing for the Treasury
is the fact that very little |
paper money Is used I'm San Francisco |