Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-19
The WEEK IN CONGRESS


Sir. McLaurin and MIR. Morgan ad.
dressed the senate on the railroad
ate question, the former advocating
legislation and the latter opposing.
rhe Mississippi senator announced
his intention to support an amend
nent providing for court review Of
he decisions of the interstate COM
nerce commission and also. stated his
adherence to the Bailey amendment
prohibiting the temporary suspension
If the commissions order by the
courts. He criticised what he char.
acterized as an effort to inject poll
Tics into the consideration of the
oill
notwithstanding that this
was district day In the house ard
that body resolved itself into COM
non council for the purpose Of making
avs for the District Columbia, gen.
sral interest was shown In the biiis
requiring nonresident pupils to pay
| tuition and regulation of the employ.
ment Of child labor. Mr.. Hepburn OF
Iowa, replying to long speech of
Mr.. Sims of Tennessee in which he
advocated self government of the
people of the District of Columbia,
made defense of the form of gov
eminent but criticized it's administers
| ton.
Washington. April 1G-Senate--
Following the speech OF Senator Ball.
| ey today In which he advocated his
amendment for the nonsuspension OF
orders Of the interstate commerce
commission pending review by the
courts, the sentiment of the senate
seemed to be that this proposition
would have to be disposed of at an
early date. 1t was suggested by
Senator Aldrich that vote could be
had on this Bailey amendment with
out in any manner interfering with
speeches being prepared by various
lawyers in the senate.
House-For seven hours today the
house had under consideration the
postofice appropriation bill. but In
only a few instances were the pro-
visions considered. During the debate
on the special appropriation for rail-
way mail pay bitter words were ex-
changed between representatives OF
North Carolina, Arkansas and Ken
lucky, but all were within rules of the
house.
Washington, April 11.-Senate-In
the senate today Mr.. Aldrich express.
ed the opinion that the end of the
general debate on the railroad bill
would become apparent before the
end of the present week and that
then an agreement upon day for a
vote could be reached. The state
ment was made in response to a re-
quest by Mr.. Tillman for such an
agreement. There was no other dis
cussion of the rate bill during the
day, owing to the fact that no senator
was prepared to speak. The session
was almost entirely devoted to TIE
consideration of the conference re-
port on the bill providing for the final
settlement of the affairs of the five
civilized tribes Of Indians.
House--After nearly ten days of
general debate with the postofice APP
preparation bill as the vehicle for the
discussion OF wide range of sub
iects, the house late today reached
the consideration of the bill itself, an
hour having been given to the read
ing of the measure.
Washington. Auril 12-Senate-Af-
ter a brief speech by Mr.. Latimer in
support of the house railroad BILL
Mr.. Foraker today took the floor on
that measure and consumed practically
all of the remainder of the days ses-
sion of the senate. He spent some
time in the discussion of some Of the
amendments he has suggested to the
bill and then entered upon the con-
sheraton of the entire question of
railroad rate regulation, urging again
me unconstitutionality of the pending
bill from various points of view.
House-The feature Of today's pro-
ceedings in the house of representa-
tives was the speech made by Mr..
Cochran of New York who, under an
agreement made on previous day,
was given an hour to elucidate the
subject Of general debate" on apprc
priation bills. Progress was made
on the postofflce appropriation bill.
eighteen Of the twenty-nine pages
having been completed, but few
amendments being made to the meas
ure, and these not changing the
emount of the appropriations to any
considerable extent
ing to the fact that none or its mem
bers were prepared to speak on the
railroad rate bill that measure was
temporarily laid aside today in the
senate, permitting the devotion of the
entire time to the consideration OF
other bills on the calender. or
these bills more than 100 were passed,
most Of them being private pension
hills. Among the general bills passed
was one increasing the pensions OF
ex-soldiers who lost their limbs in the
service, another retiring and pension
ing petty officers and men of the
army, navy and marine corps after
thirty years of service at three
fourths their regular Tay and third
kill increasing the pensions of ex-Mex
lean war soldiers to $40 per month
end making the attainment of rs
years Of age evidence Of disability.
House-During an acrimonious de-
tate between Dalzell Of Pennsylvania
and Williams of Mississippi, Speaker
Cannon ordered both gentlemen to
their seats and directed that the un
parliamentary language used by each
be stricken from the record. The
postoffice appropriation bill was com
pleted during the day, after roll
caE on the southern fast mail subsidy
provision which was retained in the
bill.
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