Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-03-14
CONGRESSIONAL DUlruo
What is Being Done Day by Day BY
the National House and Senate.
To Mark Confederate Graves.

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priation bill, also the Foraker bill
providing for the marking Of the
| graves Of Confederate dead, buried in
the North.
Deliver Speaks for Rate Bill.
The discussion of the railroad rate
question in the Senate was continued
by MI. Deliver, who spoke in sup
! port Of the Dolliver-Hepbunn bill.
He said that the bill was intended
merely to supplement the existing IN
ter-State commerce law and contend
ed for its validity from 4 conStitu-
tional point Of view, predicting: that
government ownership OF the rail-
roads would be forced upon the
country if Congress did not meet the
present demand for regulation. .
Mr.. Dolliver was not questioned
and when he concluded the remain
der Of the day was devoted to the bill
providing for the settlement Of the
affairs Of the five civilized tribes Of
Indians after the termination of
their tribal relations.
M. Dolliver in his speech said he
did not agree with either Mr.. Fora
ker or MI. Bacon that the secret prac-
tees have been abandoned. He did
not believe the Elkins bill adequate
for protection against these practices.
"The difficulty about rebates is not
in Furnishing violations Of the law"
he said, "but in discovering them
and we have undertaken to amend
the law SO as to cover that defect.'
Returning to the question Of APP
peals, Mr.. Deliver said that the pow
er the commission would exercise in
preventing recourse to courts was
about as great as the power Of ''my
friends who are tiptoeing about this
chamber talking Of the day in
court.''
By Unanimous Consent.
Legislation by unanimous consent
and under suspension Of the rules oc-
cupied the attention Of the House
and resulted in the passage Of several
bills, some Of considerable import
ance. The adoption of q resolution
Of inquiry a s to whether any crimi-
nal prosecutions have been begun
against individuals in the Northern
Securities Company furnished the
text for a speech Of criticism by Mr..
Williams, the Democratic leader.
Brief answers were made by Mr.. Jen-
kins, Of Wisconsin, and Mr.. Grosver-
enor, Of Ohio. Mr.. Jenkins said that
the statute of limitations had run
against any action that might be
taken i'll this case and that any effort
at prosecution would be useless.
Tax Off Leaf Tobacco.
The House began its session by
passing without discussion or opposi-
ton a bill for the relief Of tobacco
growers by permitting them to sell
leaf tobacco without paying the tax
Of 6 cents a pound heretofore charged
The balance Of the day was devot-
ed to tariff discussion, the Indian ap-
preparation bill being the vehicle to
carry the debate. Preceding this Mr..
Sherman explained the provision of
the bill.
The tariff discussion was opened b,
Nj. Rucker, Of Missouri. who brought
forth arguments designed to sustain
the Democratic idea Of tariff for
revenue only, and he closed with the
prediction that these ideas would pro-
vail, with W. J. Bryan as the stand
ard bearer.
In the Senate.
The question Of the enlargement Of
the Medical Department occupied the
major portion of the time OF the
Senate. The question arose III con-
n%ection with the consideration Of a
bill for the displacement Of con-
tract surgeons by physicians who
shall be given the rank Of army off
GERS and the reorganization Of the
medical corps. Mr.. Hale criticised
the bill as an entering wedge for a
general increase Of the army and said
hat it was a part of a general plan
of the general staff which he charged
with a general purpose of enhancing
fhe army's Importance.
In this connection Mr.. Hale said
that the general staff had prepared
plans for the invasion Of China by an
American army but he added that he
did not mean to go into the subject
"for with the Secretary Of State sit
ting on the lid [ do not believe we are
likely to have war;
Oklahoma a State.
The Senate passed a bill for the ad-
mission Of a new State to be called
Oklahoma and to be composed Of the
Territory Of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. 1t was the House
Joint statehood bill with all the pro-
visions relating to Arizona and New
Mexico stricken out. The motion to