Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-06
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The Senate Monday adopted the resolu-
tion of Mr.. La Toilette providing that the
Investigations of the Interstate Commerce
Commission be extended so as to include
the grain business. The Long resolution
calling upon the commission for informa-
ton concerning the suits brought under
the interstate commerce., Sherman anti
trust and Elkins laws was accepted. The
pure food bill was called up and it was
voted not to concur in the House amend
ments. 4. request from the House for a
conference was agreed to and Mcssrs.
Hepburn. McCumbpr and Latimer APP
pointed conforees. The conference reports
on the bill relative to the control and reg
ulation of the waters Of Niagara River
and military academy appropriation
measure were accepted. The rate bill
was taken up and Senator Tillman spoke
in opposition to the pipe line provision,
which. he said, Showed that the Stand
ard Oil had got in its work" The report
of the conferees was not disposed of. but
it was made evident that another confer
ence will be ordered. About 300 private
ptlsion bills and a measure prohibiting
shanghaiing in the United States We're
passed. The immigration bill was dis"
cuSsed for three hours in the House and
passed without n yea or nay vote being
permitted on any of the paragraphs. The
head TAX Of 81 prescribed in the original
bill was changed to s.. and as a substi-
tute for the section relating to the edu-
c~AtiOnal test an amendment providing
that the matter be submitted to a commits
sion was passed by a close vote. The
most important features of the measure
ran .b,- ,Ii,,i,,o- al Tn,o JJn,ro ire;-+
ed on its amendments to the pure food
law bill and asked for a conference.
A conference report on the naval appro-
priation bill, leaving only one item in
disagreement. that relating to the transfer
of the naval station at Port Royal. S. c.,
to the Rhode Island station. was adopted.
and the conferrees instructed to insist
upon the transfer. The general deficiency
appropriation and omnibus public build
ing bills were reported. At $50 p. m. a
recess until s o'clock was taken. and a
might session of three hours devoted to
oratory followed, the discussion of the
bill to simplify the law relating to the
collection OF revenues being the order o!
business.
The Senate Tuesday sent the rate bin
Back to conference. again designating
Messrs. Tillman, Elkins and Cullom as
conferees. The naval appropriation bill
finally was passed, the Senate recedins
from the amendment concerning the naval
training station ct Pert Royal. S. G,
which was the only point in controversy.
Mr.. La Toilette secured consideration OF
a bill limiting to sixteen hours the time
railroad employees engaged in the move
ment of trains may be employed consecu.
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request of the House for a conference
on the immigration bill was granted, and
Messrs. Dillingham;, Lodge and M%cL4aurin
appointed conferees. A resolution direct.
ing the Secretary of Agriculture to in.
vestigate the possibility of draining the
swamp and overfiowed lands of the Unit.
ed States was sent to the ommitte on
agriculture. Mr.. Tillman gave the con-
dition of his health as an excuse for not
calling up the resolution for an invcr+i.
cation of the Mrs. Minor Morris affair.
II executive session the treaty with Mex
leo concerning the division of the waters
of the Rio Grande river for irrigation
purposes was ratified. The omnibus pub.
lie buildings bill, carrying in round mum.
bers an appropriation of $21 100000, was
passed by the House, one hour being con.
stunned in its reading and consideration
The general deficiency bill, the last of the
great supply measures, was taken up for
consideration, but was not completed. The
request of the Senate for another confer.
ence on the railroad rate bill was acceded
to. and Messrs. Hepburn, Sherman and
Richardson reappointFl conferees. The
Senate bill repeating the so-called 2S-hour
law by fixing the maximum of time in
transit of live stock to thirty-six hours on
the written request of the owner of the
shipment was passed. Mr.. Lafean (Pa.)
presented a resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee of FIVE mem.
bers Of the House to make an investiga:
ton of a shoe contract recently awarded
b. the Secretary Of the Navy.
Announcement of a deadlock in the con,
ference "a the meat inspection provision
of the agricultural appropriation bill was
made in the Senate Wednesday,. Senator
Bailey made a long reply to the recent
attack upon him in the Cosmopolitan
Magazine. and Senator Warren spoke in
support of his resolution relative to thu
live stock industry. The naturalization
bill was passed, but Senator La Toilette
was unable to secure a vote on his bill
limiting the hours Of service on railrond
trains. An almost complete report on the
sundry civil bill was accepted. In execu.
tive session it was agreed that the AL.
geciras treaty in relation to Moroccan af.
fairs shall be brought to n vote Dec. -,
at the next session of Congress, the latest
date on which action could be had if the
United States is to participate in the con.
v~ention. The general deficiency bill, the
last of the big money measures, was pass.
ed in the House, about 100000 being
added to the measure as reported from