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taxpayers and license holders avaIl&-
BILE as evidence. In prohibition and
local option sections of The country,
le said, the present practice of with
holding this information really placed
The Federal government III she posi-
lion of aiding the violators of local
avs Persons operating "bliud e.
GERS said Mr.. Humphreys, obtain
Federal license and thus avoid pursuit
By government agents, but the govern
ment records were withheld by the
rules OF the Internal Revenue Bureau
from being available by State officials
in making prosecutions. The rule of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, he said,
,ontraveEed the well-establi1hed rules
IF evidence Of our Jurisprudence.
Rate Fixing Discussed.
The question of regulating railroad
rates occupied practically all of the
| ime of the Senate, notwithstanding
hat no bill with that end in view
las been reported from the inter
State commerce committee The dis
'ussion of the subject was in connec.
ion with Mr.. Clay's speech, Messrs.
Aldrich, Foraker, Bailey and New
ands being the principal participants
N addition to Mr. Clay himself.
Mr. Clay advocated the passage OF
a bill which would give the inter
State commerce commission power to
regulate rates when complained Of.
and said that if there was no lesisla-
ton along that line the counry might
count upon an agitation of the ques-
lion of government ownership. lie re
erred to the large vote given Mr.
Hearst i'll the late New York munici-
-oal election as an indication OF the
popularity Of municipal ownership Of
the public utilities.
Statehood Bill Passed.
The House passed he statehood bill
exactly according to schedule. The Re
publican opposition to the measure
spent It's entire force and no effort
was made to defeat the bill on its
inal passage, only 80 of the ''insur-
.ents' voting against the measure
The bill passed by vote of 1914 tc
$50.
The debate which preceded the vote
began at IL o'clock and was practi.
eally featureless SO far as any hope
was entertained of changing the meas
ure in the slightest degree. The abvo
Gates of the measure placed i'll The
,, Record through the medium of severa
speeches, the arguments upon whicl
the joint statehood policy Is founded
Likewise, the opponents of joining
Arizona and New Mexico, embracing
the entire opposition to the bill, pro
= duced their reasons for The Record
Several Of the insurgents" mad
plain the ground of their opposition
The bill as passed provides tha
Oklahoma and Indian Territory shaI
constitute one State under the nam
>. Of "Oklahoma,' and that Arizon
!. and New Mexico shall constitute on
; State under the name of "Arizona.
Should the terms of admission be rat
e fed by the residents of the Territorie
e in question, their respective Stat
constitutions must contain clause
E prohibiting the sale Of intoxicatin
) liquors to Indians and plural mlarriae
p es. There are many other stipulation
v governing schools, courts and polit
- cal subdivisions OF the proposed ne
: States.
% Senate and Foreign Affairs.
!. The foreign affairs of the Unite
- States continued to hold the after
. . ton of the Senate, the Moroccan an
- Dominican matters being the que
tons Immediately at issue. Mr.. None
, was the principal speaker and he tall
20 ed for over two hours In opposite
;S to the course of the administratic
a with reference to both Santo Domll
70 20 and Morocco. He contended TIL
q there was danger of becoming lnvol
;s ed unnecessarily in the affairs Of 9th
# countries by participating in Il
% Algeciras' conference and that th
sr country was not sufficiently concerns
n with the conduct of affairs IN San
Domingo to justify our course III In
island. He also took the position tn
the President had transcribed /
~ authority there.
s. Mr.. Money contended that the Pre-
n ident had made one explanation a
or his friends another Of our attitude
n wards Santo Domingo. Mr.. Mon
st declared that he felt no concern abo
lie Santo Domingo. s'As Senator OF I
as United States, / don't care a con
We mental about it," he said, empha
a cally. Mr.. Money agreed with i
II. Lodge that the annexation OF Sar
nd Domingo was undesirable, and decl
tn ed that "if to-day the United Sta
lc- would relieve herself Of every lsla
N. of the sea the country would be
measurably stronger - lie added Il
If we continue our oollcy OF tax
an inferior people the nation must s.
an of its own weight unless we chan:
our form of government.
Mr.. Hepburn followed Mr.. Mon
'ed advocating the annexation OF Sa
us Domingo, saving that the pres
he ! population would soon become AM
.as eanized under the rule of the Uni
The States.
7as Mr.. Tillman suggested that as
President OF santo Domingo IS