Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-18
DOINGS'. II. CONGRESS | !
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.

oS A'N 80 rSs5.s
Election Of Senators 5;by ths People.
A resolution providing the elec-
tion Of Senators by direct t3sote of the
people has been favorabl lS acteds upon
by The House committee 0n election
Of President. The resolution which
was introduced by Mr.: Norisss of Ne:
braska, makes the term DC member
ship Of the house four years instead
of two. Both propositions are to be
accomplished by amendments to the
constitution. assSSss ! 49, s
Retlson why thesterm 81 nembers
should be four years are teted ito be
because no party cail aiIgatate its
policy Iii two years.
Deliberations Tams
The deliberations Of theHnse were
tame as compared with Slhs. pre-,
vious days; which may be- attributed
in a measure TO the fact that$ there
was no discussion Of thesssast mail
appropriation for the benefit of The
Southern Railway. No olis subject
has engendered so much bad feeling
in the House in a long 1time,aand has
not been contined to@eiths Of the
parties,
There is much speculate to the
outcome of the vote, predNt ions Of
victory being made by advocates OF
both sides. A vote may @ rsached
soon, though iii order to- 5dafs fss,so; the
regular order, will have tosbe5S displae.
ed. &;
All of the North Carolina members
will be present unless Repressnta
Blacburn, who is in Greenaborp re.
mains at home. Represent POI
and Gudger got back to theseit and
Representative Small will egbaek
Representative Small and sGhager are
committed to tile appropriats tsohl and n
Representatives Page; atteTson
Webb, Thomas and the two tchens
will vote against il. 81
Some doubt has been xpresssd ias s
to how Representatives, Pou and
Blackburn will vote. Mr. Pou has
voted against the appropriation in the
past, while Mr.. Blackburn shassyoted
for it. Representative WV. Kitchina u
hopes 10 be able to get insn1de erst5htse
five Mute rule to reply to statement: tate I lerlt
that have been made iii debate
Discussion Near Itb End s
In the Senate Mr.. Aldrick express
ed the opinion that tile end thff thEff
general debate on The railroadsratt
| Bill would become apparent before
the end Of the present week, and thai
then an agreement upon day ssfor1ss
vote could be reached. The statement i t
was made in response toaa sbJJ
Mr.. Tillmsn for such an agreement gel
There was no other discussion sofsthe
rate bill during the day. owing ssthe tahe
fact that no senator was: prepa Sedstte q e
speak. 1t was aniiodne ed hafssr 3:
Spooner would reply sttosA sssJss ss s
speech.
The session was almost entirely yfde;
voted to the consideration of the con.
ference report on. the bill providlns
for the final settlement of the affairs
Of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
and in connection with that report
there was sharp controversy over ar
amendment inserted by the senate
which provided for The ratification o.
the Disbursement Of $1s6,O0O of the
Loyd Seminole fund made by Specia
Agent j. E. jenkins and Administra.
tor a. j. Brown. The debate turned
upon the exceptional fact that the
house was insisting upon the reten'
ton of a senate amendment fro9J
which the senate was apparently anx'
ious to reeede. The debate was
characterized by a numebr of spirited
passages between Mr.. Tillman on the
one side and Messrs. Teller and Clapl
on the other. The South Caroline
senator contended that the Indian:
had been defrauded, while his oppon
ents urged that if they had been the
proposed legislation did not deprive
them of their rights under the law
No conclusion was reached.
Some Lively Discussions.
After a brief speech by Mr.. Latl
mer in support of the House railroad
rate bill, Mr.. Foraker took the fioo'
ON the measure and consumed practl
cally all Of the remainder Of the day
session. He spent some time in thf
discussion of some of the.amendment:
be has suggested to the bill and ther
entered upon the consideration OF the
entire question of railroad rate regu
lation, urging again the unconstltu
tionality Of the pending bill from va va
r;ons points of view. He was ire
ouentlv interrupted by other; Senators
Mr.. Lodge spoke briefly in suppor
of the practice Of granting lower rates
on goods intended for export than OF OF
those used in domestic consumption
Mr. Latimer in his speech said that a
the present time seven corporation
control practically all of the railroads
of the country, and no argument L
necessary to convince a thinking MAJ mi.
that his consolidation means the elin
nation of competition and the placlns
Of despotic power in the; hands OIL
few men.
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