The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1906-02-02
Weekly Letter from the Seat OF Gov
ernment by our
SPECIAL coRREsP oNDENT
The oollivsr rate bill will undoubtedly be
submitted to the senate. Large mass
meeting took place In the BiIaseo thsa-
tire in protest OF the outrage perpetratsd
on the JoWs in Rassia.

on the JoWS In R1SSiA.
Washington. D. c.. Jan. 27th-The
senate committee on Interstate Com
msrce has practically decided upon
the question of which rate bill it will
submit to the senate. and the Dolliver
bill is the one that will probably be
submitted. although perhaps with
minor changes from the form in which
it was introduced This result will
be regarded as victory for the Presi
dent and his followers on this ques-
tion, as the Dolliver bill is regarded as
the administration measure. It pro-
vides for increasing the Interstate
commerce commission from FIVE mem.
bers as at present constituted to seven
members, and it fixes their salaries at
ten thousand dollars per annum, and
their term Of Office at seven years.
These provisions will add to the dig
nifty and Importance of the Office, and
they will enable the president to in
duce business men of recognized abil-
ity and experience..to accept appoint
ments to the vacancies in the Com
mission as they occur. This bill is
the most voluminous and complete
that has been introduced. and covers
every phase of this question in all its
ramifications. The Hepburn bill is
being debated in the house com
mittee on Interstate and foreign com
merce, as we'll as the Davey bill. The
Hepburn bill in all probability will be
reported. Thus the bills reported in
both branches Of Congress will be
fathered by Iowa statesmen, Y which
fact illustrates the influence of that
state in the councils of the nation.
The fight has already begun; and one
Of the most important speeches in the
Senate during this week was that of
Senator Cay, of Georgia, on this ques-
tion.
Poultney Bigelow, the notorious
commentator on canal affairs at Pan
anna, was called before the Senate
committee on Interstate canals re-
Gently, and on being questioned as
to the identity of his informants in
his interviews he declined to dis
close their names. It was intimated
that he would be compelled to an
awer the questions submitted to him,
or be held for contempt. This did
not influence him sufficient to cause
him to anwser the question PROFOUND
ed. Later, owing in part to the un-
certainty which existed regarding the
power of the committee to compel an.
swers, and partly to an unwillingness
to make martyr of this man. he was
dismissed without an attempt at com
pulsion.
On Sunday evening large mass
meeting took place in the Belasco
theatre, in protest of the outrage
perpetrated on the Jews in Russia.
The building was filed to it's greatest
seating capacity. and number of
notable speakers addressed those pres
ent. Congressman Sulzer of New
York, presided, and as president deliv-
cred an impassioned and violent
speech. He is in some respects ad.
mirahly adapted to address meeting
Of this character. as his style Of ora
tory is peculiarly fienzied and harrow
ing. Among those who addressed the
meeting was Judge Moon, Congress
man from Philadelphia, who referred
to the s'auburn haired enthusiasm
Of Sultzer. The allusion provoked
laughter, as it seemed apt and unique.
Resolutions were adopted censuring
and denouncing the barbarities Of Rus
sia toward her Jewish inhabitants.
Ex-senator Towne, formerly from Du-
luth, Minnesota, later Of New York,
from which city he now halls as a
member Of congress-, read the resolu-
tions. He was a republican member
Of congress from Minnesota in the
early '9Os, but went astray on the sill
yer question, and was q running mate
Of Bryan on the democratic ticket.
He was then appointed BY Governor
Lind to fill the unexpired term Of
Cushman e. Davis. Later he NOV
ed to New York, and he is now a
Tammany congressman. @
The statehood fight has been
fought and won IA the House. The
boisterous insurgents, who made ex.
travagant claiins of strength some
days prior to the final condict. and