Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-04-25
DOINGS in CONGRESS
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
In the Senate.

'AoA "pPio9ilat1tl3 P1,ouV,ouo tO Ue
used in affording relief to San Fran.
cisco sufferers; approprating $4,000
to pay the expenses Of bringing home
the bodies of the Kearsarge victime;
listened to an explanation by Mr..
Bailey concerning the proceedings of
the Democratic senatorial caucus;
heard the first half of an exhaustive
speech by Mr.. LaFolette on the rail-
road rate bill and witnessed decid-
edly spirited encounter between Mr..
Tillman and Mr.. Hopkins concerning
the recent Chicago bank failure.
Mr.. Tillman read newspaper charges
to the effect that the Illinois senator
had used his official position to pre-
vent punishment for violation Of the
banking law and Mr.. Hopkins res
ponded by charging the South Caro-
lima senator with approving the lynch
ing negroes and with securing his
election TO the senate by supressing
the negro vote. He also declared that
Mr.. Tillman had changed the official
report OF his last speech on the bank
question so as to make it appear that
he (Mr. Hopkins) had evaded pues-
ton, and to this Mr.. Tillman respond
ed that he had done nothing of the
kind. The colloquy at last became so
bitter that. it was necessary to call
the senators to order.
Tie climax came when Mr.. Hopkins
said:
Modern Reformer.
cit is time the country should
know who this modern reformer is;
yho is he and where does he come
from9n
Replying he said Mr.. Tillman is
from South Carolina, with white
population of 557, 900 and black pop
ulation of $4,000. This being the
case Mr.. Tillman had been able,. he
said, to get to the senate only by sup
pressin the colored vite-securing
majority by manipulation, which re-
suits in depriving the majority of the
people of the rights guarantee to
them by the constitution. He would
ask the senator if he would deny that
in speech made in 1900 he had said
that he had done all that he could to
keep the negroes from voting.
why should 1 deny it9" respond
ed Mr.. Tillman, "when I put it III
The Record9 / do not deny it and
I am willing to repeat it."
Roosevelt Severe on the Beef Packers.
In special message, delivered to
the congress, President Roosevelt de-
clares that the result of the recent
trial of the "beef packers" in Chica-
go was miscarriage of justice"
and that the Interpretation placed
by Judge Humphreys an the will Of
congress "is such as to make that will
absolutely absorbative.
The message which is sensational in
character, is based largely OH letter
to the president from Attorney Gen
cral Moody, in which the attoney gen
eral reviews the proceedings Of the
case e the government abainst the
beef packers. The president says
it is clear that no criticism attaches
to Commissioner Garfield, as what he
did was in pursuance of duty i'm
posed on him by congress. He refers
sharply, however, to the decision of
Judge Humphreys, saying that con-
gresS could not have forseen such a
decision and that he can hardly be-
lieve that the ruling Of Judge Hum
phreys will be followed by other
judges. He declares that such inter-
probation of the law as that placed on
it by Judge Humphrey "comes meas
urably near making the law a farce"
And he recommends that congress
pass declaratory act stating its real
intention. The president also requests
congress to confer upon the govern
ment by statue the same right of ap-
zeal, in criminal cases, which the de-
fendant now enjoys, where the merits
of the cases have not been determined.
The Fast Mail.
The Southern railway subsidy of
$4,000 for running train number 81,
a fast mail and express, from Wash
ington to New Orleans continues to
call for talk. Though passed by an
exceedingly small majority in the hose
the vote being 81 to SO, still it passed.
Friends Of the subsidy Slain that had
there been a full attendance in the
hause that Gay it would have carried
by majority Of something like 30. 1t
is now up to the senate. Heretofore it
has passed that body without and ap-
preciable opposition. 1t is believed,
however, that there will be some siren
uous opposition to it this time. So
much is the attention of the senators
absorbed III other matters which tiley
consider Of greater pith and moment,
however. that they are not thinking
about this little affair OF hundred
thousand dollars or so. South Caro-
lima Is senators have always voted for
this subsidy, and they say that unless
there is something which they do not
now know to chance their minds they
will vote for it this time. When asked
about it Senator Tillman said,
CT have said OH tue floor OF the
senate several times that | consider
this subsidy steal, but I have voted
Tor II because II il Ills only ateaI! ont
ss Q stca a,any wh!eh ass gctEg ens
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