The Globe-republican., 1906-04-05
HOUSE coNFEREEs WRESTLING
WITH AMENDMENTS.
AGREE ON MANY QUESTIONS.
Conferees May Suggest Compromise
That the Capital Remain at Guthrie
Until 1910 ~ Many Senators In
terestsd In Outcome.
Wednesda April 4.

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Washington. Senator Elkins as
sured the president that, with the lin
tied rate review amendment agreed
upon Saturday at a conference in the
White House, the Hepburn bill woult
be reasonably satisfactory to him.
An estimate aggregating $744,547
to be included in the general de
ficiency bill for the postoflce depart
ment, has been transmitted to the
house by the secretary Of the treas
1ry. Inland mail transportation re-
quires $2S9,OOO and foreign mail trans.
portation $4,000.
The Mcclure bill locating the Ok.
lahoma sanitarium at Fort Supply was
passed by the house.
Delegate Mcclure appeared before
the house committee on territories to
protest against the allowance of the
Adair claim against the Usage In
dams. The claim is fifty years old,
and is based on the observation Of the
heirs of J. l.. Adair that he saved the
nation $8,000,000 in drawing up a
treaty. The claim has been stoutly
contested in times past, but keeps
bobbing up in congress periodically
lately. Records show that $4,000 was
at one time paid Adair.
Chief among the measures passed
by the house was the so-called per
sonal liability BILL" which has been
favored by the army of railway en-
ployes throughout the country, and
witch had practically unanimous
report from the committee. Members
of the house showed great interest In
the measure and had division been
called for the bill would have had an
almost unanimous vote.
The bill makes both parties re-
sponsible for their own negligence. 1t
also renders void any contract intend
ed to restrict the liability of the en-
ployer for the negligence of employe.
The bill was passed without d.
vision.
, Another measure changing existing
law which excited filibustering
opposition was the bill permitting the
fertilization of sweet wines and levy
ing a tax of cents gallon on all
wines thus fortified. A number of
bills were passed under suspension OF
THE rules.
The amendment to the house rail-
road rate bill by friends of the bill,
providing for limited review OF ord
lers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, was offered in the senate by
Mr.. Long, of Kansas, but he was not
able to get the floor to make his
speech on the bill.
TUESDAY, April 8.
Washington.-The senate and house
conferees are wrestling with the SEN
ate amendments to the Oklahoma sec
tions of the statehood bill. Agree
ments have been reached regarding
more than half Of the amendments.
Among them is an agreement In part
as to the troublesome capital location
question.
1t is probable that the conferees
will suggest as a compromise that
Guthrie remain the state capital I'M
til 1910. There are various senators
who will have word to say regard
ing capital location and 1t will be de-
termined largely by subsequent de-
The section fixing the
court towns has not been considered
by the conferees.
4 The twenty thousand dollars that
has been voted by the house to Secre-
tary Of the Interior Hitchcock is to
be used in the employment of sleuths
to run down land thieves and the dis
covery of land frauds. The funds
were made part Of the executive, leg
Islative and judicial appropriation
bill.
The bill originally contained an
Item Of $4,000 for secret investigs-
lions. Chairman Tawney, in oppos-
Ing q motion to double this amount,
declared that he was opposed to the
creating Of a secret service bureau In
The Interior. department.
I Senator Long win make a carefully
speech on the railroad rate
question, which will be largely In the
nature Of reply to Senator Knox,
who spoke last Wednesday.
Senator Knox is popularity supposed
10 have presented the views of the
president on this question, while Mr..
long claims that he presented radi-
,ally different views In that he favor
ID elaborate changes In the Hepburn
bill.
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