The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-26
WHAT CONGRESS is DOING
What IS Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
In the Senate.

Ahe Sehate passed a Joint resolu-
ton appropriating 81 ,OOO, 200 to be
used IN a~tfording relief to San Fran
CISCO sufferers; approprating $4,000
10 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 a decid-
edly spirited encounter between Mr..
I1llman and Nh. Hopkins concerning
the recent Chicago bank failure.
Mr.. Tillman1read 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-
una senator with approving the lynch
ing negroes and with securing his
election tc the senate by supressing
the negro vote. He also declared that
Mr.. Tlllman had changed the official
report of his last speech on the bank
question so as to make it appear that
he tMr. Hopkins( had evaded a pues-
ton, and to this Mr. Tillman respond
ed that he had done nothing of the
KIND. The c~olloquy at last became so
bitter that it vas necessary to call
the senators to order.
The climax came when Mr.. Hopkins
said:
Modern Reformer."
"lt is time the country should
know who this modern reformer is:
yho is he and where does he come
fromq"
Replying he said Mr.. Tillman is
from South Carolina, with a white
population of $4,000 and a 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 a
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 a speech made in 1900 he had said
that he had done all that he could to
keep the negroes from voting.
"Why should I deny it?" respond
ed Mr.. Tillman, "when I put 1t in
The Recordq I do not deny it and
I am willing to repeat it."
Roosevelt Severe on the Beef Packers.
In a 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 a miscarriage of justice"
and that the Interpretation placed
by Judge Humphreys an the will of
congress ''is such as TO make that will
absolutely associative"
The message which is sensational in
character, is based largely on a letter
to the president from Attorney Gen
eral Moody, in which the a~ttonet gen
eral reviews the proceedings Of the
case # 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 a 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 neal making the law a farce"
And he recommends that congress
pass a d~eclaratory 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-
PENDANT now enjoys, where the merits
Of the cases have not been determined.
The Fast Mail. .
The Southern railway subsidy of
$40, 900 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 96, still it passed.
Friends Of the subsidy Slain that had
there been q full attendance in the
hause that Gay it would have carried
by a majority of something like 80. It
is now up to the senate. Heretofore 1t
has passed that body without and ap-
probable opposition. 1t IS believed,
however, that there viii be some siren
uous opposition to it this time. So
much is the attention of the senator's
absorbed in other matters which they
consider of greater pith and moment,