Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-01-12
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS

Washington, Jan. 5.-H House. ~
Champ Clark democracy" was ex.
pounded to the delight aai entertain.
ment Of the house for three hours to-
day by Mr.. Clark OF Missouri, and
constituted the feature OF the deDa,e
on the Philippine tariff bill.
Washington, Jan. S.-Senate.-'rhe
senate gave attention to the Panama
canal. the situation in Santo Domin
go and the merchant marine ship
ping bill. The canal question came
up in connection with a message from
the president in which among other
things he invited the closest scrutiny
into all that had been done by the
government on the isthmus OF Pana-
ma. Mr.. German made that utter.
ance the text for speech In which
he criticized the salaries pail for work
in connection with the canal, and
urged congressional inquiry. He
said that the president was not so
much to blame as congress for his
assumption of control on the isthmus
and that the chief mistake had been
made when congress released its
hold upon canal affairs. Mr.. Hale
agreed with Mr.. German in urging an
assertion of the rights Of congress
in connection with the canal, and said
that while congress had delegated
the matter to the president the latter
practically had referred the whole
matter back to congress. Raynor
made an argument for non-interfer-
ence of the United States in the af-
fairs of other countries of the west
ern hemisphere. Mr.. Gallinger opened
the debate on the merchant marine
shipping bill, presenting an extensive
array of figures in support of that
measure. He said that the entire
cost Of the proposed subsidy for the
ten years contemplated would be
about s4O,0oo,OOO.
House.-With over four hours de-
voted to the District of Columbia,
there was left but half hour to be
devoted by the house today to tariff
discussion.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Senate.-The
senate adopted two resolutions of in
quiry. One of them authorizes an
investigation by the committee on
interoceanic canals into the general
conduct Of the affairs OF the Panama
canal and the other an inquiry by the
finance committee into the question
of the exchange rate On money on the
isthnus. The first resolution was
reported from the canal committee
by its chairman, Mr.. Willard. and
the second is the resolution present
ed by Mr.. Bailey with the provision
relative to the sale Of Panama rail-
way bonds omitted. The remainder
of the open session was devoted to
a speech by Mr.. Morgan on the rail-
road rate question. He advocated
the settlement of all differences over
rates in the courts according to COM
mon law methods, as calculated to
do away with much AWKWARD machin.
cry. The propriety of discussing in
open senate resolution introduced
by Senator Bacon, calling upon the
president for an account of his ap-
pointment of delegates to proposed
conference on Moroccan affairs, to
be held by European powers at AL
geriras, Spain, was considered for
four hours. and then by strict party
vote it was decided that the resolu-
ton should be executive business.
House-The Philippine traiff meas
ure was the single topic of consid-
Grafton in the house today. The
speeches were uniformly against the
measure and were allowed to go in
general without answer.
Washington, Jan. 10.-Senate-The
senate made it plain today that it
had had yesterday all that it wants
to hear for the present on the Moroc-
can question. There were two OPP
portunities to resume consideration
OF the subject but both were avoided
and apparently with the assent of all
the members. About eighty bills
OF minor importance were passed,
leaving on the calendar only six or
seven measures. For the rest of
the session the senate gave attention
in turn to the questions of the salaries
paid to Panama officials, to the pure
food bill, and the merchant marine
shipping bill, but without taking &C
ton on either of these subjects.
House.-A vigorous speech in IA
vor Of the Philippine tariff bill by Mr..
Dalzell of Pennsylvania opened the
of the house today. 1t
was followed by several others
against the measure, most notable Of
which was two hour address by the
veteran statesman, Mr.. Keifer Of
Ohio, an ex-speaker, who returns to
the house after retirement Of
twenty years.
Washington, Jan. 11.-Senate-Be-
fore going into executive session the
senate listened to speech by Mr..
Hepburn of Idaho in support Of his
bill creating national board for the
control Of corporations, in which he
denounced Wall street because of it's
alleged interference with the affairs
Of the country. He said that when
the street" could not dictate the f.
nancial course of the government it |
was ever ready to threaten disaster,
and he pleaded for legislation that |
would rob it Of such power for evil.
House.-The Philippine tariff debate
In the house consisted more Of party |
for advantage over cam
paign material than discussion of the |
question at issue. The tariff was the |
text of speech by Mr.. Grosvenor Of |
Ohio, who began the debate. and Of |
an extended reply by Mr.. Williams,
the minority leader.
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