Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-02
Mr., Long Will Introduce Court Review
Provision for Friends Of Bill.
SUSPENSION DAY IN THE HOUSE
Number of Minor Measures viii Come Up
for Consideration Today,
POsTOFHcE APPROPRIATION WEDNESDAY,
Chairman Overstreet, In Charge OF
the Bill, Expects General Debate
60 he Concluded This
Week.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The railroad
rate bill will continue during the present
week TO attract the attention of the ma
tional senate to the exclusion of almost
all other subjects The bill will be taken
up today as soon as the routine business
is disposed Of and Senator Long will intro
duce the amendment agreed upon at the
conference of friends OF the bill with Presi
dent Roosevelt last Saturday night. The
amendment is to section 16 of the house
bill and provides:
That all orders OF the commission. except
orders for the payment OF money, shall
take effect within such reasonable time as
shall be prescribed by the commission aud
shall continue for such period OF time,
not exceeding two years, as shall be pre-
scrthed in the order Of the commission,
unless sooner set aside by the commission
or suspended or set aside In a suit brought
against the commission in the circuit court
of the United States, sitting as court OF
equity for the district wherein any carrier
plaintiff in said suit has its principal operat-
ing office, and Jurisdiction is hereby con-
ferred on the circuit courts of the United
suit whether the order complained OF was
beyond the authority of the commission
or in violation of the rights OF the carrier.
secured by the constitution.
Senators who took part in the conference
believe that twenty-nine republicans AMI
lilt tHAlIe minority VIII support TINS HIltllN-
ment. Should the expectation of these
friends OF the bill be realized the vote on
the measure as a whole will be reached
much earlier than anticipated when the
senate adjourned Friday.
The bill for the settlement of the affairs
of the FIVE civilized tribes of Indians will
probably go back to conference during the
week. Senator Clapp who has charge or
the measure, has already announced that
he would withdraw the conference report.
and it is understood that step will be taken
! this week provided Senator Patterson finds
an opportunity to express his views on the
subject. The withdrawal would have been
made last week but for the Colorado sena-
tors desire TO be heard.
suspensIon nay an the House.
The program for the week in the house
Of representatives is rather short as TO
subjects. but win be full as 30 legislative
work. Motions 10 suspend. the rules ana
pass bills on the calender win be in order
today. Suspension day comes twice u
month in the house, and there is always I,
full days work to be done, as many minor
measures which require but short consider
alton are disposed of under this order.
Tho bill placing the federal government
In position to aid I'm the suppression OF
yellow fever epidemics has been made a
special order for Tuesday. This bill CARRIE
a special appropriation of 100000 and en-
larges the powers of the marine hosplta
service to such an extent that eo-opefatior
between the federal and state authorities
may be had without infringing on the polio,
powers of the state render unnecessary III,
shotgun quarantine" and put the southern
sea coast states in position to repel the IN
vasion Of yellow fever from other shores
Beginning Wednesday, the postohice np
propriation bill will have the right OF way
} throughout the week. 1t is not anticipated
the measure can be disposed of in this time
but Chairman Overstreet, who will hav,
charge of the bill on the floor believes tina
general debate on the bill will be complete,
by the end OF the week.
Crisis in Coal Fields.
The crisis in the coal mining wage con
troversy has been reached. In the bitumin
GUS field the miners will be permitted 4
return to work in properties where the in
crease demand is allowed. but where tn
demands are not granted there will b
strikes. The anthracite mine operators
committee will meet the miners oommltte
in New York on Tuesday and a furthe
conference on the wage scale will be held
Pending the outcome of this meeting IN
anthracite miners have been called out an
, will not return to work until an adjustmen
Of their demands has been brought about
At the coliieries the operators have adopte
conciliatory tone and will do nothing 1
I irritate the miners, so that disturbance
are not anticipated.
The strike in the coal fields of norther
, France has assumed serious proportions
and unless the government takes an activ
part in quelling the disturbances and bring
ing about an understanding between IN
mine owners and the miners riotng ur
doubtedly will continue this week. Premie
Sarrien has been asked TO intervene.
The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat rae
will take place on the Thames on saturda!
April Z.
The eighteenth annual convention OF th
National Associati ton OF Railway Commits
i sions will be held In Washington on Apr
! 2 The association will discuss electr
q railways. grade crossings, tariffs, and II
o duties and work OF railway commissions
10 The twenty fifth anniversary Of the founi
Y ing OF the Tuskegee Institute will be eel,
!. brated at Tuskogee. Ala. on April 9. Pres
n dent Booker T. Washington will tell OF II
y growth Of negro education and addEess'
/ will be delivered by President Eliot
s Harvard, Andrew Carnegie and SecretaT
e Taft.
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