Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-05-02
THE WORK or CONGRESS. {
What is Being DONE Day BY Day By.
the National House and Senate. s.
Lively Discussion.

industry and her usefulness, her cham
pion being Mr., Dawson (fa.), who
contributed a thoughtful spteth to tht
literature OF the farm.
The presidents message recon-
mending an appropriation of $3OO,0O(
for Mare Island navy yardawas reae
and referred to the committee on ap
preparations.
Without reaching all agreement a:
to the limit Of general debate on the
agricultural bill, it went over; the fea
lures 5f the bill ildt beiiig touched
upon:
MI. Lever Is. c. classes tue far
mer us the great conservative force II
American politics. He said the GOV
ernment expenditure per capita of ag
rieultural population for the republic
Of France amounts to 50 cents, to-
Austria GO cents, Hungary 80 cents
and for the United States, which owes
more to its agriculture than any O
these nations, the expenditure of L
cents. Tile per capita tax for ngricul
tural purposes for the United State:
is about { cents,
Mr.. Lever tiiade a sttshg plea fol
larger agricultural APPROPRIATIONS ane
less for tile army and NAVY:
Mr.. Gaines (Tern.) came forward
as a defender of free seeds. He ar
raigned the millionaire growers o.
seeds as being responsible for thu
failure of the bill under consideration
to carry an appropriation for fret
seeds. He said that there was a gooe
deal of dairy money i'll the bill, thu
chairman of the committee on agri
culture, Mr.. Wadswotth, beihg large
dairy, farnicn But lia said "oniol
seed moneys and "lettuee money
was remarkable by Its absence. He
said there was d ntrust" iii every:
thing tile farlhet uses. except free
seeds and lie called oh congress to give
The honest yoemanry Of the countr.
free seeds: 4
Mr.. Grosvenor (0hio) delivered .
two hour speech on ship subsidies say.
ing that not keel had been laid IN al an
American shipvard for an American
ocean going ship i'll the past IS months
"Suppose we had war, sald:MEr VI.
Grosvenor, Cor suppose we had nc
war, but England and France 5!had
what would become Of the scommleree
Of the United States7' he asked: i
would be placed at tie mercy of these
two countries, for 80 per cent. of the
commerce of the United States is5ear:;
.r1iied III foreign. bottoms. No: nation
can aattains toS omnercia Issu uprerSS pre- Saes
unless its commerce is carried soa lts
.own s bottoms and under its own flag.
spooner Replis to Bailey.
In the Senate Mr. Spooner spoke
for three hours on the railroad rate
question and then gave notice that he
would continue his remarks. He ad.
dressed himself especially to Mr.
Bailey's amendment taking from the
inferior Federal Courts the right to
enioin against the execution of the
orders Of the Interstate commerce
commission. pontendihc that such an
exercise of power would be the first
step toward the destruction OF the
power Of the judiciary and result in
an undesirable blending of the co:
ordinate branches Of the government
He also discussed at length the dis
tinction between Jurisdiction" and
"iudical power" The address was
technical and consisted largely of quo
tations from legal decisions.
The WISCONSIN Seator referred to
case in which the Attorney General
had criticised a judicial decision aud
had been ropIiad to by the court,
Mr.. Bailey ,ggested that "itterest.
ing as the episode had been it was not
as interestas as more recent cpl
sode," referrlag to the President Is
criticism of Judge Humphrey in the
beef packing eases. "Has Judge
Humphrey gone back on the bench to
respond to the criticism of himself?"
asked the Texas Senator.
"Has the Senator jurisdiction to
ask that question: quired Mr..
Spooncr, and himself replying, said
that he had not, but that he had
srjudicial power to DO so.
The bill making an appropriation
of 100000 for the employment OF
extra labor at the Mare Island (Cal.)
navy yard was passed.
Agricultural Appropriation.
The agricultural appropriation bill
again furnished the theme for discus
sion in the House. although but few
references were made to the subject
matter of the bill.
Under the latitude of general de-
bate the leaders OH the Republican
side began "medicine making" for
the approaching congressional cam
paign. Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, predict
ing that tariff revision and protection
would furnish the main issue Of the
Mr.. Boutell, Of illinois, replied to
the "waich trnst' speech of Rain.
ey, of Illinois: while Mr.. Sllzer, OF
New York, talked on tho American
Merchant marine. and Mr.. Sims, of
Tennessee, on free rural delivery boxes
MIR. Sims inveighcd against the Post
,i1ice department compelling the far
ners Of the United States to prchase
ttrust-made rural free delivery 6ox-
u.s." instead of PERMITTING the far
ner TO make his own box.
Mr.. Hepburn took up the charge
radc by Mr.. Rainey Of Illinois, that
steel rails made in the United STATES
xere sold cheaper abroad than Ill tins
,ountry ard challenged him to furnish
he proof. -.