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The Senate Friday entered upon consid'
Grafton of the amendments to the railroad
rate bill under the ffteen-minute rule.
The measure was changed So as to in
clude oil pipe lines as common carriers,
not excepting the one on the Isthmus OF
Panama A proposal by Mr.. Foraker to
exclude refrigerator cars from the opera
tions of the measure was voted down, as
was an amendment by Mr.. McCumber
;naking the requirements concerning these
cars more stringent than in the original
bill The Senate adjourned until Mon
day. The House spent the day consider
ing the naval appropriation bill. Mr..
Burton (Ohio) delivered speech against
what he termed the needless enlargement
of the navy, while Mr.. Butler (Pa.) and
Mr.. Calder On. Y.) supported the bill.
Other speeches, covering a wide range OF
subjects, were made by Mr.. Flood (Va.),
Mr.. Clark (Fla.) and Mr.. Shackleford
(Mo.). ..
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. General debate on the naval appro-
priation bill terminated with the close OF
Saturdays session of the House, one par
agraph of the bill being read in order to
make it the continuing order before the
House adjournment. International arbi-
tration, the reduction Of armament, a
carefully prepared address on the achieve
ments of the navy and defense of the
naval program for 1907 together with a
speech in favor Of monument on Kings
Mountain battlefield were the features of
the legislative day. Those who addressed
the House formally were Mr.. Bartholdt
of Missouri, Mr.. Johnson of South Caro-
lima, Mr. Webb of North Carolina, Mr..
Tirrell and Mr.. Weeks of Massachusetts,.
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In the House Monday forty-five impor-
tant bills, covering a wide range of SUBJ
jects, were passed. The Senate spent
most of its time on single amendment
to the railroad rate bill, and ended by
adopting a substitute instead. The provis-
ion under discussion was Senator Fora
ker's prohibition of the granting of re-
bates, passes, drawbacks, special passen-
dations to railroad patrons paying equal
rates. Senator Culberson finally secured
the adoption of the following substitute
"That no carrier engaged in interstate
commerce shall directly or indirectly issue
or give any free ticket, free pass, or free
transportation to any person except to the
officers, agents, employees and attorneys
exclusively in the service Of the carrier
issuing the same, or to ministers of re-
ligion, inmates of hospitals, eleemosynary
or charitable institutions. Any carrier
violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for
each offense pay to the United States
penalty of not less than 500 nor more
than $4,000" .-
The House devoted Tuesday to the ma
val appropriation bill and accomplished
the reading for amendment of the first
fifteen pages. Several topics were dis
cussed. including the difficulty of obtain
ing enlisted men in the navy, the location
Of the naval training station on the great
lakes, the cost of smokeless powder, and
finally the unnecessary expenditure OF
100000 a year for chains for ships. This
last matter was under consideration when
the House adjourned. Aside from few
minutes devoted to the reception OF the
Allison amendments to the railroad rate
bill and half hour given to routine busi-
ness, the Senate devoted its entire ses-
sion to the Intellectual consideration OF
the Elkins amendment prohibiting COM
mon carriers from engaging in mining
coal or in the production of other COM
modities in competition with shippers, and
adjourned in a state of great confusion as
to the exact subject before it.
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Nearly the entire time of the House
was taken up Wednesday by two PROPOSE
tions-frst, whether the Navy Depart
ment should go ir.to the open market and
burchase anchors, chains and cordage, or
continue to manufacture these articles,
and second, whether the cost of transport
ing coal from Atlantic and gulf ports to
the Philippine Islands, in American bot
toms, should be limited to s. or $6 per
ton. Mr.. Grosvenor's substitute amend
ment giving the Secretary of the Navy
the right to purchase in free markets
should it be demonstrated that this could
be done more cheaply, was adopted, 50 to
76. The reading Of the naval bill was
continued until adjournment. The SEN
ate spent the greater part of the day
again in the consideration of the question
of divorcing the production of coal and
other commodities from their transporta>
tion, and closed that branch of its work
by adopting a modified prosision formally
offered by Senator Elkins, but originally
suggested by Senator McLaurin.
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The Senate Thursday completed the
consideration Of the second section of the
railroad rate bill, and just before ad-
journmcnt listened to the reading of sec
tions 8 and 4. The following amend
ments to the bill were agreed upon Re-
storing the imprisonment penalty of the
act of 1887; imposing a penalty of fine
and imprisonment against shippers who
secure rebates from transportation COM
panies: giving government business the
preference over all other traffic in time Of
,.ar Tsbo naval annrouria tiou hill AGAIN