The National tribune., 1906-05-17

Navy cannot part with him, because an
order of the President stands in the
way. The bowels of compassion were
removed from that order. So that We
have the President of the United States
one minute telling the people to raise
large families and the next minute is
suing an order forbidding under any
circumstances, the discharge of boy
from the Navy. daughter and ap-
plauSe.)
Mr.. Mann declared that if the Presi-
dent insisted upon large families. then
the care of those families should not be
interfered with by Presidential orders.
senate.
May 9.-To the general surprise of
the Senate. that body adopted as an
amendment to the Railroad-rate bill a
compromise proposition which seeks to
divorce railroads completely from the
coal business. The compromiss adopt
ed consists of features of the amend
ments on the subject introduced by
Messrs. McLanrin and Bacon.
The Elkins provision. as modified by
its author, is as follows:
From and after Nav l. 1908 II shall
De unlawful for any common carrier to
transport from any State. Territory or
District of the United States TO any
other State. Territory or District of the
United States or to any foreign coun-
try. any article or commodity manu-
factured mined. or produced by it. or
under its authority. or which it may
own in whole or in part. or in which
IL may have any interest direct or in
direct. except such articles or COM
modities as may be necessary or used
In the conduct of its business as a COM
mon carrier"
The foregoing amendment was
adopted by vote Of 81 TO s. the mega
tive votes being cast by Messrs. An
! keny. Bulkeley. Clark (Wyo), Millard.
Pettus and Warren.
The Senate rejected the nomination
of Edward A. Winstanley to be Receiv-
er of Public Moneys at Missoula. Mont.
| 1t was reappointment. but protests
were made concerning his conduct I'm
Office. and the Public Lands Committee
reported unanimously against confirm
alton.
The initial steps were taken looking
! to an investigation of the affairs of tha
Agricultural Department. This is not
done because of suspicion that matters
in the Department have gone so far
wrong that an Investigation is demand
ed, but in accordance with law that
has been dead letter for years
When the Legislative bill was under
consideration in the House much was
said about the innocuous condition of
the several Committees having charge
of the expenditures of the various Ex-
ecutiye Departments. These Commit
tees We're blamed, in great measure,
for the unbusiness-like methods into
which some of the Departments had
fallen, and especial criticism was made
of that Committee having charge OF
| the expenditures III the Agricultural
Department
lAk
been charges that the expenditure OF
public money in connection with some
| of the Bureaus of this Department have
| been extravagant and wasteful. While
there may be some truth in these
| claims, wholesale charges are not at
1 all justified. it is said.
| The Naval bill gets on slowly, slow
as the Dewey drydock in getting to
| Manila under head winds. Only 2S OF
| the 70 pages have been considered, and
nearly a week has been spent on it.
| Nothing doing TO this date but talk.
| Gen. Grosyenor had a tilt win the
| Committee over chains and cordage
prices; but that doesn't interest the
| public any more than it interested the
| dozen or so who were on the floor to
hear 1t.
Senate.
May 10-The Senate adopted amend
! ments to section of the Rate bill, re-
storing the imprisonment penalty for
| giving rebates: providing fine and i'm
| prisonment for shippers accepting re-
I bates. and completed the reading OF
| sections and 4.
! After an aII-day debate the Senate
adjourned until IL o'clock Friday.
| when it took up the so-called Allison
compromise amendment.
| House.
During the consideration of the Ma
val bill an amendment was adopted re-
quiring the Department to secure bids
! in the open market for the manufae-
/ ture of shells and prOjectiles.
| Restrictions We're thrown around the
enlistment of men to prevent the en-
! trance into the service of boys of tender
years.
| After completing five pages of the
bill the House adjourned.
May 1.-THE entire day in the Sen
ate was taken up with discussion or
| amendments TO the Rate bill, princi-
| pally the amendment regarding review
| by the courts.
| The House passed S29 private PEN
| sion bills. breaking the record. Mr.. VIII
! liams Democratic leader, demanded
and kept a quorum
The Naval appropriation bill was un-
der consideration the remainder of the
day, but less than half a dozen pages
were concluded.
| Col. Hepburn made an attack upon
the efficiency of Naval officers
|