Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-14
SUSPICIOUS OF CERTAIN CUES.
TtoNAsLE PROCEEDINGS.
STEPS FOR ADJ0URNM
June % Favored by Some Leaders Of
the Senate House Wants to Get
Through Before July ,t-Sepre.
sentstives Refuse to Give In on
Rate Bill.

Washington, June tS.--ln the senate |
yesterday Senator la toilette made
a statement that he had been In.
formed that an assistant to the com
missioner TO the five civilized tribes |
had assisted legal firm in prepar
ing the Indian roll aud had then
passed upon the roll In his official |
capacity, He also said that u broth. |
er.in.law OF the senator who had re.
ported the legislation preparing t |
court system for Indian territory had |
teen appointed a member OF the court
thus created. These statements were
made by the Wisconsin senator In a |
speech in opposition TO the couferen % |
report on the Indian appropriation bill |
The conference report was at,
cepted however regardless OF his OPP.
position and that of other senators,
the expression of which consumed |
the greater part of the days session,
The particular conference provisions
to which objection was made were
those relating to the enrolment OF
the Choctaw Indians settlement OF
the claim OF ex-senator Butler of
North Carolina and other attorneys In |
connection with the Colyillo reserva.
ton In Washington and the adjust. |
ment of the business of A, ]. Brown |
ms administrator of certain MINOR
Seminal Indian children,
Early in the day the senate passed |
the diplomatic appropriation bill car |
rying SS,l6I,5aA and the oath of Of, |
fee was administered TO William |
Plnknoy Whyte, successor of the late |
Senator German of Maryland.
There was also n brief discussion |
Of Senator Tillman's resolution pro. |
yiding for an investigation among |
other things of the affairs OF the Chi. |
cago National bank Senator Aldrch, |
chairman of the committee on finance,
promised that the resolution would be |
taken up today by that committee
No Markers for Dead Soldiers.
After nearly four hours spent in
consideration of legislation affecting
the interests OF the District of Colum. !
bia, the house resumed consideration |
of the sundry civil appropriation bill.
An amendment was adopted permit,
| ting the appointment OF retired oiic.
ors OF the United States corps Of |
! army engineers, as members OF the
! international waterways commission
as provided for in the river and har.
Dor bill creating this committee The
! house In committee of the whole re.
fused to make an additional appropH.
alton for marking the places where
American soldiers fell and were tenn.
! porarlly inferred In Cuba and China.
on the ground that It was a bad pre-.
cedent
House viii Not Back Up,
| The republican whip of the house,
| Mr., Watson OF Indiana has tele.
! graphod every absentee on the repub.
! lican side to be present on the con.
venlng of the house today TO vote on
special rule which will be reported
by the rules committee disagreeIng
! with the report OF the conference
committee on the rate bin and send. |
Ing the bin back TO conference with |
out amendment or suggestion
Beef Committee Keeps Mum.
The house committee on agriculture |
was locked in It's room with the BeY. |
eridge beef inspection amendment for
SIX hours. When the session ended |
at $3.50 In the afternoon members |
said they had agreed TO observe strict |
secrecy regarding what had been
done. There was general state. |
ment, however, that nothing had |
been done finally"
The Beyendge amendment was |
taken as the basis OF action and the |
greater part Of II was gone over ten.
| tatiVely. II Is understood that the |
committee found Itself generally In |
favor OF striking ont the Beverage |
| amendment requirement that labels |
on cans containing prepared meat |
products shall bear the date OF manu-. |
facture.
! The problem Of Jurisdiction TO en-.
force sanitary regulations, on which |
| the question Of constitutionallty was
! raised. has q tentative solution at
| itdHL III inc proposition TO nave all |
| labels for every character OF meat
| product, canned or otherwise. issued
| by the secretary and attached 10 the
product after such sanitary reguIa-
| tons as the secretary shall prescribe
have beer complied with and approval
has been given by government in.
! sDectors. These government labels
are to then be the passport OF meat
products into interstate and foreign
trade, and common carriers are for
hidden To accept for shipment con
| signment OF goods without official
government labels This provision,
like all others ia only IN the tentative
stage.
The question Of who shall bear the
cost OF inspection has not yet been