Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

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the recent action of the { ,4nocratic
caucus, wherein an effort was made
to combine the democratic senators in
opposition to the Dominican treaty
and on other questions of partisan
nature Mr. Gallinger succeeded dur
ing the day in securing the fixing of a
date for voting on the shipping bill,
the hour named being Wednesday,
Feb. IA, at p. m.
House. - Considerable Iault was
found with the railroad rate bill In
the house today, considering the fact
| that 1t Is q measure of both parties.
! Mr.. Littlefield of Maine opened the
| day with whirlwind speech, In which
| he pointed out the drastic and far
reaching effect of its provisions. The
| committee, he said, had gone much
further than the president had recon-
| mended, and much further than he
was willing to go. He would not
F., vote for the bill. Mr.. Grosvenor Of
| Ohio ridiculed the alleged popular de-
mand for the legislation, picked flaws
in the construction of the bill, COM
| planned because no amendments were
to be allowed and concluded with the
statement that he should do his best
to get the bill out of the house at the
earliest possible moment, which was
| taken to mean that he would vote
Cor 1t. Ten other speeches were
made, all of them by members who
win vote for the bill, but some of
wnom would like opportunity to amend
| the measure.
Washington, Feb. 6.-House-Three
members Of the Iowa delegation were
| among those that discussed the rate
| question In the house today. They
were Representative Conner, Haugen
and Hubbard. Each spoke IN behalf
Of the pending bill, giving it warm in
| dorsement. Judge Conner deplored
| the fact the certain speakers from
he east in opposition to the bill had
! characterized members from the mid
die west with becoming frightened
| because Of the public demand for
| rate legislation, and that some Of
those in favor of the bill had charged
| those opposing it with being under
| the influence of Wall street. He
| said the question was too important
70 be influenced by partisanship. Rep
resentative Hubbard replied to the
address yesterday of Mr.. Littlefald
| Of Maine, which he insisted was
merely a special plea for the manu-
'acturing interests Of New England.
representative Haugen spoke of the
Importance of the fact that COM
| mission under this bill would have
The power to enforce its findings.
Washington, Feb. 7.-Senate.-Sen
tor Patterson called up his resolu-
| ton declaring the action of the re-
cent democratic caucus to be uncon-
'titutional, and addressed the senate.
'enator Bailey, who in the absence of
Senator German, is the democratic
'eader in the senate, tauntingly ar
aligned the Colorado senator, declar
ing that he had previously aided in
carrying out the plans of a similar
caucus.
House.-By continuing. It's session
practically to o'clock, the house
concluded all preliminary STEPS to the
-assage of the railroad rate bill, or.
tered a roll call on the measure, and
| n't off the final action until tomorrow
| at noon. The time for amendment
rame at o'clock, and for three hours
| following one amendment after another
anne up, was read, debated in some in
stances, and went down to defeat
So fierce was the struggle to amend
hat often when paragraph of the
bill was concluded in the reading,
| a dozen members waved th cir amend
ments and shouted for recognition.
| Not one of these was adopted. They
'ontained all manner of propositions,
such as regulating preferentials, the
'ong and short haul, free passes, court
procedure, whole rate bills, and parts
| Of bills. Previous to these exciting
proceedings, the house had been en-
tertained for five hours by the oratory
| If it's best speakers. Mr.. Bourke
| Cochran of New York gave his ap-
Droval to the measure in an elaborate
speech. Mr.. Mann of Illinois, who
vas followed by the minority leader,
Mr.. Williams, expounded the measure
| md congratulated everybody on it's
| success. Chairman Hepburn closed
he debate in a compreh eusive sreech
ealing with the arguments of his op-
7onents and the terms of the bill.
| Washington. Feb. S.-Senate-The
| senate went into executive session
| Qfter a day devoted to ordinary bills
N the calendar.
House.-The Hepburn railroad rate
| bill passed the house by vote of
FAC to Z. All Of those voting against
the bill were republicans. The pen.
jion appropriation bill was then take
up. Among bills passed was one
| providing a penalty of $4,000 anG ten
| years Imprisonment for the prema.
| ture revelation of government infor.
| mation which might Rave bearing on
the market price OF commodities, the
| same penalty being provided against
| government employees who speculate
in commodities regarding which the
government furnishes statistics.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Senate-Prac.
| tically the entire session was devoted
% the consideration of the urgent de.
fciency appropriation bill which was
passed practically as 1t was reported
from the committee on appropria.
| tons.
House-The house today ground
| out its usuai semimontnly grist of
| private pensions, passing in seventy
| two minutes 429 bills for the benefit
of veterans WHO are barred for one
reason or another from coming In
under the general statute.
A lady and her little daughter were
| tb,o,,ot, f,eh;1nohtx