Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-22
THE SENATE.

The first hour of the time of the Senate
| today was devoted to George Washington
In his opening prayer Chaplain Hale dwell,
| upon the Importance of commemorative
| every memory of him who was first in war,
| first in peace and first in the hearts of his
| countrymen," and in accordance with the
custom established a few years ago at the
| instance of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,
| the prayer was followed Immediately by
the reading of Washington's farewell adj
| dress
The reading today was intrusted to Mr.
| McCreary of Kentucky. He stood at the
| desk of the reading clerk and read the
| rounded sentences of the address In deilp-
| crate manner and with distinct enunciatlon
| The galleries were well filed, and the read
| ing received respectful attention from that
| quarter The attendance of senator's was
| not large,
| When the reading of Washingtons ad
dress was concluded Mr.. Tillman presented
| a petition for relief from alleged discrin-
| nation forwarded to him by the lndepend-
| ent Oil Refners' Association Of Titusviie
| and Oil City. Pa. In the petition a group
| Of independent oil refiners' cases which
! have been pending for over seventeen years
| were cited Showing what a travesty on
| protection is represented in the present
| method of legal procedure In dealing with
| the subject
| the act to regulate commerce, which I ask
| may be referred to the committee on inter-
| state commerce, but before sending the bill
| TO the desk, ! ask for unanimous consent
| 10 say a word in explanation OF my reasons
| for offering this bill al so late a date.
| 1T has been very generally reported and
| il is the fact that | have recently, upon re-
quest of different persons interested in the
| rate regulation measures now pending be-
! fore the Senate, submitted my Views as to
/ a provision which | deem essential to the
certain constitutionality of the bill passed
( by the House of Representatives.
/ main for rOmDaiut ia stated
| be the increase of the public railroad freight
/ rate on refined oil in barrels from the Penn
sylvania oil regions to New York harbor
I for export. which rates are now claimed to
| be prohibitive, having been advanced be-
| tween 1881 and 1856 from 80 to &C cents
per barrel. They say that the interstate
| commerce commission has been powerless
to afford relief.
What equity" they ask, lis there in a
| judicial review delayed unit 1.-The injured
| parties die or their business is destroyed
| long before relief comes, If ever?" In clos
! ing they ask for a fair chance and
| square deal"
| Mr.. Kean asked that the opinion of Jus
1 tice White delivered in the Supreme Court
/ of the United States Monday be printed in
| the Record as a sufficient reply to the
| complaint of the independent refners.
| Mr.. Clapp, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported the bill for the settlement
| of the affairs of the five civilized tribes of
| Indians. In presenting the report he said
| that the existing government of those
Saturday he would ask the Senate to take
| UP the bill tomorrow. Immediate action
| was necessary, he said, to prevent the clos
| ing OF the schools
Statement of Mr.. Knox.
/ At this junoture a new railroad rate bill
| was introduced by Mr.. Knox, and no incl
| dent has recently occurred in the Senate
| that went farther to show the intense IN
| terest In this subject. The Pennsylvania
| senator made brief statement and In do
| ing so had the close attention OF all the
| senators present.
| II presented my Views by taking out
| of the bill, which I now offer section five.
| and this section cannot be thoroughly I'M
| derstood Independent of Its context. 1t
| is not my expectation that the bill which
| / now offer will receive any further con-
| sfderation from the committee than they
| may choose to give it. as throwing light
/ upon a provision for review in the courts
| of the action of the commission and IL 1t
| Is of any assistance In that direction
| shall be more than satisfied
At the request Of Mr.. Aldrich the bill
was read at length.
The blu authorizing the purchase of coal
| lands In the island of Batan p l., at a
1 cost of $4,000 was passed. as was also
| the blu amending the Philippine tariff law
| on textile fabrics and shoes
/ To Punish Hazing.
/ At the request of Mr.. Hale, chairman Of
the committee on naval affairs, the bill
providing for the punishment of hazing
at the Naval Academy at Annapolis was
/ taken up.
Outlining the bill. Mr.. Hale said that
the distinctive feature Of the bill was