Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-16
RATE BILL VOTE
STILL UNDECIDED
SPEECHES ON BILL ARE NOT
FINISHED
Senator La Toilette Scheduled for the
Next Oratlon-House Expected
to Pass the Alcohol
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BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-Speeches
on the railroad rate bill will be the
feature in the United States senate the
present week notwithstanding the as
surances to the contrary which were
given by senators last week, there is
no immediate prospects for securing
an agreement upon a time for voting
upon the bill. No one has at any time
counted upon getting such an agree
ment until the general speeches should
be exhausted, and there are a sufficient
number of these already in sight to
consume the entire week. Secretary
Hepburn will speak today.
Senator Tillman has stated that Sem
ator La Toilette would probably be
ready to proceed Tuesday, but the
senator himself is not apparently pre-
pared to say whether he will be. If he
does not take the floor Tuesday he will
ask to be heard later in the week. 1t
is understood he will take advanced
ground for stringent legislation. 1t Is
not improbable that the Junior Wis
consin senator will be followed imme-
diately by his colleague, Senator
Spooner, who will devote his especial
attention to the point raised by Senator
Bailey, and will reply to the Texas
senator's contention that congress has
of the lower United States courts. In
all probability his speech will provoke
considerable debate and undoubtedly IT
will occupy an entire day, If not more
time.
other senators who will be heard dur
ing the week or later are Messrs Astor,
Clark of Arkansas and Mcdaniel.
Alcohol Bill In House
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tionaI house of representatives is to be
the passage of the free alcohol bill. AS
this measure deals with the revenues
of the country and might possibly be
considered the vehicle on which to load
political capital, especially by the min
ority, it is to be brought up today
under suspension of the rules. Monday
is the regular suspension day, and bills
handled under this order are not sub
ject to amendments. There Is little op-
position to the bill itself, the only task
connected with it's passage being to
prevent Its being used for the purpose
of producing a record for other revenue
reform propositions.
Pensions have the right Of way Tues
day and on that day also the appropri-
alton bill for the District of Columbia
will be reported. This bill will be taken
up Wednesday and will serve as the
legislative topic for the balance of the
week.
The sundry civil appropriation bill is
now ION the ways" in the appropri-
ations committee room. AS this is q
bulky measurefit will require consider
able time in preparation. The agricult-
ural appropriation bill is locked up in
Representative Wadsworth's safe, hav-
ing been ready for action for some
time.
The pure food bill and the bill amend
ing the naturalization laws are both
special orders in the house, and may
be called up at any time when an
appropriation bill is not under con-
sideration.
Homage to Franklin
Two nations will join this week in
paying homage to the memory of Ben
jamin Franklin. In Paris, a notable
celebration will be held on Friday on
the occasion of the unVeiling of q
statue of Franklin, near the site of the
home he occupied when minister to
France. The statue is the gift of John
H. Harjes. the American banker of
Paris, to the municipality of that city
and is a replica of the one now in
front of the people in Philadelphia.
Ambassador Mccormick will introduce
the speaker of the occasion, Albert
I1SITy ouullIl, SpeCidl representative Vi
the United States for the Franklin BIZ
centennial.
In Philadelphia the American Phil
osophical society, which was founded
by Franklin, will hold an international
celebration April 1920, of the bicenten-
nial of his birth. These dates were
chosen in order to secure the presence
of the representatives of the govern
ment at Washington of the institutions
which conferred degrees upon Franklin
and of the societies of which he was a
member. The ceremonies will close
with commemorative addresses on Fri
day by Joseph H. Choate, late Amer
lean ambassador to Great Britain;
President Eliot of Harvard and DR..
Horace H. Furness, the Shakespearean
scholar.
Trial for Heresy
The trial of the Rev. DR.. Algernon S.
Crapsey of st. Andrews Episcopal
church, Rochester, N. Y, on a charge
of heresy will begin in Batavia, NJ Y,
April II. The most serious of the
charges against DR.. Crapsey is his de-
NAL of the miraculous birth of Christ,