The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-06-07
FORSYTH MISSOURI THURSDAY, JUNE Z 1906
One of Congress Zig " eeks.


statehood and the railway rate regu.
lation bills have submitted their re-
ports TO both Senate and House, A day
or two hence the House will have
meat-inspection bill OF its own, with
which it will fight the Beveridge
measure, which was tackled on to the
agricultural appropriation bill by the
unanimous vote Of the Senate, and
which the Senate passed as part of that
bill The agricultural appropriation
! bill has gone back to the House for
action. In the Senate this week the
canal question is expected to come up,
the committec OF that body having re.
ported in favor of sea level water
| way. To day or to morrow both
branches OF Congress will have Il sum
mary of the Neill-Reynolds report
about conditions in the Chicago meat
packing district
Here are Il collection Of measures
which may be relied on to keep con.
grcss busy for II week or two. The
statehood bill is a compromise between
| the Hamilton measure us passed by the
House and the Senate bill which al
tered the other chambers work radi.
cally, The Hamilton bill provided for
IN ~ fnf1 - e /. /,
| four territories, while the Senate
krocked out the Ari2ona.Ncw Mexico
| part Of that measure, and restricted the
bill to the admission of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. But the bill which
has been reported by the conference
committee has, in addition to the Ok
Accommodation Territory section, last
years Foraker provision for the ud-
mission of Arizon-New Mexico as II
state il each, by IL separate vote, ac-
ccpts the joint statehood constitution.
The statehood bill has direct and ma
terial interest not only for the COM
| muniies Immediately involved. bu, for
the entire southwest. Just what the
final action Of the two chambers will
be is uncertain, but the chances are
that the conference report, in its main
J features, will he accepted. The coun-
try wants to see Oklahoma and Indian
Territory admitted as the state ofOkla-
homa. Congress is Il unit in favor Of
their admission. This circumstance
will insure some sort of an agreement
which will let them in, regardless alto.
gether of what the ultimate outcome
may be in the other territories.
Rumor is busy with disagrecmen,s
and further entanglements between
House and Senate on the conference
report on the rate bill, but the country
will refuse to excite itself about these
stories. Some sort Of an adjustment
will undoubtedly be arrived at, and it
will lean farther toward the Senate bill
than toward that of the House. The
Senate took the House bill and added
to it many provisions which are needed
TO make rate regulation not only effect
i've. but to guard the interests of all
concerned shippers, people and rail-
roads. In its main lines the addition
made by the Senate to the House bill
carries out the principle which the
House had in view, and does il by stip-
ulatiOns which the House would prob
ably have incorporated in its own bill
If it had supposed they would be ac-
ceptcd by the Senate. Under such cir.
cumstances there can not be long
tight between the two chambers. On
meat inspection there is likely to be a
hard contest for time, but as the
country wants inspection Of the most
rigid sort, and wants it at the earlics,
possible moment, the fight is likely to
he short. The people want an imme.
diatc remedy for the abuses which are
perpetratcd by the beef trust, and they
are regardless as TO whether the rene.
, dy has its inception in the House or in
, the Senate. The Ncill-Reynods reve
, lations, when thcyarc made public, will
show just what outragcs are being per-
pctrated on the people by the packers
combine, and the sort Of Legislation
which is needed to eradicate them an(
TO punish the offenders will then sug
gest itself. The week which opens thi!
, morning promises TO be more interest
ing than any equal period which Con
gress has had in recent times.
Senator Arthur Pue Gormau, United
States senator from Maryland, diet
suddenly at his residence in Washing
ton Monday morning, of heart trouble
: His illness had extended over periot
: OF five months, but his condition hat
u so much improved within q week tha
n the family were thinking Of taking hin
8 to his home in the country. Mr.. Cor
> man has been conspicuous figure i
: national politics for many years, an
: his passing will leave vacancy in tb
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