The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-16
SPEECHES ON
 RATE BILL No Prospect for an Early Vote. FREE ALCOHOL BILL UP Two Nations Will Honor Memory
 of Franklin. Trial of pr. Algerson .Crapsey of Roch- ester for Heresy and Celebra- tion of Jemerson's Birth
 day other Features.
 

be the feature In the United states Sen- ate the present week. Notwithstand- ing the assurances to the country which were given by Senators last week there is no immediate prospect for securing an agreement upon time for voting upon the bill.
 No one has at any time counted upon getting such an agreement until the general speeches should be exhausted and there are a sufiicfcnt number of
 these already in sight to consume the
 entire week. Beyond tho fact that Senator Hepburn will speak today no
 order of delivery has been agreed upon. Senator Tillman has stated that Sen- ator La Toilette would probably be l ready to proceed Tuesday. but the Sen ator himself Is not apparently prepared to say whether he will be- 1t fs un-
 derstood he will take an advanced po-s sition for stringent legislation. It is not improbable that the junior Wis consin Senator will be followed imnae- diately by his colleague, Senator spoon CT. who will devote his especial at tention to the points raised by Senator Bailey and will reply to the Texas Sen r ator's contention that Congress has a right to limit the injunctive powers of the lower United States courts. In all probability his speech will provoke considerable debate and undoubtedly 1t will occupy an entire day if not more time. ~
 Other Senators who will be heard dur ing the week or later are Messrs. Fos-
 ter, Clark tArk.) and Daniel. The feature of the week iu the
 National 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 pos
 sibly be considered the vehicle on
 which to load political capital and es- pecially by the minority. 1t is to brought up today under suspension of the rules.
 Monday Is the regular suspension day. and bills handled under this order are not subject to amendment The method of procedure Is to move to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | To this motion . second may be de- nanded, which if ordered carries with | It forty minutes of debate both for and
 against the bill. at the expiration of which time the only question which can be put Is Shall the rules be sus- | pended and the bill passed" This cuts | off all opportunity for amendment | The only alternative method Of | handling this bill to prevent it's use | as an issue maker would be to bring | 1t In under the protection Of special rule which would limit debate or | specified time and also prohibit amend
 ment. There Is little opposition to | the bill itself. the only task connected l with its passage being to prevent it's being used for the purpose of produe- | ing a record for other revenue reform | provision propositions.
 | Pensions are to have the right of
 way Tuesday and on that day also | the appropriation for the District of | Columbia will be reported This bill will be taken up Wednesday and will l serve as the legislative topic for the | balance of the week.
 l Two nations this week will join in
 paying homage to the memory of Sen | ianlfn Franklin. In Paris a notable | celebration will be held on Friday on | the occasion of the unveiling of a | statue of Franklin near the site of the I home he occupied when American Min ister to France. The statue Is the gift | of John H.. Harjes, the American bank | CT of Paris to the municipality of that city and Is a rplica of the one now in | front of the postoffice in Philadelphia. | Ambassador Mccormick will introduce | the speaker of the occasion. Albert Henry Smith, special representstive of
 the United States for the Franklin
 bicentennial.
 | In Philadelphia the American Phil | osphical Society which was founded by Franklin will hold an international celebration April 17-29. 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 member.
 The trial of the Rev. Dr. Aigermon | s. Crapsey of St. Andrews Episcopal , Church, Rochester, N. r., one charge of heresy will begin in Batavia, N. T.. April IT. Most serious of the charges against Dr. Crapsey Is his denial of the miraculous birth of Christ made in q sermon delivered in Rochester a year ago and afterwards published in book form under the title Religion and Pol itics."
 Soon after the delivery of this ser mon charges were preferred against pr. Crapsey.
 Dr. Craprey represents the scientific
 school of churchmen who refuse to accept the miracles as higher than le- gends or as more worthy of belief than niythological stories of antiquity.
 The International Medical Congress convenes in Lisbon. Portugal. April 10. and Its sessions will last until April 25.
 President Woodrow Wilson of Prince ton University, is to be the principal speaker at the annual Jefferson birthday of the Democratic Club of New York. at the Waldorf tonight
 The twenty fourth biennial grand arch council of the Phi Kappa Pal Fraternity, will be held In Washing ton April 1920.