The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-24
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The rate bill occupied the entire time
of the Senate Saturday. Senator Tillman
made a statement detailing his and Sena-
tor Bailey's negotiations with the Presi-
dent on the subject. This was followed
by a speech by Mr.. Bailey, vigorously at
lacking the President. Senator Carter
entered vigorous defense, and Mr.. Lodge
controverted some of the utterances of
Mr.. Tillman. The discussion of the ALI
son amendment was completed, and the
amendment accepted. The House was not
in session.
The rate bill was under consideration
practically during the entire Senate ses-
sion Monday, the time being largely de-
voted to the rejection of amendments
either by direct vote or by laying on the
table. When the Senate adjourned at
3 10 ps m. the eighth section of the meas
ure. regulating the personnel of the in
terstate commerce commission, was under
consideration. Senator Lodge offered a
new section providing for new commits
sion of nine members, but indicated a
willingness to accept a modification sug-
gested by Senator Bailey for the creation
of nine transportation districts with one
member from each of them. The House
had under consideration bills relating to
the government of the District of Column
bia. 1t completed the bills recognizing
the Washington public school system. The
House adjourned, the absence of a quo
rum postponing action on the bills under
consideration.
The Senate spent the greater part OF
Tuesday in discussing the section of the
railroad rate bill relating to the personnel
of the interstate commerce commission,
finally eliminating the entire section and
restoring the present law, which provides
for FIVE commissioners at a salary OF ST.
500 each. On motion of Senator Culber-
son the vote by which the anti-pass sec
ton of the bill was adopted was recon-
sidered, and several substitutes were of
fered, but no final action had been taken
when the Senate adjourned. The House
voted to transfer from The district COM
missioners to the Supre ne Court of the
District of Columbia the power to ap-
point the board of education of Washing
ton. The naval appropriation bill was
then taken up. The employment of con-
sulting architect to prepare plans for the
naval station at Lake Bluff, ILL.,, was au-
thorized. An amendment of Mr.. Tawney
to limit repairs on a ship to 10 per cent
of the cost was defeated by a vote of 81
to 90, after two hours debate, in which it
was charged that millions of dollars are
now spent by the Navy Department with
out an accounting on repair work which
often amounts to reconstruction of ships.
When the section dealing with the in
crease of the navy was reached the House
adjourned.
The controversy between the President
and Democratic Senators over rate bill
negotiations was resumed in the Senate
Wednesday. Mr.. ,rillman presented a
statement from former Senator Chandler
in reply to the Presidents denial, and Mr.
Bailey, referring to an article concerning
his course, which had been printed in ?
Chicago newspaper, denounced it as
'iie." The consideration of the rate bill
in the committee of the whole was con
cluded. A substitute for the anti-pass
amendment, which contained so many ex
ceptions as to cause general laughter, was
adopted after extended debate. After the
bill had been reported to the Senate the
pipe line provision was amended SO as tc
strike out the proviso extending its opera
ton to the Panama canal zone. The
naval appropriation bill, carrying nearly
S1OO.OOO,O 900, was completed in the House
An attempt to defeat the appropriation
for the largest battleship in the world
was voted down, as was an amendment
leaving the construction of this ship to
the discretion of the Secretary of The
Navy after the second Hague conference
The Senate spent Thursday in a re
view of the amendments to the rate regu
lation bill made in committee of thu
whole, covering more than half of thu
measure. The pipe line, rebate and anti
pass amendments were slightly modified
The section granting to the interstate
commerce commission power to fix rate:
was reached and a motion by Senator
Tillman to strike out the words 'in iii
Judgment was pending when the Senate
adjourned. After two weeks debate ths
House, by vote of 121 to III, passet
the naval appropriation bill carrying 500,
10000 An amendment providing tina
the Secretary of the Navy could go int
the open market TO purchase certain sup
plies, if it appeared that they could b
secured cheaper than if made by the gov
eminent, was defeated by vote of 11s
to 100. BY close vote an amendment
allowing per cent differentia. to bid
ders from the Pacific coast on the new
ships was agreed to. After the passage o.
the naval budget the House in committe,
of the whole resumed consideration of thu
so-called naturalization bin. Little pro
gress was made.
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The Senate, at go p. m. Friday, pass
ed the railroad rate regulation bill by ,
vote of II TO after having adopted tn,
Teller amendment eliminating the word
"in its judgment" from the section giving
to he interstate commerce commission
power to fix rates. The House passed tn
bill to pay to the estate of Samuel Lee
of South Carolina S10,4S2 for allowance
made by reason of his election as a negr,
contestant for a seat in the Forty-seventl
Congress. The Democrats, under tn,
leadership of Mr.. Williams of Mississippi