The bee., 1906-03-08
MISSoURlAN WOULD
CHANGE THE CAPITAL
Warts to put Washington in the
Ozark Mountains.
NO MORE FREE GARDEN SEEDS
GOOD NEWS FOR TOBACCO MEN.

Washington, March 6.-The
removal OF the capital of the
United States to the Ozark
Mountaln in southwestern
Missouri is the startling proposal
made in memorial introduced
in the House Of Representatives,
this week by Mr.. Shartel of
Missouri. Th communication
comes from the editor of small
Missouri paper located at a
microscopically undiecoverable
point, and instructs the Rep
resentatives in Congress Of the
s-show mel state tc introduce
bills for the transference Of the
seat of government as proposed,
10r sanitary, ecynomic and
other reasons - The Honorable
Mr.. Elliott, who is responsible
for the petition, urges the change
especially for sanitary reasons.
suggesting that "a great deal of
the inefiiciency and .crookedness
at Washington is possibly at
'tributable &c the malarial con.
diton Of the atmosphere. !"
Furtbermore he does not like to
have the capital located .sn one
edge Of the country, open 20 the
attack Of what he calls 1.-THE I'M
friendly pe~ers of the old
world" F" addiag that IL il were
located ia the eOzarks such an at
tack aud the consequent destruc-
Ftion would be impossible Ger
many might lombard Washing
ton with her warships, but never
a.city buried in the mountains OF
Missouri. Congressman h av e
been quick TO appreciate Mr.
lElliott's thonghtfnl and SYM
pathetic fears for their health
and b0d;ig sGfefy. but at the
same time they seem 10 prefer
the dercessing .cenditicas and
dangers OF Washington TO the
attractions Of Missouri The
petition has been buried in a
sconvenient cubby hole of the
District Committee, and il
seems safe TO assume that the
government VIII eontinue to do
business at the old stand for a
few wears a0ore, at least.
The railroad rate question is
fast outsfnpping all others in
the Senate, and, if indications
go for anything, will produce
one of the livelest debates of
years. Already Senators Tor
aker and Delliper have made
their opening speeches, eren
though the Hepburn bill will
not come up for actual consid.
Grafton until after March.0. The
speech of Senator BIoraker was
nota bic effort, which has created
profound impression. He
criticized the Hepburn bin
chiefly ON the three points sc
follows.
"It authorizes the Commission,
to compel disagreeing railroads.
that have nothing in common
except physical connection, to-
operate JOINTLY as through
routes on such rates and term as
it may impose.
'It dispenses with Jury trials
in az important class Of actiens
to recover money by providing
procedure that makes such trials
impossible.
at imposes such extreme,
unreasonable and burdeAsome
penalties as probably to inxalid-l
ate the measure IN that respect.
1t does not provide for a proper
review by the courts of the Or
ders Of the Commission, but
seeks to exclude the same.'
Senator Dolliver's speech in
defense of the bill, altho' it was
received with evident sympathy |
on account of his treatment at
the hands of the committee, was
hardly in the same class with |
Mr.. Foraker's. Mr.. Dolliver an
nounced himself as opposed to
any amendments of the measure,
and there paid Mr.. Foraker
compliment by stating that the
Ohloan had produced workable
and satisfactory plan for those
who believe in court review,
and rather than vote for an
amended edition of the Hep
burn bill, he would give his APP
proyal to Senator Foraker's
measure. Indeed, 1T is hard to
tell just how far this question of
court review will complicate the
already surprising situation. It'll
,ia certain. however, that those
f<ootors wAo believe that the