The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-04-20
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
April Il. 1906.


is by 10 means talked out,
Bomke Cochran this week had
an hour Of time granted him IN
which to express his views, and
they were we'll expressed and
went to tie point as is usual IN
his speeches. What he advised
was for the House to "stand pat"
on the Rate bill and allow no
amendments from the Senate.
He aid that in common with a
good many Other members he had
gone over the Hepburn bill, hop
inc to strengthen it by amend.
ment. but he found that in every
ease he had been anticipated 10y
trainers of the bill and lie thought
that the best thing to do was 20
pass the bill as it stood aud not
10 allow the Senate 10 saddle 1t
with amendments. In the matter
Of court review provision, Mr.,
Cochran took the very common
sense view that if any railroad
was not satisfied with the ruling
of The commission. all it had to
do to secure IA court review was
TO fail to enfOl ce tue order. This
would at once throw the matter
into the courts and get the Iul.
Ing that all the court review
amendments pulported 10 seek.
1t was quite simple, hOmely
speech and as notice had been
gwen that Ii was to occur, the
galleries were crowded. OF course
81 long as the bill is under con
sideratiou III the Senate, the talk
on the House end is rather beside
the mark, but ii is al indication
to the Senate that the House for
once intends to stand on its
rights aud that if the dill comes
back from the Senate in any
considerably amended shape. it
is likely to have a hard time be
fore its gets to conference and
aiterward.
Almost as old as the proposal
to change the date Of the PIeSl
Dental Inauguration is the pro.
p0Sal to elect Senators by the
popular vote. But the measure
has been introduced again by Mr..
Norris, Of Nebraska, aud in spite
of the fact that the bill has four
times passed the House and has
been killed in the Senate, there
Is renewed talk of its passing.
There Is Incorporated with the
bill proposal TO make the term
OF members OF the House four
years instead Of two. Tie object
OF this. The report says, is to give
more Importance to the primaries
and prevent The professional
booiler from living over from
term to term on the proceeds of
his uuholy work at one election.
The people are tired" the re-
port says, "Of this contin-
nous drama and as a result are
mclined to give little attention
to the primaries aud the cOnven
tlonS which are the very founda
ton OF our political system. and
are the times at which the coun.
try'S interests can be best pro.
tected.n
The change in The order of
elections would nave to he ac.
complished by a Constitutional
Amendment, but the framer of
the bli! is convinced that it i,
a good ohe and 1t has at least
mad favorable report to the
House.
1t will not he long before the
Pure Food bill will come to a
vote. Matters are in such a
shape that il can at any time be
made the unfinished business and
vote Oh 1t may be arranged ar
any day. 1t is possible that the
measure may pass at this session
and Is almost a certainty that
IL II does not it will pass and be
signed by the President at the
next session DIR. Wiley. of the
department of Agriculture. is Of
course, the father of the bill. and
he has a lot OF arguments" in
the shape OF adulterated foods Of
one sort and another spread ont
on two b trays at the depart
meni which he intends to send
up To the capital to back his dec.
Iaratlon that a pure food bill is
an absolute necessity.
Inc custom house inspectors in
New York played into his hands
TOO, and furnished him with What
he mas told number of friends
Is another good argument. II is
TO the effect that the Sc arket Of
'he Eastern States is being flooded
Win spurious pure olive oil ;,
inns oil is of two sorts. One ot
them Is imported right enoupb
out 1t is imported free and costs
Az cents a gallon. 1t comes in
Tree under the declaration that
u Is purely for mechanical pur