The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-05-10
RATE AMENDMENT
is IN ORDER
Senator Dryden's Addition
to the EIkins Provision
Passes By a Vote of A
to 90
HOUSE TO MEET AT NIGHT
REPRESENTATIVES, ANXIOUS TO
CLEAR OFF THE CALENDAR
OPPOSITION TO THE SAN FRAN
CISCO GUARANTEE.


WASHINGTON, May 10, 1906.-The
Senate was prompt yesterday in resum-
ing consideration of the Elkins coal
amendment to the railroad rate bin pro-
hibiting interstate railroads from engag
ing in the production of coal or other
commodities.
The yice-President announced the
amendment of Senator Dryden to the Eli
kins provision to be in order. That
amendment extended to July, 1911, the
time when the provision shall go into
effect. Several Senators made objection
that the time suggested was too remote,
and Mr.. Dryden altered the date to July,
1909 A roli-call was promptly ordered,
and resulted in the adoption of the
amendment A to %.
by Democrats, but they were supported
by Senators Burkett, Clapp, Deliver,
Gamble, La Toilette, Lodge, Republi-
cans Senators Clark, of Montana, and
Clarke, of Arkansas, Democrats, voting
with the Republicans.
The action of the Senate in accepting
the Dryden provision was promptly fol-
lowed by motion by Mr.. Hopkins to
refer the entire coal production subject
The Elkins amendment and the amend
ment to ito the Committee on Inter
State Commerce.
| To give the House of Representatives
an opportunity of clearing up lot of
bills that are still to be considered before
| final adjournment "a blanket resolution
was adopted to hold night sessions when
ever the House saw fit, the sessions ,
convene at and end at 1890 O'Clock.
It is expected that the evening sessions
will enable the House to pass the bill
providing for code of the penal laws of
| the United States. and the immigration
and pure food bills may also be taken
up at the evening sessions.
| There will be no relief for the victims
of the Slocum disaster, SO far as the
Federal government is concerned. The
House committee on claims, the grave
| yard Of many a good mans hopes, has
decided by almost unanimous vote to
defeat the motion to favorably report the
Sulzer bill giving the Court of Claims
jurisdiction in the matter. Mr.. Goldfogle,
of New York, cast the single minority
vote. The total amount of claims fled
aggregates 100000.
The committee on claims may well be
termed the graveyard of many claimants
| hopes. There are claims without num-
ber. many of them just and which the
government ought by rights to pay, yet
| the committee fails to report bills that
have been introduced and there is no way
| for the claimant to get redress. There
| are large number of cases of this sort,
and New Jersey has its share, and it is
a disgrace to the Federal government, in
many instances, that there is no way of
collecting honest and just claims against
| the government if the committee on
claims fails to favorably report bills that
have been introduced to refer the cases
The system is radically wrong, but no
| one seems to take sufficient interest in
the matter to seek to have it corrected.
The Senate committee on finance is
averse to the plan to have the Federal
Government guarantee the credit of San
Francisco to aid that city in rebuilding.
Senator Newlands introduced resolution
having that in view. but the committee
/ has determined unanimously to report
adversely inasmuch as ''the plans are
without the legitimate province of Con-
gressional action, and. therefore. that the
appointment of joint committee to con-
slider their advisability or practicability
is inexpedient.' This will probably dis
pose of the matter
Complaint is made that Washington is
short of police. The chief calls attention
to the fact that thirty-eight men are re-
quired for the details at the While House
and the suggestion is made that since the
White House is government property the
army should take care of the policing of
| the grounds, or there should be special
force the same as the capitol police force
at the capitol. It is matter that will
probably be taken up By the committee
on District of Columbia.
Don't think less Of your system than
you do of your house, Give it a thorough
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