Valentine Democrat., 1906-05-31
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The Senate, at f 30 p. m. Friday. pass
ed the railroad rate regulation bill by a
vote OF Il 10 3 after having adopted the
| Teller amendment eliminating the words
| ''in its Judgment" from the section giving
to the Interstate commerce commission
| power to fix rates. The House passed the
bill to pay TO the estate of Samuel Lee
of South Carolina $10,4S2 for allowances
made by reason OF his election as negro
| contestant for a seat in the FOrty-seyenth
| Congress. The Democrats, under the
leadership of Mr.. Williams of Mississippi.
conducted a vigorous fli5uster lasting all
day, but were defeated.
BY vote of 107 TO G6 the House Sat
urday refused to pass the anti-graft bill,
so-called, dealing with cotton leaks and
| other matters of a confidential character,
which, should they become publicly known,
might have a tendency to affect markets
| because the conferees had recommended
| that the members of Congress be in
! cluded within thc sccFe of the bill. The
, opposition as led by Mr.. Mccall OF Mas
sachusetts, assisted by Mr.. Crumpacker
| Und), Mr.. Grosvenor COhio) and Mr..
| Gardner (Mass.), while the friends of the
| measure were represented by Mr.. Burle-
son (Texas) and Mr.. Jenkins (Wis),
| The Senate was not in session.
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In the Senate Monday the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill
| was passed within three hours from its
first reading. 1t carries appropriations
aggregating $29,S15,2J9, an increase OF
S59,345 over the amount reported to the
Senate. \ number of unimportant meas
ures were passed. Notwithstanding that
the leader of the minority, Mr.. Williams
of Mississippi, insisted upon the presence
of a quorum throughout the day, delaying
as much as he could the orderly procedure
of legislation, the House passed twenty
two bills. six Senate mad sixteen House
measures. Among the bills passed was
one to amend section of an act entitled
''An act to define and fix the standard of
value. to maintain the parity of all forms
of money issued or coined by the United
States to refund the public debt. and for
other purposes" approved March II, 1900.
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For an hour or more Tuesday the
House of Representatives could not de-
eide whether TO go into committee of the
whole on the diplomatic and consular bill
or to follow the lead of Mr.. Gardner of
Massachusetts and take up the immigra-
tion bill. Assisted by Mr.. Williams, Mr..
Gardner led mild flibuster against tax
ing up the consular bill. Hhe Republi-
cans. however, had a quorum of the House
present, and eventually the consular bill
was taken up and general debate begun.
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the day to the immigration bill, but be-
fore it was taken up Senator McCumber
rrade a personal statement cOntradicting
an article printed in a New York paper to
the effect that the railroad rate bill had
been so amended at his instance as to rem
der it ineffective. \ resolution directing
the committee on privileges and elections
to consider the course to be pursued IL the
ease of Senator Burton was adopted.
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Half a dozen bills to which no Objec-
ton was made were passed Wednesday,
after which the Senate devoted the re-
mainder of the day to the immigration
bill consisting of Il series of amendments
to the existing law designed to bring about
a better distribution Of the immigrants
throughout the country. After long dis
cussion the bill was passed. Republican
and Democratic leaders clashed in the
House, clearly defining the issues of the
next campaign. The fireworks began
when the session opened, Mr.. Williams de
mandng a roll call on the motion TO 90
into executive session for further con-
siueration of the diplomatic and consular
service bill. This he failed to get. Charles
y. Lands of Indiana made ''stand-pat'
speech on the tariff, and Mr.. Williams
replied to him. Mr.. LongwOrth spoke. ad-
vccating the ownership by the government
Of the legations abroad.
The Senate Thursday passed the bill re-
lieving denatured alcohol from the in
ternal revenue tax and began work on
the agricultural appropriation bill. which
was under discussion when adjournment
was taken. The session of the House
was given over TO OratOry. the speakers
being two leaders of opposite schools Of
politics, Representative Charles y. Towne
OF New York and Representative John
DalzeIl OF Pennsylvania. Although the
diplomatic and consular bill was before
the House, nothing of Il legislative char
1cter was accomplished.
In the National Capital
Senator Beverid-e OF Indiana will in
trOduce bill for stringent federal recIIa-
tion of meat business.