Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-05

by Messrs Clay, Carmack and New
lands, and then debated and passed
bill which provides for the reorgani-
cation of the medical department of
officers to take the place of contract
surgeons.
All the senators who spoke on the
rate bill indicated a purpose to sup
port it, but Mr.. Clay expressed the
hope that it would be so amended
as to afford a limited court review
of the orders of the interstate COM
merce commission.
Mr.. Hale criticised the military
medical bill as showing tendency to
increase the army, which he said was
not desirable in a time of peace.
During the rate bill discussion Mr..
Elkins raised the question as to
whether the bill confers authority to
pass on rates between communities
and said that Mr.. Dolliver had taken
the position that it does not confer
this authority. He, like Mr.. Aldrich,
asserted that the friends of the bill
do not agree in it's Interpretation.
Mr. Elkins declared that he was the
best friend the bill has and that his
only reason for desiring; to have the
bill amended is to make it strong. He
declares that he is even better
friend of the measure than either Mr..
Dolliver, Mr.. Nelson or Mr.. Tillman.
Mr. Clay took he position that con-
gress had the power to fix standard
of rates giving just compensation;
that both the carrier and the shipper
should have authority to go into the
courts to determine the question OF
just compensation; that the power to
issue injunctions should he hedged
about with all proper restrictions, and
that carriers should be confined to
their own business.
Referring to the lack of agreement
in the pending bill, Mr.. Carmack ex-
pressed the opinion that it is better
than it will be after an amendment.
He did not consider court review
provision essential.
Senator Burrows, of the senate H.
nance committee, has closed the case
of William T. Vernon, nominated to
be register of the treasury, and no
more evidence for or against his con-
firmation will be accepted. The COM
mittee will take no action on the
nomination until Senator Bailey. OF
Texas, returns to Washington, the
latter part or early part of next week.
Mr.. Stevens, of Texas, introduced
the amended. bill opening the Kiowa
and Comanche pasture lands, with
added provision giving each Indian
child born since June 6, 1900, its
share of the allotments. The bill had
passed both houses and was with
drawn from the president to correct
this error of omission.
Representative Campbell, of Kan
sas, will probably not be able to at
tend his congressional convention
April 5, although he had planned to
make it the occasion of opening his
campaign for the United States SEN
ate to succeed Senator Burton. Mr..
Campbell is member of the District
of Columbia committee and is prepar-
ing an important local measure.
There is strong prospect that the
bill to settle the affairs of the five
civilized tribes, prepared originally by
the interior department, but greatly
amended in the senate. will fail alto
gether at this session. Representa-
| tive Sherman, who is at the head of
the conference on the house side, is
quoted as determined to oppose the
effort of the senate to strike out the
provision providing for the lease and
sale of the coal lands.
General George w. Davis, formerly
of the Isthnlian Canal Commission
and governor of the canal zone, and
later chairman of the board of con-
sulting engineers, appeared before
the senate committee on interocean-
ic canals in support of the majority
report recommending the construction
of sea level canal.