The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-03
FEDERAL AID
 NCs- DESIRED Reso, s.ion of Senator Newlands. Iy $.ERRED TO COMMITTEE CaIifornians Did Not Respond to
 Movements. Nevada soIon Wants Government To Float Bonds to Rebuild stricken City of Pacific.--Mct With
 Frigid Reception.
Nevada soIon Wants Government To Float Bonds to Rebuild stricken

fornfa Senators do not consider that there should at present be an effort to secure government aid in the general reconstruction of the city of San Fran CISCO was made evident in the Senate today.
 The question came up on MT. New lands resolution directing the Finance Committee and the Ways and Means Committee of the House to consider the feasibility of the government guaran- tceing bonds to aid in the rehabili- tation of the stricken city. The New ada Senator discussed the resolution at some length. contending for the reRu- lnrity of his suggestion and eniarg- ing upon the desirability of making the city q more attractive center of popu- lation than thad ever been. Both Mir Flint and Mir. Perkins deprecated the introduction of the resolution Is un- wise at this time, and both indicated their opinion that the California dele 'gation should have been consulted be- fore the presentation. of the measure The resolution was referred to the Committee on Finapces
 MT. Daniel concluded his speech on the railroad rate bill.
 The army appropriation bill was read at length but its consideration was not concluded. An amendment appro- prtating $1.5o0, ,000 for a supply depot ar Fort Mason. San Francisco, was accept ed, as was also provision authorizing submarine cable to Panama at a cost of s9oo.000.
 Mir. Newlands presented 5oint res olution directing the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to investigate the feasibility of the governments guar anteeinE bonds to assist In the rebuild ing of San Francisco.
 The resolution recites the disaster and says that under the powerssof the general welfare clause of the consu. tuition Congress should come to the aio of San Francisco
 MT. Newlands had read newspaper clipping which was an extract from The New York Herald, containing head lines: s1o0. .o0o ,OO0 for San Franciscp. also that Senator Newiands of Nevada, says huge sum has been praeucAlly agreed on by financiers
 The extract was marked special dis- patch to The Herald and pore san Francieco date - MT. Newlands said he was quite surprised this morning to find this announcement in The New York Herald and in other newspapers. @Tt had" he said, doubtless been giv- en wide currency by the Associated Press" He thought public statement should be made by him in explanation of the article.
 Wronr ImpresuiOn Conveyed.
 Tho Nevada Senator said the wrong impression Is conveyed in the headlines over the story rather than in the ar ticle itself. He stated that it was be- cause the information had not been officially obtained which accounted Tor any errors which he knew were wholly unintentiona.
 MT Newlands said he had communi- ,ated his movement to W. F. Heron. counsel for the Southern Pacific Ratl- way at San Francisco merely for the purpose of securing his opinion as 70 the feasibility of the plan and not be- cause anything had been actually ac- compllshed. The plan had not reached such proportions as the dispatch indi- cated, and no definite assurance had been received but he had found in New York. as elsewhere much sympathy for the people of the stricken city and had also discovered a disposition to aid.
 MT. Hopkins asked number oftques- tions intended to bring out the fact that MT. Ne'vlands's proposition is not diff ferent from the suggestion of a few years ago that Congress should make loans on growing crops, but Mir. New lands refused to be drawn into lis cussion of that question, He contented himself with reciting the aid that had been given to the various national
 
 victims. "A country that can spend $2O0, 100000 in freeing Cuba and $300.- O00, 900 in instructing the Filipinos in self government can," he said, afford to lend It's credit to the extent of $50,- 000.00 or $1o0,000.000 to help the greatest port of the Pacific Coast in It's hour of distress"
 the general welfare clause of the Con stitution.
 Entire Country Affected.
 The country" he declared. does not yet know how hard 1t has been hit by this disaster, for not only has San Francisco been injured but the entire country Is affected"
 MT Newlands asked for immediate consideration of the resolution
 Speaking for himself, Mir. Perkins expressed regret that the resolution had been presented without consulting the California Senators He was op- posed to any Congressional action fin advance of an official request from Cal ifornia. He had no doubt that Mir. Newlands had been actuated by gen erous impulses but he felt that if he had consulted with the California Sena- tors he might have been dissuaded from presenting the resolution. which he considered would have been more de- sirable,
 MT. Aldrich then moved the refer ence. of the resolution to the Commit tee on Finance. md that motion pre- vailed without opposition. He prom ised that the committee would take up the resolution promptly and report as it's judgment might dictate
 The railroad rate bill was then taken up and MT. Daniel continued his speech on that measure, taking up the ques- tiofl of the extent of the review to be had by the courts in rate cases and repeating briefly his objections to MT. Bailey's proviso for the non suspen- sion by the courts of the orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. MT. Daniel advocated a review provision as a precautionary measure, modelled on the California land act. requiring that the courts be supplied with a transcript of the testimony taken before the com mittee requiring Ave days notice of in- Junction proceedings and providing that the hearing by the courts shall follow as closely as possible upon dis position by the Commission.
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