Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-27
House Leaders say No Important BiIIs
win he Allowed 20 co over.

House Leaders say No Important BILLS
VIII BE Allowed TO co over.
! WASHINGTON June B-Congress will
stay in session until its work is finished
| This is the dictum of Speaker Cannon and
! his lieutenants and is being emphasized
At this time to cOuntersct the impression
| that the pure food bill at least might go
! over until the next session.
There is also trouble on the meat inspec-
ton bill and the tieup on the railroad rate
! bill indicates delay The immigration bill
is also in conference as are several Of the
appropriation bills. All of these things
must be worked out without any date of
adjournment being set, according to the
! decision OF the house leaders. When the
work is done an Adjournment resolution
will be forthcoming in short order.
While the situation today spells delay
until next week. the work on the floor is
progressing Members say there is no need
of prolonging the session beyond Friday IL
the conferees make up their minds that
! the work must be done or that agreements
which will meet all demands can be ar
ranged on all matters before that time
and that If the idea OF prolonging the
session for the purpose Of killing certain
bills is abandoned this week will see the
( end. -..
TKe nitasdAaay passed the senate bill
which repcals the so-called twenty eight
hour law by fixing the maximum of time in
transit for stock at thirty-six hours, upon
the written request of the owner or per-
son in charge.of the particular shipment,
The rent OF the old customs house in
New York again. showed itself in the gen
eral deficiency bill In a provision for the
current year MIR suizer OF New York
made a point, OF order against the. item
which was overruied.. Mr.. Sulzer asked the
republicans how much they expected to get
out Of the, amount, for the forthcoming
campaign . ", -,..as s.af ...r d,
mot as much as the people will get out
OF it,. replied Mr.. !Tawney. -
A provision vas inserted In the biJf' di-
recting the officials Of, the Territory of
Oklahoma to continue the mantainenance
pof all public institutions and execute all
existing contracts until the new state gov
eminent shall have been established.
Mr.. Hull Of Iowa offered an amendment
appropriatng $4,000 to reimburse Officers
and enlisted men OF the army, who were
on duty in San Francisco during the re-
cent disaster and who suffered losses OF
clothing and other personal effects. Mr..
b IJttauer made a point Of order against
the amendment The. chair sustained the
point.
A long discussion ensued over the item
appropriating 1871. 4S to reimburse the state
of Texas for moneys expended between
February q. 1855. and June a. 1860, in pay
rhent OF state volunteers or rangers called
into service by the governor Of Texas.
Mr.. Dalzel made point of order against
the item without deciding the point OF
order the general deficiency bill was laid
aside and the house at o'clock took re-
cess for two hours,
The house tonight IN session lasting
three hours was occupied with speeches
on a variety OF political subjects although
the pending measure was the bill ITO sim
plify the laws In relation to the collection
of the revenue Mr. Boutelle OF Illinois
replied =, the speeches Of Messrs Rainer
OF Illinois and Williams of Mississippi on
the Watch trust" Mr.. Routelle spoke In
a humorous vein, referring to the subject
as a great drama" to which he gave the
! title government by advertisement, or
who gets sold the most in the watch
trade" Mr.. Boutelle referred to Mr.. VII
Hams position regarding the tariff on
watches and said that Mr.. Rainey, stand
ing Ike Teneriffe. smote him CWilliam)
with his eyes" Mr.. Boutele humorously
pictured what he termed the different
acts" and drew on Shakespeare TO illus
/ trate his points ana CONFUSED the mouse
and galleries with paraphrases OF well
known street car Advertisements. He re-
ferred to- Sunny Jack, the statesman's
Breakfast Food. one meal of which, he
said, will make a democratic congressman
feel so buoyant and gay that he can con-
template the al-pervading prosperity Of
his country with eauanimity Roast EN-"
which he said Goods the blood. sOothes the
nerves. warns the feet" he prescribed for
those whose nights are made miserable
|, by frightful visions OF svaTtcious trusts
glarihg at them out OF the darkness at
the foot Of the bed" He had a cOlloquy
with Mr.. williams growing out OF a dis
cussion OF Sea Island cotton and long fiber
cotton. in which Mr.. Williams denied GER
tain statements attributed 10 him.
Mr.. Payne sought 20 ~revent Mr.. Will
liams from replying by suggesting that
the democrats have occupied thirty-hVe
minutes more than the republicans. Mr..
Williams replied TO Mr.. Payne and Mr..
Dalzell called for regular order, as the
disputants glared at each other across the
. aisle.
why did you not call the gentleman
from New York to order, bowling like a
wild demon around here2" asked Mr. Will
/, liams This evoked applause from the dem
ocrats.
Mr.. DeArnond Of Missouri discussed
Government by Injunction" and asked
where the invoking OF the writ OF injunc-
ton is going 10 stop.
The house adjourned at II p. m. until
tomorrow.