The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-24
The Comerce Commission.

The Comerce Commission.
While the debate on the personnel
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion was in progress in the Senate
Senator Tillman took the floor to
make a statement on behalf of ex-Sen-
ator Chandler which has been mo-
mentarily expected since Senator
Lodges conveyance last Saturday to
the Senate of the President s emphat-
ic denial of some of the statements
credited to Mr.. Chandler by the South
Carolina Senator.
Mr.. Tillman read the portion of Mr..
Chandeliers memoranda of his confer
ences with the President which has
heretofore been given to the public
prefacing it with a brief statement of
his own saying that on Saturday the
Senate had been startled and mortified
to hear the utterances of an ex-mem-
Der denounced on behalf of the Presi-
dent as ga deliberate and unqualified
falsehood." As he had been response
bic for introducing the subject which
had caused the attack on Mr.. Chand-
Ter he felt under obligations to place
him right on the record. To that end
he read the ex-Senator's statement.
The Work in the House.
The House decided to vest in the
Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia the power to appoint the board
of education having supervision Of
the schools of Washington instead of
in the board of district commissioners
which is the present APPOINTING power.
Efforts were made to prevent the pre-
paration of plans for the Great Lakes
naval training station, but an amend
ment was agreed to providing for the
employment of a consulting architect
the plans and superintendent of the
construction of the new buildings not
to exceed 3 1-2 per cent. Of the limit
of cost of the plant which is fixed at
two millions.
The House by a decided vote re-af-
firmed its faith in the navy depart
ment, defeating an amendment of MI.
Tawney, chairman of the ~appropria-
tions committee, to limit the repairs
on a ship to 10 per cent. of the cost,
the vote of confidence coming after
two hours hot debate on the Tawney
proposition.
Having reached the section of the
naval bill dealing with increase in
the navy and realizing that consid-
cradle debate must ensue the House
adjourned.
Senator Bailey's Personal Privilege.
Senator Bailey took the floor in the
senate to make a further explanation
of his connection with the efforts to
secure an understanding between the
president and the Democratic sena-
tors on the railroad rate bill, basing
his statement on an article in the
Chicago Tribune and the New York
Tribune, charging him with bad faith
in connection and giving ex-senator
ChadleE as authority for that state
ment. He read a series of letters and
memoranda, beginning with a. request
from himself to the former senator
for a copy of any statement that he
might have made that justified this
statement.
The Rate Bill Again.
The consideration of the rate bill in
committee of the whole was concluded
and the measures was then reported
to the Senate, where there will be OPP
portunity to review and alter all the
amendments heretofore made.
Practically the entire day was de-
voted to the consideration of the anti
pass amendment which was adopted
after making SO many exceptions as to
arou laughter in the Senate every
time the provision was read.
The work of the Senate as such
was confined to the partial considera-
ton of the pipe line provision, which
Morgan proviso extending its opera
ton to other countries where the Unit
ed States had jurisdiction.
There was a sharp c~olloquey be-
tween Senators Daniel and TiIlman
over an amendment to the anti-pass
provision.
Senator Daniel sought to have the
antl-paSs amendment so amended as
to include the families of attorneys
among those who may receive passes
and Senator Tillman said that Mr..
Daniels amendment would make the
provision a laughing stock and sug-
gested that Nh. Daniel should with
draw his amendment so that E'we can
get to something else"
The Virginia Senator did not accept
with favor the characterization Of his
81 don't intend to sit
still and listen to the misrepresenta-
ton of my amendment in your I'M
just and passionate manner" he said.
He had interrupted Mr.. Tillman to
make this statement and notwith-
standing he spoke in evident anger the
South Carolina Senator apparently
not resent what was said. He
by calling attention to the fact
that his antagonist was proceeding in
ais time and adding: ct propose to |