The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
SHERMAN BILL Is
GIVEN A HEARING
The Measure Proposes an IN
Interchangeable Mileage Book
Good Anywhere.
RAILROAD MEN OPPOSE 1T
SENATOR OVERMAN SPOKE
AGAINST THE CHILD LABOR
BILL AS ENcROAcHiNG ON
STATES RIGHTS.
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| railway mileage DOCKS at the rate OF
two cents mile, was the subject of
hearing before the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign com
merce, H. L. Bond. second vice pres
fdent of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
way; t. B. Harrison representing the
4 Louisville and Nashville, and score
or other railway men, attended the
/ hearing. George t. Nicholson, third
! vice president of the Atchison, To-
! peka and Santa Fe, said the bill is so
broad that it practically amounts to
| fixing of 2 cents a mile rate as the
maximum for all railroads in the
| United States on all passenger bust
ness, and urged that it would work
| great hardships on many railways to
! make such a reduction.
| Representative May of Virginia in
troduced resolution in the house
| seeking information concerning the
! death of Robert Vance Freeman. a
former member of DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley's poison squad The resolu-
ton asks that Secretary Wilson be
requested to advise congress under
what authority the department of ag-
riculture conducted experiments with
| borax and to state what. was the eff
feet of tests with preservatives on
Freeman.
Chairman Hull of the house COM
mittee on military reported the mill
tary appropriation bill. In round
numbers the bill carries $4,000, 900,
which is a reduction of about Sc ,O00,-
600 in the estimate submitted by the
war department. The bill carries
about 100000 more. than the ap-
preparation made at the last session
of congress.
The house passed a bill for judicial
review of orders excluding persons
from the use of United States mail ia
cilities. In presenting reasons why
the bill should be passed Mr.. Crum-
packer said the power given the post
master general under the statutes to
issue frat.d orders was not at all an
administrative discretion 1t rather
partook of the nature of police pow
err for the regulation of the morals of
the people of the country.
The senate committee on finance
has under consideration the nomi-
nation of George B. Cortelyou to be
secretary OF the treasury. The nomi-
nation of James r. Garfield to be
secretary of the interior also was
considered. Several Democratic SEN
ators will make speeches on the sub
ject of Cortelyou's activity in collect
ing funds for the last presidential
aior xxyho he ,iyo
called up in executive session.
At the request of Senators Teller
and Daniel the senate committee on
finance postponed one week action on
the nomination of Postmaster General
Cortelyou to be secretary of treasury.
They did not announce whether they
would continue their opposition to his
confirmation, since he resigned the
craftsmanship of the Republican ma
tional committee.
In presenting his objections in the
senate to the pending bills for the
regulation of child labor, Senator
Overman of North Carolina went into
an elaborate discussion of the decline
of states rights. The child labor bills
OF Senators Lodge and Beveridge
were read by Mr.. Overman, with the
comment that the effect of the en-
actment of either would not only
stretch to the breaking point the
commerce clause Of the constitution,
but would be a usurpation of rights of
the states. The sentiment for consol-
idated or centralized government,
Mr.. Overman declares. has grown
with the inordinate desire for the
dollar, has increased with the growth
of commercialism, the building up OF
mighty fortunes, the Capitalization of
great wealth in the hands of the few,
produced by the great trusts and
monopolies, many Of which were or
ganized for the purpose of crushing
out competition, and which have been
robbing the people of untold mill
lions
Senator Carter introduced a joint
resolution providing for a joint COM
mittee of four senators and five
members of the house to investigate
and report to congress before jan
uary /, its findings as to the cause of
collisions on railroads and the best
means of obviating them. The COM
mittee is to sit during the recess of
congress.
Republican leaders OF the senate
were in conference at various times
Tuesday with a view to reaching an
agreement on the terms of a resolu-
ton relating to the presidents dis
charge of negro troops that will har-
monte the difference between Sem
ators Foraker and Lodge Indica-
tons are that a provision will be
agreed to directing an inquiry by the
committee on military affairs into the
occurrences at Brownsville, without
specifying whether it shall deal only
with the facts or shall include the le-
gal problems as well. In consequence
of this prospect. Senator Foraker
postponed further presentation in the
senate of his views on the subject.
1t was announced that Tillman. DAN
lei and other senators desire to be
heard before the close of the debate.
Tillman could not proceed Tuesday
on account of illness.
Chief Justice Fuller, supreme court
United States declined to discuss the