Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-16
IN CONGRESS


The house committee on judiciary,
which was directed to investigate the
Jurisdiction OF congress over woman
and child labor abuses, has completed
its report and finds the United States
has absolutely no authority in the mat
ter.
Senator Warner raised point OF Or
der against the amendment authoriz-
ing the Eastern Cherokees to submit
to the court of claims the question Of
whether the fee awarded st, Louis
law firm was paid out Of the proper
fund. The point OF order was sus-
talned
mo tipping Of walters and porters"
was the loudest cry from the house
district committee. That body with
an unexpected promptness, reported
to the house for passage the bill OF
Representative Murphy Of Missouri
abolisbing the practice Of giving "tips"
to walters and hotel porters. Mr..
Murphy, who has been determined in
forcing his bill to the front, addressed
the committee briefly in favor Of It.
The committee then reported it, and
it will be voted on in the house next
Monday.
Democratic senate leaders decided
that the republican senators must take
the entire responsibility II a treaty
with Santo Domingo continuing the
present financial relations, is ratified.
This means that as long as the minor
ity Is strong enough to prevent ratiti-
cation it will stand together, which
would necessitate the calling of a spe-
cial session of the senate after March
4, when the republicans will have the
necessary two-thirds of the senate.
After practically two days debate
the proposition in the Indian appropri-
alton bill to remove restrictions to the
alienation of the surplus lands of full
blood Indians In the Indian Territory
was defeated In the senate Thursday
by vote of 81 to %.
Five witnesses were examined
Thursday in the Brownsville inquiry
before the senate committee on mill
tary affairs. Former Sergeant Luther
7. Thornton, of Company B, testified
that when aroused by the firing on
the night Of August 13 he was under
the impression that the barracks were
being fired upon by people of the town
He told Of the call to arms AMI OF
the inspections He was cross-exam-
ined sharply about the possibility of
a soldier getting out Of the reserva-
ton in the night without being detect
ed. He said this could have been
done but he did not think the man
could get his arms and get out. 1t
was pointed out that he men already
had ammunition, and the witness re-
piled that this ammunition had to be
accounted for at inspections, and If
any were used the loss would be dis
covered
The story Of the wrongs done Mrs.
Yellow Cat, a Cherokee Indian, was
potent factor in inducing the senate
to eliminate the claims in the Indian
appropriation bill removing the re-
strictions upon all the surplus lands Of
Indians in the Indian Territory,
The house on Monday passed
number of important bills, includ.
ing the McCumber pension bill The
house, by vote of 10 to S5, con-
Cured in the senate amendments to
the urgent deficiency bill, loaning the
jamestown exposition S1,0O00O0, and
safeguarding the loan by lien on the
gross receipts. Resolutions were
passed calling for an investigation by
the secretary of commerce and labor
of cotton exchanges and the fluctua-
tions in cotton prices, giving privi-
legged statutes to the bill codifyng and
consolidating the patent and copyright
laws, directing a report by the secre.
tary of the interior of the number OF
existing patents granted to officers and
employees of the United States. Bills
providing for the protection of game
in Alaska and authorizing a refund
of certain taxes collected under the
war revenue act OF 1898 were also
passed
The senate occupied the first
two hours OF It's session Monday
in perfecting the house bill per.
mitting the government to take an ap-
peal on points Of law in certain Grim
.jnal cases. The bill is intended to
reach cases similar to that against
| the meat packers. The bill was laid
aside te permit further discussion Of
Senator Carter's resolution aimed at
the recent order of the secretary Of
the interior, preventing the issuance
of land patents TO entrymen until aft
er an examination of the ground by a
1 special agent Mr.. Hepburn conclud-
ed the remarks he began several days
ago and Senator Newlands followed in
defense of the cecretary. Mr.. Bacon
made statement intended TO show
that Senator Beveridge had been in
error regarding the operation of the
child labor law in Georgia Mr.. Bey-
eridge had said that there had been
5000 applications for child labor in
Fulton county, Georgia, under the new
state law, and that all, of them had
been granted. Mr.. Bacon said he had
ascertained that but 10 applications
had been granted.
Washington Notes.
President signed general service pen.
sion bill recently passed by congress,
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