The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
FLOOD OF BILLS IN SENATE.
NEARLY A THOUSAND MEAsuREs
ARE INTRODUCED.
ALL REFERRED TO COMMITTEES
Senator Hurkett Offers RlII Providing
for Teaching Of Agriculture In
Normal SchooIs-Two Single state.
hood Measures Introduced.

Washington, Dec. 5.-Nearly q
thousand bills were introduced in the
senate and all OF them were referred
to committees, where they will be
taken up for consideration after the
new senators shall have been given
committee assignments. No other
business of importance was transact
ed. Almost all of these bills were
considered in the last congress and
most of them are private pension
bills.
The whole number introduced in the
senate of the Fifty.ninth congress
was S,627, and before the Christmas
holidays it is probable that at least
half of them will again be introduced
and referred to committees.
Among the more important meas
ures introduced were the following:
BY Senator Notwithstanding the
railroad rate law in such a manner
that a change of tariff filed with the
Interstate commerce commission
cannot go into effect where objection
is made until the commission has de-
clared the rate fair.
By Senator Dick-The administra-
of pay for members of the army, navy
and marine corps.
BY Senator Burkett-Providing for
the teaching of agriculture in normal
schools; free postage on reading mat.
ter mailed to the blind, and prohibit
ing telegraph and express companies
from transmitting returns pertaining
to gambling.
BY Senator Hansbrough-Repe
the timber and stone act and provd-
ing for the sale of timber on public
lands; also bill giving homestead EN-.
trymen the right to be absent from
their homesteads during the four win.
ter months.
BY Senator LaFollette-Requiring
as only to yield fair return on the
valuation of roads property.
BY Senator misunderstanding the
free delivery service to all towns hav.
ing a postal revenue OF $4,000.
A short bill. which may take the
place Of a regular ship subsidy bill
this session, was introduced by SEN
ator Gallinger. 1t provides for an in.
crease of the mail carrying rate for
! sixteen'knot ships plying on the Pa
Cifc and the south Atlantic to an
amount not exceeding the rate paid to
| first class vessels. The bill Is de.
signed to meet the ideas set forth on
! ship subsidy in the presidents mes
sage.
Senator Gallinger also introduced
bills prohibiting the sale and trans
| portation of poisonous foods; provid.
| ing for q monument in Washington to
the private soldiers of the army, and
increasing pensions for total deafness.
Two single statehood bills were in.
troduced by Senator Teller for the ad.
mission of New Mexico, and the other
by Senator Stone for the admission of
Arizona as state.
Senator Culberson reintroduced two
bills which he advocated in the last
congress. One Is intended to make
illegal the dealing in futures, the 9th.
er to provide penalties against rail.
road companies that fail to furnish
cars to shippers.
Senator Overman reintroduced his
bill authorizing the president to sus.
! pend the collection of customs duties
on articles coming into competition
with products OF companies which sell
abroad at a less price than in this
country.