The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-23
SHIP SUBSIDY
IS ABANDONED
HOUSE CONFEREES DISAGREE TO
THAT PROVISIONING HOPE
is LEFT.
EXTRADITI0N TREATY
Ratified - Several Measures
Agreed to BY Senate BY
Way of Cleaning Up.

Washington. May 22-An open sos
sion of the senate was concluded today
with extended debate on the power of
congress to regulate interstate and for
eign commerce and negative poll OF
% to % was taken ON the motion to
adopt the Foraker substitute for the
interstate commerce commission reso-
luton extending the time when the
penalty provision of the commodity
clause of the Hepburn railroad rate
law is to take effect.
The Foraker substitute provided
that the prohibition against railroads
transporting across state lines coal or
other articles produced by them shall
apply only to property acquired since
the passage of the Hepburn rate bill,
May % 1906 The committee res
olution applied to all products without
the limitation concerning time of own
ership After the substitute was lest
and before the vote on committee reso-
luton was called for. Aldrich moved
that the senate go into executive ses-
sion. The bill to place the date of can
ming meat products upon the packages
was discussed briefly as was the omni.
bus claims bin, but both were dis.
placed.
The disagreement of the house
to the conference report on the post
office appropriation bill on account OF
the senate provision for the mail sub
silJ was laid before the senate and
|anot1.&4 eafferemee AsaT orderaa -Nitl
instructions to insist upon the amend
ment.
In the House.
Practically all hope OF the ship sub
sidy was abandoned today when tho
house, by vote of li5 to Sc rejected
the conference report on the post.
office appropriation bill containing a.
provision therefor and on which the
principal fight was made The bill was
sent back to conference. and there
now is little prospect that the house
oonfcrees will yield to the senate.
BY strict party vote of 100 to l2j
the campaign contribution publicity
bill with the amendment providing for
a reduction of representation in the
house In the southern states was pass
ed. The Democrats voted against tho
bill because of the amendment
BY way of further cleaning up the
pending business. the omnibus pon.
sion bill conference report was re
ceiyed; the conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was agreed to and the senate amend.
mcnts to the general deficiency an
military academy appropriation and
omnibus Indian land bill, were all dis.
agreed to and the bills sent to confer
ence.
The Democrats exercised their con.
stitutional prerogative, and In all cases
forced roll alls in the disposition of
business on hand
The senate today ratified the extra
dition treaty with Portugal over which
there was much debate I'm the oxecu.
tive session because of the provision
guaranteeing that criminals extra
dited from Portugal should not suffer
capital punishment. In ratifyiug the
treaty the senate adopted resolution
declaring that 1T is agreed by the
United States that no person charged
with crime shall be extradtable from
Portugal upon whom the death pen
atty can be inflicted for the orfense |
by the laws of the Jurisdiction |
in which the charge is pending" This |
will permit the extradition of persons
with crimes except those In. |
volying execution.