Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-24
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, June q
SENATE,

SIXLy-IlrSt Congress-
Washington. June q
SENATE.
The Senate adopted the resolution,
which Was adopted by the House last
Monday, permitting the victims Of the
Ohelses, Mass, Ere, to use the Boston
Marine Hospital until next October.
An attack on the tobacco trust and
criticism Of the Senate finance commit
tee formed the basis OF speech delivered
BY Senator Beveridge.
"When the tariff bill came from the
House to the Senate" he said, SIT IN
creased the tax on cigarettes. poor mis-
cradle increase. Yet the finance COM
mittee of the Senate actually has struck
out this little increase on cigarettes
al think that the country will be as
founded to learn this fact and that there
are members Of the finance committee
who do not know that the increase was
eliminated.
He said the United States tobacco tax
was the lowest 10 the civilized world.
Mr.. Beveridge charged the tobacco
trust with having resorted to bribery In
order to influence legislation.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Beveridges
speech he asked for an immediate vote
upon his amendment increasing the
rates of taxation on all forms of tobacco
and grades of cigars and cigarettes and
restoring the size of the packages OF
tobacco prevailing prior to the Spanish
war Objection WAS raised by Senator's
Lodge, Aldrich and others who claimed
that it was violation of the spirit OF
the unanimous consent agreement that
she dutiable schedules should be first
completed and then the income tax
amendment be taken up.
A number of senators expressed a
desire to study the Beveridge amend
ment and so the Indiana senator with
drew his request for an immediate vote.
he may call up his amendment at his
pleasure.
Responding to the criticiams whic b
have been made on those democrats woh,
like himself, voted against free iron ore,
free hides and free lumber, Senator Ball
ley. of Texas, denounced the doctrine
of free raw materials AS unjust and I'M
democratic.
HOUSE,.
Consideration of the census apprOprl-
alton bill was beset with many difficult
ties in the House today. Mr.. Tswney
first called up the bill under unanimous
consent, but Mr.. Macon declared be was
dead opposed to lump sum spPropria-
tions like the 10000, 900 carried in the
bill, and objected. Finally Mr.. Tswney
got around it by Offering the bill from
the floor, and moved its consideration In
committee of the whole.
Prior to this the House passed the
bill making Scranton, Miss, a SUPPORT
of entry, a measure which has the dis
tnction of being the only private bill
passed by the Senate 80 far this session.
The resolution which caused such
lengthy debate last Monday was also
disposed of. It provided that all diplo
matte and consular reports as to wages
and cost of manufacture abroad should
De submitted by the president upon de-
mand. Mr.. Payne moved to lay the
resolution on the table when the House
met last week but quorum was moi
present aud the matter had TO go ovel
until TODAY.
A lengthy debate developed during
consideration of the census bill
in committee OF the whole.
| A new "shiPping bilr' was introduce
ed in the House today byMr, Humphrey
| (rpD. Wash.). One section is identical
with the .. Of the ocean mail measure
which failed of passage in the House
last session. BY further section it il
proposed to amend the present registry
aw by permitting American register Of
any foreign built steel steamer of over
| 8, 600 tons. This is the "free ship"
provision which was discussed so much
during the debate on the ocean mail
bill. A change in the tonnage taxes Is
contemplated in the hill, first, a reduction
In the duty OF from to cents tor
and in the aggregate from 10 to 20 cents
ton in any one year. BY this chsngt
ii is hoped to stimulate trade with South
America. So-called reciprocal tonnage
lax exemption law is repealed in The
act. A further provision increases the
TONNAGE taxes in the trRns-Oceanic trade
from to y cents ton and from 81
to GO cents per ton per aDnum. This in
crease Mr.. Humphrey thinks will fall
almost entirely on foreign ships. There
is also a further provision that Ameri
can ships which compete In trans
oceanic trade shall have 80 per cent. o
their tonnage tax rebsted, provided theJ
carry one American boy, for every ,OOC
net tons, and train them in sesmanship
Mr.. G iIe,te was fearful Leaf after thu
appropriation had been made, that tb'
conferees' report on the new census laN
might be rejected, and the census taker
under the old law, which provided TO
patronage.
Mr.. CLARK wanted to know why thu
bill wasn't passed last session over th'
presidents veto. MI Gillette said HI
didn't know.
"Well," said Mr.. CLARK, amid laugh
ter, "wasn't it because President RoOse
welt had an unfortunate knsck OF fight
ing back"
| Mr.. Gillette refused to speculate.
HINGED SMOKES TAOKS.
The new law requiring the stacks O.
tug boats to be hinged or so lowered al