Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-24
D0|NGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

. the conferees on what is known as tn,
' white slave" bill, and the measur,
5 will become law as soon as it i.
signed by the president. The provis
2 ion which made it a felony to furnish
: tickets to send a person from'one state
: territory or district into another fol
the purpose of prostitution was elimin-
: ated.
Hearings on the postal savings bank
bill, which recently passed the senate
and is now in the house, began before
the house committee on postoffices and
post roads today. Representatives of
the American Bankers association,
which organization embodies the prin-
cipal opposition to the bill, appeared
and stated their obj bjection to the pos
tai savings banks. It is expected the
hearings will occupy some time.
=. X. Guernsey, vice president of
the First National Bank Of Fremont,
Neb., and member of the executive
council Of the Bankers association,
said that the establishment of postal
savings banks in Nebraska would cause
Withdrawals Of large amounts of mon
ey from the banks of that state, SER
iously upsetting business.
Washington, March Is. ~ That he
would oppose the administration rail-
road bill even though it might result
in an effort to read him out of the
party, Senator Cummins, of Iowa. in
effect, declared in the senate today,
in the initial speech on the railroad
bill. He commented especially upon
the history of the measure, which he
said, had originated in the executive
branch of the government rather than
in congress.
After occupying its place on the
senate calendar for 18 days, the bill
was taken up at o'clock, and thus
was launched the discussion of what
the members of the senate regard as
the most important legislation before
congress. The Iowa senator had spoken
about two hours when he asked leave
to suspend until tomorrow.
Vice President Sherman and Speaker
Cannon will have to content themselves
with riding to and from the capitol in
common streetears or in out-of-date
horse-drawn vehicles. The house to
day declined to provide them with 60
horse power touring cars. The vote
was 113 to "a, the "insurgent" Repub-
licans throwing almost their entire
strength with the Democrats.
The proposal to have congress re-
ward Commander Peary for his discov-
cry of the North Pole met with another
setback in the house committee on ma
val affairs today. Representative En-
glebright, of California, at today's
of the full committee, moved
to discharge the subcommittee which
has been considering the award bills,
and was defeated, IL to /.
Another motion to direct the sub
to consider bills providing
FOR honoring Mr.. Peary was adopted
oy unanimous vote.
Washington, March 14.-H. Some
ill, a grocer of Baltimore, this after
loon read to the senate committee on
he cost of living a statement giving a
lumber of comparisons of the cost of
commodities for several years back.
Among the articles mentioned as
Iaving increased in price were butter,
ggs, cheese, -four, beans and rice.
1e declared that during the last ten {
ears the price of potatoes had de- 6
reased Is per cent and chocolate and t
ocoa 10 per cent. c
The witness estimated that the price T
flour had increased IL per cent dur ]
lg the last IL years, but his figures +
Or five years back showed it had in Ii
reased about rs per cent. t
Representative Englebright, Repub- C
can, of California, the only member n
the house committee who favored p
congressional honors upon il
Peary without an inspec- II
on of the explorers proofs, does not p
ltend to let the matter rest. Fl
He says he will force the committee ST
vote definitely for or against Peary ol
ward if he can. The various bills for pi
lie Peary award are still before the pi
tr
Without active cooperation of the 81
the Western members of the to
'use will not be able to secure the er
USAGE of bill making available in
70, 900, 900 to hasten the completion ci
government irrigation projects. CO
by
Lands to be Restored. so