Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-18
The Week
in Congress
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ed by the Senate Friday without
amendment. AS the result of this ac-
ton no conference will be required
upon this bill A large number Of
bills were passed, including one to
provide for the division of the lands
in the Grow Indian reservation and
one granting pensions of $12 month
to nurses who served in the Civil |
War. The Seate adjourned until Mon
day. The House practically conclud-
ed with the consideration of the ad.
ministration railroad bill for the adop.
tion of amendments before adjourn.
ment and agreed that a final vote
would be taken Tuesday. The section
authorizing mergers between railroads
was struck out by vote of 131 to
1913. Efforts Of Democrats to strike
out the sections relating to the capt.
talization of railroads were ineffect-
ual.
The Senate was not in session Sat.
urday. A sharp exchange between
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Shackleford, of Missouri. over an al.
legged breach Of order by the latter in
speech of st. Louis subtreasury con.
ditions under a former regime fea-
tured session of the House. Mr..
Shackleford complained of coercion
by the Speaker and asked II he were
to be "traduced" and ~bulldozed.. The
Speaker heatedly and repeatedly called
the Missourian to order, but overruled
an objection by members of the COM
mittee which investigated the situa-
ton in the st. Louis subtreasury, and
Mr.. Shackleford spoke an hour. The
House adopted resolution of sympa-
thy for the family of the late King
EDWARD and the British people, and as
a further mark of respect" adjourned. !.
Previous to adjournment at o'clock
Monday, on account of the death o;
King Edward VII. the Senate devoted
two hours to the consideration of the
railroad bill. Senator Overman of
North Carolina spoke in favor of the
long and short haul clause of the bill,
while Senator Files of Washington up.
posed that provision of the measure.
Earlier In the day Senator Stone of
Missouri introduced q resolution In
STRUGGLING the committee on postofiices
and post roads to make inquiry into
the propriety VI the use of franks in
circulating pamphlet in support If
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. The res
olution was referred to the postofice
committee under a promise of speedy
report, there being some indication
that the inquiry might take On
broader scope and that the misuse OF
the ranking privilege generally might
be entered upon. In the House legis-
lation relating TO the District Of Co
lumbia occupied the entire session.
Continuing the consideration Of the
railroad bill, the Senate Tuesday
heard arguments by Senator Bristow
in support Of the Dixon amendment
prohibiting greater charge for short
than for long hauls on the railroads,
and by Senators Lodge and Plies
against it. There were many inter
ruptions and much sharp colloquy. To-
ward the close Of the session resolu-
tdon authorizing an Investigation into
alleged abuses of the ranking privi-
lege was adopted. By vote Of 200
to 126 the House parsed the admins
tration railroad bill, with many of
the original provisions stricken out.
A proposition to revive section 10 re-
lating to the acquisition Of competing
lines was voted down before the bill
Was finally placed upon its passage.
Some Of the New England Republic
cans Joined With the Democrats in yot-
ing down that provision. The bill now
goes to the Senate, where bill simi-
larry introduced as an administration
measure has been pending for nearly
three months. The House passed sew
eral resolutions calling for identity OF
the real purchasers OF the Philippine
friar lands and adopted the conference
report on the bill to create the bureau
of mines and mining. which now goes
to the President for approval.
In personal explanation to the
Senate Wednesday Senator Piles of
Washington disavowed any RESPONSE
bility for the appointment of Richard
A. Ballinger as commissioner of the
general land Office or later as Secre-
tary of the Interior. This action re-
suited from intimations in the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigation that Mr..
Pi1pa had iuAuappod tho apno;,, ~, ov%