The National tribune., 1910-05-12
CONGRESS.
Report of Proceedings From Day
to Day.
Senate.

night VI OTBaUlZdllOn SeIdlOIS an ttSltS
ment was reached to withdraw section!
and II of the railroad bill, pol
showing the impossibility of obtaining
the necessary votes to carry them.
The railroad bill was considered thru
out the day, Mr.. Dixon addressing th'
Senate on his amendment relative t.
the long and short haul.
The bill providing for the creation OF
Bureau of Mines in the Interior De-
partment was passed.
The nomination of Charles E. Hughes
to be Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court was confirmed without opposi-
ton.
House.
BY Vote of 81 to the House passed
the Stevens bill. providing for the con-
struction of dams across navigable
streams and empowering the Secretary
of War to fix charges for resulting wa
ter rights.
An omnibus lighthouse BILL carrying
authorizations of more than $1,000, 900,
was passed.
A bill was passed which removes all
questions concerning the legality of the
admission of "Armenians, Syrians and
Jews" from Asiatic countries into the
United States
A gradual increase of the Engineer
Corps of the Army was provided for in
bill passed by the House.
Representative Harrison introduced
resolution demanding of the Attorney
General the documents in the Ballinger-
Pinchot case, which Attorney BrandeiS
has been requesting.
The House adjourned at $40 p. m.
Senate.
May S.-The sections of the railroad
bill authorizing traffic agreements and
providing for mergers were stricken out
without vote being taken. Several
Republican Senators voiced their pro-
tests against what they termed an aban-
donment of the Republican platform.
The long and short haul clause was
under debate the remainder of the day
without any conclusion being reached.
The bill providing for the creation of
a Fine Arts Commission for the Dis
trict of Columbia was passed.
House.
The railroad bill was under discussion
practically all day. The traffic agree
ment provision was stricken out, and
the short and long haul rate feature
was upheld.
Senate
May 4-Senator Simmons in a speech
condemned the methods of the Depart
ment of Justice in its prosecution of the
cotton pools.
The pension appropriation bill, car
rying 155,000,000, was passed
The Frye bill requiring ocean-going
vessels carrying so persons or more,
including passengers and crew, to be
equipped with wireless apparatus was
passed.
The session was devoted to the busi-
ness of Calendar Wednesday, and a
number of claims bills were passed
The bill providing for the reimburse
ment of the depositors of the Freed
mans Bank was passed.
Favorable action on the Flint-Mc
Lachlan bill, to establish Government
steamship line on the Pacific Coast, was
urged by representative of Seattle
and Tacoma interests at a hearing be-
fore the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.
Senate.
May .5--Senator Bourne in an ex-
tended speech, lauded the election laws
of Oregon.
Senator Bacon entered a vigorous
protest against the present method of
selecting Federal officehoIders in the
South.
In a short speech Senator Money pre-.
dicted the defeat of the railroad bill.
Mr.. Dixon voiced the discomfort of
several Senators at being classed as in
surgents because they voted occasional
ly with the Democrats.
A tacit understanding that the Senate
should adjourn until Monday was de-
feated thru Mr.. Bacon's insistence that
the reason should be properly assigned
as due to the absence of Senator Aldrich
and nothing else.
House.
The session was devoted to the con-
Silerafion of the railroad hill WAS
agreed that the vote on the merger
section should be taken after one hours
debate to-day
An amendment providing that when |
railroad in competition with water
route lowers it's rates, such rates cannot
be increased without proof of a satis-
factory reason for the increase.
At committee hearing Chief Wilkie
declared that the President had tray-
eled so much that the Secret Service
would need $4,000 for the work of
protecting him.
Representative Martin introduced an
other 'friars' lands" resolution, which
is the first Of series to be offered daily.
Representative Sherwood introduced
bill providing for the purchase of
electrical hearing devices for pension
ers who are deaf as the result of in
juries received in the military service.
The House adjourned at $50 p. m.
Senate.
May 6.-The Post Office approprIa-
ton bill, carrying s240 100000 was
passed exactly as il came from the
House.
The railroad bill was not under con-
sideration. Republican leaders say they
now have the votes to defeat any long
and short haul amendment.
A large number Of bills on the calen-
dar were passed. including one grant=i
ing pensions of S12 a month TO nurses
who served in the civil war.
House.
amending the railroad bill in the Com
Inittee Of the Whole, and the bill will be
brought to a vote on Tuesday.
The merger section of the bill was
stricken out on motion of Representa-
tive Adamson, of Georgia
The sections dealing with the issu-
ence of stocks and bonds and the reor-
ganization of railroads in the hands of
the receivers were allowed TO remain in
the bill.
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
carrying total of $11I, ,S49,2II, was re-
ported by Chairman Tawney, of the Ap-
preparations Committee
Prince Tokugawa, of Japan, was ad-
mitted to the floor and held an informal
reception.
Representatives Fish and Parsons. of
New York, and Hayes, of California
appeared before the Rules Committee
in support of their resolutions for the
alteration Of the rules.