Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-06-09

drafted Dy Attorney General Wicker
sham following Numerous conferences
amending Interstate Commerce laws.
All OF the insurgents who opposed
many features of the original bill voted
for 1t last night.
Through the eliminating of pooling
and merger sections and by reason ot
the adoption of many amendments in
the interest of shippers, the progressive
republicans claim to have won a signal
victory and most of the democrats ex-
pressed themselves as favorable to q
large portion of tho measure.
Had 1T not been for the retention OF
the sections to create q court of COM
merce it is likely the vote for the bill
would have been unanimous.
Debate ceased at 1855 p. m. when
Senator Elkins, chairman OF the Inter-
state Commerce committee, moved to
take up the bill which was passed by
the House, and after striking out the
body or that measure, to substitute the
matter agreed upon by the Senate. In
that form the bill was voted upon with
tbs result that it was passed by vote
of so to IL.
No republicans voted against the bill
and six democrats voted for II. They
We're Senators Chamberlain, Clay,
Gore, Paynter, Simmons and Stone.
The democrats recorded against 1t
were Senators Bacon, Fletcher, Frazier,
Hughes, Money, Newlands, Percy, Pur-
cell. Rayner, Shively, Smith, Of Mary
land and Smith, of South Carolina.
Just before the voting began Senator
LaFollette, one of the insurgent re-
publican leaders, served notice upon the
Senate that unless the Senate confer
ees made determined fight for reten-
ton of amendments procured by pro-
gressives and democrats II could not
nnf
Speeches in explanation Of their votes
We're made by Senators Bacon LaFol-
lette, Dolliver, Paynter, Clay, Simmons
and Gore, and brief remarks were made
by others.
The new law will take effect go DAYS
from the date approved by the presi-
dent.
+ Representative Godfrey, republican.
OF Missouri. wants congress to make 1t
crime for a street car conductor to
spit on his hands. He introduced a.
bill in the House yesterday providing
that 1t shall be unlawful for the con-
ductor or any street railway car
operated in the District of Columbia
to expectorate on his hands or fingers
or In any other manner moisten his
hands or fingers with saliva while
handling tick cts or transfers"
If he splits on his hands once, Mr..
Coudrey would have him fined SIS: IL
he splits on his hands twice. $40, and
offense.
Mr.. Coudrey's bill makes no proyt-
sion for the adequate punishment of
conductor who would be so heinous
as to expectorate on both hands at the
same time.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill adopted by the
House yesterday stipulates that no
part Of the 100000 provided in the
bill for the enforcement of the Sher-
man antitrust law can be used In the
prosecution of labor organizations.
Chairman Tawney, Of the appropria-
ton committee. In charge OF the bill,
resisted the amendment. but received
little support from his party COL
leagues. The amendment was adopted
by a vote of 81 to So. indicating that
32 members present failed to vote The
democrats voted solidly for the amend
ment, and some republican insurgents
Joined them.
lively tilt between Representative
Ratney, OF Illinois, and Representative
McKinlay, of California, occurred in
the House late Saturday over an ac-
cusation by the former that the latte,
had inserted In the Congressional Rec
ord speech not delivered on the foo,
and prepared by Attorney General
Wickersham In this speech defense
was made of the attorney general and
Henry w. Taft brother Of the presi-
dent, against charges of being attor-
neyS for the sugar trust, as made by
Rainey on April a.
The charge that Mr.. Wickersham had
written his speech was Indignantly de-
MED by Mr.. Mckinley, who said he had
gathered the facts and prepared the
document himself
II charge here" said Mr.. Rainey.
that the attorney general has not de-
MED that he received part Of the i'm
mense fee paid the firm Of Strong e.
Cadwallader for services for the sugar
trust. That fee, according to this state
ment In the Record, was S25, 500. and he
states he and six other persons received
their proportionate interest In II as
members of the firm"
Further commenting on the course of
the attorney general, Mr.. Rainey said
he had letter in his possession writ
ten by Mr.. Wickersham in which he
said immunity could not be granted to
witnesses through a congressional in
vestigation.
In reply to Mr.. Rainey, Mr.. McKin-
lay said he had inserted his speech in
the Record because the Illinois member
had attempted to show that the presi-
dent was favoring the sugar trust and
was not acting in good faith in the
prosecution Of the trust
Representative Parsons interposed to
say that his father, John e. Parsons,
a sugar trust official, having denied
that he had any knowledge Of the sugar
frauds. would not be indicted
Treasury officials figure that IL all
the money In circulation In the United
States was divided equally every man,
woman and child would have $34.50.
This Is IA cents per capita more than
they should have had by the same pro-
cess of reasoning a month ago. Com
pared with year ago there was on June
], $14. ZOO, 600 more money in circulation
and yet. strange as 1t may seem, the
per capita was "a cents less. This, 1t
Is said, is due to the increase In popu-
lation. 1t being proportionately more
than the growth Of the civic medium
The general stock of money in the
United States on June / was $3,419.-
3S2,934, Of which 1898, 076,537 was held in
the treasury as assets OF the govern
ment.
On their long horseback journey from
Oklahoma to New York whittier they
are riding to meet Mr.. Roosevelt, Louie
and Temple Abernethy, the and