Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-06-02
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

Inc lHSurgenI RepuDllcanS DaSeQ
their opposition on the ground that
sufficient care was not taken to prevent
the watering of stocks and issuance of
both stocks and bonds in any way that
would be injurious to the general pub
lie.
President Taft's travelling expenses
and the fact that he had already over
drawn his allowance of $25, 900 a year
voted by congress, led to acrimonious
debate in the house today and to a re-
fusal to permit him to use the next
years allowance to meet the defic-
iency.
Washington, May -"Eefore the
Interstate Commerce commission can
become effective, it will be necessary
to equip it much more thoroughly"
said Senator La Toilette, in the senate
today, during a speech which consumed
practically the entire session.
He argued the reconstruction of the
commission, and said the country
should be divided into districts in
charge Of a sub-commission. The
Wisconsin senator spoke for almost
five hours in support of the commission
amendment regulating railroad rate in
,creases, and had not concluded when
the senate adjourned.
"There is not one line in the stat
utes to give to the people reasonable
railroad rates." declared he. "All
that has been accomplished is to afford
a means of giving equal rates to ship
pers."
The interest of the shipper was by
no means the interest of the general
public, he asserted. He declared the
people generally were as much entitled
to protection as the shippers. Forty
years ago the fight was begun with
that end in view, he said, and it was
as much fight against extortion as
against discrimination, but in the for
mer respect there had been utter fail
ure.
"The Interstate Commerce commits
sion is engaged in a mere child's
play" said Mr.. La Toilette, adding
that it was so edged about that it could
not effectively deal with the problem.
"The rules of the senate seem to be
so formed as to prevent one from
speaking the truth. The railroads
have been having their way for 40
years. We have the sins of many con-
crosses to atone for before we permit
this bill to pass from our, hands,"
Washington, May "a. - Chairman
Tawney, of the house appropriations
committee has succeeded in framing an
amendment to the sundry civil bill pro-
viding the president with $3.50, 900 to
obtain information on prices of manu-
featured articles that stood the test
of the rules of the house.
BY strict party vote of 110 to SO
the amendment was adopted. Prev
iously the house by vote of "a to LOG
the Fitzgerald amendment re-
ducing the amount to $4,000.
When the appropriation of $58, 900
for distinctive paper for national cur
rency was reported Tawney explained
that the proposed plans for laundering
paper money had not yet reached such
a satisfactory stage as to warrant re-
ductions.
The house discussed the efforts of
the administration to reduce the ex-
penditures of the government. Taw-
ney declared that from the time of
Alexander Hamilton there had been no
change in the system of the treasury
until the present effort to
improve it.
Fitzgerald declared that the system
could not be improved. He said any
to run the government as a
private business would result in lot
Of men being sent to the penitentiary.
Governmental and private business, he
were essentially different.
There were too many political chair
in the government in the
he added, to permit efficient
Washington, May %. Voting down,
26 to 39, an amendment offered by
Burton to authorize only one new bat
,leship instead of two, the senate to-
lay passed the naval appropriation
bill. The bill carries an appropriation
If almost $134, 900, 600. 1t was before
he senate two days, the debate being
confined almost exclusively to the bat
,leship question.
Two important amendments were
adopted today. One of them, offered
~ Johnston, appropriates $3.50, 900 for
he purchase of torpedo boats, "whose
,itals are below the normal load line"
The other, by Jones, eliminates rail-
'oad, county and municipal bonds from
securities that may be deposited by
The naval increase for the fiscal year
,nding June 80, 1911, provided by the
ill is as follows:
Two first class battleships to cost
lot exceeding 100000 900 each, and
When equipped with armor and arma-
nent, about S12, 500, 900 each.
Two feet colliers to cost not exceed
ng $1,000, 600 each.
Five submarine torpedo boats not
exceeding total of 50, 5000
Six torpedo boat destroyers to cost
lot exceeding $3.50, 600. The house
ill provided only four submarines and
10 torpedo boat destroyers.
The senate also adopted the resolu-
ion that not more than one of the bat
leships should be built by the same