Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-03
Sixty.first Congress.
(Second Session
Washington, March 8.
SENATE.

SbH j
Soutt,r Cunp:ins today presented TO
the Senate Que of the minority reports
on tae administration bill 10 create q
com merce court aud amend the inter-
stale commerce lawe. 1t vas signed By
Senators Cunmins and Olapp, both
leading progressive republicans.
Senator Oammins requested that the
| report be printed In the Record, which
Was done.
Senator Hale later said the majority
report should be pril It'd in the came
lumber OF the Record Hs WaLt'd
Mr.. Cummins to withhold bis rport.
Senator Gull om said Senator ElkiDs is
absent from the city and canuo! file bis
| report until late in The week.
Seust,r Bale said "the be: u:ies Of
the two reporls cen be better appreciated
if presel I'D together"
Senator Cunmins said tae msj 1rlty
report Ia intended t, be brief. Hs wsu d
defer printing his report in the Record.
~ would not impssch ny Own report,"
| said Mr.. Gu nmins. "by admitting that
1t ctu'd no: stand comparison WITH the
her."
Senator NeRIands said he YOU'D file
| report 90 the proposition to give rail-
roads a federal license aud desired it
printed with the others.
The frat big feature OF President
Tails legislative programme, the postal
savings bsuk bill, xas put on finsl trial
10 the Senate today ard before atj ,ura-
ment conclusive vet, viii! be taken on
the measure and al pending amend.
ments. Tho indications are that i. will
have a COM Portable msjority, the chief
opposition ST the last coming from den-
ocrst, who regard the legislation IS un-
contt tn ional. The New England repub.
licsus will support The bill under protest
to please the president and the western
progressiyes will accept the measure as
bette, than nothing.
The postal savings banks bill was
taken up al the first oppor II ,ity today,
pending amendment being that offered
By Sans t,r Page to creste reserve fund
|, pay II flores: en- lCssss aud meet !nterts!
+ qairemenIs When accumulated money
| csDn1t be losntd at renu 1eratiVe rates.
TIE q. nd eut wsI mod led 80 that
The fund ", uld only ofstt "cbarges and
LOSSES" the words "to .s'a1lsh an ado
q4ate reserGe" being eliminated.
Senator Eurtoa said provision should
be made fer reeerve. The govern
mert be said, was going into Inc bank
iug business and reserve Was essential
| to its suece :slul prjsec:.o' He did not
regard tae pending bill satisfactory aud
predicted chat liz operation you'd prove
a failure He believed all the funds
should be invett.d in government, state
or municipal binds. He rrontu'ced
the Smoot amendment mere make
shift to make tie mtasure unconstl!u-
tional,
Senator Cummius renewed his motion
to strike out the adequate reserve pro-
vision. He attacked the other feature
OF the Psge amendment fixing the miui-
mum rate Of interest at two and one
fourth per cent aud emf Sering the
trutt ,es tr raise tie rit, to cover charges,
losses and The reserve, il necessary.
The Oummins amendment was adop.-
ed, 3S ayes, 81 noes.
The vote clearly indicated that the
piogrsssiVes and rear-Progressi7e, aching
With the democrtt,, will be able t. pre-.
vent amendments calculsted to remove
the funds from communities where COL
les!ed.
"Wben this bill ia ~ into practical
operation" said Sana!or B iley, there
NUT be 1t least fifty Thousand additional
postoffice employees t, handle the bank.
| log business. That would be one extra
employe for each postoffice.''
HOUSE.
A charge tha! the directors of the Mar.
chant Marine Lesgue Fave entered into
conspiracy to intimidste members Of
Congress Eho are opposed to ship sui
sidy aud that foreign ship owners have
entered into conspiracy to i.hu,1ce
members wao favor ship subsidy, vas
made By Mr. Steenerson (cep., Minp.),
today and he demanded an investigation.
Mr.. STEVENSON declared that dst C.
tives had been III. on his tail and that
be had been .hrestsned. The resolution
was referred 10 the committee on the
iu .iciary.