The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-06-30
CONGRESSIONAL poIMes.

nounced in a speech opposing the
Root amendment that he would give
to the senate a chance to pass on
general tariff amendments for free
paper, free lumber and lumber prod
ucts and for reductions in many other
schedules.
The throwing of the Democrat
wool revision bill into. the senate
drove the progressive Republicans Of
that body into an open coalition with
the Democrats in q demand for q gen
eral revision of the tariff and brought
about the threatened crisis in the
finance committees control Of the SEN
ate. At the end of a bitter fight the
resolution by Senator Gore requiring
the finance committee to report back
the wool bill before July 10, was
passed by a ote of 80 to Is.
Cyrus H. Mccormick, president Of
the International Harvester company,
was before the senate investigating
committee to tell what he knew Of the
collection of a 100000 fund alleged to
have been used in Senator Lorimer's
behalf. He testified Clarence s. Funk,
general manager of the company, had
told him of activity in behalf Of Lori
mer and that the corporation had been
invited by Edward Hines,of the Hines
Lumber company, to contribute to the
election fund.
The house Of representatives, by a
vote of 221 to 100, passed the Under
wood wool tariff revision bill providing
for a reduction of the duty on wool
and manufactures of wool. Twenty.
four Republicans voted with the Dem
ocrats for the passage Of the measure,
and one Democrat, Representative
Francis of Ohio, voted against it.
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted be-
ing a slight change in p%hraseology.
An already badly tangled situation
in the senate was still further compli.
Gated when the senate finance com.
mittee decided to throw the wool re-
vision and SO called farmers free list
bills, recently passed by the Demo
cratic house of representatives. into
the open senate at ace to take their
chances along with Canadian reci-
procity. Both measures, however, re-
ceived formal adverse committee No
ports.
An investigation of the campaign
contributions in the general elections
Of 1904 and 1903 is proposed in a e 8
olution introduced by Senator Culber-
son of Texas. The proposed investi-
cation would be made by the commit
tee on privileges and elections. with
instructions to report methods Of cur
failing subscriptions and combining
them to proper and legitimate objects.
Estimating that one out of five of
the 100000 automobiles in use in the
country is employed in interstate
travel, Senator Simmons Of North Car.
DINA expressed the opinion, in .
speech in the senate, that 100000
annually can be raised for the i'm.
provement Of wagon roads by impos-
ing a license fee Of SO each on such
machines. . f.
In conformity with President Taft's
special message on the subject Rep
resentative Richardson Of Alabama in.
troduced q bill to amend the food and
drug act. It provides that no medical
preparations shall be sold which
threaten health and life BY creating
q false expectation Of cure"
The house Of. E1etsssatativss.shys .,
~ote .ofSl7s tot111sssesecttcslly astrict
party vote, COMPREHENSIVE the
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