The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-16
Washington.


A bitter sectional debate occurred
in the senate between Senator Root
of New York and Senator Bacon Of
Georgia, growing out Of the popular
election of senators resolution, in
which Mr. Root attacked the South
for its Acknowledgement laws and
crimes of lawlessness, peonage an6
lynchings that have occurred within
its borders and threatened that should
the time come when the negro needed
protection the Federal government
would intervene to enforce the four.
teenth and fifteenth amendments. Sen
ator Bacon came to the defense OF
the South in spirit of passionate
loyalty. The charges of the senator
from New York were met with the
Ecounter-charge by the senator from
Georgia that more lawlessness and
crime was committed in New York's
east side than in the entire South
and that one of the most horrible
lynchings that ever occurred was per
petrated in the state of New York.
The senate agrees with the house
that wearers of the uniforms of sol
diers or sailors of the United States
should be protected from discrimina
ton by managers Of places of enter
tainment The bill as it passed tne
house imposed fine of a thousand
dollars and penalty OF two years
Imprisonment for such offense against
members of the army, navy or ma
rine corps. The senate passed the
bill, but so amended it as to make
the fine five hundred dollars and to
remove the Imprisonment feature.
The senate bill providing for the re.
organization OF the consular service
was passed by the senate. The bin
creates ten consular offices and aboE
ishes eighteen.
TIE house adopted an amendment
to the codifioation bill, which, il rat
flied by the senate, and approved by
the president, Will extend the provis-
ions of the captured and abandoned
property act of March ~ 1863, and
permit claims to be brought for some
$10,000,000 collected under that act
which still remains in the Federal
treasury. Not only are the provisions
OF the act of 1863, formerly limited in
| its operations to two years, made to
apply to suits which may hereafter
be brought in the court of claims,
but the former requirement that the
claimant must prove loyalty" is
stricken.
President Taft has decided to call
an extra session in the event action
is not secured at the present session
on the administration measures which
he is urging upon congress, chiefly
the bill for permanent tariff board
and the Canadian reciprocity pact
the president feels that he has struck
popular chord in the Canadian
agreement, and since popular hits
have been rare during the present adj
ministration. he proposes to make the
most of IT. Most members oppose an
extra session.
After ten-year SrruggIe, the house
passed a bill providing Tor the pur
chase and obstruction OF American
embassies, Legations and consular
buildings abroad.
Contending it had been conclusive
iy shown that il even one corruptly
influenced vote had been cast for Sen
ator Lorimer in the Illinois legislature
Senator Fletcher OF Florida, mem
her of the committee of privileges
and elections, addressed the senate
in support of the committees report
generating Mr. Lorimer. Mr. Fletcn.
err would not admit even that -four Of
the members of the legislature had
testified to receiving money as a con.
sideration for their votes" as stated
IN the report of the senate commit.
tee.
The Democrats of the house com.
bined with the Republican represen.
tatives from those states whose rep.
resentatives in congress would have
been reduced by holding the house to
its present membership and passed,
the Crumpacker reapportionment bill
providing for house membership o.
4Ss. If ARIZONA & and New Mexico
should be admitted to statehood they
will be given. one representative each,
bringing the total to 4S5 This &C
ton of the house must be ratified b,
the senate. The house leaders be
/ lieye the senate win follow the wish.