The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-04-16
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Antitrust Legislation Will Be
CurtaiIed at This Session
of Congress.

congress on the broad scale originally
outlined by the administration.
After many conferences of demo-
cratic and republican senators, who
in turn have conferred with members
of the house interstate and judiciary
committees, tentative amendment to
the senate bill to create an interstate
trade commission has been drawn, de-
signed to take the place of proposed
bills to prohibit or regulate interlock-
ing directorates, holding companies,
stock watering; to provide for govern
ment regulation of the issuance of
railroad securities and to solve the
problem of destructive price discrim-
nation. It would provide that all
these problems be referred to the pro-
posed interstate trade commission, di-
recting an exhaustive study of the sub
ject for the information of congress.
Huerta's Apology Relieves Strain.
The tense situation created by the
arrest of American marines by Next
can authorities at Tampico was great
ly relieved with the receipt of General
Huerta's prompt reputation and apol.
ogy for the action.
Officials at the state and navy de.
partments considered the statement
from Huerta full and frank. 1t prom
Used an immediate investigation OF
Colonel Hinojosa's action in arresting
the marines and parading them public
ly through the streets, and the official
statement issued by the state depart
ment added that General Huerta had
promised that "if the investigation
should develop a greater responsible
ity on Colonel Hinojosa the penalty
applicable to the case will be imposed
by the competent legal authorities"
Vote on Repeal in Senate Uncertain.
Until the hands Of the opposition
to canal tolls repeal are clearly shown,
it cannot be foretold how long the,
senate will confine itself to discussion
of this all-absorbing subject, but there
is little likelihood general debate on
the issue will begin for two weeks.
4 Opposition to the repeal is growing
more vigorous as the time for DISPOSE
ton of the controversy approaches,
but senators supporting the president
insist this opposition is not extending
itself. They still maintain confidence
that the repeal bill will pass without
amendment.
Senator O'Gorman and other oppo-
nents of the repeal plan to make cap
ital of the treaty negotiated with
Colombia which would extend to the
South American republic the use of
the canal free of tolls for warships.
Treaty Not Construed, Says Bryan
Secretary Bryan in a statement re-
views at length the Panama tolls ques-
ton and in the course of the state,
ment declares that the repeal of the
tolls exemption in the Panama canal
act Cannot be construed to be con-
struction of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty" but is simply refusal on
the part of the United States to raise
that question in that way"
Asserting that the opponents of the
repeal have seized upon the charge
that the president is "surrendering to
England" Mr.. Bryan declares that the
opposition to the repeal has attempted
to appeal "to prejudice rather than to
reason"
what has Great Britain done," he
asked, "to justify the accusation that
she is trying to dictate to this coun-
try? She has simply called attention
to the terms of the treaty and asked
for arbitration of the question of con-
struction, In case this government diff
fers from the British government in
the construction to be placed on the
language.
National Capital Brevities.
The democratic majority in the
house voted to close the assay offices
at Boise, Salt Lake and Deadwood on
June 30.
Members of the house judiciary
committee voted to censure Represen-
tative McDermott, of Illinois, in con-
nection with the recent investigation
of the lobby activity.
United States supreme court rules
that private light and power COM
panies may extend their plants be-
yond the city limits without gaining
a franchise from the city concerned.
A clearinghouse for pure food and
drug information collected by the led
eral and state governments has been
established by the department OF agri-
culture.
Representative Henry OF Texas In
troduced a resolution authorizing the
investigation of steamship transporta-
ton Of freight between Pacific and
Atlantic ports in the effort to unmaSk