El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
ALLEGATIONS OF
REBATING HEARD
Senate Committee Considers
Lane Resolution For Rail
road Investigation.

w dSulIlB II. u JAN IO--fAAlS6eA7
lions of railroad rebating occupied the |
attention of the senate interstate com
nerce committee today. Ihe commit
tee considered senator Lane resOIu-
ton to investigate alleged rebaIlnS Dy
railroads to the United States steel
corporation.
The earl of KintOre was received on
the floor of the senate ana introduced
ID the vice pr5S--ent and senators ny
senators Root and Lodge.
Arguments for the seating OF FRANK
P. Glass, appointed a senator from
Alabama by governor y Neal were
heard before the elections committee
Discuss Western Reeiamat ton.
Reclamation projects in the west,
Mississippi river control schemes ana
other subjects entered into the deDaIe
Of the Alaska railway bill IN the senate
Thursday. Senator Borah' Oh IuauO'
precipitated the depression with an
amendment to the pending Dill WIIcn
provides $4,000 as a government IoaI
to carry forward arid lana recIdlila-
ton projects already under way.
Senator Walsh of Montana conciuQ les
his two dav speech in support OF Ihe
railroad hill ana senator BOrah added
to the mass Of figures ana sId I I5,
already presented Senator DULaI 5
said the present bill in no way IaIseG
the issue Of government OWheIsHIp -
railroads, that it was deslS 70
meet an emergency that couIu De me
in no other way A single 5iiLLS me ~
Alaska. he added had blocked OUT IN IN
its levels enough coal to give II ivy
years Of production at 11'VUO 'Oii9
day netting dollar ton.
Government ownership OF the SISSL
coal mines of the country as relIIeuS
for strike disturbances was 81
mended by senator MarIlne OA - ",
Jersey in a reDOrt submitted TO CiidlI
Doen Swanson of the senate committee
which investigated the west II siii-'
strike conditions.
NTaffs Not Interfered With.
Senator MARITIME charged parulcuIsstt ~, =
" with referance to interference 80
the mails and the employment OF con- N
tract labor said the evidence ldII1U
! TO s1ppert either of these condltlohS-
/ 'WhiIe there was delay IN dlslrIo55
utfng mail owing to the STRIKE a.. 60
! General disturbed conditions eA!S uil -
/ IN ais district" the senator said, L
/ found no attempt to suppress the gen
| eraI mail delivery to all patrons %
/ the resDective postOffices Of TINS us
! trict The presence OF armed ue o., u
! however. naturally excited bitter leel-
I fngs and their presence cannot ne
( strongly condemned TN
.sRegarding the employment OF I'M
| MIGRANT labor in blocks or on Gun
tract, from foreign countries, TINS lou
] was found impossible to eSIdoIlSH'
/ Urge Strike INVESTIGATION
| Senator Walsh had inserted III ny ny
| record a number of petitions WhlCI
had reached him from the COppol
region of Montana, praying that tb 7
congressional Investigation OF tn'
NTicbigan situation be had. Senator
Gallinger said he had received sllliLi r.
ne+itiODs from his New Hampshlrt
constituents but had not pIeseliIS ~
/ them as he believed the MlchlS4 an 81 slL
uation to be none OF Ne" ramp
shire's business" 80,
The kilograms presented by senator
Townsend earlier in the day were iron ,
/ a citizens committee in Calumet an
from the sheriff Of Houghton cOul =
/ +a1-i7,e- execution to the statements
/ news dispatches attributed to repre-
sentative Macdonald
Consider POstOffice Bill.
Debate was resumed in the mouse .-.st4i ~
dav on the postoffice appropI-ltsttttl. "
biII. The foreign affairs comm We
heard a committee OF New 4 oIA 10,
dents on the question Of the STATE
right to control the waters OF MAKO
"a. river for power purposes
Would Amend Sherman Law
REPRESENTATIVE Stanley OF kentuCA.
after a conference with pIeslu9I'
Wilson, introduced late TO-DAY q
amendment to the Sherman law Wh4o
would make Illegal monopoIlzaltloH,
restraint of trade in any degree
! ig desiqned to eliminate the que o
J reason laid down by the suprelil
court in the STANDARD OlI caSe.
Moon Attacks Diplomatic Corps
DEFIANCE of administration Clsap
,,rov1ai of the postoffice appropriate
/ hin because Of the provision eXempIlI
all of the 24OO assistant pOslillas &c IT1
/ i'm the country from civil service Wa
/ voiced in the house debate on ina
! measure Thursday by representatlV
/ Moon of Tennessee, chairman q ~
1 Dostoffice COMMITTEES. He attacked IN
) | American diplomatic corps as 81
| DerfluOus appendage TO the repuDuC
| and "a gang of political reproDates an
society degenerates that we oushI
Sc ton
J. Mr.. Moon said he had received q lei
fer from postmaster general Burleso
saying the president did not approx
, Of the section regarding assistant pos
: "This committee is not here to DO
D to the will of the president or or Ii
r / postmaster general on a quesuon
which they differ" he added. NO dOn
inatfOn of the postmaster general nj
p threat of veto from the presldel
= | ought to swerve US from the eouri
we believe to be right Ihe views
]. | the president and the postmaster Bel
= eral although I respect them, &c
3 tainly will not control me;
Predicts War With Mexico.
4 Intervention in Mexico as the on
result of the present poucy OF y
1 United States was predlcted IN y
house yesterday by representaJl'
/ Gillette, Republican, OF MassacnuseC y
during the course OF a war spee.
ls / in which he assailed secretary bIyaI
N Recognition of Huerta early IN u
= Mexican trouble, Mr.. Gillette sal
y v-onId have offered the best cham
q of duieting the disturbance.
y when the war comes" he said,
y will be no excuse that the secretary
~ state has delivered briIllanI speech
i'm favor of peace. An Irrational $40
), ification of peace is not suffice
I" atonement for a policy whose legll
mate and logical result is war.
has apparently deemed the state q
I partment a rather sinecure ana 7
= servoir of patronage than a field
80 / duty which requires earnest lnleh
II and persistent application"
os 6r,erics1 noIicv in China and t
early recognition of the Chinese