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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
7
May session notes from Congress describe the agricultural appropriation debate and amendments to a rate bill. House actions include refusals to accept Senate amendments and turbulent proceedings over conference rules and a diplomatic matter. Minority Leader William presses for votes and a rising quorum is confirmed at 195 members.
May 24 reports the Senate debating the agricultural appropriation bill criticizes a provision allowing the secretary of agriculture to extend leave to Washington area employees. Critics warn the policy could spread nationwide, framing government staff as a latent band of mendicants. Separately the House scenes include a no quorum maneuver and party tensions with vote counts noted.
Fragmented notes describe senate discussions on immigration law amendments including stricter education prerequisites and exclusion of certain classes. References to Simmons Lodge and filibuster signals and a House consensus effort amid ongoing political maneuvering.
Washington May 22 The senate spent most of the session on immigration bill with Dillingham McCreary Bacon and Patterson speaking. McCamber denied a New York Tribune claim that the rail rate bill was amended to weaken it. A resolution was adopted to review Burton case while adjourning.
In Washington on May 22 the House wavered about entering committee of the whole on the diplomatic and consulary bill or taking up Gardner’s immigration bill. Gardner led a mild filibuster to delay the diplomatic bill while Williams urged decision. Republicans held a quorum and the diplomatic bill moved to general debate which ran until six o clock. The Senate bill authorizing a dam on the Pend d Oreille river in Washington was noted.
In Washington on May 21 the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill was swiftly passed by the senate within three hours. The measure carries 29,515,250 dollars in appropriations, slightly up from earlier figures, as pension bills moved to the floor for consideration. Opposing views surfaced in the house over Alaska Central railroad time extension, with Williams of Mississippi arguing it would exempt property from licenses and railway taxes during construction and five years after.
On May 19 the House rejected a measure that would make it a penitentiary offense for any government official to disclose secret information affecting market values of U S products. The bill, affected by cotton scandal remedies, faced sharp debate and was tabled by a 107 to 66 vote after conferees' report.
The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce spent three hours assessing the railroad rate bill and decided to recommend disagreement with all Senate amendments and send the measure to conference. They will not seek any instructions to the conferees and did not object to the amendment granting the court power to review Interstate Commerce Commission orders.
Washington May 22 revival of question whether the Oklahoma and Indian Territory admission bill will ride on an appropriation bill. Discussion grows after a close presidential ally broached the idea but the president did not endorse such action.
Washington May 22 Prevent indications point to an adjournment of congress about the 16th of June The great debate of the session has been brought to a close with the railroad rate bill passed by the Senate and ready to move to the appropriation bills All big appropriation measures in the House are passed except the sundry civil bill The Senate has moved to finalize urgent deficiency pension fortifications army and Indian appropriation bills and will quickly take up post office agricultural legislative District of Columbia and military academy appropriations The conference committees on the rate bill are not expected to report for two weeks but the House will likely accept essential Senate amendments including that from Senator Allison and the president’s approval will justify final adoption
W G Voliva, head of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion City, announced that from January 15 to May 10 church expenses fell from 9800 to 3832 dollars per month due to staff cuts and salary reductions. He said ecclesiastical expenses would save about 70000 dollars yearly. Voliva's own pay was set at 100 dollars monthly amid a report to a committee appointed by Federal Judge Landis. Excell resigned as general ecclesiastical secretary over doctrinal differences. John Alexander Dowle's condition was unchanged.
The cruiser Columbia sails from Philadelphia for West Indian waters with marines. Its first stop is Guantanamo naval station where commanders will receive orders. Navy officials decline to state the mission’s purpose, saying it does not affect the San Domingo situation.
The government has submitted a bill to the second chamber to approve a protocol inviting non represented powers, invited to attend the second peace conference, to become adherents to the 1899 convention by accepting the invitation.
Vienna reports ongoing fighting in Barits and Prochterje areas with Turks in force burning villages looting and committing violence against women and men as the Balkans spiral into renewed conflict.
A roundup of distant events from Russia to California notes a general strike threat in Russia, graft exposures harming American trade, and political shifts. It mentions floods in Texas, oil investigations in Cleveland, and Panama canal plans with costs and dates. The piece surveys arrests, elections, church mergers, royal weddings, and global tensions.
The Kearsarge, launched March 24 1898 at Newport News, is a powerful U S battleship with four 13 inch guns and heavy armor. It sailed with unique turret arrangement, 368 foot length, 72 foot beam, 23 6 foot draft and 16 knot speed. Seven sailors died in a powder accident during Cuban target practice.
The piece cites an 18th century remedy using boiled snails in barley water for coughs and notes gentian root as a malaria tonic in Corsica. It discusses urbanization shifts in England, indoor humidity research, iron patches in aging silver, carbon penetration in porcelain, and early electron theory by Soddy with Thomson’s beta ray findings influenced by light and heat.
The text suggests all matter undergoes atomic changes releasing vast energy. If this extends through the Earth, each atom emitting an electron once in a billion years could power the planet's heat. The atomic modification might explain fatigue of platinum and other substances after long incandescence.
A writer in Farming argues cowpeas can profitably replace or supplement traditional crops. He notes costs of planting and seed per acre, projects 700 tons of pea-vine hay sold at 12 dollars per ton, and praises soil improvement. He asserts cowpeas fit any rotation and will rise in importance with higher labor costs.
A tale recalls Miss Abigail Spears aiding her brother James’s memory by adjusting a feared table in his minister’s house. She designed a cornerwise table alignment to curb his clumsy habit, noting the man’s need for reminders and that careful design can prevent mishaps.
A Washington Star cartoonish remark notes a Congress member enjoying a vacation while others escape long speeches. The line wryly wonders what happened to the old motto about hiding from the loud political voices.
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