Aldrich Financial Bill Falls in Senate Vote
The Aldrich financial bill faces defeat in the Senate as key opposition blocks its passage. Debate highlighted concerns over deficit impact and tax provisions while supporters urged quick action.
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
9
The Aldrich financial bill faces defeat in the Senate as key opposition blocks its passage. Debate highlighted concerns over deficit impact and tax provisions while supporters urged quick action.
Washington March 4 The capitol corridors were thronged last night by crowds drawn to a congress in tight session with long roll calls and hurried admission to private galleries. The House and Senate adjourned late as conference reports on immigration public buildings and sound money advanced, amid partisan exchanges and a near midnight crowd Still the government moves toward a final vote with the Aldrich financial measure defeated in the Senate and Congress poised to recess at noon today.
The session featured Aldrich detailing his measure and accusations of malice in the Senate. Delaware gained full representation with J Frank Allee and Li Nelser Ball both sworn in, bringing the body to 90 members. Timming threatened to defeat naval and deficiency bills over South Carolina’s $47,245 claim, risking more legislative gridlock. The Senate later approved conference reports on the naval bill and the general deficiency bill, recessing briefly before resuming at 10 a.m.
In Caragas on March 4, Venezuelan warships Zamora Vientures De Meyo and Zumuiachor, seized by the British during the blockade, were handed back at TaGuaira. The Bolivar may reach LaGuaira today amid reports of a dynamite bomb found by Venezuelan stokers in coal aboard the Restaurador, stirring intense excitement. Newspapers label the Germans anarchists.
Scranton March 4 representatives of the operators and miners have been summoned by the strike commission for a conference in Washington tomorrow morning. All the local lawyers who appeared before the commission will leave today for Washington. The summons stated the commissioners want to discuss weighing coal.
In David City Nebraska on March 4 the jury convicted Mrs Harvey Title of murdering her husband last October. The court recommended life imprisonment for the defendant.
Ithaca reports eight new typhoid fever cases in the past 24 hours with three suspected cases and two deaths. No new student cases. Cornell infirmary conditions described as very satisfactory.
The United States Steel Corp announces a year plan to spend about $30 million on audits and improvements across multiple plants. Capacity is expected to rise by 2,700,000 units with investments in South Chicago and McKeesport plants. Total annual output to increase by roughly $12 million in subsidiaries.
Secretary Moody accepted Rear Admiral Crowninshield designation and he will be moved immediately. Crowninshield protested recent orders transferring his flag from the flagship to the cruiser Chicago and detaching to the home squadron, as per the naval board plan led by Admiral Dewey. The European squadron transfer also shifted duties, with the Chicago less imposing and Crowninshield unable to return to Europe to display his flag on the battleship.
U S District Judge Adams issues a sweeping temporary injunction prohibiting coercion or strike actions by 3100 Wabash railroad employees. The ruling halts strike plans, delays permanent resolution, and faces later legal review as Ramsey and union leaders dispute the order and terms.
Thousands of cattle lie dead or dying along rails across the range country as a two week blight wreaks havoc on herds. Missouri Pacific crews counted 7 060 carcasses between the Kansas line and Pueblo while Rock Island workers report a rising toll visible from the tracks.
Former President Cleveland returns to Princeton from Suárez Florida after weeks away. Dominican government accepts Minister Powell’s settlement proposal for the Clyde line and Ros claims. In Buffalo no arrests yet in the Burdick murder. police believe a woman killed him. The M K & T railroad filed with the Dawes commission a claim to every alternate section along its Cherokee Nation line, based on 1866 act, involving 500 square miles of land. At Masatlan Mexico there were fifty plague deaths in February. Authorities save…
Madison March 4 joint committee on privileges and elections heard women suffrage advocates urge passage of a bill to submit a new amendment granting electoral franchise to women on equal terms with men. Speakers included Mrs Campbell, Mrs Hanchett, Mrs Sanders, Miss Shaw, Mrs Brown, Mrs McCullough and Rev Updike. Senator O Neill presided and Wilder spoke in favor noting gradual expansion of the vote from church membership to all citizens.
Milwaukee officials announce A C Bird of the Milwaukee Road will become traffic manager of the Gould system within about forty days. The appointment places him in charge of operations with major duties centered in Chicago, and confirms earlier reports by railroad leaders. Bird did not deny the move, while President A J Burling of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul lines practically confirmed it.
Pittsburg March 4 William J Bryan tonight denied reports that he would lead a revolt within the Democratic party to seize the national convention. He said he had made no such statement and that the contemplated action was improbable and not discussed. He asserted that cold democrats would not capture the convention. The idea is not credible.
Western insurers warn that inferior parlor matches dumped into the market cause curtain fires and costly losses. New York recently banned parlor matches and insurers press for similar ordinances in other cities unless manufacturers raise standards. They urge matches that strike only on the box as a safe, inexpensive option.
A speaker criticized anti democratic tendencies while praising slow progress in women’s rights, noting property rights, ability to sue and testify, and potential voting equality. He argued women’s morality and intellect empower political change as Good Women support reform. Hanchett Campbell and McCullough commented. committee will report later.
William A. Rist, noted lumberman, former state senator, and former Eau Claire mayor and bank president, died in Boston yesterday. The Wisconsin figure, tied to Eau Claire business and politics, was passed away at an estimated age. His death marks the end of a longtime public and civic career in Wisconsin.
Three residents of Madison Fond du Lac and La Crosse claim shares of the late John McCune of Colorado. They allege kinship through a long estranged family, each hiring attorneys to pursue an inheritance valued from twenty three thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The La Crosse claimant presents a romance laden tale of uncles nephews and a weathered wallet as proof.
An Amaniac invaded a residence at Washington Street, causing fear among the inhabitants. Police reported the incident as a frightening disturbance with no further injuries or details available at this time.
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