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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

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Dec 18, 1908

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House Presses President on Secret Service Evidence

The House demanded the President provide any evidence supporting his claim that the chief argument for the Secret Service provision was that Congressmen did not wish to be investigated. The measure, offered by Chairman Perkins, also seeks evidence tying any member of the Sixtieth Congress to corrupt acts and notes the President’s impeachment remark about Congress. John Sharp Williams argued the motion to grant more time for testimony.

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New York Times Washington, D.c House Senate Congress Perkins Select Committee Secret Service Treasury Department United States Houses of Congress House of Representatives Sixtieth Congress John Sharp Williams Legislative Branch Roosevelt Mr. Bennet New York Messrs. Perkins Williams Gen. Keifer Mr. Williams Henry Texas Hepburn Ayes California Iowa Murdock Pollard Nebraska Madison Kansas Howland Ohio Nelson Wisconsin Gaines West Virginia Bennet Parsons Gillett Massachusetts Cole Louden Wilson Illinois Douglas Tes Yeas Committee On Appropriations Hemenway Inland Waterways Commission Newlands Aldrich Hale Burkett White House
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Roosevelt setback as Senate balks at Public Printer pick

Washington is 17 December report that President Roosevelt failed to win Senate confirmation for Samuel B Donnelly as Public Printer. Donnelly, a labor leader aligned with the Building Trades Council of New York, faced questions from senators while Republicans concede the debt to labor must be paid, though confirmation may follow.

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Washington Roosevelt Senate Samuel B Donnelly Donnelly Building Trades Council of New York Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor Elkins Platt Committee of Printing New York Depew
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Roosevelt urges DC government reform and Housing and Labor

President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress proposing a single Governor for the District of Columbia, replacing three Commissioners. He recommends new municipal departments including Housing and Labor to improve sanitation and social conditions, with direct oversight by a competent head. The report honors James B. Reynolds for service and references a model houses committee.

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Washington District of Columbia Housing and Labor Roosevelt Congress James B. Reynolds
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Senate bill tightens steerage space on ocean steamships

Washington reports Senator Lodge's conference bill raises steerage open deck space to at least five square feet per passenger and creates exclusive steerage dining and recreation areas of no less than fourteen square feet berthing plus three extra feet per passenger. The measure aims to reduce steerage numbers compared with British law and prior American limits.

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Washington, D. C Senator Lodge Congress England New York Nemteenaity
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