Senate floor action and President's message sessions
The Senate adjourned work after nearly three hours focused on the President's message and 1000+ nominations across 77 lists, including Franklin Lane for the Interstate Commerce Commission and Sandora B. Dole for Hawaii Territory judge. The House tempered enthusiasm. members discussed foreign affairs and praised the mild document while Republicans welcomed lighter duties.
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Senate
Gevertr
White House
Franklin K. Lane
California
Himeedif
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jane
Sandora B. Dole
Hawaii
Territory of
Hale
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Department of Public Works
Committee On Public Expenditures
Boutell
Mllinois
House
Taft criticized over cattle industry in Iowa protest
In Des Moines on December 7, A Sykes president of the Town Meat Producers Association denounced President Taft for supporting plans he said hurt cattle interests. Sykes urged members to oppose an interstate commerce court and a central bank as attempts by trusts to control finance. He warned against poste l subvention measure.
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Tribune
Mes Moines
Iowa
Taft
Congress
A. Sykes
Town Meat Producers’ Association
Association
Sykes
Tom the Tribune
Washington
Tatts
Republican Party
Taft urged stance on Argentine cattle industry threat
The president warned the impact of Argentine cattle industry growth on U S livestock interests. He argued wealth would flow to Argentina to develop cattle, and ships would be built there for half the price charged domestically.
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Taft
Pittsburg Businessmen Pleased by Taft Message
Pittsburg district steel coal and business leaders praise President Taft for aiming a balanced policy and predict prosperity. Banker A W Mellon says tariff tinkering is over for now and law makers should follow suit. Carnegie Steel Jones & Laughlin Pittsburg Coal firms also voice approval of the administration’s conservatism.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Taft
A. W. Mellon
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal Company
Highway graft inquiry details by State Highway Commission
Albany December 7 Chairman H Percy Hooker of the State Highway Commission issued a statement denying ongoing graft in highway construction. He says bids on file are regular and urges submission of original bids to compare with bids opened by the State Engineer to protect the state and involve the Attorney General if needed.
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Albany
Percy Hooker
State Highway Commission
Skene
Otsegg
Originel
Oler Testifies in Ice Company Case Third Day on Stand
Wesley M. Oler, president of the American Ice Company, faced sharp cross examination by James W. Osborne, deputy attorney general, in the Sliegen law case before Justice Wheeler. Oler admitted to buying out Merchants' Union and presenting it as independent to curb rivals and disclosed owning six tenths of National Ice Company stock.
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Wesley M. Oler
American Ice Company
James W. Osborne
Justice Wheeler
Supremes Court
Cler
Osborne Cuttings
Oler
Merchants’ Union Company
Osborne
National Ice Company
Haskell halts bank probe in Oklahoma City
Governor Charles N. Haskell cancelled Attorney General West’s authority to present the state before the Oklahoma County Grand Jury. The move ends the AG’s investigation into the Columbia Bank and Trust Company, with three indictments blocked at the governor’s instruction.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
West
Oklahoma County Grand Jury
Charles N. Haskell
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Haskel
State Banking Board
MISS SHAW LOSES FATHER DURING DIVORCE RUN
Miss Mary Shaw actress in Divorce at the Lyric Theatre learned last evening her father Levi Shaw died in Boston. She rushed to Boston while her mother had died ten days earlier in Atlantic City. Shaw, seventy five, had long served as superintendent in the Boston Building Department.
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Mary Shaw
Lyric Theatre
Levi Shaw
Boston
Miss Shaw
Bovton
Mins Shaw
Atlantic City
Mr. Shaw
Bullaing
Century Old Parish Marks Tundren Years Service
The Second Avenue Baptist Church on Second Avenue hosts anniversary services for a century of religious work on the East Side. This evening the Sunday schools of greater New York will join the church in the observance.
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Second Avenue
Taft's Annual Message Divides Republicans in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Taft's first annual message cited key topics but omitted major recommendations. Conservatives praise tone while progressives fear the shift signals a bureaucratic struggle shaping cabinet and Senate responses.
Borah proposes law restricting congressional lawyers
Senator Borah of Idaho introduces a bill to bar Senators Representatives and Delegates from representing corporations or persons under government regulatory control. Penalty mirrors existing ban on lobbying in suits with government interests imprisonment up to two years and a fine up to 10000 dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Senate Judiciary Committee
Change in Inauguration Date Proposed by DC Commissioners
Washington officials advocate moving the President’s inauguration from March to the last Thursday in April. The report cites weather risks and blizzard-related illness and deaths as the main justification for the change.
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District of Columbia Commissioners
Washington
Commissioners
District of Columbia
Congress
Postal savings bank bills gain momentum in Congress
Advocacy for postal savings banks grows as President Taft supports quick enactment. Senate proposals by Borah and Burkett seek local depositories and capped deposits, with 2 percent interest on deposits. Monetary Commission members show softened opposition, debating delay versus inclusion this session.
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Washington
Postal Savings Banks
Taft
Monetary Commission
Congress
House
Senate
Carter
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Postal Savings Bank
Borah
Burkett
Commission
Canada
Postal
Dominion
Murphy Seeks Backing as Gaynor Talks Begin
Charles F. Murphy met Mayor elect Gaynor yesterday at Judge Gaynor's Brooklyn home. Murphy said he discussed the political situation generally, no appointments named, and expected to call again before year end. He indicated Tammany officials would apply to the judge directly for posts.
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Charles F. Murphy
Gaynor
Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Tammany
City of
New York
Mr. Murphy
Commission Not a Court Delays Ice Shipments Ruling
Albany reports that the Public Service Commission dismisses Rock's complaint against the Delaware & Hudson Company over alleged ice shipment charges. The ruling clarifies the commission's non judicial status and outlines when reparations may be pursued through court, and how reductions in rates may imply compensable past overcharges. Funeral services were held for Bishop Daniel A Goodsell at Madison Avenue Church, with burial planned in Meriden, Connecticut.
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Albany
R. B. Rock
Delaware & Hudson Company
Public Service Commission
Martin
Decker
Public Service Commissions
Bishop Goodsell
Daniel A. Goodsell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Th Street
Madison Avenue
Meriden
Conn
Telegraph and Telephone Property Valuation Resolution
A congressional resolution directs the Bureau of Corporations to prepare for Congress a complete physical valuation of telegraph telephone and cable lines and other property of Western Union Postal Telegraph and American Telephone. The valuation covers through December 1 and includes subsidiary concerns, capital stock, bonded debt, and market value of stocks and bonds. The bureau may hire surveyors and appraisers.
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Washington
Lesen
United States
Kiltcheeck
Nebraska
Secretary of Commerci and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Congress
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph
American Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Bureau
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