Smoot Case Divides Senate Over Utah Senator Seat
The Senate debated Reed Smoot's right to his seat as Utah’s senator after the Privileges and Elections Committee split on the issue. The majority accused Smoot of ties to Mormon leadership and plural marriage while the minority defended his rights under religious freedom and noted his upright private life.
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Bills Hang in House as Contested Pure Food and Immigration Bills Stall
Washington dispatch notes two pivotal measures, the Pure Food bill and the Immigration bill with the Senate education clause, remain on the House calendar amid delays. The President supports both, urges swift action, and backs a comprehensive immigration exam and ship space limits to curb steerage abuses. Representative Gardner introduces a unified immigration bill, while Speaker and Hepburn clash over rule details for the Pure Food bill.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Gardner
Committee On Immigration
Siepburn
Colonel Hepburn
Opinion on Senator Smoot’s expulsion and disqualification
The opinion argues there is no just ground to expel Senator Smoot or disqualify him from his seat. It states he has not waged war against, but rather acquiesced in, conditions not of his own making. The stance reflects a view shared by both hostile non Mormons and Mormons as the wisest and perhaps only course for effective results.
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House to Vote on Rule for Railway Rate Bill Conference
The June 11 Tribune dispatch reports the House will vote again on a rule to send the Railway Rate bill to conference. Republican whip Watson lobbied for full attendance as Hepburn, chair of the conferees, expects a smoother vote without House instructions. The Speaker to name the same conferrees.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
Watson
Indiana
Hepburn
STATEHOOD COMPROMISE DISCUSSED IN CONGRESS
Washington June 11 leaders of both houses discuss a statehood compromise. A conference report would be withdrawn and a new meeting held to frame a report proposing that Arizona and New Mexico statehood be voted on at the November election. Delegates to a constitutional convention would be elected then. Senator Foraker objects to costly conventions before statehood is settled. Cannon is said to have accepted, but denies confirmation.
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Washington
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Arizona
New Mexico
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Cannon
La Follette Opposes Indian Bill In Senate Speech
Senator La Follette in the Senate objects to the Indian Appropriation conference report citing alleged improper involvement in Indian roll work and a court appointment linked to a relative. He notes objections to enrolment provisions for the Chickasaw, the Colville settlement, and Seminole affairs as the session ends. The chamber approves the diplomatic appropriation and administers Whyte to Gorman’s seat while Tillman probes Chicago National Bank.
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Committee On Finance
Meat bill shaping up in House Agriculture Committee
Washington June 11 Congress moves toward prompt meat inspection legislation. The House Agriculture Committee debates alternatives to the Beveridge amendment with Wadsworth and others pushing for government payment of inspection costs. A Cowan plan for a $2 million government appropriation funded by packer fees is considered amid fears of a split and delayed action.
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Washington
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Wisconsin
W. H. Cowan
Efforts to Protect British Canned Foods
London June 11 John Burns president of the Local Government Board said the board is using all administrative means to address canned foods. He noted representations to the Foreign Office for better inspection from the country supplying the most canned meats and pledged to seek further powers if needed.
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Swiss Vote For Food Inspection Bill Passes
June 11 Berne reports the United States canned meats controversy influenced yesterday's vote on the new Food Inspection bill, which carried by a large majority. Interpellations in the National Council seek government action on American canned meats, while popular initiative could trigger legislative steps or vetoes. A petition of 30,000 citizens or eight cantons can force a referendum on measures passed by the Federal Assembly.
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National Council
Switzerland
Federal Assembly
Government meat contracts under War Department review
Washington on June 11 officials continued careful examination of government meat contracts, despite recent statements by General Sharpe that inspectors found no complaints about the Derserm filling process. The War Department remains attentive to the matter.
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Sharpe
Army
Derserm
War Department
Split on Niagara Falls bill sparks conference clash
The Niagara Falls preservation bill faces trouble after the House Rivers and Harbors committee objects to two Senate amendments. One prevents international talks over Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes, the other asserts that the bill cannot curb power for factories under construction. House conferrees warn these provisions weaken the bill and fear the Knox amendment could allow unlimited water use by ongoing factory projects.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Senate
House
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Knox
Postmaster Seeks Immediate Pneumatic Tube Extensions
Washington June 11 Postmaster Willcox of New York conferred with Postoffice officials in Washington on pneumatic tube extensions authorized by the appropriation bill now in conference. He urged starting the work at once and discussed plans with the Postmaster General. The bill authorizes twenty miles of additional tube service in Manhattan.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Willcox
New York
Postoffice
Manhattan
Tillman Hopkins controversy resurfaces over Chicago National Bank
In Washington on June 1 the Tillman Hopkins dispute returned to the Senate as Senator Tillman questioned the status of his resolution to probe the Chicago National Bank led by president John R. Walsh. Senator Aldrich, head of the Finance Committee, said major hotrooms would consider the measure tomorrow.
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Committee On Finance
President's travel fund bill could cover White House travel
Representative Wat son of Indiana introduced a bill to appropri ate 25 000 a year for the presidents travel expenses to replace a lost provision in the Sundry Civil bill. Backers argue the sum is modest and necessary given official trips require staff, secret service, and guests, and would avoid reducing the presidents effective salary.
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Washington
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Indiana
Williams
Watson
Congress
McKinley
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Filipinos At School Open Doors Across Islands
Manila reports the public schools opened with an estimated half a million pupils attending though accommodations only support about four hundred thousand. Governor Ide dedicated the new high school at Saiene in Tayabas Province and urged education as the key to the islands’ future.
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Ide
Saiene
Tayabas
Opposition to Friars in Luzon
In Lucena last night a demonstration by residents urged the expulsion of three Capuchin friars from Sariaya. Governor Ide, who arrived today, received a petition demanding removal and pledged to study the matter after noting previous promises by former and American officials.
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Lucena
Ide
Sariaya
Deserter Fortner Pleads for Presidential Pardon
President Roosevelt was asked to pardon J. Matthews Fortner of Pickens County South Carolina a navy deserter from 1902 after he joined a Greenville theological school to fund his ministry. Senator Gallinger and Representative Johnson urged clemency while Fortner awaits court martial outcome.
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Gould Speeding Case Adjourned At Request
Frank J Gould arrested Sunday for speeding on the Albany Post Road at Debbs Ferry. Police Justice Hugh A Thornton adjourned the hearing to tomorrow at his lawyer F W Millards request. Several other New Yorkers were fined at Dobbs Ferry for speeding including Louis E May and a Mr Van Dusen. A man titled John Brown arrested Sunday forfeited his $5 bail.
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Hope for Shipping Bill Gains Senate Support
Washington June 11 Senators backing the Shipping bill say their arguments to Speaker Cannon may ease enactment this session. The Speaker remains noncommittal. Grosvenor leads Merchant Marine and Fisheries in pushing for a House report, but success depends on the Speaker's stance. If a House vote occurs, passage is likely. a change at the 11th hour would surprise many supporters.
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Justice Day Hinted To Seek Stay For Albert Patrick
Canton notes Supreme Court Justice Day received a late telegram from ex senator William Lindsay of Kentucky promising to seek a stay for Albert T. Patrick of New York. Lindsay hadn't yet arrived at a late hour.
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Ohio
Justice Day
United States Supreme Court
William Lindsay
Kentucky
Albert T. Patrick
New York
Lindsay
Senate steering committee to discuss adjournment plan
Washington dispatch says Senator Allison will convene the Senate Republican steering committee on Wednesday or Thursday to map the remainder of the session with a June 2 gate likely if leaders agree. The House also favors adjournment before July 1 and a reasonable cross house programme is expected.
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Congress
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Cowboys Beat Man After Suspected Abuse Near Meers
Telegraph report from Meers South Dakota dated June 11 describes Mrs. Joseph Lairginer in fragile condition forced to drive cattle to a new claim. She fainted, her husband allegedly beat her with a beard and planned to abandon her. About thirty cowboys restrained him, hanging him from a tree limb until nearly dead. He then promised to seek a doctor, but disappeared when the physician arrived.
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Trainer's Hand Torn by Tiger at Coney Island
Hendrickson and French trainer Tanalias faced a Bengal tiger at the Frank C. Bostock arena in Coney Island while treating an leg abscess. Tanalias sustained a deep right hand laceration and was hospitalized with potential loss of the arm. Attendants held irons as the tiger reacted to the surgical incision, despite precautions.
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Coney Island
Hendrickson
Tanalias
Yananias
Cotton Acreage Report Clarified by Assistant Secretary Hays
Washington assigns near truth to June 4 cotton acreage figure at 28,686,000 planted. The 1,654,000 acre rise reflects partial shift from prior estimates and census adjustments, with one third of last month’s increase due to aligning last year’s data with ginned cotton figures. Statement approved by Secretary Wilson.
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Hays
Department of Agriculture
Department
Census Bureau
Bureau of Statistics
Booth Tucker Engaged To Ireland Leader In June
The Salvation Army announces the engagement of Commander Booth Tucker of London to Colonel Rai who leads the Army’s forces in Ireland. The wedding will be in London and private. date not set. Major Merriwether in Minneapolis released the notice.
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Ireland
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