Proceedings of Congress In Brief
Washington March 5 In its first days congress swore in new cabinet members and Huntington Wilson as assistant secretary of state Senators Chamberlain of Oregon and Smith of Maryland were sworn in The bill authorizes 250000 for Pedro Harbor San Pedro California Tomorrow the general demi nency bill the last supply measure will be reported and hoped to pass Speaker Roane faced a noisy session pounding his gavel to restore order.
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Huntington Wilson
Chamberlain
Oragon
Smith
Maryland
Senate
San Pedro Harbor
Ifornia
Roane
Congress
Sixtieth Congress Adjourns Quietly as Taft Nominations Await
Washington notes the Sixtieth Congress ends at noon amid a quiet session. The Senate, meeting at 9:40, adjourns after honoring Vice President Sherman with remarks on his conduct. The House adjourns without day after reconvening to clear conference reports and pass minor bills.
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Senate
Taft
House
Torbenker
Cannon
Congress Advances Several Fiscal and Legal Reforms
Democratic members presented a loving cup to the president amid a set of fiscal moves. The senate and house approved a $75,000 annual salary for the president with no travel expenses allowed. An appropriation for new federal judges in Oregon and Washington was set at $6,000 yearly. Conference reports cleared military academy and legislative judicial appropriations. A new penal code was enacted, consolidating nearly all penal laws.
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House
Oregon
Washington
Military Academy
Anwivetaay Soomnd Sesipeveien
Congress
Senate Passes Deficiency Bill With 19 Million Dollar Provision
The Senate approved a deficiency bill with over 19 million dollars in appropriations, about 2.25 million of it added by the Senate. An amendment by La Follette appropriates 50 thousand to fund a Lincoln farm memorial in Kentucky. Penrose secured a measure to investigate Liberia matters involving American citizens. Lodge’s amendment providing 66 thousand to reimburse donors for Ellen Stone’s ransom was approved.
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Senate
la Follette
Lincoln
Kentucky
Penrose
Liberia
Lodge
Ellen M. Stone
Turkey
Wea
House defeats ship subsidy bill in tight 172 to 175 vote
Washington reports the ship subsidy bill passed by the senate was defeated in the house by 172 to 175. The chamber buzzed with excitement as voting began and the attendance reached a season high. Observers noted the strong presence of New York lawmakers amid tense proceedings.
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Senate
New York
Senate Passes Sundry Civil and Military Academy Bills
The senate approved the sundry civil bill totaling 139 million dollars and the military academy bill with about 2.54 million in appropriations. An amendment provided 40 thousand to remodel the White House office building and 25 thousand for traveling expenses. The Porto Rico regetts payment and fortifications bill also advanced.
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Washington
Military Academy
Senate
White House
Foraker
Porto Rico
Seven Condemn Roosevelt Over Steel Merger Action
March 4 report by seven members of the judiciary committee declares President Roosevelt acted without legal authority in approving the absorption of the Coal and Iron Company by United States Steel Corporation. The merger is charged as Sherman Act violation. Two dissenting views minimize the declaration.
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Committee On Judiciary
The
Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Indians Forward Protest Against Reopening Citizenship
Senator Owen of Oklahoma submitted to the senate a petition from the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations protesting the reopening of their citizenship roll. The petition reviews efforts to establish valid rolls up to the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court action, noting that only about 150 of over 3,000 applicants were approved and many were fraudulently admitted through testimony before court masters who were attorneys for claimants.
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Washington
Owen
Oklahoma
Senate
Jert Actuals Now Council of
Taft to Come to Coast with Roosevelt and Fairbanks
Ex President Roosevelt and President Taft along with former Vice President Fairbanks will visit the Pacific coast in the coming months, per California Republican leader Teller. Roosevelt spoke of his Africa hunting trip during a conference. Taft had signaled plans to tour the Far West before his inauguration.
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Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Charles W. Fairbanks
Teller
Republican State Committee of
California
Guern
Pacific
Africa
Far West
Fairbanks
Beekman Winthrop Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Assistant Secretary Winthrop Beekman Winthrop formerly governor of Porto Rico and assistant secretary of the treasury under Roosevelt has accepted the position of assistant secretary of the navy Taft announced in Washington on March 6. He served with Taft in 1901 and 1903 as executive secretary and acting executive secretary, then became a federal judge in the islands and Porto Rico governor from 1904 to 1907 before moving to the treasury department.
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Taft
Beekman Winthrop
Porto Rico
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Navy
Neca Beweevere
Pallegiaee
Islands
Treasury Department
Roosevelt Keeps Old Chair After Five Year Term
President Roosevelt shows fondness for his chair at the cabinet table and sends a duplicate to his home at Oyster Bay. Government property covers the desk chair and cabinet chairs. he plans to replace the old chair with a new one while remaining in office.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Senate Deadlock Over Appropriation Bill Amendments
Washington on March 23 reports a deadlock after the senate insisted on its amendments to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill raising salaries for the president, vice president, speaker and US judges. The measure was sent back to the house where opposition to the amendments was reaffirmed. A further conference was contested amid a lengthy wrangle.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Den nett Likely to Be Commissioner General of the Land Office
Washington reports Fred Dennett of North Dakota is likely to be kept under the Taft administration as commissioner general of the land office. He was interior secretary Ballinger’s chosen assistant and is strongly endorsed by Chairman Hitchcock.
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Washington
Fred Dennett
North Dakota
Taft
Land Office
Interior
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Lock Chains Prove Worthy in Canal Test
Two sample locks of the Panama Canal underwent a tensile test of 147000 pounds. The tests were conducted by the roads division of the Department of Agriculture on March 5, demonstrating the chains’ strength for canal use.
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Oene Roads
Department of Agriculture
House committee preserves lumber duty on high grades
Washington March 4 the ways and means committee votes to keep the duty on high grade lumber as in the Dingley law while reducing rough lumber duty to one dollar, marking a partial tariff adjustment.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Change Army Headquarters to Seattle Move Afoot
Representative Ellis reports that Army staff favor relocating the Department of the Columbia to Seattle, with General Bell and wartime officials leaning toward the shift. Navy and army officials are planning talks to prevent removal, but the outlook appears discouraging.
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Ellis
Army
Wiiners
of the Columbia
Venasemree
Bell
Ted
Seattle
Department of the Columbia
Secretary of War
Root for New York Leader
Elihu Root will be the Republican leader of New York, according to an interview credited to ex T. Co. Platt. The statement says Roosevelt plans to retire from political life after his African hunting trip and will not be heard from politically hereafter.
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New York
Elihu Root
T. Co. Platt
Washington
Republic
Roosevelt
Africa
Silver notes proposed for pension funding in British India
Allahabad Pioneer reports a plan to meet budget needs for old age pensions by revising Viscount Goschen's scheme for 10 shilling notes secured on silver. The paper also notes U.S. interest and discusses silver price rises and potential rupee value restoration.
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Allahbad
British India
Viscount Goshen
United States
Direct primary bill moves to Assembly debate in California
Sacramento March 9 One of the most important measures of the session the direct primary bill will be discussed by the assembly next week The bill passed the senate and will be reported from the election laws committee to the lower house tomorrow with an amendment for nominating United candidates.
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Sacramento
Cal
Assembly
Senate
Election Laws Committee
United
Roosevelt Helped Germans. Berlin Review Praises Roosevelt
The North German Gazette lauds ex-President Roosevelt as one of the greatest U.S. statesmen. It notes German American relations under his seven year leadership grew in friendship and gained new security from a German perspective.
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Berlin
North German Gazette
United States
Kearsarge Arrives at League Island for Overhaul
The battleship pen, second of the fleet to reach Philadelphia, arrived at League Island this afternoon. It will be moved to the back bay tomorrow for thorough overhaul. A Kansas blacksmith, Theodore Lentz, is commended in a letter from Secretary Newberry for forging a nine hundred cylinder ring after a break occurred.
Ferry Contracts Let To Connect Oakland And San Francisco
The Western Pacific Railroad company has let two ferry boat contracts. Engineers prepare plans to link the Oakland terminal with San Francisco. Regular service to Oakland begins January 1, 1910 with extra construction gangs on the Nevada line.
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Steny Coutgenaet
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Oakland
San Francisco
Nevada
Territorial senate passes anti Japanese fishing bill
Honolulu March 9 The territorial senate votes ten to five to advance a measure prohibiting aliens from fishing in Hawaiian waters on a second reading. A concurrent resolution to suspend coastwise navigation laws between the Pacific coast and Hawaii was defeated.
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