Final adjournment scene in Senate and House tribute to Henderson
Washington reports a dramatic final session with Speaker Henderson receiving a tribute from the majority as the minority presses for an ayes and noes vote. The House adopted the resolution of thanks amid applause while a veto on Muscle Shoals dam funding is debated and then the chamber adjourns sine die.
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Washington
Richardson
Payne
Cochran
Dem
Clay
Polk
Banks
Reed
Henderson
Cannon
Missouri
Underwood
Williams
de Armond
House
N. F. Thompson
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Mr. Payne
Mr. Richardson
America
Closing Day in the Senate Ends Delay Over Quorum
Washington March 5 The Senate opened for the last session of the Fifty-seventh Congress but waited for a quorum as Mr Cockrell pressed for full attendance. Senator Allison outlined appropriations showing total for the current Congress at 1 554 108 518 compared with 1 440 489 438 for the Fifty-sixth. He noted a $50 130 000 Panama Canal appropriation accounts for nearly half the rise.
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Washington
Senate
Cockrell
Allison
Appropriations
Panama Canal
Senate Debates Budget, Rivers and Harbors, and Canal Talks
Senate debates detail an Aggr gate postal appropriation of 153 million as against 138 million this year with a rise in costs from increased postal business and rural free delivery needs. Bailey bills Sabine lake channel using 125 thousand previously allocated for Texas river harbor work. The body votes 41 to 9 to take up the bill, displacing the Philippine tariff item. Mason discusses statehood and the Panama canal treaty while Hoar closes the Philippine debate amid applause. A resolution praising the president pro tem for fair leadership is adopted as the session adjourns sine die.
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Post Office Department
Mason
Bailey
Sabine Lake
O'Stock
Cockrel Mo
Senate
Frye
Lee Cannon Blasts Senate Over $47,000 South Carolina Claim
In Washington the conference report on the general deficiency bill was presented after midnight. Representative Cannon denounced what he called legislative blackmail by which conferees yielded to a single senator to insert a $47,000 appropriation for a South Carolina claim. He noted the claim was later found to be 34 cents and urged public sentiment to force Senate majority rule. The speech energized the House with applause.
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Washington
House
Cannon
House Committee On Appropriations
South Carolina
Treasury
Senate
House Representatives
Federal injunction on Wabash strike stands
In St Louis on March 5 the federal injunction against Wabash strike threats is being observed. Lawyers Irwin and Penny seek dissolution at once while trainmen and engineers prepare their case. A memorandum notes that applications for dissolution may be filed within fifteen days of the injunction.
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St. Louis
United States
Adams
Messrs
Irwin
Peoria
Penny
Cleveland
Circuit Court
Troops Surround Colorado City Mills During Strike
Colorado Springs reports that Companies D and I with four Denver units encircle mills at Colorado City amid a strike. Mayor Faulkner Police Chief Birdsall and City Attorney McGellich protest to Governor Peabody, noting no major disturbance and opposing military presence. A business delegation plans to deliver the citizen protest.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado National Guard
Denver
Colorado City
J. F. Faulkner
George Birdsall
John Mce Gellich
Peabody
Suspicion Shapes the Night Air as Ears Listen
A wary mindset fills the quiet night with attentive listening. The text suggests that when one gives over to suspicion, there is ample material for the mind to consider and judge even in stillness.
Chicago packinghouse workers strike for wage uniform scale
Engineers and firemen at Nelson Morris & Co. Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Swift & Co. and the Anglo American Provision company walk out to enforce a uniform wage scale. The men are protesting for equal pay across the plants.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris & Co
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Swift & Co
Anglo American Provision Company
Workers demand fixed wage scale during strike wave
A straight wage scale of 3 dollars a day replaces a 2.80 to 3 dollar varying scale. An arbitration attempt failed. Plants run with nonunion labor. If the strike breaks, workers at other plants may join, totaling nearly a thousand.
Tugmen May Strike Over Wage Demands
Duluth reports tugmen from the Tugmen's Protective Association plan a wage raise request of 5 to 10 percent at navigation start. If denied the Great Lakes Towing Co. may face renewed strikes that disrupted business last season.
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Duluth
Ikccussen Tugmen’s Protective Association
Great Lakes Towing Company
Relief for settlers on indemnity railroad lands
The secretary of the interior has ruled to relieve settlers in Minnesota on indemnity railroad lands in Morrison Crow Wing Todd and other counties. Titles had been in doubt hindering entries held by contract with railroad companies. The land commissioner will promptly adjust the matter per the secretary’s decision.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Morrison
Crow Wing
Todd
Minnesota
Sioux City to Build Million Dollar Packing Plant
A new one million dollar packing plant will be built on the Armour & Co. site in Sioux City after a recent fire destroyed the old plant. The facility will employ 2,000 workers and process up to 4,000 hogs, 1,500 cattle, and 1,000 sheep each day.
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Sioux City
Armour & Co
New Nevada Senator Replaces Jones as Newlands Is Won
Washington reports the end of Senator Johnny Jones of Nevada after a long career dating to 1873. Francis G. Newlands wins the seat at the last election, while Senator Allison of Iowa becomes the oldest serving member after Jones’s retirement.
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Washington
National Legislative Assembly
Johny Jones
Nevada
Francis G. Newlands
Jones
Senate
Sherman
Ohio
Morrill
Vermont
Allison
Iowa
Wabash Railroad Strike Threat Pinged by Ramsey
A message from Wabash President Ramsey ordered officials in St Louis and Kansas City to refuse freight and halt operations amid a threatened strike. Railway officials secured an injunction against strikers as of March 4. The notice instructed discontinuation of all freight shipments until further notice.
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Kansas City
Ramsey
The
Wabash
Omaha
Wabash firemen and trainmen extend reply deadline
In St Louis on March 4 President Ramsey grants the Wabash committees until 5 p m to respond to demands after they delivered a letter with their terms from the Hotel Imperial. The party had previously set noon as the reply time and Ramsey indicated a likely answer before five.
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St. Louis
Ramsey
Wabash
Hotel Imperial
The
Injunction Issued In Wabash Labor Dispute
Judge Adams of the United States circuit court issues an injunction on the petition of Wabash officials. Labor committee chairmen and others are restrained from interfering with traffic on the Wabash system in St. Louis as of March 4.
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St. Louis
Adams
United States Circuit Court
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