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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
6
President Roosevelt urges Congress to pass bills to curb corporate power, regulate capital, and impose federal control over big corporations. He condemns mob violence and stresses justice under law, calls for child labor laws, eight hour aims, and stricter meat inspection funding reforms.
Discussion outlines constitutional issues for a national inheritance tax with graduated rates and the feasibility of an income tax. The text cites historical acts from 1861 1882 and 1916 war revenue and notes Supreme Court rulings. It stresses gradual adoption prioritizing thrift and justice, with emphasis on interstate wealth control and constitutional constraints.
The fifty ninth congress began its last session at noon on December 3 with quick Senate preliminaries and a longer House session. President Roosevelt sent a long list of appointments to the Senate which, in executive session, decided to wait for the annual message before confirmations. A crowded gallery crowd and many members-elect seeking oath spoke to widespread anticipation and tension as Chaplain Couden noted the ongoing deaths among members.
The House of Lords adjourned December 4 after a failed debate on the education bill. Opposition peers rejected concessions, approving Lord Lansdowne’s amendment to clause four by 131 to 45, risking a clash with the government and widening support for denominational education.
The U S Supreme Court on December 3 denies habeas relief for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, Western Federation of Miners leaders, keeping them imprisoned in Idaho on charges linked to the murder of former Governor Stephenson. The decision, authored by Justice Harlan, directs continued confinement pending Idaho trial. Charles Moyer serves as president, W D Haywood as secretary treasurer, and George A Pettibone is a federation member. They are jailed in Capon County Idaho, not charged with being at the crime scene.
Up to closing, 554 bids were received for 531 tracts of Kiowa country pasture. About 270 bids came by mail as Judge J. W. Witten notes the low turnout and says bidders await guidance on amounts. 132 leased tracts will sell subject to lease with no railroad nearby.
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