First Session Opens as Congress Panels Bills and Rules
Washington opens the Fifty seventh congress with the house organized under time honored rules. Speaker Henderson is reelected, committees approved, and a spark of debate erupts over rule changes while the senate pauses for floral ceremonies and notes the death of Senator Kyle before adjourning.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Henderson
General Bingham
House
Senate
Payne
Bingham
Richardson
Congress
Hoar
Kyle
Questions On Insular Questions Before Supreme Court
The December 3 report details two insular cases ruled by the U S Supreme Court. The fourteen diamond ring case held Philippine rings are exempt from duty under the Paris treaty making the Philippines American territory. The Dooley case upheld a duty on goods from New York to Porto Rico as a tax for Porto Ricans, not an export duty. Dissenting opinions were filed by four justices in each case.
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Ares
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Philippine Islands
New York
Porto Rico
Fuller
Philippines
Dooley
Gray
White
Shiras
McKenna
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Hawaii
Congress
Cuba
Number of bills introduced in House reaches over three thousand
Washington December 3 officials estimate more than 3000 bills were introduced yesterday. Rivalry for bill No 1 saw fifteen members seek the honor. Indications point to a McCleary bill restricting oleomargarine sale being designated when records are made up. The bills cover a wide range including three Pacific cable measures by Sherman of New.
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House
McCleary
Sherman
New
Government Receipts and Expenditures for November 1901
The monthly comparative statement shows receipts totaling 45,776,776 dollars and expenditures 40,198,916 dollars for November 1901, leaving a surplus of 5,517,860 dollars. For the five months of the current fiscal year the surplus stands at 2,878,980 dollars.
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Washington
Public Debt Declines by 11 Million in September 1901
The statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business on Navy 30 1901 the debt less cash in the treasury amounted to 1 011 626 445 dollars, a decrease for the month of 11 206 612.
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Washington
Navy
Treasury
Hawaii Seeks Coffee Duty to Shield Industry
Washington December 3 The secretary of the interior sent to the House a Hawaii legislature resolution proposing a duty on coffee to protect the island's coffee industry.
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Hawaii
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
House of Representatives
Legislature of
Denmark United States West Indies Sale Not Confirmed
Washington reports no confirmation by December 3 of an agreement between Denmark and the United States for the sale of the Danish West Indies.
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Washington
State Department
Denmark
United States
Danish West Indies
President appoints Ferguson Oklahoma governor
The president appoints Thomas B. Ferguson as governor of Oklahoma replacing William M. Jenkins. The decision cites Jenkins improper involvement in a contract between the territory and the Oklahoma Sanitarium company and is based on Jenkins own statements and his testimony at the final hearing.
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Thomas B. Ferguson
Oklahoma
William M. Jenkins
Jenkins
Oklahoma Sanitarium Company
Publicity First Essential in Curbing Trusts and Anarchy
The article reports President McKinley’s annual message urging publicity as the key remedy against industrial combinations and anarchist threats. It covers calls to curb overcapitalization, regulate interstate corporations, deport anarchists, and expand federal court jurisdiction, highlighting national unity in reform.
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McKinley
Congress
Humbert
Italy
Lecture schedule and ticket notice for Wilson course
Remaining lecture numbers will be on Friday evenings. Dates listed include December 13 and January 3 and 24 for performances. Season or single tickets are available at Wilson Beamer Hardware store for C. H. Wilson's course.
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Fredrick
C. H. Wilson
Wilson- Beamer Hardware
President outlines national commerce control reform
The president urges sweeping reforms to regulate interstate business, create a cabinet secretary of commerce and industries, and consider a constitutional amendment if needed. He supports tariff reciprocity, strengthens the merchant marine, and backs forest reserves irrigation while stressing wageworker protections.
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Ile
Bureau of Forestry
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