Congress's brisk winter session weighs bills and battles
With seventy seven working days ahead Congress faces unfinished business from the Fifty ninth session and new measures. The ship subsidy bill linked to navy strength is pushed by General Grosvenor and President Roosevelt. Bills on railway work hours naval battleship plans and a dental corps for armed forces are also on the docket as debates on colonial dependencies continue.
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Congress
Fifty Ninth Contess
Root
Kansas City
Senate
Charlies H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Merchant Marine Committee
Grosvener
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippine
Shome
Imperial policy figures in immigration and territorial debates
The article reviews proposals on a naval reserve, immigration educational tests, and land reform. It notes support from labor and critics from transportation interests, plus positions on Philippine goods tariffs, Porto Rican citizenship, and potential statehood. It mentions Roosevelt’s stance and a plan to reclaim swamp lands with irrigation-style funding.
The Twelfth Missouri Affair Ends Its Tumultuous Run
The article reviews early 1900s congressional debates on land drainage and tax reform, notes the Brownsville riot fallout, and follows the volatile fate of Missouri’s Twelfth district. James J. Butler’s repeated unseatings and Ernest K. Wood and Harry M. Coudrey’s contests highlight a tumultuous period in Congress.
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House
Missouri
St. Louis
United States
James J. Butler
Boward Butler
Butler
George c. R. Wagoner
Wagoner
Congress
Jim Butler
Ernest KE. Wood
Wood
Harry M. Coudrey
Coudrey
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers and Dealers Meet in Madison
Two hundred delegates attended the opening of the sixth annual convention of the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' and Dealers' association in Madison. A New Mexico report to Congress shows 20 195 voters favor joint statehood. Explorer Walter Wellman has left New York for Parts toward polar flight aims.
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Madison
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers’ and Dealers’ Association
Congress
New Mexico
Walter Wellman
North Pole
New York
Japan ly fight over education amid threat of war
United States consul general Harry B. Miller in San Francisco warns Japan is prepared to use military force to oppose California school segregation against Japanese students. Miller, returning to Yokohama after a visit home in Eugene Oregon, says Japanese national dignity could drive them to war if discrimination continues. A Washington Star note adds the navy plans to recruit via the gunboat Wasp refitted at Boston and active on southern rivers with Chief Boatswain Chase in command.
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Philippines
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
United States
Supreme Court of the
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Congress
Hawaii
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Harry B. Miller
Yokohama
Japan
San Francisco
Navy Department
Washington Star
Wasp
Boston Navy Yard
Boatswain Chase
Hampton Roads
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