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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
4
District Committee approves amendments to prohibit all forms of bookmaking. bill to be reported to the Senate and then sent to the President for signature. Change narrows language to ban betting on races and games, while widening road improvements and district spending discussions accompany the measure.
A House resolution from Representative Hitchcock directs the Commissioner of Corporations to compile and forward to the House every month for the past two years the prices of leading meat products from principal packing centers and the live stock prices paid by packers, aiming to reveal factors behind rising meat costs.
A Cary bill seeks 100000 dollars toward building an iron brass and steel foundry at the Washington Navy Yard with 425000 total proposed. committee members favor the measure and it heads to a favorable Naval Affairs report. If passed by the House this will expand work at the navy yard and likely increase employment for many workers.
Incomplete OCR notes indicate a House session with no debate on a presumed topic, a pause for speeches on some sectarian issue, and a 5 o'clock recess to 11:30. The Senate reportedly was not in session during this interval.
The House will not hold District Day next Monday as it will still be the legislative day of the previous week due to recesses. Representative Smith said a day may be set aside for reconsideration of District business, while conferees on the street railway bill have not yet agreed and may trigger another conference.
The article argues Congress may adjourn by May 10 or soon after, making this the earliest end of a long session in 32 years. It notes history shows conventions often follow adjournment, with Republicans and Democrats timing moves around prior adjournments and conventions. President Mayfield and leaders push for early adjournment, citing impracticality of the current legislative program and awaiting potential statute amendments before rushing new laws.
The District of Columbia subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee will begin hearings on the District appropriation bill next week. An effort will push the playgrounds allowance from 1500 dollars to 10000 dollars, a sum Representative Olcott of New York crusaded for on the House floor before passage.
The House committee on the election of President and Vice President and Members of Congress debated requiring publicity for campaign contributions to presidential elector candidates. Representative Cochran urged an amendment expanding coverage to all elections, while Representative Hardwick argued the Supreme Court reserves state control over elector selection. The panel weighed striking two states-coverage to broader federal reach as Belmont and Gaines pressed for a workable amendment and Massachusetts urged federal action as hearings continued.
Rank and file district militia leaders led by Gen George H Harries and Lt Col Lloyd M Brett urged $2500 to cover armory plans in the public buildings bill. The committee showed a favorable mood but some members deemed the proposed building cost of $1,250,009 excessive, citing cheaper armories elsewhere. Outlook for including the plans with a proviso limiting cost appears favorable.
Representative J Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania reported favorably from the House District Committee the bill allowing the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad to keep its tracks to the Navy Yard via Canal and K streets for two more years. Representative Kahn of California also reported from the same committee the bill to incorporate the Brotherhood of St Andrew.
The District Commissioners in a report to Representative Smith oppose the bill for surveying a bridge across the Eastern Branch from the foot of Half Street SW. They argue current conditions do not justify the expenditure needed for a bridge at this time.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee debated the La Follette measure to empower the ICC to value interstate carriers property. No action occurred due to no quorum as members favored the McLaurin substitute requiring carrier sworn returns. Chairman Hikins opposed both bills, noting current law may already grant valuation if the commission chooses to exercise it.
A bill introduced by Mr Loudenslager of New Jersey proposes a blanket pension of 12 dollars monthly for widows of officers or enlisted men who died from wounds injuries in Indian wars the Mexican war or the Civil War if marriage occurred before or during service. A separate 10 dollar monthly pension would go to widows whose husbands served set durations in those wars and were honorably discharged with death presumed from service connected causes.
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri argues against the Littlefield bill and similar measures to extend federal aid for enforcing state and local prohibition laws. He says federal enforcement is unnecessary if states honestly enforce their own laws and criticizes reliance on Congress due to state nonenforcement. He likens federal action to Russian statutes.
Fragmentary OCR lists several state representatives including Nebraska Minnesota Vermont Washington and New York with unclear roles and misspelled names. Citations imply a gathering at the White House on a Friday. No clear event details or outcomes.
Attorney General Bonaparte urges Senate to amend the Hepburn act provision on the commodities clause to allow civil suits and government enforcement. The suggestion aims to protect rights of railroads and government, permitting mandamus, injunction, or other remedies in U S circuit courts with appeal rights when ICC requests enforcement.
New Haven line officials urged Congress to defer freight rate oversight to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Charles J Faulkner Edward G Buckland and C C Paulding told the House committee that minimum rates, safety devices and 2 cent mileage books should be debated by the ICC railroads and shippers, arguing against sweeping federal control at this stage and noting negligence by railroad workers fuels accidents. Buckland warned familiarity breeds contempt on railroads and urged careful consideration of proposed safety measures.
A bill to exempt labor unions and agricultural organizations from the Sherman anti trust law was introduced in the House by Mr Wilson of Pennsylvania. It states that the act shall not apply to non profit non stock associations or to members, nor to arrangements among persons in agriculture or horticulture to raise prices of their own products.
Representative Stephens of Texas introduced a resolution in the House demanding the Interior Secretary hand over all correspondence and papers about the 1907 arrest of Navajo Indians by U S soldiers near By-a-lille and other areas inside the Navajo Reservation that led to two deaths and at least one injury.
The funeral of Representative A L Brick on April 10 in South Bend Indiana drew one of the largest gatherings ever seen in the region with attendance from Federal State and local officials. The Congressional committee arrived shortly before the service as clergy Rev Francis M Banfil and Rev Henry W Johnson conducted rites, escorted by the Black Horse Troop from Culver Military Academy.
The House devoted most of its session to the naval appropriation bill as Representatives Bartholdt Favrot McKinlay and Knowland argued over a four battleship program. Bartholdt urged restraint citing Hague rulings and arbitration while Favrot and others pressed for a larger navy to protect American interests at home and abroad.
Congress faces pressure over an economy drive and a possible veto by the President. Leaders warn of a potential raid on the Treasury if the public building bill, nicknamed the pork bill, passes with a $720000000 allocation and four battleships added to the naval plan. Supporters believe they can override a veto, while critics seek to limit spending as the session nears its end.
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