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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
10
Considerable changes made in local salary lists. Appropriation measure carries provision requiring car companies to sprinkle streets occupied by their lines within fire limits. Radical departure in bridge construction and highway lighting. Water meters for homes.
District of Columbia appropriation bill outlines next fiscal year totals and reductions. Key items include water, bridges, gas and electric street improvements, and police and charity funding. The report notes smaller salaries and new charges, with costs assigned to railroads for bridge work and local departments.
Senate leaders push the broadest court review amendment in the railroad rate debate as Tillman presses for investigation into bank campaign contributions. In the District, committees seek major charity and salary cuts, water meter mandates, and sprawling budget changes across public works, schools, and municipal agencies.
The president sent nominations to the Senate naming Major Generals for the army senior post. The lengthy roster includes Corbin and numerous officers from states such as Connecticut Maine New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Vermont Arkansas Georgia Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio Texas Virginia West Virginia Montana and others.
The House Committee on Irrigation opened its annual inquiry into the reclamation service. Secretary Hitchcock presented detailed expenditures and receipts, noting about 27 000 00 spent by June 30 1909 on projects under construction and planned but not begun. Estimated receipts from the law exceed costs by near 900 000 with 1 000 000 expected from settlers on lands. A Senate amendment to the immigration bill seeks to exclude illiterate adult males and require funds on landing and per family member to be held.
Senator Heyburn proposed a radical amendment to the rate bill granting broad court review by the United States Circuit Court for any ICC order. The measure would allow either party to seek review within thirty days, with possible stay by depositing funds or providing indemnity. Hepburn spoke long, prompting Republican questions as the Senate debated legal and constitutional points before adjourning without finishing the Indian appropriation bill.
The District Commission on Appropriations discussed the latest budget cuts and approved several recommendations. They lamented reductions to current needy relief but welcomed water meters in private homes, contracts via the Board of Charities, and better management of farmers markets. The plan includes tuberculosis hospital site adjustments, McKinley Manual Training School pension, and new schools and facilities across Columbia Heights Anacostia Washington Heights Pennal town and Benning.
In executive session the Senate confirmed nominations including William M. De Lacey as Juvenile Court judge for the District of Columbia. The list also includes several postmaster and public money receiver nominees from states such as Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Multiple misspellings and garbled entries appear in the record.
In an Idaho Senate executive session Senator Heyburn pressed the nomination of F. Mc Winters as Montpelier postmaster, a Mormon, while Senator Dubois objected noting Winters would replace J. L. Underwood, the sole Gentile officer. The dispute centered on federal patronage distribution between Gentiles and Mormons.
A federal commission including Secretary Taft, Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island, and Representative McCleary of Minnesota visited the Corcoran Art Gallery to inspect revised statue models by Albert Juengera and Adolf Weinman of New York. No decision yet. the sculpture, funded by Congress at 50 000 dollars, is planned for the northwest corner of Lafayette Park.
A legislative committee considers a resolution about bank fund transactions and transparency. The discussion covers possible embezzlement or improper dealings by Chicago banks and whether legal steps or amendments are needed to protect public funds.
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