Civil Service Score Debate Over Salaries and Library Costs
A lively House debate focused on civil service funding and the Congressional Library. Republicans attacked the Civil Service Commission, seeking to strike its entire appropriation and cut clerk salaries from 5,000 to 3,000, while an attack on the Library mocked its cost per book loan. Huffman and Grosvenor led the talks as the session stretched late with majority support for economy and reform ideas.
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House
Hepburn
Tower
Grosvenor
Ohio
Civil Service
Hous
Commission
John Sharp Williams
Congressional Library
United States
Congress
Rosvenor
Williams
Parker
Georgia
Subcommittee On Appropriations
House Committee On Library
Bartlett
Maddox
Clark
Congress Debates Civil Service Pay and Library Spending
The Senate held a brief session with a move to advance the pure food bill blocked by Aldrich and Tillman clashing over recess appointments. In the House five hours of debate focused on the legislative appropriation bill, cuts to stenographers’ pay, library expenditures, and a disputed salary raise for the Civil Service Commission secretary amid partisan exchanges and questions about the merit system.
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Civil Service Commission
Maddox
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Representative Bingham
Commission
Congressional Library
Bartlett
Georgia
Gardner
Michigan
Grosvenor
Cannon
Joe” Cannon
Payne
New York
the Treasury
Dalzell
Solly
Connecticut
Ohio
Flenburn
Town
Tt J
Representative Gillett
Massachusetts
Committee On Civil Service
Hepburn
Williams
Mississippi
Hinheva
Roosevelt
Ohinedimpalan
Cleveland
Wiliams
Parker
Senate Economy View From Senator Allison on Appropriations
Senator Allison of Iowa says the Senate will back economy and retrenchment this session while continuing necessary existing projects and river and harbor work. He opposes tariff revision now, notes trust funds must be protected, and cites Panama Canal financing by bonds as separate from regular appropriations.
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Allison
Iowa
Senate Committee On Appropriations
House Republicans
Congress
Senate
Treasury Reserve Fund
Secretary of the Treasury
Bor
Treasury
Panama Canal
Harbor Hill
Senate Debate Over Crum Nomination Inquiries
Senator Tillman questioned the Judiciary Committee on a recess nomination report related to W. D. Crim for Charleston port collector. Senator Spooner pressed on time limits. Platt explained prior illness delayed action. The Senate adjourned after executive session at 1:28 PM to resume Monday.
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Tillman
Crum
Senate
Heyburn
Aldrich
Committee On Judiciary
W. D. Crim
Charleston
S. C
Ptl
Ararich
NAMED FOR CONSULSHIP Senate confirms rear admirals and diplomats
The President sent nominations to the Senate for consul general Jammes Johnston in Hankou China and consuls William J Bishop Palermo Italy James Rocha Genoa Italy. The Senate confirmed several rear admirals in the navy and appointed minister resident to Santo Domingo secretary of the Rio de Janeiro legation associate justice of the Philippine Supreme Court and a Post Office purchasing agent along with other naval and civil appointments.
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Senate
Jammies Johnston
New Jersey
Hankou
China
William
J. Bishop
Connecticut
Palermo
Italy
James Jeffrey Rocha
Massachusetts
Genoa
Francis W. Dickens
F. F. Wilde
Charlies H. Davis
Charles J. Train
George W. Pigman
George A. Converse
Thomas C. Dawson
Towa
Santo Domingo
Charles Richardson
Legation
Rio de Janeiro
Adam ©. Carson
Virginia
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
William E. Cochran
Kansas
Post Office Department
George W. Cook
District of Columbia
Board of Charities
Dstrict of Columbia
Objections to Fowler and Favorable Mills Report
Senate Military Affairs committee defers action on Edward S. Fowler nomination for assistant chief of the Record and Pension office while reporting favorably on Col Albert L. Mills for brigadier general. Mills’s nomination previously failed to obtain confirmation, and Fowler’s civilian appointment drew army officer objections.
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Senate
Mills
Senate Committee On
Barber
Fowler
Appropriation for New York Municipal Building Bill
Representative Douglas of New York introduced a bill to appoint a three person New York City commission to select a site for a municipal building between Fourteenth and Forty second Streets and Fourth and Sixth avenues with a cost cap of four million dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury must approve the site before purchase, and a subsequent committee including the Treasury Secretary the New York postmaster and the city Chamber of Commerce president will select plans for a building not to exceed four million dollars.
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Douglas
New York
New York City
Secretary of the Treasury
Bassett
Secretary of War
Fort Hamilton Reservation
Fort Hamilton Avenue
Ninety-second Street
Seventh Avenue
Dyker Beach Park
Beveridge Expects House Statehood Bill To Pass
Senator Beveridge chairs the Territories Committee and expects the House Statehood bill to be perfected and passed as unfinished business after December 16, following its recommendation by the Steering committee. Several leading Democratic Senators favor the measure with no organized opposition. the committee will meet tomorrow to consider the bill.
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Territories
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Houge
Ridgely Reports Annual Statement From Freedman's Bank
William B. Ridgely, commissioner of the Freedmans Savings and Trust Company, submitted the annual report to the Speaker of the House. The report shows year receipts 916,699.26, disbursements 2,807.44, and a December 1 balance of 914,071.91. Total available assets reach 17,071.91 with 3,008 securities in Second National Bank stock. Total dividends paid amount to 1,727,898.80 since the bank's failure in liv4. Senate considered minor committee reports and passed a resolution authorizing presidential admission to West Point and other ceremonies. Penrose and others backed a joint resolution to authorize Navy to present a bell recovered from the Germantown to the Site and Relig Society in Germantown, Pa.
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William B. Ridgely
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company
Second National Bank
Benatar Penrose
Senate
Navy
Canvass of Vote for President and House Resolution
Senator Burrows presented to the Senate a resolution for a constitutional canvass of the presidential vote. Congress will meet February 8 at 1 p.m. in the House chamber to proceed with the canvass. Also an appropriation estimate for four horses, $120, to support State Department and related needs. Indian depredation claims totaled $20,653 allowed from $73,332 sought.
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Senate
Congress
Chamber of the
House of Representatives
Committee On
Loomis
Secretary of State
State Department
United States
Speaker Cannon
Moody
Free sample offer for To-Ni-Ta catarrh cure by Dr Lorentz
Dr Lorentz, a philanthropist and catarrh specialist, offers 600000 free sample bottles of his To-Ni-Ta remedy for catarrh cure. Write to 462 Fifth Avenue New York to receive a free bottle and a medical booklet with testimonials.
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Lorentz
Lorents
Fifth Avenue
New York
No Money for Jamestown Exposition Measures. Substitutes Considered
The House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions rejected an industrial exposition at Jamestown with a $5,000,000 price tag. A substitute plan, likely a naval display and monument, will be prepared, as officials cite economy and uncertain returns from the isolated site. Tawney chairs the subcommittee handling the change.
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Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
House
America
Maynard
Virginia
Congress
Jamestown
Tawney
United States
Record Set by Machine at Government Printing Office
The Congressional Record is printed from machine-set type for the first time, improving typography and efficiency at the Government Printing Office. Also reports on a proposed four year Senate term plan, a $1,025,000 barracks bill for Fort Hamilton, and Treasury estimates for Indian Service operations. Senator Fairbanks attends McKinley Memorial banquet in Canton, plague quarantine aboard the Coronation steamer, and a Baltimore $124 return fare via the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Government Printing Office
Congressional
Hind
Morrell Proposes House Bill to Cut Representation
Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania introduces a measure to reduce congressional representation for any state that denies suffrage to male citizens twenty one or older. The proposal mirrors Platt's idea but applies to all states restricting voting rights and requires biennial Census reporting to adjust seats accordingly.
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Platt
Pennsylvania
Senator Platt
Congress
Uch
Secetary of Commerce and Labor
Census Bureau
House of Representatives
House
Crumpacker Seeks Roosevelt Help on Southern Representation
Indiana Congressman Crumpacker, a leading advocate of reducing Southern representation in the House, met with President Roosevelt yesterday to press the plan. He declined to discuss the interview's outcome and may seek a further conference. The President has not signaled his stance on the proposal.
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Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Representative Crumpacker
Indiana
Wyoming irrigation scheme eyed by Interior Department
Interior Department in Washington filed an application with the engineer of Wyoming for water rights along the North Platte River totaling about 645.60 acres to reclaim lands under the national reclamation act, named the Pathfinder project, with estimates suggesting around 200,000 acres could become farming land. The measure also envisions supporting irrigation in Nebraska and other areas, while a separate note reports Lieutenant Amiga Proatrated injured by a fall while on police rounds. Hitchcock recommends easing stock trespass rules on Indian reservations to allow seizure and sale of trespassing cattle.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
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Nath Platte River
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Dame
Renervelys
Nebranka
Hitchcock
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