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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
4
Senate leaders and President clash over premature cabinet nominations and timing. The Finance Committee delays reports awaiting exact vacancy dates while Aldrich seeks clarity on who will assume offices and when.
Senate session centers on Moody and Bonaparte nominations with Southern opposition. Culberson Carmack block Moody over lynching bill language, while McIlhenny and Cooley nominations face Republican skepticism. Roosevelt letter boosts Cooley, and Depew plans a dinner for Speaker Cannon and New York delegation.
Senate debate centers on Senator Smoot and alleged ties to the Mormon Church. Burrows brands the hierarchy as polygamyendorsing and lawbreaking, urging removal while noting Smoot held his seat through endorsement of church leaders. The discussion probes endowment oaths and the senator’s complicity in polygamous practices within the church.
Representative Campbell of Kansas introduced a resolution in the House proposing a joint congressional commission to examine how tariffs affect trusts and U.S. industry, labor, agriculture, and commerce. The panel would assess effects of tariff changes, aim to balance government receipts and expenditures, and advise on needed revisions as a business matter rather than political theater.
A House bill introduced by Representative Capron Rhode Island proposes a twenty percent pay hike for all soldiers from lieutenant general to private in the United States army Marine Corps and Revenue Marine Service. The measure also extends retirement after thirty years to naval officers and midshipmen after graduationgrees. Civil professors at the Naval Academy and West Point would receive longevity pay and commutation for quarters.
A bill reported to the House’s Immigration Committee would validate over 20,000 naturalization certificates if enacted. It addresses clerks failing to verify anarchist status, which has voided numerous certificates tied to property interests, urging Congress to correct defective issues for worthy applicants.
Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas told the House that New York Central and other railroads filed false daily mail weight averages, defrauding the government by about 257,870 dollars per year. He cited a weighing period from February 14 to May 15, 1905, where Sundays were included but not counted in the average, inflating pay. The house adjourned at six.
A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee meets to push the Foster bill revising the Chinese exclusion act. California delegations push to oppose changes, while McKinley Kahn and Hayes vow to block favorable consideration. The plan may modify the act to admit all Chinese except coolies, maintaining the burden of proof on applicants.
Representative Grosvenor, head of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, works on a revised Gallinger bill to extend subsidies only to Oriental and South American lines. He expects the amendment ready for committee discussion tomorrow but the panel may delay reporting until after Christmas.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as digestive aids not medicines. It warns against improper eating and claims the product can convert 3,000 grains of food for absorption, endorses 40,000 physicians, offers a free trial, and lists Marshall Michigan as the company base.
Dr. Chancellor head of the District schools did not appear before the subcommittee on the District appropriation bill. Mr. Cox explained Chancellor was out of the city and would appear once he returns, prompting frosty remarks from subcommittee members.
Senate Finance Committee discussed currency legislation but did not review any bills. Members opposed hurried passage and favored careful consideration, signaling Currency Act is unlikely this session.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for several posts including Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smth of Connecticut and Charles R. Skinner of New York as Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise in New York. Also named was Franklin J. Drake for rear admiral. The notice mentions a Christmas gift event at Lauburch Furniture & Carpet Co., 12 Ninth Street, with itemized postmaster appointments.
Samuel L. Clemens visited the Capitol and told Uncle Joe that he would depart without Congress’s formal thanks. He warned that delaying measures favoring copyright might be undone by mechanical devices critics, and he quipped about the risks of ignoring his advice.
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