Filibuster and budget clash in Senate debate
An unruly budget session dominated by a filibuster style clash between Tillman and Buley over a $15 playground appropriation and the Crum case shines a light on Senate divisions. The report notes executive sessions, amendments, and pressure from several senators as the chamber scrutinizes spending and procedural moves without significant objections.
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Congress Condensed On District Appropriation Debate
The Senate weighed the natural bill amid amendments while the House approved increases for public playgrounds and street lighting. Controversy over forest service spending, gas pricing, and substitute pay rules surfaced as committees pushed provisions for school facilities, tuberculosis reporting, and expanded police and fire funding.
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Clay
Gas Experts to be Called in Lower Branch to Fix Law
A House resolution authorizes summoning gas experts and other witnesses to aid further consideration of the bill limiting the carbon munor role in gas supply for the District. Prof Hemis of Cleveland is likely to be summoned. bill ties to Oldest Inhabitants Association use of a former firehouse. Senate passes related spa springs entrance measure and railroad construction timing in the District. An academy bill seeks to incorporate the American Academy of Medicine in DC. Consolation dinner for Indiana Congressional members postponed after Representative Watan’s father’s death.
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President Faces Difficulty In Senate Inquiry On Steel Merger
A Senate judiciary special committee grapples with reporting authority for the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel. Despite bankers’ testimony, President Roosevelt’s authority to intervene remains unclear. some propose advising Gary and Frick’s lawyers, others doubt any report will be issued. The panel questions whether the President acted properly under the Sherman Act amid pressure from financiers and dissent within the committee.
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Steel Corporation
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Gary
Frick
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Morgan Banks
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Merker Thigld
Attorney General
Bills Reported Favorably By District Committee
District committee reported several bills favorably to the House yesterday. Notable items include House bill 1341 to create a public school teachers retirement fund and other measures on roadwork riverfront development and a Takoma Park Carnegie donation for a public library. Senate hazing reports from Military Affairs were adopted.
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Washington Home For Foundlings
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Takuma Springs Tee Company
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Secretary of War
Miliary Academy
Committee On Military Affairs
Enjoy Your Meals A Tablet Digestst A Meal
Digestive aid touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy to improve digestion. It claims a grain digests 5,000 grains of food, boosts digestive fluids, and strengthens stomach function after meals. Sold for 50 cents a package from F A Stuart Co. Marshall, Michigan.
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Mall Tree
Stuart Co
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Miah
Judges Not Confirmed Holdups in Roosevelt Appointments
Several U S district judges nominated by President Roosevelt face Senate delays amid investigations by judiciary subcommittees. Oscar F R Hi of Northern Alabama, Royal A Gumuldon of Alaska, and Herbert Seawell of Eastern North Carolina are under probes. Judge Guahitot is charged with incompetence and Gunnison’s nomination may be withdrawn.
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Alaska
Ard
Herbert
Sea
Clerks Pay Raise Sparks Bipartisan Support in Senate
Senator Gallinger backs clerical pay readjustment as part of District payroll reforms while Senator Bacon champions underpaid government clerks. Senator Beveridge proposes a parcel post pilot, Senator Tillman supports trial abroad, and Senator Gary seeks an immigration commission report and cost breakdowns to aid cotton mill labor needs. Senator Clay hints tariff revision could affect funding and industry protection, with Mr Clay and Senator Bacon engaging over the implications.
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Scott
South Carolina
Senate
South
Gan
Clay
May Buy Bull Run Sites and Monument Lands Plan
Senate military affairs committee granted a hearing on Senator Danalel's bill to acquire private lands hosting monuments on Bull Run battlefields in Virginia. Several memorials are Confederate and Federal, with US title not yet secured. A subcommittee may visit the battlefield to investigate the situation.
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Former Senator Clark Hurt on Lucania Promenade Deck
Special Cable to The Washington Post London Feb 4 Former Senator William A Clark of Montana arrived Liverpool yesterday aboard the Lucania from New York where he slipped and fell on the promenade deck injuring the muscles of his right thigh Two days out at sea he is now on crutches He plans to go to Paris but will remain in London until recovered
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London
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Lucania
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Paris
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Herbert EL Satterlee
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Holland
French Exports To U S Fall In 1908 Demand
Paris reports revised figures from Consul Mason show France's exports to the United States in 1908 totaling 91,776,058 dollars, down 96,286.04 from 1907 due to US financial stringency. Paintings and fancy goods declines drive the drop with losses of over 20,000 and four million respectively.
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Paris
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Great lawyers and princely fees in New York
In Senate testimony George W. Perkins highlighted that Lewis Cass Ledyard proposed to J Pierpont Morgan that United States Steel Corp buy large blocks of Tennessee Coal and Iron stock. The move aimed to shield distressed interests and avert broader business wreckage, a plan tied to Stetson’s bar association address on lawyer ethics and the modern reach of corporate law.
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Masons at Odds Over Taft Action in Ohio Lodge Dispute
Wortham Texas Masons condemn the Ohio grand master for granting a special dispensation allowing a Mason to become a Mason at sight in Columbus February 28 The Wortham chapter plans to forward resolutions to the grand high priest while Melish a former grand master calls the move irregular and vows possible discipline for the chapter Also a Rockyville incident reports a man losing a hand in a shredding machine at a Garrett Park farm hospital transfer forms indicate possible amputation.
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