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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1909
Page
36
A chaotic budget debate unfolds with filibuster over amendments and a near motion to approve a 15 con for playgrounds. Senators clash as executive session details, funding for various items, and procedural questions dominate proceedings with limited consensus and ongoing scrutiny.
Congress conducted a condensed session on the District appropriation bill with amendments to gas prices street lighting and playground funding. Senators sparred over longevity pay substitutes and schooling expenditures including new buildings and grounds as well as police and tuberculosis reporting.
A lower branch bill seeks to summon gas experts and other witnesses to aid in refining a measure on gas supply limits for the District. The Senate passed an act amending railway construction timing, and a new academy of medicine was proposed for incorporation in the District. The consolation dinner for Indiana lawmakers postponed due to a bereavement.
A Senate judiciary special committee struggles to respond to a resolution seeking the president’s authority over the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by United States Steel. Despite bankers detailing their roles, no evidence compels presidential action, and some wonder if the president should have advised lawyers rather than refer the matter. The panel foresees possible no report, amid questions about whether the merger violated the Sherman act and if the president erred in permitting it.
District committee reported several measures favorably to the House including bill 1341 to create a public school teachers retirement fund and a road along the Anacostia River. Other proposals authorize a Carnegie donation for Takoma Park library, authorize highway and conduit projects, rename Washington Hospital for Foundlings, and require hospital reports to the District commissioners. Senate resolution directs War Department to provide hazing records to the Senate since Jan 10, 1908.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are advertised as a natural remedy to improve digestion. The copy asserts tablets mix with saliva, reach the stomach, and digest 5000 grains of food, claiming they strengthen digestive fluids and reduce meal discomfort. It urges readers to consult a druggist and promises a trial package by mail from F A Stuart Co. Marshall, Michigan.
President Roosevelt sent several United States district judge appointments to the Senate but they face delays amid investigations by Senate Judiciary subcommittees. Cases include Oscar R. Fr. Hi of Alabama, Royal A. Gumulden of Alaska, and Herbert Seawell of North Carolina. Judge Guahitot faces incompetency charges and Gunnison’s nomination may be withdrawn.
Senators Bacon Gallinger Beveridge Tillman and Gary discuss pay readjustment for government clerks and parcel post trials. Gallinger backs raising clerical salaries while Tillman urges testing parcel post and Gary pushes immigration commission reporting and cost accounting amid tariff and budget debates. Senator Clay comments on tariff effects and government expenses.
Senate military affairs committee granted a hearing on Senator Danalel's bill to buy private lands hosting monuments on Bull Run battlefields in Virginia. Some monuments are Confederate or Federal and remain untitled to the United States. No action taken yet. a subcommittee may visit the battlefield to inspect the situation.
Former Montana senator William A Clark, aboard the Lucania from New York, slipped on the promenade deck two days out of New York, injuring thigh muscles and needing crutches. He planned to reach Paris but stayed in London to recover.
Paris reports revised figures from consul Frank H Mason show French exports to the United States totaling $91,776,058 in 1908, down from 1907 by $96,286.04. Decreases span paintings and fancy goods amid US financial stringency, with declines in several categories totaling over $4 million in fancy goods and more than $20,000 in paintings.
In Senate testimony George W. Perkins reveals that Lewis Cass Ledyard proposed to J Pierpont Morgan that United States Steel Corp buy large blocks of Tennessee Coal and Iron stock, a move seen as guarding holdings during the panic. The piece cites Stetson's address on lawyers ethics and notes massive fees earned by leading U S lawyers amid corporate work and a shift of young talent toward finance.
Houston Tex Feb 4 Masons at Wortham Tex condemn the grand master of Ohio for granting a special dispensation making Patt a Mason at sight February 28 in Columbus Ohio Other southern lodges may follow with similar steps Resolutions to be sent to the grand high priest of the order.
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