Congress This Week Statehood Bill Faces Senate Vote
Congress enters its busiest week since December with a vote on the statehood bill for Oklahoma Indian Territory New Mexico and Arizona. Senator Beveridge will close for the majority while Senator Foraker argues for joint statehood and a NM AZ vote first.
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Missouri Senatorial Timber and Lafferty Views
Special Agent Lafferty of the General Land Office says Missouri has ample material for a U S Senator beyond Niedringhaus, naming Hadley and others as able Republicans. He argues Missouri could produce a national leader, citing Dyer Folk Nagel Lathrop Blodgett or Warner as possible Senators if Niedringhaus or Kerens fail to win the caucus.
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Baveridge
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Lathrop
Blodgett
Warner
I Ckhrell
Democratic Party
Messrs Niedringhaus
Col Mosby Sent to Mobile for Collected View on Collector Post
Col Mosby of Virginia now with the General Land Office at Montgomery is sent to Mobile to verify a controversy over the customs collectorship. William Frye Tibbetts is a candidate for a new term, with Alabama Republicans and some blacks opposing him. A mixed verdict on Tibbetts and his handling of negroes circulates, and Col Mosby's report is expected to influence the White House decision. The position pays about a salary of 8.
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Tibbetts
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Washington
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Mobile
Smoot Case Faces Close Vote Ahead of Report
Report notes a likely Senate Privileges and Elections Committee majority against Senator Smoot with Democrats and at least two Republicans forming the bloc. Debate may hinge on whether a simple or two thirds vote is required to seat, while discussion of the Mormon endowment ceremony features in the February World Today article.
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Friend of the Red Cross A C Kaufman Visits Raleigh
Mr A C Kaufman of Charleston arrived in Raleigh to attend the incorporators meeting for the American National Red Cross under the new congressional charter. An ardent Red Cross supporter since 1893, he recalls the 1893 South Carolina coast flood relief led by Clara Barton and pledges future effort to shape policy and uphold its role as a vital humanitarian instrument. Wilkesbarre Collieries Resume notes miners set to return to work tomorrow with steady employment expected through April. Representative Samuel W Smith of Michigan, struck with pneumonia, shows marked improvement and is deemed out of danger by family.
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Franked Mail Stolen in Post Office Scandal Sparks Inquiry
Representative Driscoll accuses post office staff of losing and stealing rare government publications sent under franks. He cites nine of fifteen memorial volumes missing after a Syracuse delivery and calls for investigations, urging tighter controls and accountability within the Post Office Department.
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Steath
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Fostal
Representative Mann
Illinois
Gathmann charges bias in gun test reports to Roosevelt
A letter from L Gathmann inventor of the Gathmann gun accuses Army and Navy officials of misstatements and suppressing truth in 1901 Sandy Hook gun test reports. He claims Navy officials used a self praise photo as a falsified Gathmann test and lambasts claimed 12 inch rifle armor penetration figures as absurd, urging justice and truthful reporting to Congress.
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Parleys On Parcels Post And Rail Gases In Opinion Silence
A press opinion roundup critiques Senator Platts stance on a parcels post, noting criticism from the Birmingham News about shipper gains. It covers the Northern Securities case, cotton prices, interstate railway regulation, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, and presidential powers over enforcing laws.
Sober constitutionalism and the limits of executive power
The article surveys debates on constitutional restraint and enforcement discretion, warning that absolute executive prerogatives could fuel calls to overhaul the Constitution. It links such absolutism to the risk of overreach in tariff enforcement and policy actions, urging adherence to law and due process amid broader discussions of Cuba sanitation, anti boycott bills, and U S policy toward Santo Domingo.
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