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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
24
Payne asserts Republicans will adopt a tariff plank for maximum and minimum schedules at the party convention. Thomas Cox and Hardy speak for Democrats. Nelson criticizes the power of the Speaker.
Payne urges Democrats to read deeper into the president's message saying solutions will take years and could be worked out if Republicans hold power. Hardy blasts critics, saying they howl at criticism yet acknowledge growth and praise when right, noting a steady guide behind the president despite missteps.
Serena E Payne Republican leader and Ways and Means chair defended tariff policy against Democratic critiques of President Roosevelt. He defended past actions, ridiculed opponents, and predicted a Republican tariff revision plank at the upcoming Republican convention while praising Roosevelt and disputing Democratic charges.
The Senate debated a permanent tariff commission with short remarks from Beveriggs Newlands Culberson McLaurin Scott and Stone. A move to confirm Gen Wotherspoon failed in executive session. Payne and Thomas pressed tariff revision and states rights, while Cox Hardy and Nelson faulted Republican leadership as the House adjourned at 1 18 pm after a lengthy tariff and constitutional discussion.
A Senate Foreign Relations report supports a bill to admit U S participation in an international exposition to be held in Tokyo Japan. The bill was amended to let the President appoint the camp and the secretary discarning officer, with the appointing commissioner general and commissioners remaining under the Secretary of State. Salaries for commissioners rise to 2 003. Senator Allison submitted petitions from typographical unions urging a wood pulp duty increase.
Indiana Senator Beveridge argues for an expert tariff facts commission to guide duties and classifications urging open foreign markets and a double protective tariff. Culberson attacks tariffs, cites a Democratic campaign book, and declares himself a standpatter amid partisan exchange in the Senate.
Railroad trunk line representatives urged a change in the nine hour law before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. They argued the statute should cover operators and related workers as a class, not as individuals, to reflect congressional intent. The law takes effect March 4.
About thirty representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers met with President Roosevelt to urge a tariff commission bill. Afterward James W. Van Cleave said the meeting would remain secret. The White House said no such message would be sent, though some delegates doubted that. The delegation waited to see the President, blaming cabinet access for delays.
Massachusetts representative OConnell introduced a bill to amend the interstate commerce act to exclude trade unions and labor organizations from its reach. He argues the measure would counter a Supreme Court ruling applying Sherman anti trust provisions to unions. Virginia's Lassiter seeks Navy data on skilled labor cuts. Sperry proposes $2,000,000 for two submarine torpedo boats to be contracted to the lowest bidder.
A Labor Day hearing on the Pearce bill before the House Judiciary Committee featured T. C. Soelling of the American Federation of Labor stating Taft would study labor abuses in courts and propose reforms. Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport pressed Taft’s proof against Supreme Court rulings and urged clear, decisive remedies.
Senator Gallinger introduced a Senate resolution calling on the District Commissioners to report needed funds for street cleaning to prevent dumping on Rock Creek banks between Massachusetts Avenue and Wie Point where it enters the Potomac. He urged improving the banks over a covered waterway, saying the current condition is a disgrace to the city.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a sleep aid for exhausted nerves. It asserts sleep improves with Nervine, easing nervous trouble and restoring strength, with a testimonial from Ager of Newark praising its effects and a money back guarantee.
Secretary Metcalf urged Congress to authorize naval construction up to a 40 million dollar limit amid a prospective deficit. He asked 49.27 million for war vessels, proposing four battleships, ten destroyers, four submarines, and related support ships, with plans for a new combined surface subsurface torpedo boat.
The House Ways and Means Committee and Representative Mann of Illinois clash over removing the committee to new offices in the House building. Payne of New York and GOP allies oppose the move, arguing the committee should keep current quarters. Aimed elevator to the Capitol subway would affect Speaker Cannon’s room.
Representative Lovering of Massachusetts urged support for creating a currency revision commission with members of both houses and nonmembers of Congress. He warned Congress is not ready to act this session amid diverse opinions, while Edmund D. Fisher of the Whitburn Trust urged currency reform and courage to pass a measure, voicing general support for the Fowler and Aldrich bills.
The Senate Education and Labor Committee meets at 10:30 this morning to consider Beveridge and Lodge child labor proposals for nationwide regulatory power, along with Dolliver measures on debtor relief and liquor sale restrictions in federal properties. Philippine commissioners Lerarda and Ocampo seated in House. Taft hosted reception earlier.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California objected to a duty on cigars sent from Manila. He paid 7.85 to avoid rebuffing a friend, then sought repayment to highlight tariff injustice. The U S board of appraisers ruled Wheeler not entitled to reimbursement.
Rivalry between President Roosevelt and Maj. Gen. J Franklin Bell centers on horsemanship and stamina. The cross country tramp late Tuesday covered rough terrain with both men reported at their desks next day, signaling no serious incidents despite the arduous route.
Secretary Taft yesterday heard arguments on the Marianao Telephone Company dispute in Havana. The case asks whether a British financed firm may operate there against a Spanish concession holder. Albert de Cordova seeks a copy of Taft's decision upholding Gov. Magoon. He plans to sail from New York to Havana Saturday.
William W. Rockhill the American minister to China who has wintered in Washington plans to depart in late February or March from Seattle aboard the steamship Minnesota bound for Peking where he is due in late April Wu Ting-fang the new Chinese minister is expected in the country later this month
Gen Clarence Edwards chief of the Insular Bureau of the War Department and Mrs Edwards will accompany Gov Magoon to Havana after his Washington mission in a week or ten days. The visit will be purely social.
At a Bureau of American Republics meeting presided by Secretary Root, the fourth Pan American conference was set for Buenos Ayres Argentina on May 25 1910 to commemorate South American independence. A Senate resolution by Senator Gallinger backed by the Sixteenth Street Improvement League urged purchasing an 8 park on Sixteenth Street at Meridian Hill.
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