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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
4
Payne asserts the Republican convention will adopt a plank for maximum and minimum schedules. Thomas Cox and Hardy advocate for Democrats. Nelson criticizes the power of the Speaker.
Payne urges Democrats to study the president’s message, noting solutions require years and eventual bipartisan action if Republicans hold power. Hardy rebukes critics, saying fairness comes from balanced praise and scrutiny, with a steady voice guiding the president when needed.
Republican Noor leader Serena E Payne told the House yesterday that a tariff revision plank would be in the Republican platform next November. He critiqued Democrats and Willams while praising Roosevelt and discussed currency reform and party strategy as a crowded chamber listened.
Senate routs through tariff schemes and constitutional clashes as Beveriggs and Newlands push a permanent tariff commission while others press for independence for the Philippines. House leaders pledge tariff talk, states’ rights clash with executive doctrines, and a stalled confirmation marks a day of broad debate amid calls for a max and min tariff to guide international trade.
Senator Cullom’s bill to permit U S participation in a Tokyo Japan international exposition was reported by the Foreign Relations Committee. The bill was amended to let the President appoint and the secretary-disbursing officer handle details while the State Department assigns the commissioner general and commissioners. Salaries for the commissioners rise from 2.09 to 2,003. Unions Against Wood Pulp Duty advocates addressed the Senate, pressing to reduce the duty on wood pulp.
Indiana Senator Beveridge outlined a plan for a tariff facts based commission to gather data and classify imports, arguing Congress should set duties after facts and avoid partisan tactics. Culberson attacked tariffs, showing a book titled the Democratic campaign book and declaring himself a standpat.
Representatives of major railroad trunk lines urged the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to clarify the nine hour law affecting telegraph operators train dispatchers and other employees. They argue the Interstate Commerce Commission misreads the act by treating workers as individuals rather than a class and seek explicit statutory language. The law takes effect March 4.
About thirty representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers met with President Roosevelt to urge a tariff commission and a special message to Congress. After the session, James W. Van Cleave said secrecy was pledged and no message would be sent, though some delegates hinted a message might still come. The group waited hours to see the President as others claimed cabinet visitors had influenced him.
Massachusetts Representative O Connell introduces a bill to amend the interstate commerce act to exclude trade unions from its reach, arguing it would counter Supreme Court limits on the Sherman act as applied to labor unions and support President’s position. Virginia’s Lassiter seeks navy yard labor data. Sperry of Connecticut bills $2,000,000 for two submarine torpedo boats contracts to lowest bidder.
T C Soelling of the American Federation of Labor told the House Judiciary Committee that Taft could study labor conditions and court abuses and propose remedies if given the chance. Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport pressed for views on recent Supreme Court decisions that spurred the President to act.
Senator Gallinger introduced a Senate resolution asking District Commissioners to report extra funding needs for street cleaning to prevent dumping on Rock Creek banks between Massachusetts Avenue and the Potomac. He favored bank improvements over a covered waterway, calling current banks a disgrace to the city.
Excerpt discusses sleeplessness from exhausted nerve force and promotes Dr Miles Nervine as nature's rebuild period. Claimed to soothe tired nerves, invigorate the system, and restore calm sleep with a money back guarantee. Mentions testimonials and Miles Medical Co. distribution.
Secretary Metcalf urged a naval construction limit near 40 million dollars amid a projected deficit while seeking 49.27 million for war vessel work. He advocated four battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and support ships, plus new torpedo boats planned for open sea combat. The committee considered economy with potential cuts as months of fiscal shortfall loom.
The House Ways and Means Committee led by Representative Mann of Illinois clashed with Republicans led by Payne over a plan to move the committee from its current rooms to the new House office building. Mann argued for the relocation while Payne and allies opposed it, citing the committee’s primacy near the House hall. The提 proposal includes an elevator to connect the Capitol floor to the subway and would affect Speaker Cannon’s current rooms.
Representative Lovering of Massachusetts urged the House Banking and Currency Committee to back a currency revision commission with House and Senate members and nonmembers. He said Congress is not inclined to act this session amid broad opinion differences, while Chairman Fowler discouraged the idea as unproductive. Edmund D. Fisher of Whiatburn Trust Co Brooklyn urged currency reform and courage, speaking in support of the Fowler and Aldrich bills.
Senate Education and Labor Committee meets at 10 30 a m to consider Beveridge Lodge Gallinger and Dolliver bills on child labor interstate commerce federal control and depots for Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company. Philippine commissioners Lerarda and Ocampo seat in House after impromptu reception.
A Manila friend sent two boxes of fifty cigars each to Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California. He paid $7.85 in duty to avoid a rebuke and asked the Treasury to refund, arguing the Philippine tariff is excessive. The U.S. board of appraisers ruled Wheeler not entitled to reimbursement.
Rivalry between President Roosevelt and Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff, centers on walking ability. Both weigh about 95 rounds and demonstrated endurance in a cross-country tramp. Recent days show both at desks with no serious incidents despite rough terrain.
Secretary Taft held a hearing on the Marianao telephone concession in Havana. The Marianao Telephone Company backed by British capital seeks to operate against a Spanish concession holder. Albert de Cordova of the University of Havana sought Taft’s decision copy and will travel to New York and then sail to Havana.
William W. Rockhill the American minister to China has wintered in Washington and plans to sail from Seattle on the Minnesota March 2 for Peking where he will arrive in late April Wu Ting-fang the new Chinese minister is expected here later this month.
At Gov. Magoon's invitation General Clarence Edwards chief of the Insular Bureau of the War Department and Mrs Edwards will join the governor in Havana after his Washington mission within a week or ten days. The general's visit will be social only.
At a Bureau of American Republics meeting presided by Secretary Root the fourth Pan American conference was set for Buenos Aires Argentina on May 25 1910 to commemorate South American independence. A Senate resolution by Senator Gallinger supported by the Women’s Sixteenth Street Improvement League urged action on a park purchase at Meridian Hill crest Sixteenth Street.
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