Senate Passes 16 Million Deficiency Bill Amid Panama Debate
The Senate approved a 16 million deficiency bill after hours of debate on the Panama Canal question. Key issue centered on an eight hour workday for canal laborers and aliens. Patterson pressed to strike the time limit on alien labor, arguing it would bar American workers and hinder the project. Supporters warned against cheap labor and sanitary concerns, while opponents emphasized national labor interests and potential harm to American employment. The measure passed and the Senate adjourned until Monday.
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Patterson
Ir Hale
Simmons
Tillman
Panama Canal
United States
Tanami
Fubar
Tel Sud
Staten
Taft Sees No Danger to Sugar and Tobacco in the Philippines
Taft told the Senate Philippines Committee that tariff limitations on tobacco and sugar production in the islands, if kept by poor methods, would provide ample protection to those interests for years. He defended the Payne bill and will return next Wednesday after beet sugar men testify Monday and Tuesday.
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Hertetry Taft
Sinate Philippines
Taft
Payne
Congress Condensed Senate Passes Urgent Deficiency Bill
The Senate passed the urgent deficiency bill after debate on an amendment to establish the eight hour day for all classes of workmen on the Panama Canal and adjourned until Monday at noon. In the House pension day saw 420 bills passed in seventy two minutes. A bill increasing Philippine duty on European cotton goods and decreasing the tariff on shoes was approved. The House adjourned over until Monday at noon.
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Ilsen
Sulman
Canal Conmission
Panini Railroad Company
Ummm Tr Cimal
Mir Hale
Tilman
Senate
Panama Canal
House Panel Votes Down Naval Academy Investigation
The House Naval Affairs Committee rejected a resolution to probe the Naval Academy by party vote except for one Democrat ally. A subcommittee was authorized to visit the academy to review discipline and management and report back promptly. Members aim to gather firsthand information amid hazing concerns and enforcement failures.
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Naval Academy
House of Representatives
Senate
Committee On Naval Woukrs
Committee On Rules
Roberts
Massachusetts
Vreeland
New York
Loud
Michigan
Dawson Town
Padgett
Tennessee
Vir Gregg
Texas
House
Prosecution Finishes Last Witness in Smoot Case
The Senate elections committee heard the final prosecution witness in the bid to oust Senator Smoot, with attorney Worthington seeking 200 to 300 rebuttal witnesses. Charles Smurthwaite testified his salt business suffered due to church opposition, claiming price manipulation and church control over competition. He cited a pending accounting suit over tithe money and noted a prior apostasy conviction.
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Smoot
Senate
Senate Committee On Elections
Worthington
Owen
Utah
Charles Smurthwaite
Mormon Church
Smurthwaite
Beck Salt Company
Joseph
Murray Gets Customs Collectorship at Buffalo
President Roosevelt again rewarded Newark Senators with patronage by naming Murray’s ally to the Buffalo customs post, replacing Henry W Brendel who held the office eight years. The move follows Odell faction tensions and Patt’s backing, marking a Western Empire State politburo shift as Brendel’s influence waned.
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Newark
Buffalo
Vurta
Odell
Murray
Senator Patt
Guy Odell
Henated Platt
Brau- Nel
Liathind
Senate Confirms Broad List of Nominations
The Senate in executive session yesterday confirmed a long list of nominees including Benjamin & Keith of North Carolina for the collector position in the Wilmington district, Grifith T Davis for the Internal Revenue service in the Twelfth district of Pennsylvania, and Brigadier General Palmer G Wood in the Eleventh Infantry. Other names span Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee for various collector and artillery corps roles.
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Benjamin & Keith
North Carolina
Wilmington
Internal Revenue
T Davis
Twelfth District of
Pennsylvania
Palmer G Wood
Eleventh Infantry
Henry A Reed Artillery Corp
Wiliam
Birkhimer Artillery Corps
Allison Globe California
Bela
Fruitvale
Lenard
Foraker Amendment Sets Territory Union Referendum On Statehood
Senators clash over a Foraker amendment to the Statehood bill proposing a separate referendum in New Mexico and Arizona on whether to unite as a single state The measure requires a majority in each territory for union and faces partisan maneuvering as foes seek to Delay or alter the Hamilton bill.
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Senate
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Arizona
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Washington
Mr Clarke
Arkansas
la Follette
Wisconsin
Deficiency Bill Provides for Senators Widows
The urgent deficiency bill passed by the Senate allocates 5000 for the widows of Senators Platt Connecticut Bates Tennessee and Mitchell Oregon. The measure also authorizes full year’s salary for a deceased senator’s widow, but Mitchell’s memory had not previously received the customary token of respect until a recent resolution allowed funeral expenses to be paid from the Senate contingent fund. It is anticipated the House will not object when the item for Mrs Mitchell is considered.
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Platt
Connecticut
Bates
Tennessee
Mitchell
Oregon
District measures reviewed by Senate and House actions
Senate committee approved bills including selling 204 L Street NW property reverted to the U S in 1904, regulating pharmacy and poisons, upping penalties for injuring public property, and extending Monroe Street to a Sulpitchian Fathers tract. House proposals cover seven jurors for Union Station damage cases, criminalizing abandonment of a wife, tying free school tuition to tax payment, a $100 fine and six months for false alarms, and establishing a Fourteenth Street park with School Street extension to Columbia Road.
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L Street
United States
Medical Society
Monroe Street
Brookland
Union Station
Fle
Fourteenth Street
Columbia
School Street
Columbia Road
Hepburn Advocates Hawaiian Revenue Share for Public Works
Coli Hepburn urged the House Committee on Territories to assign Hawaii 75 percent of its customs revenues for public works. He stressed Hawaii as a strategic Pacific base and its role in defense, health, and development of schools harbors and fortifications. He called Hawaii the United States most valuable post Louisiana Purchase and urged support for its resource growth.
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Hawai
Little Island
Pacific
Coli Hepburn
Committee On Territories
Hanaii
Hawaii
United States
Louisiana
Purchase Hawai
Lawson at Capitol Visits House Leaders for Lunch
Boston financier Thomas W Lawson visited the Capitol yesterday and dined with Speaker John Sharp Williams and Representative William Alden Smith after meeting Mr McCall. The stop was unpolitical, made on his way home from the West.
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Smith
McCall
Thomas W Lawson
Boston
House
Capitol
Lawson
John Sharp Williams
William Alden Smith
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Rapid House action revises Philippine tariff and passes minor bills
The House set a speed record by approving 429 measures in 72 minutes, including a tariff act amendment to curb false selvage cotton goods and lower shoe classifications to boost local production. The session closed with 228 o'clock adjournment until Monday noon.
Taft plan checked on Philippines troops for China
Secretary Taft asked Congress for 1000000 to add two brigade camps in the Philippines for field training and possible China expedition but the Appropriations Committee denied the grant. He confirmed the request and noted troops would be kept ready only if needed to protect Americans and Westerners in China, with no immediate troop moves.
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Taft
China
Philippines
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Committee On the
Committee On Appropriations
Wayecon Vicwy
Empire
Wiley Enlightens Ways and Means Committee Hearings
Dr. Wiley spoke to the Ways and Means Committee on alcohol used in arts and industry. He explained fusel oil and defended denatured alcohol while noting dangers and the need for a bottled in bond proof whisky standard. The hearing resumes February 3 with temperance representatives expected to oppose the bill.
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Harvey W Wiley
Agricultral Department
Payne
Wiley
Willey
Bond
Prof Wiley
Diplomas Held Up At Naval Academy Hazing Charges
About fifteen in the first Naval Academy class will not receive diplomas on Monday. Three midshipmen face hazing charges. twelve or more are deficient in one or more branches and will be examined next year. Allan J Chantrey Jr. of Malvern Iowa ranks highest in the class. the list names many graduates, ships, and ranks amid a long roll of commissions and promotions.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Arthur A Garcelon
Auburn
William P Hayes
Louisville
Frank He Roberts
New Haven
Conn
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academ
Allan Jo Chantrey Jr
Malvern
Iowa
Wothkehead
Allan J Chantrey
Yona
Whitford Drake Waltham Mass
Jouhn Paul
Miller Lancaster Ky
Harry G Knox Giedi
Vitla
Ohio
George B
Wright Fergus Tails
Henry M Jensen
Benson
Minn
Wiliam C Harker
Salt Lake City
Utah
George S Bryan
Scotland Neck
Wilhelm Sandusky
Hugh Allen Milweekee
Wis
Roy L. Lowman Johnst
Robert L. Ghormiev
Moscow Idaho
William L. Calhoun Palatkala
Willson Wyoming
Leigh Noyes
St Jomsbury
Stephan W
Wallace
Walter W
Lorshbough
Dargo
Dak
Eldred Bo Armstrong
Indianapolis
Ind
Lew M Atkin
Butte
Mont
Edward Mises
New York
Vestal P
Herbert J French Lancaster
William A
Hall North
Gaston Mass
Frank J Pletcher
Marshalltown
Arthur L Bristel Jr
Charleston SC
Walter B
Decker
Montclair
Douglass L
Howard Hlinais
Navy reform plan seeks two assistants for business focus
Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey introduces a bill to create two Assistant Secretaries of the Navy. One would be a naval officer overseeing personnel and the other a civilian in charge of materials and procurement to run the department on a more businesslike basis. The measure, effective July 1, 1908, argues civilians can run markets more efficiently than officers rotated between sea and shore duty.
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Navy
Navy Department
New Jersey
Congress
Oleas
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Shipbuilding &c
Akill
Civlian
American cruiser Pennsylvania visits St Vincent harbor
The U S armored cruiser Pennsylvania arrived in Kingstown St Vincent yesterday for an eight day visit. A hearty welcome was given with salutes exchanged and official visits between Captain MacLean and Administrator Cameron. The crew enjoyed general shore leave and a government house ball hosted in their honor. Several private social functions are planned and an excursion to La Soufriere may be arranged next week.
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Island of St Vincent
Penivania
MacLean
Cameron
Government House
Kingstown
Pennsylvania
la Soufriere
Midshipmen Dance at Naval Academy Grad Night
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland February 49. The graduating class hosted a brilliant dance for first classmen and their ladies. Decoration included green and white streamers and bowing motifs. A miniature fort with portholes and suns stood near center. The German gift went to right at the event. The German gift was supervised by a committee led by Midshipman William Alexander Glassford Jr. and Vision Cameron. Other committee members included Hubert Wright Cabaniss Charles Armijo Woodruff Leh Noel Lew Morton Almaens John Taylor Ganse Stapler Harry ar Knox and Isaac Tamphell Gidd.
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Hubert Wright Cabaniss
Charles Armijo Woodruff
Leh Noel
Lew Morton” Almaens
John Taylor Ganse Stapler
Harry Ar Knox
Isaac Tamphell Gidd
Army Orders and Staff Moves Reported for 1906
Leaves of absence and reassignment details for lieutenants and majors across multiple regiments. Includes retirements board actions at Fort Casarna Mex and Governors Island, plus examinations and duty shifts for medical staff and transport officers. Movements of naval vessels list ships arriving at Guantanamo, Cavite, and Hong Kong.
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Second Cavalry
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Theodore B Ilacker
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Raitmore
Cavite
Sncas
Pensacola
Guantanamo
Weete Cristi
Hongkong
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