Senate Passes Deficiency Bill Amid Panama Canal Debate
The Senate approved a sixteen million dollar deficiency measure after a lengthy session dominated by calls to impose an eight hour workday for all canal labor. Key figures Patterson Hale Simmons Tillman argued over alien labor and sanitary conditions, while support from Shonts Stevens and others pressed to move the canal bill forward. The amendment restricting alien labor was rejected and the bill passed as the chamber adjourned.
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Senate
Patterson
Ir Hale
Simmons
Tillman
Panama Canal
United States
Tanami
Fubar
Tel Sud
Staten
Savernmental
Xi Fan
Symes
Saribait
Shonts
Stevens
Wailice
Taft Sees No Danger to Sugar and Tobacco
Taft told the Senate Philippines Committee that tariff limits on tobacco and sugar production in the islands with poor methods would protect those interests for years. He argued for the Payne bill and will not be heard again until next Wednesday after beet sugar interests speak Monday and Tuesday.
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Hertetry Taft
Sinate Philippines
Taft
Payne
Congress Condensed Deficiency Bill Debate on Panama Canal Eight-Hour Day
The Senate passed the urgent deficiency bill after a debate on a proposed amendment establishing an eight hour day for all classes of workers on the Panama Canal. The Senate adjourned Monday at noon. The House observed pension day with a bill pushing 420 Dilla through in seventy two minutes. Also approved was a bill raising Philippine duty on European cotton goods and lowering the tariff on shoes. The House adjourned until Monday at noon.
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Ilsen Appeaier
Iulman
Canal Conmission
Panini Railroad Company
Ummm Tr Cimal
Senate
Panama Canal
NO NAVAL ACADEMY PROBE REPORTEDLY REJECTED BY HOUSE
House committee votes down a resolution for an investigation of the Naval Academy with a party line split except for one member. A subcommittee is appointed to visit the academy to review discipline and management and report back, as lawmakers seek first hand details on alleged hazing and enforcement failures. The panel includes Vree land, Loud, Dawson Town, Padgett, and Gregg. The study aims to inform potential legislation for the House.
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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 Calls Last Witness In Smoot Case
The Senate elections committee heard the final prosecution witness in the Smoot ouster case. Charles Smurthwaite testified his salt business suffered due to Mormon church actions and church price control. He claimed the Beck Salt Company faced credit and sales limits amid church monopoly allegations. a tithe accounting suit he filed against Joseph Smith is unresolved.
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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 and the Newark Senators sought patronage in New York politics. Murray secured the customs post at Buffalo for Vurta, a recommender tied to the Senators and opposed by the Odell faction. Henry W Brendel held the office eight years, appointed on Patt’s and Odell’s recommendations, then replaced amid party shifts as Odell’s influence waned.
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Roosevelt
Newark
Buffalo
Vurta
Odell
Murray
Senator Patt
Guy Odell
Henated Platt
Brau- Nel
Liathind
Senate confirms large list of nominations
The Senate in executive session yesterday confirmed a large slate of nominations including Benjamin and Keith of North Carolina for collector offices in Wilmington district and various Internal Revenue positions. Other confirmations list Brigadier General Palmer G Wood and Henry A Reed, plus numerous regional appointees across states from California to New York and South Carolina to Louisiana.
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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 Pushes Statehood Referendum Fight
Senators debate a Foraker amendment to the Statehood bill proposing a separate referendum in New Mexico and Arizona on uniting as one state. The plan sets a special election after approval, requiring a majority in each territory, while party lines and Senate rules shape the looming vote.
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Foraker
Senate
New Mexico
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 awards $5000 to the widows of Senators Platt Connecticut Bates Tennessee and Mitchell Oregon. The measure follows the practice of paying the full year’s salary to a deceased senator’s widow, and Mitchell’s case had not included the usual memorial payment or funeral expenses until a recent resolution.
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Platt
Connecticut
Bates
Tennessee
Mitchell
Oregon
District measures move through Senate and House
The Senate District Committee approved bills authorizing the sale at auction of the property at 204 L Street Northwest reverting to the United States in 1904, to regulate pharmacy practice and poisons, to raise penalties for injuring public property, and to extend Monroe Street through Sulspician Fathers tract costs charged to abutting property owners. In the House, seven member jury to hear Union Station damage cases, outlaw abandoning a wife, require tax payment for free public school tuition, penalties for false fire alarms, a Fourteenth Street park and Columbia Road, and extending School Street 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 Seeks Hawaii Revenue Share for Public Works
Col Hepburn urged Congress to grant Hawaii 75 percent of its customs revenues for public works. He told the Committee on Territories that Hawaii is vital as a Pacific base for fleet operations and highlighted its role in disease protection. He praised the Louisiana Purchase as a key US acquisition and urged development of Hawaii’s resources, schools, harbors, and fortifications.
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Little Island
Pacific
Coli Hepburn
Committee On Territories
Hanaii
Hawaii
United States
Louisiana
Purchase Hawai
Lawson at Capitol Lunch With Williams and Smith
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 visit carried no political significance beyond social courtesy during Lawson’s stopover en route from the West.
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Williama
Smith
McCall
Thomas W Lawson
Boston
House
Capitol
Lawson
John Sharp Williams
William Alden Smith
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
House speeds passage of tariff revision and minor bills
The House set a brisk pace approving 429 measures in 72 minutes. A Philippine tariff act amendment aimed at cotton goods and shoes passed to remove discrimination against American goods, with cotton width tricks and false selvage goods cited. Minor bills also cleared and the chamber adjourned at 2:28 pm until Monday.
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House
Senate
Mr Payne
Ways and Means
Tie
Payne
Taft seeks funds to train Philippine troops for China action
Secretary Taft urged a $100,000 appropriation to prepare the Philippines for possible expedition to China. The Appropriations Committee denied the request, and Taft planned to press the matter with the Philippines Committee. He noted two brigade camps would drill troops for field service should tensions in China escalate.
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Taft
China
Philippines
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
Committee On the
Committee On Appropriations
Wayecon Vicwy
Empire
Dr Wiley Enlightens Ways and Means Committee
Hearings before the Ways and Means Committee shifted from routine to a revelatory session on alcohol used in arts and beverages. Prof Wiley, a chemist, described fusel oil, warned on denatured alcohol, and recalled his investigations as temperance groups urge passage of the pill amid fears of increased drinking. The hearing adjourned to February 3 for further testimony.
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Harvey W Wiley
Agricultral Department
Payne
Wiley
Willey
Bond
Prof Wiley
Diploma delays shadow Naval Academy hazing case
Annapolis dispatch reports about fifteen first class midshipmen at the Naval Academy facing diploma delays. Three accused hazing, twelve plus failing one or more requirements, with diplomas withheld pending exams and potential court martial action. Allan J Chantrey Jr leads the top graduates.
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Naval Academy
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Arthur A Garcelon
Auburn
William P Hayes
Louisville
Frank He Roberts
New Haven
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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
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Benson
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Moscow Idaho
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Butte
Mont
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New York
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Hall North
Gaston Mass
Frank J Pletcher
Marshalltown
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Charleston SC
Walter B
Decker
Montclair
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Sailor Not a Buyer Business Reform Proposed
Mr Loudenslager of New Jersey introduces a bill in the House to create two Assistant Secretaries of the Navy. One a naval officer to oversee personnel and the other a civilian to manage materials and purchases to run the department on a better business basis. The measure, effective July 1 1908, aims to fix defects by placing professional purchasing under civilian leadership.
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Navy Department
New Jersey
Congress
Oleas
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Shipbuilding &c
Akill
Civlian
American cruiser Pennsylvania visits St Vincent Harbor
The United States armored cruiser Pennsylvania arrived in Kingstown St Vincent and will stay eight days. A hearty reception with salutes and official calls occurred between Capt MacLean and Administrator Cameron. Officers enjoy shore leave and a government house ball. Private 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 Instructors and guests attend
Midshipmen of the graduating class hosted a brilliant dance at the Naval Academy in Annapolis marked by green and white decorations. Led by Midshipman William Alexander Glassford Jr and Vision Cameron, the event featured a miniature fort centerpiece and porthole decor reflecting the class spirit. The German gift ceremony did not detail further.
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Ferman
William Alexander Glassford
Hubert Wright Cabaniss
Charles Armijo Woodruff
Leh Noel
Lew Morton” Almaens
John Taylor Ganse Stapler
Harry Ar Knox
Isaac Tamphell Gidd
Army Orders Summary of Leaves and Assignments 1906
Leaves of absence and new duties for several officers including Lieut Col preenenun deputy surgeon, Maj Treleric W Sibley, Lt Leon T Le Wall, Maj Chauncey B Baker, and others. Reassignments include acting commissary duties aboard transport Sumner during Cuba trip. Retiring boards at Fort Casar a Mex and Government Hospital for the Insane DC addressed. several reports and examinations set at Plattsburg and Governors Island. Movements of naval vessels listed with arrivals to Cavite, Guantanamo, and Hong Kong.
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Second Cavalry
Leon T le Wall
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Sumner
Tansport
Cuba
Army
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Mex
Alin
R Booth
Charles L . Frouwitter
Army Retiring Board
Governors Island N
John B Kerr
Theodore B Ilacker
Wissouri
Omaha Nebr
Whitewood
Dak Valentine
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