Regulates Street Rail Lines and Grants New Powers
A House District Committee advances a bill extending regulation over street railways in the District of Columbia. It would compel car counts, safety, and service standards, empower the DC Commissioners to enforce rules, and carry penalties for violations. The measure envisions extensive track expansions by City and Suburban, Washington Railway and Electric, Capital Traction, and allied lines, with routes through multiple avenues and streets.
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House District Committee
Staden
Sprakae
Ing
Universal
Sr Corporation
District of
Cokumbia
District of Columbia
Capital Traction Company
Fgres
Canlel
C Streets
Capital Street
Estreet Cunning Nord
Capitol
D Streets
Fouthern
Capital ‘Practon Company
Mutheriged
Cantal Sreet
D Street
Sarhusrus Avanur
Autheriged
Tty
Fom
SL Aguaibwardty
Stanon Plaza
Thance Este
Sau Plaza
Comtbery
Ommeny
Torch
Serena Street
East Capital Street
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Congress Condensed Nomination Confirmed and Transit Plans
Congress confirms Lieut. Cal. W. Wotherspoon as brigadier general by 40 to 7 after five hours of debate. Senate to discuss currency bill. Legislature passes appropriation and President’s message distribution. Capital Traction and Washington Railway plan double track extensions to connect with existing lines. construction timelines set, overhead trolley line to Union Station ordered within sixty days.
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Lieat
Cal
W. W. Wotherspoon
Stone
Missouri
Senate
Union Station
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Companies
North Conital Street
C Street
Delaware Avenue
Commission Rs
Metropolitan Coach
Bill transfers constitutional question to local court
District court authority shifts to determine constitutionality of government expenditures under the Gallinger bill for a temporary home for Union soldiers and sailors. The senate passed the measure, vesting jurisdiction in the local court system.
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Gallinger
Senate
Wotherspoon Promoted After Five Hours of Debate
The Senate confirmed Lieut. Col. W W Wotherspoon for brigadier general by a 40 to 7 vote after extended debate. Senators Bulkeley Du Pont and Briggs opposed, with most Democrats backing the President. The opposition centered on seniority and promotion policy rather than the officer’s record.
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Bulkeley, du Pont
Aud Briggs
The
War College
W. W. Wotherspoon
Senate
Bulkeley and Trandexee
Connecticut
Nu Pont
Delaware
Raggs
New Jersey
Can
New Ger
Richardson
Ohio
DE Als coPengnes
Farwker
Col Wotherspoon
Bulkelex
Cipy
Bulkeles
Consuleritlio
Don All the Ascasson
Briggs
du Pont
District Bills Passed by Senate and Introduced in House
Senate action includes a $50,200 appropriation for temporary housing for Union soldiers and sailors. A bust purchase of Zachary Taylor from Mrs. Lola Wood is proposed. Other measures cover plumbing law amendments hospital regulation and street extensions. House items include appellate jurisdiction on Congressionally funded appropriations and creation of a Labor Department. An Education investigations appropriation of $40,000 is proposed. A New York Avenue extension bill and farm produce receptacle size bid are noted.
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Gallinger
Daniel
Zachary Taylor
Lola Wood
Girard Street
Fifteenth Street
Littlefield
District Court of Appeals
Congres
Sulzer
Department At Labor
Humphrey
United States Commissioner of Education
Smith
New York Avenue
Fourth Street
Bladensburg Road
Gailinger
Washington
United States Commission of Education
Third Street
Taylor
Theenate
Yachary ‘Caylar
Lala Wood
Femer
United States Supreme Courts
Bill to let Diawice Court review public expenditures
A House bill by Representative Littlefield of Maine would confer jurisdiction on the Diawice Court of Appeals to hear constitutional or legal challenges to congressional expenditures. A petition of ten US citizens would authorize trial against federal officials, with the court empowered to issue injunctions and set procedures. Appeals to the Supreme Court would be allowed.
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Diawice Court of Appeals
Congress
House
Littlefield
Maine
United States
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Sulzer
New York
Department of Labor
Smuth
House District Committee
Cenge
Girard Street
McGill & Wallace, Holl E
George H. Dem
Shoomaker CO
Sick Clerks In Gallery Spark Signals Of Economy Debate
In a House session on an appropriation bill regulating clerical roles, galleries were unusually full. A member cited speeches by Mr Senith of Dawa criticizing the era and urging stricter duty, noting the proposed clerical furlough policy might prove more damaging than beneficial.
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Thyumanttec
Igley
Rocky Pointe
Senith
Dawa
Congress
Probe for Subtreasury Oversight and Labor Department Bill
A congressional inquiry seeks details on Treasury shortages and supervision of the Subtreasury Office by the assistant treasurer and whether officials engaged in stock speculation with losses. The inquiry also asks if the Secretary of the Treasury directed recovery actions. Separately, Representative Suiger introduced a bill to create a Department of Labor with six Assistant Secretaries.
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Thomas J. .Dean
United States
Atking
DP Dyer, Jr
Mo B Pergusom
Alec
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Labor
Suiger
New York
Lavor
Labor
Lodge Urges Mail Subsidy Amendment
Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the mail subsidy bill in the Senate yesterday. It authorizes the Postmaster General to contract for ocean mail carried in third class vessels and to pay a subsidy of 2 dollars per outward mile on routes of 400 miles or more.
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Senate
Lodge
Postmaster General
Nelson Blocks School Bill in Senate Stalemate
The Dolliver school bill faced another Senate delay as Senator Burkett failed to secure unanimous consent after Senator Stone spoke on currency. Senator Nelson reserved judgment to study the measure amid district citizens associations' opposition. Burkett vows another push. bill remains on calendar under rule 9 awaiting prior items to clear. A petition to rename Sixteenth Street NW to White House Road was sent to District Committee, while several DC prohibition petitions were presented by Senators Gullinger and Long from multiple states.
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Dolliver
Senate
Burkett
Subcommittee On
Stone
Nelson
Burkett Ig
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Sixteenth
White House Road
Senate Yeatenday
Gullinger
District Committee
District of Columbia
Galinger
Long
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Plinets
Michigan
Kansas
Lincoln Farm Fund Bill Aims $100000 For Birthplace Shrine
The bill proposes $100000 to the Lincoln Farm Association to build a memorial hall on the Lincoln birthplace site in Kentucky, a national shrine to protect the cabin and other relics. The project would total up to $260000 with $150000 from the association, to be dedicated in 1909.
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Hall
Kentucky
Madden
Uois
Lincoln Farm Association
Lincoln Birthorien
Associaton
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Bur
Cooper
Texas
Hughes
New Jersey
President Can Call Troops Under Constitution Says General
Brig. Gen. George B. Muvi n, judge advocate general, states the president can call out the militia without prior congressional war declaration. The Steener son bill aims to reorganize the National Guard, enabling joint annual camps with regulars, equal pay, and regular officers detailing to militia units to boost readiness.
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George B. Muvin
Congress
Steenerson
National Guard
Ely Anid
United States
WANTS HOMES FOR CONSULS IN FAR EAST BUILDINGS
Secretary Root backed amendments to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill authorizing expenditures up to 1,372,642 for consular buildings in China Japan and Korea and 500,000 for Shanghai land and buildings. Amoy Canton Chefoo Chungking Foo Chow Yangchow Hongkong Nanking Nienchwang Shanghai Tientsin Kobe Nagasaki Seoul Tamshuti Yokohama listed with specific funds. Bacon proposed a Paris entry building purchase and repair not to exceed 400,600.
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Cullom
Far East
China
Japan
Korea
Shanghai
Amoy
Canton
Cheton
Chungking
Foo Chow
Yankow
Hongkong
Nanking
Nienchwang
Tientsin
Kobe
Nagasaki
Seoul
Tamsuti
Yokohama
Bacon
Paris
Women Will Ask Vote at March 2 Hearing
Suffragists plan a March 2 event before the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage to urge a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Led by Miss Katherine Teed Ballington, daughter of former Speaker Thomas B. Reed, about sixty women lawyers doctors and others will support her appeal from New York and other places. Senator Clay of Georgia chairs the committee.
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Congress
Mss
Katherine Teed Ballington
Ite
Thomas B. Reed
Str
Belington
New York
Wp‘ward
Senate Committee
Clay
Georgia
Favors Limit on Hawaiian Leases Bill Reported
The House Committee on Territories favorably reported a bill limiting agricultural land leases in Hawaii to fifteen years. It also favored a bill authorizing payment of Hawaiian postal savings bank nominations. The Senate committee ordered favorable reports on Thomas Wood and John Embry as United States attorneys for Colorado and Oklahoma districts.
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House Committee On Territories
Hawaii
Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank
Senate Committee On the
Thomas Waod, Sron
United States
District of
Colorado
John Embry
Oklahoma
Lawmakers Clash Over Incapacitated Clerks Measure in House Debate
In a stormy session led by Chairman Tawney and Gen. Keifer, the House debated a provision barring appropriations for pay to incapacitated clerks. Proponents urge keeping or tightening dismissal power for department heads, while opponents defend civil service protections and warn of a dangerous expansion of control. The debate highlighted age and disability concerns, with motions to amend and potential Senate action noted as the bill passed the House.
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Goulden
New York
Ketter
Glilo
Gillett
Lawrence
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Friends of
Goulde
Gen
Keifer
Gen. Keifer
Taw- Inexy
Gen. Keifen
FE O
Kafer
iChairman Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Treasury
Mr. Tawney
Pollard
Nebraska
Erkehipa
Congress Fe
Army Pay Bill Sees 9 27 Percent Increase for Enlisted
Chairman Hull of the Committee on Military Affairs reported the army appropriation bill with a 9.27 percent pay rise for enlisted men and noncommissioned officers. He noted officers were omitted to avoid a point of order, saying an officer pay increase may be added as a floor amendment.
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Hull
Committee On Military Affairs
Lull
Senate
House Votes to Extend Confederate Graves Marking Fund
The House approved a joint resolution to extend for two years the act that appropriates 200000 to mark graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors who died in Northern prisons and were buried near prisons. A surplus of 184000 remains from the original appropriation for this purpose.
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House
Limits on Philippine cadets to seven to West Point
Senator Warren reported from the Senate Committee on Military Affairs a joint resolution limiting to seven the number of cadets that may be appointed to West Point from the Philippines. It provides that after graduation they must serve eight years. In the Philippine scouts.
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Senate Committee On Military Affairs
West Point
Philippines
Philippine Scouts
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