Burton Holds Reins Rivers and Harbors Fund Debate
House debates the rivers and harbors bill with Pennsylvania objections to a $300,000 Delaware River improvement. Burton argues for broad funding and local sharing, while Pennsylvania lawmakers push for equal state contribution. Debate includes remarks on navy yard needs, Esopus Creek, and Pagan River funding, ending with minor amendments and a Louisiana Purchase tribute.
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Salt River
Maddox
Georgia
Burton
Esopus Creek
Parker
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
Messrs. Brown
Adams
Butler
Navy Yard
Grosvenor
Baker
Brooklyn
New York
Mann
Ilinois
Warnett
United States
Congress Debates Panama Canal Civil Government Bill
The Senate debated a civil government for the Panama Canal Zone and the Panama Railroad ownership. House action covered army appropriations and retired officer pay with militia debates. Dam project on Niobrara River and border line fixes were noted. adjournment followed.
House Fails to Secure Gen Miles Full Pay Amid Militia Service
The House rejected all Senate amendments to the army appropriation bill except a $95,000 Alaska cable project. Debates centered on retired officers serving with state National Guards and Gen Nelson Miles, with Ames pressing a Senate amendment for Miles to receive full active pay while on Massachusetts Governor Douglas staff. The measure was sent back to conference amid opposition from Hull and others and Willams was absent due to illness.
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Senate
Valdez
Seward
Alaska
Nelson A. Miles
Ames
Massachuetts
Hull
Gen. Miles
Gov
Douglas
Massachusetts
Iles
Treasury
Thayer
Grosvenor
Miles
Hay
Virginia
Bii
John Sharp Willams
Public Buildings Bill Seen as Dead for This Session
Debates at the Capitol reveal strong opposition to the public buildings measure. Critics say the bill, valued at 59,500,000, includes 5,000,000 for territories and would require amendments before any passage. A large petition urged a rule for consideration, but many Representatives doubt the bill’s fate absent changes.
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Cannon
House Committee On
House
Joe
Senators Deny Federal Power Over Fruit Car Refrigeration
A House subcommittee hearing on private car line refrigeration ends with Armour representatives arguing Congress lacks jurisdiction to compel railroads to insure fruit against decay. Georgia figures contend interstate commerce covers only a small share of shipments, risking industry destruction if mandated. Filling contracts issues show the industry faced $17,000 in growers’ claims, mostly settled.
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Armour Company
Congress
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
A. HK. Urion
Armour Refrigerator Car Lines
Thomas B. Felder
Georgia
I. M. Fleming
Carolinas
Florida
Maryland
Delaware
Onion
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Felder
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Railroad
W. and A. of Georgia
Atlanta
Pleming
Cedar Lake
Ind
Macon
Comany
Georgia Peach Growers’ Association
Rate bill debate continues with Kean resolution likely
A lull in Senate rate legislation agitation ended as a renewed push for an early report on a bill was unlikely to prevail. The Kean resolution may pass and the committee could begin framing a bill in April. Many amendments to the Each Townsend bill were already proposed. Senator Elkins sought to correct statements about an executive session and the White House remarks on an anticipated rate action.
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Kean
Each-Townsend
Elkins
White House
House
Panama Railroad policy debate shapes canal zone government
The Senate discussed the Panama Canal Zone government bill with broad support for government ownership of the Panama Railroad. Gorman opposed general ownership while Patterson backed it, arguing it would prove national control’s benefits. The session also touched on a provision for a Panama bank deposit to fund canal construction and an amendment on canal supplies carried in American ships amid a quorum gap.
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Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Gorman
Congress
Sweyne
Washington
Perkins
Batley
Morgan
Patterson
Panama Road
Roosevelt
Bryan
Swayne
No More District Legislation Signals End of Congress Sessions
Congress likely ends district business for this session as no House District of Columbia meetings will occur and Senate Friday sessions are canceled unless urgent measures arise. Speaker Cannon directs chairmen not to advance new bills while several district bills sit on calendars for March 4. Conferees on the District appropriation bill have not met yet.
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Congress
House Committee
District of Columbia
Senate
Cannon
Jamestown Exposition Chief Seeks Cannon Backing
Gen Fitzhugh Lee, president of the Jamestown Exposition Company, left Norfolk for Washington to persuade Speaker Cannon to alter his stance on the 1907 Jamestown Exposition appropriation. The bill has House committee approval but Cannon has not committed. Lee plans talks with expo supporters upon arrival to decide next steps.
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Gen. Fitzhugh Ive
Jamestown Exposition Company
Washington
Speaker Cannon
House of Representatives
Hampton Roads
House Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
Gen. Lee
Cannon
Gen
Lee
Jamestown Pit
Philippine tariff reduction bill advances in House Ways and Means
A favorable report was authorized by the House Ways and Means Committee on the Curtis bill lowering duties on Philippine tobacco and sugar to 26 percent of the Dingley schedule. An amendment requires these products to be wholly grown in the islands. Another amendment covers internal revenue tax paid upon sale in the U.S. One vote against the bill came from Representative Robertson of Louisiana. Members may later record their votes.
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Pennsylvania
Pennseylvania
Delaware
Philadelphia
Burton
Committee On
Messrs. Adams, Bingham, and McCrear
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New York
Hatteras
Small
North Carolina
Aint
Tennessee
Cumberland
Morrell
Morrel
Burgess
Texas
Grosvenor
Ohio
Japan
Russia
Sulzer
Senate
House Committee On Ways and
Philippines
Islands
Representative Robertson
Louisiana
Senate Moves Swiftly on Naval and River and Harbor Bills
Senate committees racing to complete appropriation measures plan to present all bills to the Senate at the earliest moment. Chairman Hale of Naval Affairs met with Secretary Morton and the naval appropriation bill is expected to be reported today after a 10:30 a.m. meeting. The Appropriations and Commerce panels are advancing sundry civil and river and harbor bills, aiming to speed passage weeks ahead of normal procedure.
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Senate
Hale
Committee On
Naval Affairs
Navy
Morton
Committee On Appropriations
House
Committee On Commerce
Swayne case nears end as impeachment trial moves toward finish
The Senate impeachment trial of Judge Swayne progressed with about four hours of testimony and plans for four hours of argument per side. Witnesses included Fr W Marsh and Adolph Greenhut among others. Possible closing by Friday night, with votes later if approved by the Senate.
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Pensacola
Beverly H. Burton
Thomas F. McGourin
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Northern District of
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Herman Wolfe
Hajah Barker
Perry S. Hayes
Adolph Greenhut
Ezra P. Axtell
Milton Jackson
Philadelphia
Guyencourt
Del
Robert McCullough
Atwood Wilson
Martin Turner
Charles C. Morris
Hale
Bacon
Illinois Supreme Court Defines Conspiracy in Anti-trust Case
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld lower court judgments finding Wilmington Coal Company and sixteen coal firms guilty of conspiring to fix coal prices. It ruled that actual agreement is unnecessary, and a tacit understanding between companies can violate anti-trust law.
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Illinois Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
Garfield Reports on Beef Trust Inquiry Delayed Publication
Chicago February 22 Officials push toward indictments of beef trust leaders as Garfield’s Bureau of Corporations study nears completion Five chapters finished rest await figures Inspectors labor to finish data for next week Moody orders grand jury probe from Department of Justice to act on findings President informed Government delaying concrete results to avoid compromising prosecutions Garfield and clerks press to expedite the report while planning a second inquiry Alaskan Central Railway time limit extended three years by House Public Lands committee
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Bureau of Corporations
Beef Trust
Moody
Department of Justice
All Trust
House Committee On Public Lands
War on Mosquitoes Aims at Swamp Drainage Run by 10 Expert Panel
Henry Clay Weeks testified before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee on Rep Scudder’s mosquito bill to drain 20 000 to 40 000 acres of Newark Hackensack marshes in New Jersey and New York. He said states would cover costs while a ten‑member government panel would apply science to the project. Cornell would pay a third of Ithaca marsh drainage costs. New Orleans considers cistern drainage and Panama would spend 1 million dollars government wide.
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Representative Scudder
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Newark and
Hackensack
New Jersey
New York
Weeks
Congress
Cornell University
Ithaca
New Orleans
Panama
Morgan Protest Challenges Monrose Doctrine in Santo Domingo
Senator Morgan files protest with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee disputing administration policy on Santo Domingo. He contends the Monroe doctrine does not apply to the Dominican case and objects to regulating its financial affairs. The committee briefly considered the Santo Domingo treaty, and Morgan's protest was not read at the session.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Dominican Republic
Passports for Jews Seek US Russia Treaty
A House committee chaired by Representative Wachter of Maryland and including Harrison New York Goldfogle New York Roberts Massachusetts Lucking Michigan Longworth Ohio and Graff Illinois met to prepare a statement on securing a treaty with Russia guaranteeing travel rights and security for US citizens of all races and creeds. No action was taken beyond discussion and plans for a Friday meeting. The effort follows a Goldfogle resolution from the last session.
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Russia
United States
State Department
House
Wachter
Maryland
Harrison
New York
Goldfogle
Roberts
Massachusetts
Lucking
Michigan
Longworth
Ohio
Graff
Illinois
No Investigation For Hawaii Declared Inexpedient
The House adopted a resolution declaring it inexpedient at present to investigate the legality of Hawaii’s Delegate election to the Fifty ninth Congress. It also asked the Secretary of the Interior to report on any basis for the National Business League of Chicago complaint that pre-existing laws have secretly set aside irrigation rights on arid lands.
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Hawaii
Secretary of the Interior
National Business League
Chicago
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