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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
4
The House approves six bills while Senator Gallinger proposes a plan to establish an asylum in the district for inebriates. Commissioners seek extension of capital railway lines. The report notes insured government employees.
House actions approve measures to pension through the Tire Department and fix wood cord contents at 128 cubic feet. Bills extend Kenyon and Seventeenth streets and open Jefferson and Fifth streets, plus widen Twentieth Street. Bennet introduces pay for government employees injured on duty or quarantined. Senate discussions include an Inebriate asylum and arterial road to Arlington and Fort Myer.
Senators Galtinger att Depew spoke in favor of the crean mai eubsidy Dil. Senators Whyte and Simmons addressed the Senate on the Aldrich currency. Bills relating to pensions in the fire department and standard measures for a cord of wood were passed. The House adjourned until noon. The naval appropriation bill was discussed under general debate.
A report by Dr Menning notes many injured employees on duty lack income, while Unelp workers face hardship. Senators introduced bills for a district asylum, a new Potomac River bridge roadway to Arlington and Fort Myer, and street extensions from Kelmont to Biltmore. The measures include board appointments, land condemnation, and funding asks with various administrative provisions.
Senate favors retirement pay raise for U S judges with 70 years service. House committees report favorable bills increasing Life-Saving Service employee pay and creating a Bureau of Mines. Senate passes Porto Rico district judge salary increase to 6000. House backs ship subsidies to expand American merchant marine. Bill consolidates many pension measures into omnibus package.
Dallas Halbert, long-suffering Commerce postmaster in Texas, had his nomination opposed as a newcomer. Senate confirmation finally restored back pay dating six years, ending a persistent wait while his office carried unremunerated duties beneath recess commissions.
In the House yesterday Chairman Hull warned against fear of foreign humiliation as he explained the army pay bill and the broader war readiness provisions. Representative Slayden criticized military extravagance and pension costs, while Holliday urged higher pay for soldiers. Debates touched tariffs and anti trust reforms before adjournment at 4:87.
In a historic turn, Speaker Cannon sustained Representative Manns point that a resolution to investigate wage conditions for workers in the South was not privileged. The measure, tied to immigrant labor and cotton regions in Mississippi Delta and camps across several Southern states, was recommitted to the Rules Committee after initial reporting by the Rules panel.
Banking Committee in executive session continued consideration of the Fowler currency measure. Chairman Fowler said eighteen of thirty nine sections have been cann onised with tentative amendments. debates covered federal guaranty of national bank deposits and a substitute currency. After elections review, the revised bill will be printed and reopened for discussion. g5c
A substitute bill to ban betting in the District was sent to Representative Smith by the District Commissioners. It declares unlawful any person or entity to bet or book on races or games within the District and imposes penalties of 40 to 90 days imprisonment or fines from 500 to 3000 dollars for violations.
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs begins a two session daily inquiry into criticisms of bate alle construction sparked by Hale’s proposal for naval reorganization. Rear Admirals Converse and Capps, who defended the navy, are summoned along with publishers’ representatives. The panel will also consider surgeons’ assignments to command hospital ships in later hearings.
The House Committee on Labor heard opponents of Gardner’s eight hour bill led by Andrew M. Morrison of the Pennsylvania Steel Co and James Baird of the George A Fuller Construction Co. James J. Parsons and Samuel Miller of Miller-Cook Stone Co also voiced concerns. Speakers decried the overtime ban as harmful, noting it would hinder government bids from major firms and that workers often welcome overtime for higher pay.
Bonaparte reports on a bill to establish U.S. title to Potomac lands.Demonstrates Rep Smith as chair of the 6th District Committee.Yesterday the bill was amended to include a $100,000 appropriation and a litigation timeline of four to five years.The Attorney General favors vesting the case in the District of Columbia Supreme Court with direct appeals to the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
In the Senate Whyte and Simmons spoke on currency while Gallinger and Depew argued for the ocean mail subsidy bill. Gallinger warned the United States must expand its merchant marine to counter European and Japanese competition, proposing subsidies could cost about 4 million annually and revive shipping routes to South America, the Atlantic to Brazil and Argentina, and Pacific lines. Depew supported building four modern battleships and argued a strong navy aids commerce, while Simmons criticized emergency currency costs and argued against government banking expansion. Whyte voiced opposition to all measures, warning of periodic financial panics and the dangers of inflationary schemes.
Senate refused to concur with House amendments to the street railway bill yesterday and Senator Gallinger moved to appoint a conference committee. The Vice President named Gallinger Long and Martha as District Committee members. Speaker likely to appoint conferees today as talks on extending tracks to Union Station proceed.
The Supreme Court in a Day opinion held that copyrighted music cannot be reproduced on perforated paper for pianolas and similar devices. White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v Apollo Co. originated in the Second Circuit, with Justice Day ruling that perforated sheets cannot be read by machines and thus do not infringe copyright. The decision relies on the 1891 act and Berne 1885, suggesting mechanical devices were excluded from copyright protections. The case, argued by John J. O Connell and others, was framed as the canned music suit in New Jersey and New York litigation.
The Senate Committee of the Whole approved the bill to revise the criminal code and ordered it reprinted with amendments before a final vote. An amendment from the Post Office Department to ban sending postal cards with "disgusting" content was defeated, with Senator Bailey saying the term overreaches and restricts the mail service.
Governor Gillett of California met the President yesterday, introduced by Senators Perkins and Flint. He urged liberal appropriations for dredging the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers to address silt buildup from mountain mining, improving navigation for light-draft vessels.
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