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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
18
The House debate on the President's message will resume after the holidays with Ways and Means Committee action set to consider a resolution for distributing the message to proper committees. Payne will report the resolution as party lines sharpen over committee placements and office relocations to the new building intensify the political maneuvering.
President Roosevelt writes Dr Urgs S Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania urging stronger personal and scholarly links among American republics. He emphasizes university cooperation to resolve continental problems and foster closer hemisphere relations through research and exchange. The letter, read during an American Association event at the University of Michigan, underscores education as a tool for unity.
The Senate will meet at noon and adjourn in respect for the memory of Stephen R. Mallory of Florida who died during the repose. In the House Mr Payne of New York will introduce a resolution to distribute the President's message to committees opening debate. Bascom Silemp the new Virginia representative will be sworn in. Adjournment likely early due to Mallory's death.
The joint House Senate committee reports a revision of the criminal laws with uniform expression, removal of hard labor penalties, and a general definition of felonies and misdemeanors. It divides Federal jurisdiction into two classes and redefines murder into degrees, with new offenses such as assault with intent to do bodily harm and expanded robbery terms.
Rockland Maine January 5 The armored cruiser North Carolina built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company arrived today. While running under forced draft it averaged near twenty two knots. The standardization trial will be held aboard the Rockland course.
The Post Office Department reports over 25 percent of warcels post packages bound for foreign countries arrive damaged at the U S exchange office. Acting Under McCleary orders postmasters to refuse mailing any parcel not securely packed to halt losses. Lima Peru Jan 5 government countersigns Alfred McCune contract for Cerro de Pasco and Ucayalli railroads. work to start next August to connect interior regions with the coast.
Treasurer Charles H. Treat proposes a national clearing house bank to rediscount commercial notes. The plan would create a large, state represented board, permit rediscount up to 100 percent, and use emergency notes backed by collateral to ease panic and lower interest. The system aims to liquidate bank resources and aid industry without government participation.
Abroad guidance compares collateral with Bank of France and Imperial Germany. Banks rarely invest in stocks or bonds, favoring short term loans on business paper to ensure steady income for depositors. MR. LANE'S MOTHER DEAD. Mrs C M Lane dies in San Francisco at seventy, leaving four children including Franklin M Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Lane is in San Francisco.
Postmaster General Hitchcock urges Congress to raise funding after reporting the Post Office Department earned over 83 million dollars in the past year. He notes the service expansion requires bigger appropriations and calls for thirty days annual leave for postal workers to attract and retain staff. He also recommends increasing clerk hire funding for third class post offices from 800,000 to 2,000,000 dollars.
Becca Bennet of Indianapolis testifies that weak heart action causes rapid sinking spells and poor circulation. After using Dr Miles Heart Cure she reports cessation of spells after five bottles and a complete cure, with money back guarantee offered by Miles Medical Co.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Taft and his allies push a Roosevelt aligned campaign, warning compromise at St Louis is unlikely. Critics accuse the administration of using federal patronage to secure delegates, threaten labor and black voters, and mirror 1892 factional fights as Ohio and Indiana politics loom.
Discussion notes changes in postmaster appointments and patronage under Taft. Mentions Ernest G. Timme resigning as auditor, new inspector McMillan, and disputes over postmasters in Omaha and St. Louis. Describes Republican factions supporting Taft or Hughes and references Fairbanks, La Follette, and local political maneuvering in New York, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Minnesota.
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