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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
4
Mr Hale's naval personnel bill directs limits by law and curbs command to the line. His committee will investigate criticisms from recent months including the Brownson controversy. Foraker and Tillman appear aligned with Hale.
The proposal directs all navy business through a Bureau, ends a permanent board, and ties future appointments to law. It mandates staff rank for staff officers, bars them from commanding vessels, and orders midshipmen by merit not exceeding seventy five yearly. After thirty years’ service officers may retire on application, after forty years they must retire if asked. Chiefs of bureaus retired with full rank and pay. Pay rises include 20 percent for commissioned and 40 percent for enlisted personnel, excluding allowances.
Senate debate centers on two Hale provisions restricting permanent boards and granting staff corps officers rank in line with army. References to Surgeon General command and officer power spark factional tension with Admiral Brownson. Committee to investigate navy reform claims and wartime readiness, with testimony anticipated from critics and supporters alike.
Senate debate centers on Hale's bill to abolish permanent ships boards, curb staff officers' command, and curb naval controversy. Senator Bryan takes oath from Florida as adjournment looms. House members focus on new office building rooms and weighing precedents cited by the President.
Senate discussions focus on a Hale bill to grant Navy staff corps officers actual rank, issue new commissions, and limit command to designated officers. Debates touch midshipman output, education costs, and a 20 to 40 percent pay rise for commissioned and enlisted personnel.
Senator Burkett and Col Hepburn push a bill to place the Signal Corps on par with artillery and infantry, potentially more than doubling its size. Brig Gen James Allen notes shortages in Cuba, the Philippines, and Alaska, and cites balloon and wireless tech advances as reasons for a larger, modernized corps.
A J Warner of Ohio former congressman says President Roosevelt favors a central bank of issue. Warner met at the White House and reports the president supports a central bank but doubts it can pass this session, noting England France and Germany have adopted similar systems.
Senator Beveridge announced he would address the Senate on January 29 about his tariff commission bill. He said he favored any measure the majority felt better suited to secure information on tariff schedules.
The Senate confirmed John G. Capers of South Carolina as commissioner of Internal Revenue, prompting rapid action on several stalled promotions. Earlier, favorable action on Brigadier General Wotherspoon’s nomination freed confirmations for other officers and panel nominees, while President sent in Dennett for General Land Office, Tracey for Philippine Commission, Araneta for Philippine Supreme Court, and Thornton for Teche district customs.
Senator La Follette resigns from the Senate Committee on Military Affairs amid speculation the move shields him from an embarrassing Browns ville affair vote. The Wisconsin Progressive candidate, critical of military matters, cited no reason but faced expected criticism if aligned with Roosevelt or Parker. He has long sought fewer committee assignments and now holds six, with Indian Affairs as his sole strong interest. He plans a new employer liability bill next week to replace the Supreme Court struck statute.
Senator Lodge proposed a joint resolution authorizing partial remission of the Boxer indemnity to China, setting a cap of 11.8 million with 4 percent interest. Senator Gore urged a two-term presidential limit. Senator Burkett reintroduced a bill on agricultural and home economics education in normal schools.
An employers' liability bill from Representative Sterling limits applicability to common carriers only when not engaged in interstate commerce. It retains contributory negligence as a factor but allows jury reduction for employee fault. Separate measures include financing consulate buildings in the Orient from Boxer indemnity funds, cash-on-demand banking penalties, Garfield monument funding, farm land loan permits for national banks, and navy chaplain increases.
The House Militia Committee reported favorably a joint resolution already passed by the Senate to extend to January 1, 1910 the period for militia groups in states and territories to conform their organization, armament, and discipline to the regular army. Delinquent states cannot participate in increased federal militia funds until conformity is achieved. Kentucky, Texas, Utah, and the District of Columbia are noted as nonconformists, with twenty-two states yet to act. Overall militia strength is about 105,000.
The Committee on Military Affairs discussed the Brownsville ammunition case and scheduled a Wednesday meeting to hear witnesses. Army ordnance officials and executives from cartridge manufacturers may be summoned to explain bullet ingredients, including antimony presence despite no ordered antimony in the makeup.
A meeting of the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds is set for today. Chairman Bartholdt of Missouri notes over six hundred bills will be studied, including key measures for Washington such as the Hepburn bill to purchase property south of Pennsylvania Avenue between the Botanic Garden and Fifteenth Street NW.
The House Immigration Committee voted to report favorably a bill by Representative Hepburn of Iowa to suspend for six years the ban on importing European laborers by the Hawaiian government. The measure aims to let Hawaii favor European workers over Asians for plantation labor and allows planters to contribute to the government immigration fund.
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