Rates Stir Senate Floor Two Hours In Debate On Deliever Bill
Senate debate lasted over two hours as Mr Fulton of Oregon offered an amendment to empower courts to modify Interstate Commerce Commission orders when confiscatory. He contended such action would ease enforcement and reduce delays, drawing strong exchanges with Messrs Foraker Spooner Bailey Nelson, who argued limits and judicial scope. The session opened with juror-like intensity as supporters and critics clashed over judicial versus legislative power in setting railroad rates.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Foraker
Bailey
Spooner
Nelson
Senate
Fulton
Oregon
J Oraker
Raney
Clay
Congress
McCumber
Supreme Court
Baley
Nts
Bayley
Massachusetts
Knox
Attentom
United States
Daniel
EEE
Senate Gridlock on Railroad Bill and Ship Subsidy Debate
An uproar in the Senate over a Dolliver amendment to railroad regulation sparks debate among Fulton Spooner Batley Foraker Nelson Clay McCumber and Daniel while Mr Scott pushes the ship subsidy bill The House passes the Philippine tariff bill 258 to 71 with a 231 to 106 subs f or free trade deferment A memorial bridge proposal prompts criticism on cost as deficits loom The Senate considers packing preservatives in food and a park bill passes in Cass Lake Minnesota Executive sessions close the day
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Senate
Fulton
Oregon
Dolliver
Messrs
Spooner
Batley
Foraker
Nelson
Clay
McCumber
Daniel
Scott
Tillman
Potomac River
Washington
Kean
Bil
M.cumber
Ravey
Spooners
Gallinger
Jin
Cooper Island
Cass Lake
Minnesota
Senate to probe grounding and collisions of naval ships
The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs will investigate the grounding and collisions of three of five North Atlantic battleship squadron vessels off New York Harbor on January 7. The inquiry will assess Navy pilot staffing and whether one pilot per fleet caused the mishaps, supplementing the Evans court inquiry, with witnesses possible.
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Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
New York Harbor
Tillman
Senate
Navy Department
Navy
Dvans
Evans
Committee On Naval Affairs
Prince Lous of Battenberg
Naval Committee
Memorial Bridge Bill Passes Senate for Potomac Link
Senator Daniel secured Senate passage of a 36 million memorial bridge project over the Potomac from near the old observatory grounds to Arlington with a 500000 immediate appropriation to start work. The plan requires approval by top officials and lawmakers, while the District Committee’s support followed earlier favorable review. The Senate debated related railroad-rate legislation with no conclusions reached.
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Potomac River
Observatory Grounds
Arlington
Senate
Che Pi
Daniel
Mcl Cumber
Treasury
Gallinger
House
Hope for Statehood Sides Play Waiting Game
Insurgent Republicans led by Mr. Babcock press for a quick vote on the Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood plan as party managers seek a gradual weakening of opposition. The dispute over procedures, possible investigations, and military tariff issues shapes a tense House struggle with figures like Cannon, Williams, and Kaiser influencing the course.
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Mr. Babcock
Babcock
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Speaser Cannon
Mr .Babcock
Wisconsin Statesman
John Sharp Williams
Marcus A Smuth
Smith
Warren Kaiser
House
Statehood League of Arizona
House Committee On Territories
Guy Dwight B. Heard
Phoenix
R A Morrison
Prescott
Morrison
Norfolk Delegation Seeks Harbor Deepening Funding
A Norfolk mayor leads a group of business representatives to Washington to press the Rivers and Harbors Committee for an appropriation to deepen Norfolk Harbor channel and add anchorage space. Queen Liliuokalani’s claim is presented to the Senate in a lengthy brief and letter. A bill to recognize gallantry in Navy and Marine actions advances, authorizing medals of honor for meritorious service.
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Congress
Washington Post
Norfolk
Washington
Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress
Norfolk Harbor
Lil
Fairbanka
Senate
Léliuokalant
Hawa
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
Committee On Naval Affairs
Petition for Sequoyah state by Indian Territory residents
Senate heard a petition signed by many Indian Territory residents seeking a separate state named Sequoyah. Senate Naval Affairs panel endorsed a bill to deposit war vessel models in state capitols bearing the states’ names.
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Sequoyah
Foraker
Senate
Indian Territory
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Tennessee Delegation Invites Roosevelt to Visit State
A Tennessee delegation urged President Roosevelt to visit the state in the near future. Senator Frazier and Representative Gaines introduced the group, but the President said he could not promise travel before retirement, noting limited travel ahead.
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Tennessee
Roosevelt
Frazier
Gaines
Whites House
Tariff Bill Debate Highlights Five Minute Rule
The House debated the tariff bill amid rapid remarks and extensions, with amendments by Pujo and Mann shaping time limits for Philippine funds to 1909. Payne, Clark, Williams and others clashed over sugar differentials, free trade elements, and party dynamics, ending the session at 6:20 PM with adjournment to noon.
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Pujo
North Carolina
Payne
T ' Germain
Mann
Willem Alden Smith
Smith
House
Hogs
Colorado
Congress
Al-O
John Sharp Williams
McCall
Williams
Champ Clark
Clark
Mr Payne
Mr Clark
Sugar Trust
Olmstead
Olmated
Republican Party
Negroes Oppose Reducing Representation in Congress
Prominent Little Rock African American leaders J W Bush and Db G Q Hill urge President Roosevelt to oppose the Crum packer resolution aimed at cutting down state representation in Congress. They argue negro prosperity and peaceful race relations render disfranchisement unnecessary despite election-law laxity. they seek to preserve Arkansas voice in federal government. Also: House approves requesting Austro-Hungarian dispatches on Marcus Braun arrest. Dr Hale absent as Rev U G Bierce delivers opening Senate prayer.
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National Congress of States
J WH Bush
Db GQ Hill
Littl Rock
Ark
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Sulzer
New York
House
Secretary of State
Marcus Braun
United States
Lawmakers Move to Restore Congressional Control of Panama Canal
Senate leaders protest abdication of power to the President over the Spooner act and push revisions to allow Congress to decide the canal type and set salaries for canal officials. debate centers on pay cuts for Bishop and Magoon, and possible resignation by Shoats if salaries drop. President Roosevelt appears open to a division of duty and a lock canal option gains support.
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Congress
Hale
White House
Senate
Panama Canal
Senator Hale
Roosevelt
Mains
Senate Committee On Interoceants
Reyisons
Spooner
Congreza
Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Charles 2 Magoon
Chairman Shoats
Shonts
Senate Committee
Commissionera
Taft
Shoats
Shants
Panama
Canal Commission
Engingar Stevens
Stevens
Bosara
En-Gincere
Secret hearings probe canal feasibility and costs
A congressional committee reports behind closed doors on canal options with Mr Stevens backing a quicker cheaper ditch than a great level canal. He favors importing work from Southern Spain and Europe, while Maj. Gallagher and Poultney Bigelow face forthcoming testimony, with Bigelow likely to be cross examined publicly by Senators Kittredge and Knox.
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Millard
Taft
Bigelow
Gruffty
Waas
Stevens
Ig Beng
Senate
Tako
Spain
Europa
Panama
Maj
Hugh Gallagher
Commission
Philippines
Poultney Bigelow
Canal Administration
Kittredge
Knox
President nominates federal postmasters and land officers nationwide
The President sent a batch of nominations to the Senate naming postmasters in multiple states including New Hampshire New Jersey New York Alabama and Georgia as well as receivers and interior registers for land offices in New Mexico Dodge City and Colby Kansas. The list includes Ira A Ramasy Colebrook Frank L Glvvan Laconia Fielding Smith Len caster Carleton Sparhawk George Crockett Fred Dearth and others with additional entries for Clary Doughty Salmon Loomis and Cyrus Lowery among several named nominees.
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Senate
New Hampshire
Ira A Ramasy
Colebrook
Frank L. Glvvan
Laconia
Fielding Smith
Lencaster
Carleton O Sparhawk
Walpole
George L Crockett
Whiteford
Fred B Dearth
Woodville
New Jersey
Charles FL Stevenson
Deverly
W Heath
Broomferd
New York
Clary Doughty
Gerdep City
Nennie S. Coleman
Jasper
Clifford M. Cox
Jessa L. Dunzing
Ligonier
Iowa
John J Clark
Bedford
W & Freeman
le Mara
D O Blake
Pocahontas
Frank A Large
Rock Valley
Lucy BH
Smith
Sioux Rapids
Hentucky
Wit R Speck
Bowling Green
Michigan
Hawin O Shaw
Newargo Montans
Henry T. Barrett
Anaconda
Ohio
Rupert R. Bootham
Cadiz
James R. Baar
Cambridge
Oklahoma
John J Burke
Norman
Tennessee
William Spellings
McKenzie
Andrew B Hearring
Ripley
Hiizabeth Kirby-Smyth
Gewanes
Wisconsin
Christian D Dick
Manswa
William Milhaupt
New Holstein
Cyrus D Emery
St. Croix Falls
Erick O Bratlie
Westby
Wyoming
Ivor Christengen
Nominations Confirmed in Executive Session for Various Posts
The Senate met in executive session and confirmed numerous nominations across judiciary, land offices, postmasters, and marshals. Nominees include George W Atkinson and Cletis James F Tracy for high court roles, Albert O Marsh and Henry L Stimeon for land and district offices, and a wide slate of postmasters in Alabama Kansas Kentucky Michigan New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas and more.
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Senate
George W Atkinson
West Virginia
Court of Cletis
James F Tracy
Yokateo
Supreme Court of the
Philip Pins
Tplands
Fredericc Nave Anociara
Supreme Court of Arizona
Edward B Kelley
Regebul
South Dakota
Albert O Marsh
Penelon
Iudianapolis
Ind
George W Cobb
District of Albemarle Ngc
A W Maxwell
Moberly
Lawton
Okla
John Petterson
Crookston
Minn
Thomas R. Reid
Fi Reno
Olle
Henry D McKnight
Oks
Frank C Sickles
Hi Reno
Okla, Attoroeya—Robert Treat Whitehouse, District Off Maine. Henry L. Stimeon
New York
Marshala
Stephen G Sharp Astern
Kentucky
Charlies
Brownwood
William P Cochran
Marble Falls
Samus
J Hott
Saint Jo
Virginia
Clinton W Hoge
Gate City
John B. Kimberly
Fort Monroe
Washington
John P MecGlinn
la Conner
Wisconsin
Ole K. Anderson
Superior
Mary
McAakill
Georgia
James Overstreet
Douglas
Oregon
W P
Pennebaker Woodburn
Dog Fight Probe Clouds Ohio Postmaster Picks
In Niles Ohio Rep W Aubrey Thomas faces backlash as four of his postmaster nominees are rejected for alleged unfitness. D Degarmo, a dry goods dealer, is now under fire after a protest alleging he attended a dog fight. Thomas, once a strong influencer, has ceased endorsing further candidates as the president declines to intervene.
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Post-office Department
Congress
Niles
Ohio
W. Aubrey Thomas
Senator Dick
Thomas
D. Degarmo
Mass meeting to protest Russian outrages at Belasco Theatre
Additional speakers join a mass meeting at the Belasco Theater next Sunday evening to condemn Jewish outrages in Russia. Notable figures include U S Senator Thomas M Patterson and Supreme Court Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford among others. Doors open 7 with music until 8.45. no collection or admission charge. Reserved seats via arrangments chairmen. Gov Magoon’s trip to New York delayed. he cannot depart Colon until January 21 due to official business.
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Belasco Theater
Russia
Lst
Thomas M Patterson
United States
Colorado
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Henry M Teller
Samuel W McCall
Congress
Massachusetts
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Robert G Covsing
Town
William, Gulzer
New York
Reuben Q. Moon
Pennsylvania
Champ Clark
Missouri
South Trimble
Cnongress
Kentucky
Henry Traine3
Ilnois
William F Downey
Gene S Yoder
Cotter T Bride
William A Watson
House of Representatives
William W Bride
Magoon
Colon
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Canal Zone
Mothers Report Swift Relief From Severe Croup
A mother recalls her boy’s severe croup, noting rapid pain relief and sound sleep after early treatment with Gowan’s medicated rub. The ad promotes Gowan’s cures for colds, sore throats, coughs, and pneumonia, with prices and mail order option from Gowan Medical Co. Durham North Carolina.
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Lief
Gowan’s
Gowan Medical CO
Durham
N.C
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America
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Deniel Frohman
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Knessel Quartet
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Wileard
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