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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
12
Senator Carmack defends the President as debate over the Brownsville affair nears a vote. Foraker resumes floor remarks, Lodge signals a delaying speech, and Peters and Knox press for a full investigation while condemning attempts to dethrone the President within the Republican Party.
The Congress covered a tense debate over the Brownsylli¢ affair with Mr Carmack of Tennessee delivering a blistering speech against the Senator from Ohio. He argued the President’s actions were legally bounded yet politically explosive, urging party loyalty while condemning harsh methods used against perceived enemies.
Lawmakers clash as discussions pivot on President Roosevelt's authority and the right to investigate army discharges. Senators Stone, Foraker, Knox, Money, and Heyburn press for or against broad inquiry, while Spooner and Allison signal peacemaking through limited probes. The session ends with adjournment after procedural shifts and anticipations of further action.
Senator Martin and Mrs Martin of Virginia will depart New York aboard the Celtic for a sea voyage to the Mediterranean beginning Saturday morning. Mrs Martin’s physicians urge a long voyage and milder climate to aid her throat condition, spending winter in Italy, the south of France, and Egypt.
Mortis Sheppard a young Texas representative rips the Republican party as stand pat and corrupt. He backs Bryan for 1908 while praising Roosevelt in a blistering House address that lasts about ninety minutes. He criticizes tariff policy, calls for reform, and jokes about simplifying spelling to spell Bryan.
Secretary Shaw announced the appointment of F Jerome Starek as private secretary to replace Arthur F Statter who moves to Assistant Secretary Keep role. Starek, a native of Cleveland and Harvard alumnus, has been a Treasury clerk after a May transfer from the Post Office and is studying law at George Washington University while active in Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi.
The Secretary of the Treasury held nine hearings with representatives of several surety firms on proposed modifications to the order limiting bonds from a single company to 10 percent of paid up capital surplus. The rule also bans bonds from firms that issue obligations on behalf of private individuals or corporations exceeding 16 percent of total capital and surplus. The secretary affirmed he would not alter the 10 percent cap and discussed possible exceptions and methods to gauge security offered by reinsuring firms.
Representative Lacey introduced a bi yesterday to place Salton Sea issues under federal control. It creates a reclamation reserve in the Colorado River Valley with 2 million dollars to build domes and ditches to regulate the river and refunds prior expenses where successful in curbing diversion toward the Salton sink. The measure bars central river expenditures in Maxie without republican authority.
The Senate yesterday confirmed Horace G. Knowles as Minister to Roumania and Servia, Arthur F Statter as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and H A Curtis as Assistant United States Treasurer at Boston.
A Senate select committee report condemns Secretary Hitchcock for withdrawing 4,000,000 acres in Indian Territory for a forest reserve without lawful authority. The panel urges Congress to preserve original allotment statutes while considering future actions, with impeachment unlikely due to Hitchcock’s term ending soon. The report notes coal and asphalt areas to be sold at top price while mineral rights are retained.
A Stevens resolution accuses Secretary Hitchcock of paying two large fees to Charles Nagle and other St Louis lawyers for Indian case services before the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court. The accusation cites a Senate Indian Territory investigation and demands detailed records, contracts, and papers on the lawyers' employment.
Tokyo announces budget credits of 083,032 yen about 231 dollars to cover sending army and navy representatives to the Jamestown Virginia exposition. Cruisers Tsukubu and Chitose will be dispatched to represent the Japanese navy.
In Montgomery on January 16 a house resolution authorizes the governor to audit the Booker Washington Negro School at Tuskegee and report results to the State. The school receives a state email appropriation while mainly relying on northern philanthropic support. Separate railway note mentions Seaboard Airline service to Pinehurst with daily trains and Pullman cars.
Cleveland representative will rally insurgents against the ship subsidy bill despite Speaker Cannon. Burton of Rivers and Harbors leads opposition citing provisions not aligned with his views. Sherley of Kentucky to head Democratic opposition, accusing subsidies of favoring moguls like Hin, Harriman, Spreckels, and Morgan. Steenerson notes his Minnesota delegation's stance may shift.
Minority tensions rise after Speaker appoints Mr Sherley of Louisville to the Judiciary Committee and Mr Williams names Mr Webb of North Carolina to fill the vacancy. Sherley cites dissatisfaction with the party and insists the assignment would be a Republican appointment, prompting withdrawal amid Democratic unrest.
Frederick C. Stevens, president of the Commercial National Bank and NY public works superintendent, called on President Roosevelt at the White House. He said the visit was personal and politics were not discussed. Stevens noted no sign the President would not stay hands off in New York State during Gov Hughes’s tenure.
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