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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
42
Lattauer proposes raising Congress members pay from 5000 to 7500 with back pay to March 4 1907. House votes without record as to support, Senate to concur via conference. If approved, members receive 7500 annual salary with related budget moves and deficien cy appropriations discussed.
Walter Blach of Zanesville seeks senatorial backing for a new Federal judgeship in the Southern district of Ohio. The effort centers on Judge Adams, a Foraker ally, with Blach and his Muskingum County influence aiming to rally Senatorial figures and secure endorsements amid district political realignments.
Secretary Metcalf and Attorney General Bonaparte appeared before the House Naval Affairs Committee to press President Roosevelt’s plan to expand the navy. Bonaparte urged large battleships as the navy’s essential need, fully endorsing Roosevelt’s letter urging immediate provision for two dreadnoughts.
The President sent to the Senate yesterday the nomination of Richard A Ballinger of Seattle as Commissioner of the General Land Office to succeed W A Richards who retires in March Ballinger a Seattle lawyer and former mayor is Williams College alum and a classmate of James R Garfield future Interior Secretary Nomination also sent for Boise Idaho Register of the Land Office I T Smith and other posts including customs and mint duties in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Congress condensed report notes Senator Kittredge urging a resolution to divest the secretary of commerce and labor from investigating the lumber trust. Senator Whyte opposed federal encroachment on state powers. The House approved a legislative appropriation bill increasing member salaries and adjourned after private claims consideration. House adjourned to meet at noon.
The article notes Senator Bacon of Georgia leads opposition to a Santo Domingo treaty. If a special session is needed, Bacon may be absent. his term expires March 3 and Georgia legislative timing could leave him out of the Senate when the vote occurs.
Advocates of a measure claim the bill would expand the artillery corps by up to 6 197 officers and men over five years at a cost of about 243 324 annually including raises for skilled grades. It ties to Endicott coast defense plans with 119 000 000 spent and 75 000 000 more needed, noting emplacements and guns lie unused due to manpower shortages, risking inadequate national defense. Senators debated necessity and attendance, with support seen among army officials despite some misgivings.
The Hepburn Dolliver liquor bill failed 8 to 7 in the House Committee on Judiciary. It sought to apply state laws to interstate liquor shipments, a point of two years of contention, with Republicans Parker New Jersey Alexander New York Nevin Ohio Sterling Illinois Birdsall Iowa Foster Vermont Bannon Ohio and Jenkins Wisconsin voting against adjournment after a favorable committee report.
Delegate Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, Hawaiian Islands congressman and former prince, was expected to arrive in Washington today after a delayed trip from San Francisco. He will be accompanied this year by his wife instead of his brother, who remains at home due to serious illness.
The Brownsville affair is set to extend to Monday as Senator Kean requests delay. Senator Kittredge denounces the lumber trust as the king of all restraints, urging a Senate resolution authorizing rapid inquiry into lumber pricing and anti competitive practices, alleging vast profits and widespread domination from logs to retail. The debate centers on tariff duties and states rights, with adjournment ordered until Monday noon.
The Senate, at Senator Gallinger's request, devoted time to district legislation. Bills approved include extending Vermont Avenue and Fessenden Street, widening Fourth and nearby streets, extending Harvard Street, and extending Seventeenth Street. Also approved were a water highway link, dairy bottling protections, ice manufacture by Washington Market, aqueduct jurisdiction transfer to District Commissioners, service on foreign corporations, relief for A Tils-Chalmers Co. of Milwaukee, and a delay claim noting no loss to the District.
Representative Smith of California opposed the Lackey bill before the House Public Lands Committee. He argued the Imperial Valley settlers who already paid for water through the development company should not be charged again under the reclamation act. The debate casts doubt on any action this session.
Philadelphians including Gen Morrell Representative Mc Creary and John Quincy Adams appeared before the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to offer the Betsy Ross house as a historic relic. Morrell argued preservation serves liberty and citizenship, citing child contributions and the flag’s meaning to Americans abroad.
United States files two suits in California and federal court to force equal access to public schools for Japanese children under the most favored nation treaty. The actions challenge California’s separate Oriental school policy and seek admission for a Japanese pupil and a declaration that the state must provide schooling without discriminatory segregation. The government asserts treaty supremacy and demands injunctions against excluding Japanese students and against enforcing the separate school provision.
Secretary Hitchcock praised the Interior Department bids for Kiowa pasture lands in Oklahoma as about ten dollars per acre. The item notes the land sale outcome amid reports of a library list of current-interest books and a planned weekly publication, with references on railway safety spurred by recent rail accidents.
Heard at the Capitol reports Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois greeted by colleagues after unanimous reappointment to a fifth term starting March. The piece notes his health, jovial mood, and gratitude for direct voter support in recent primaries, contrasting with Mason’s bid to succeed Hopkins and Bartholdt’s peace efforts and Civil War memories.
Local churches announce Sunday worship details across Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist congregations. Highlights include Church of the Epiphany with multiple services and sermons, All Saints style listings at St Johns, Calvary and Fifth Baptist morning and evening worships, and Adventist Evangelist Russell speaker event.
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