Taft Puts Independence Range For Philippines In Policy Talk
Secretary Taft told the Ways and Means Committee that independence for the Philippines would come only when the islands can govern themselves and when conditions allow. He argued for gradual free trade with the United States, criticized tariffs as unfair, and noted Philippine labor and tobacco sectors, including native ownership and the potential for favorable markets abroad, with a focus on future self-government rather than immediate change.
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Philippines
House Committee On Ways and Means
Taft
United States
Philippine Islands
Part
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Phippines
Islands
Congress
Thesslands
House of Representatives
Senate
Williams
Gecrrtary Taft
Willams
Republian
Hao
Manila
Cagayan
Isa- Delta
A. Teterman
Teterman
Wallace P. Willets
New York
Hawaii
Congress Cordensed Eulogies and Pension Bills Move
Senatorial memorials honored the late Ben ster Sisorge HF Hour as the Senate adjourned in respect after protracted services. The House, in under two hours, passed 373 pension bills and awaited naval and diplomatic appropriations. A beet sugar topic tainted by freight-rate disputes split Eastern cane refiners and Western beet producers with projections of Philippine refinery growth. Representative Brooks protests the beet sugar bill. Briefs filing window set to next Wednesday as hearings near closure.
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Benster Sisorge
Hisac
House
Philippines
United States
San Francisco
Brooks
Colorado
Kis State
Arguments in Smoot Case Judge and Worthington Clash Over Expulsion
Attorneys in the Smoot case adjourned after arguments and set February 4 to file revised briefs. Debate focused on whether a majority or two thirds vote is needed to unseat. Worthington defended Smoot saying his conduct remained wholesome and that he upheld laws, while Taylor urged a broader reading of revelations and personal fault.
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Reed Smoot
Taylor
A. S Worthington
Worthington
Mr. Taylor
Mexico
Mr. Worthington
Apostle Taylor
Smeet
Church
Senator Smoot
Cain Biace
Smoot
Hearing to cattle men demands power for interstate rail regulation
A Senate Interstate Commerce Committee hearing examined cattlemen grievances against railroads. Texas and Colorado operator Murdo McKenzie urged ICC power to regulate service quality amid delays and losses. Judge Cowan of Southwest Cattle Men pressed for fair rates, noting 1898 to present shipment costs rose while beef prices vary by buyer.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Murdo McKenzie
Texas
Colorado
H. Cowan
Southwest
Elkins
Cowan
Supremes Court of the United States
Charcoal Lozenges Promoted By Buffalo Doctor Endorsed
Charcoal is praised as a safe purifier for stomach and bowels and as a breath freshener. Juart's Charcoal Lozenges are highlighted for cleansing the mouth and purifying blood with daily use. A Buffalo physician endorses them for gas, complexion, and breath, noting affordable cost and health benefits.
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Juart
Buffalo
Stuart
Eulogy for Senator Hoar by Lodge in Senate Tributes
A Senate memorial service honored George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts with speeches by senior colleagues led by Senator Lodge. The tribute lauded Hoar as a scholar statesman, detailing his Puritan ideals, deep patriotism, steadfast integrity, and lifelong public service, and noted his death after a long, influential career.
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Senate
George Frisbie Hoar
Massachusetts
Hoar
E. Rockwood Hoar
Worcester
Chaplain Hale
Senator Hoar
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Mr. Hoar
Europe
America
Hour
Publica
Hns
Chicago
Concord
Harvard College
Fairbanks
Lst
Wairbanks
Flo
Fevar
Lotty
Gorman
Hiss
Republic
George F. Hoar
William M. Evarts
Roger Minot Sherman
United States
Senator Depew
Mechanics’ Hall
Uberty
Cockrell
Teller
Cullom
Dania Einer
Bacon
Perkins
Pettus
McComas
Crane
Nation's Defense Naval Appropriation Bill Advances
The naval appropriation bill reported by Chairman Foss carries 100 million plus funds for pay, equipment, yards, repairs, and construction. It supports continued naval expansion, with major allocations for Bureau of Navigation, Ordnance, Equipment, Yards and Docks, Construction and Repair, Steam Engineering, and Marine Corps. Public works at various navy yards and stations receive multi-state allocations. rebuilding the Naval Academy receives 800000.
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Foss
House Committees On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific Coast
Congress
Panama Canal
Philippines
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau of Equipment
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Pubic Works
Bureau of
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Marine Corps
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Bureau of Yards
Navy Yards
Boston
New York
League Island
Washington
Charleston
8. C
Norfolix
Mare Island
Puget Sound
Pensacola
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Stations
New Orleans
Samoan Islands
Key West
Olongapo
Philippine Islands
Guam
Guantanamo
Cuba
Cavite
San Juan
Naval Academy
House sets swift pension bill record in hour
The House passed 372 pension bills in one hour marking a record pace. Included was raising William Welch of Acworth New Hampshire from 12 to 24 dollars a month. Welch born in the John Adams era will be 105 in March and is the Civil War's oldest pensioner. Other actions included naval and consular appropriation reports and a Senate bill on the Knights Templar.
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William Welch
Acworth
N. H
Welch
John Adams
New Hampshire Volunteers
William Cronk
House
Senate
Knights Templar
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
President Roosevelt to Visit Annapolis and Philadelphia
President Roosevelt will travel Monday morning to Annapolis for naval academy graduation exercises and a noon reception for midshipmen. He then proceeds to Philadelphia for a Union League Club banquet in the evening, delivering an important address before returning to Washington by special train early Tuesday.
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Annapolis
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Naval Academy At
Willard H. Brownson
White House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Loeb
Supt
Brownson
Annapolia
Union League Club
Washington
Booker T Washington Calls on Roosevelt in Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington met President Roosevelt in Tuskegee Alabama to discuss a personal matter. William D. Murphy of New York conferred with Roosevelt and Secretary Shaw about potentially accepting an Assistant Secretaryship in the Treasury Department. A Pennsylvanian delegation also spoke with the President, while Texans Ht. Cowan and Murdo McKenzie were introduced and invited him to the Texas Cattlemen’s Association convention.
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Ramsey
New York
The
Associated Preas
Wabash Railroad System
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institution
Tuskegee
Ala
Roosevelt
Murphy
Armstrong
William D. Murphy
Shaw
Treasury Department
Cowan
Murdo McKenzie
Representative Stephens
Texas
Texas Cattlemen's Asso
Newport News Delegation Extends Roosevelt Invitation
A Newport News delegation led by Mayor Samuel H. Burton and committees from the city council chamber of commerce and Merchants' Association met the President. They invited him to visit Newport News during his planned Richmond trip, and he said he would be glad to visit and would consider the invitation.
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Newport News
Samuel H. Burton
Cham
Ber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Daniel and
Martin
Virginia
Roosevelt
Richmond
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