Roosevelt Presses Canal Plan Through Taft and Cannon
Secretary Taft pressed Congress to back the administration Panama Canal policy as Roosevelt pushes for a sea level or lock type. Senate leaders including Kittredge push for a vote before adjournment while House Speaker Cannon and the President seek a unified path amid looming deadlock.
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Taft
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Senate
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Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Board of Consulting Enginee
Panama
Kittredge
Canada
Spooner
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Gut
Senate Passes Statehood Bill After Heated Debate
The Senate approved the conference amended Statehood bill without division after a partisan debate. Minority Chairman Millard urged support for a lock type canal, arguing it is cheaper and faster than a sea level design. House deliberations on civil appropriations included sharp criticism of Geological Survey methods.
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Conference Committee
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Allison Has A Cold
Senator William B Allison remains indisposed with a severe cold, not confined to his rooms. Secretary Lee McNeely says the illness is exaggerated and he will be at work within a day or so despite ongoing illness rumors.
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Lee McNeely
Allison
Alison
Evins
Senator Elkins
Elkina
West Virginia
Treasury
Shaw
Henry G Davis
Henry Clews
New York
Morgan Proposes Inquiry Into Panama Railroad
Senator Morgan in the Senate introduced a resolution asking the Interoceanic Canals Committee to study whether the Panama Railroad Company should remain under the New York Company or be handed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. It questions US debts, directors’ tenure, US stock rights in the 5,000,000 francs issue to Colombia, and sought quick consideration, blocked by Senator Hopkins.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama Railroad Company
New York Company
United States
Raiload Company
Panama Canal Company
Government of
Columbia
Hopkins
Conferees Clear Calendars of Business in Dispute
Conferees from the two Houses make headway on disputed items, clearing calendars of much business. The House sent the diplomatic and consular bill to conference while a conference report on the national quarantine bill was adopted. The omnibus Nebhthouse bill reached complete agreement with Senate amendments accepted, and reductions totaling 411000 were made. The lighthouse steam tender for Hawaii and Pacific waters at 100000 and a steel steam light vessel off Juan de Teur Strait were removed.
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Senate
Hawaian
Pacific
Juan de Tuer Strait
Washington
Republicans May Caucus on Immigration Bill
Immigration bill moves ahead with a Republican caucus planned next week to push for a formal speech to consider the measure. Massachusetts’ Mr Gardner collected fifty Republican signatures to demand a caucus vote, while a separate resolution seeks a Navy Department probe into a $260 per pair glove contract bid by a Boston firm versus a Philadelphia bid of $252. The House also favors draining the Dismal Swamp with $1,000,000 from reclamation funds and authorizes raising Commodore Perry's Niagara flagship. Rate conference for railroad bills delayed as Senate talks focus on the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations.
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Cannon
Gardner
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Boston
Philadelphia
Meat Bill Ready Substitute Evolved by House Committee
The House Committee on Agriculture completed its substitute to the Beveridge meat inspection amendment after three days of study. The plan, approved by a majority, would place the inspection cost on the government, remove key provisions of the Beveridge bill, and limit inspection to the continental United States. Texas lawmakers urged the government funding approach, arguing it ensures a proper inspection program.
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Henry
Connecticut
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Iowa
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Virginia
Bowie
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Mississippi
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New York
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Kansas
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Colorado
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Field
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Entirs
Texas
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Court-Review Plan Opens Challenges to Rulings in Act
The bill allows appeals from inspector rulings through officials to the Secretary, finalizing decisions, with Court Review enabling testing of legality in U S Circuit Courts. Exemptions cover farmers and small butchers, and a minority dissent notes unresolved issues within committee.
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Curb Porson Competty
Circuit Court of the United States
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First Suade
May adjourn June 28 will urge lock type canal
Senate Republican steering committee met to decide adjournment timing and canal policy. Taft conferred with Hepburn about reinstating a lock or procceding with a non lock canal, risking a possible stalemate and prolonged session. The committee projected adjournment by June 28, with some members favoring July 1, and pledged to push major supply bills and railroad rate financing actions.
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Yaster
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Allison
Messrs Hale
Spooner
Aldrich
Cullora
Lodge
Bikins Kean Perkins
Clark
Wyomme
Beveridge
Sesson
Taft
Hepburn
Panama
Smoot
Burrows
Committee On
Yesaurday
Alao
Tawney Loses Fight Over Geological Survey Funding
Controversy erupts in the House Appropriations Committee as efforts to curb expenses fail. The debate centers on Geological Survey funding, with motions to cut topographic and river gauging programs rejected and a larger appropriation approved amid criticism of back-door methods and Director Walcott’s influence.
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Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Lacey
Gillette
Comanttes On
Small
Dem
North Carolina
Sara
Mr Small
Town
Walcott
Pawney
Congress
House
Gardner
Hirley
Post Office Appropriation Dispute Nearly Resolved
Conferees report the post office appropriation dispute nearly settled. Senate amendments remain on three items including a contracts boost to 1.25 million for pneumatic tube service and expansion to Baltimore Cincinnati San Francisco Pittsburgh and Kansas City. Also under consideration are rural carrier leave provisions and a six member joint Senate House commission to probe second class mail law changes.
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Kansas City
States Neglected in Topographical Survey Distribution
Discussion in the House hinges on appropriations for topographical work. Rep Olmsted argues for broader distribution via state and municipal cooperation, noting richer states are surveyed while poorer Western states lag. Rep Sndth and Rep Campbell weigh director discretion and possible geo surveys, with adjournment after a conference report and statehood vote.
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Olmsted Republican
Pennsylvania
Great
Committee On Appropriations
Sndth
Iowa
Campbell
Kansas
Snith
Hamilton
Senate
Whyte Remembers Canal Company Bill From 38 Years Ago
Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland recalls Knoxs proposal to grant national incorporation to the Lake Erie and Ontario River Canal Company. Whyte says he spoke against the bill in the Twentieth Congress and killed it with a constitutional argument. He notes the federal convention discussed national charters but the states should grant them.
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William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
Southern bankers seek more small paper money
In Atlanta Governor Bacon presents a memorial from the joint convention of the Georgia and Florida Bankers Association asking Congress to issue larger denominations of $1, $2, and $50. He notes a shortage due to gold certificates not being issued in small units and urges a more elastic currency system.
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Bacon
Georgia
Florida Bankers’ Association
Seszon
Atlanta
House of Representative
Funeral of Col Hay Brings Wide Funeral Tribute and Mourners
The Washington funeral of Col Edwin Hay drew two thousand friends from cities including Baltimore and Chicago. Elks and Masons led services at his home on Corcoran Street and at St Paul’s Church, with tributes from Beacons Lodge and other fraternal groups. Messages of sympathy came from John Philip Sousa and others as Mrs Hay’s condition improved after the service.
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