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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
42
Culberson objects to immediate consideration due to expenditure. Bills authorize government supervision of building and loan associations and fund road to Arlington, introduced for debate and action.
Senate debates a measure to regulate district building and loan associations, fixing fees and oversight for the probate court, plus a plan to build a road from the south end of the Highway Bridge to Arlington. The discussion references Comptroller powers, penalties, and authority over loan bodies in the District of Columbia.
The Senate debated currency legislation with Senator Clarke of Arkansas opposing both the Aldrich bill and related measures. Reports on controversial topics and pending the Panama transit bill dominated proceedings. House action adjourned for noon as highway construction near Arlington progressed with a $75,000 request to widen a new road. Separately, bills for a District asylum for the criminally insane were introduced, detailing location, governance, funding up to $200,000, and a seven-member board including physicians with executive oversight appointed by the President.
President Roosevelt directs Knox Smith to investigate the feasibility of national laws stopping stock gambling and the so called bucket shops. The inquiry will assess the practicality of curbing telegraph and mail transmissions used for quotations and ensure compliance with potential international precedents, especially Germany.
Commander A L Key former naval aid to the President testifies before the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs blaming general boards for excessive authority and criticizing armor belt location and ship drafts. He highlights insecure ammunition hoists behind fifteen lives lost and asserts reforms while debate shifts to legality and future hearings. The panel aims to finish work today on postal bank bills including a child stamp card plan.
Witnesses criticize American ships for insufficient freeboard in heavy seas and flawed turrets and hoists. Commander Key cites costly defects and the need for over $2 million to correct hoists. He praises gunnery training and notes a nurse of lives sacrificed. Senator Cullom seeks $25,000 for tuberculosis congress participation.
Representative Harrison of New York questions the Presidents authority to run the Panama Canal Zone after the Fifty-eighth Congress ended in 1908. He notes no empowering act passed by Congress and urges immediate congressional action to rectify the situation.
The Hours Committee on Interstate and Commerce heard representatives Foster and Hardy push bills limiting railroad charges between adjoining states and restricting short distance rates. Hardy accused railroads of spending vast sums to block a Texas railway commission and to sway the Interstate Commerce Commission, claiming ongoing partisan arguments and influence.
In a 70 to 58 vote in the Committee of the Whole, the House approved increasing the pay of postal delivery carriers from 1200 to 1200 with an additional 1 185 000 appropriation. The Goebel amendment faced opposition from committee chair Overstreet and some leaders, with broad support from other members. The bill also added 3 000 for third class office clerks and 15 000 for contract stations, while a separate amendment sought to raise canceling machines funding to 800 000 but was blocked. The overall post office appropriation rose by 1 225 000 as the chamber adjourned until noon today.
A reader notes relief after coffee is discontinued and Postum used instead at meals. The caffeine in coffee is a drug that harms many drinkers, while Postum contains no coffee or harmful substances and provides nourishment from wheat bran. The piece asserts comfort from Postum with the slogan There’s a Reason.
Arkansas Senator Clarke denounces both the Aldrich currency bill and the Bailey substitute urging no currency legislation until causes of the panic are known. He cites stock exchange stoppages and warns action could be dangerous as debate stretches into next week.
Senate committee favors numerous public building bills totaling funds for Oklahoma City Idaho Pocatello Missouri Fremont Neb Marysville and more. House debates futures impact on grain prices. rural carriers refuse uniform requirements and gain petition rights. Hearings on thirty naval dental surgeons, a forest reserve bill, and Littlefield local option enforcement continue. Hague treaty arbitration proviso discussed. war rules and anti balloon projectiles treaties advance. Medals of honor debated for Civil War era action. Shipping secrecy and penalties addressed. Danby procedure code hearings for China court. U S hospital for the insane proposed with $200000 appropriation.
The New York Board of Trade and Transportation voted against the Aldrich currency bill, citing delays to currency reform, risky shifts in banking, and high circulation costs. In Tennessee, Nashville Manufacturers' Association endorsed the same bill.
Indiana congressman Landis, chairman of the House Printing Committee, will visit the White House for a briefing with the President on the Government Printing Office situation. The Rossiter report may be shown, and a decision on further hearings into charges against Stillings and the audit system could follow.
Prof Arthur Newton Brown of the Nural Academy testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee in favor of the Hobson bill to retire civilian professors at sixty two or on incapacity. The measure would create emeritus appointments with three quarters pay after twenty five years of service and aligns academy benefits with the Carnegie plan. The committee took no action.
Congress session hears backing for a postal savings bank based on Mr. Meyer's circular. He cites foreign examples and large post office deposits in Britain France Belgium Italy Canada and Japan. He argues postal banks would boost public finance without harming existing institutions.
Representative Acheson of Pennsylvania introduced a measure to promote efficiency among military officers by giving total abstainers preference in promotions and other important details. The bill cites a 5 percent employer report favoring abstinence in selecting employees.
Senator Heyburn introduced a resolution asking the Attorney General to inform the Senate if the Northern Pacific Railroad has ceased to function under its original charter and whether its federal charter should be repealed. The line notes the company now operates as Northern Pacific Railway Company under rearranged ownership not chartered by the government and alleges land grants were transferred to the new entity.
SPECIAL NOTICES announce the District of Columbia delegate election under a fixed election board. Candidates must meet age and residency rules and submit tickets with two delegates and two alternates. A $350 deposit funds registration, ballots, judges, and booths, with refunds for unused balance.
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