Lilley inquiry highlights Hobson testimony on submarine influence
Lawmaker Lilley details alleged Electric Boat pressure to secure Naval Affairs Committee support. Hobson testifies that Lawrence Speer of New York offered influence via the Heat Company to aid his naval committee appointment, while Gregg denies any direct company pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Speer
New York
Capitol
Gregg
Electric Boat Company
Hig
Hobson
Altabama
Lilley
the Heat Company
Gannon
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Representative Boutell
Ains
Litley
Boat Company
Holland
Mr. Hobson
Naval Affairs Committee
Med
Congress
Mr. Littey
Martin W. Littleton
Harry ‘Thaw'e
Ola
Isley
Cotmreuy
Williams
Speer
Willams
Mr. Olered
Moheo
Lacy
Mr. Olmsted
Speerts Ata
Capitol Gossip on Flying Machines and Political Delays
Senator Bankhead backs a $50,000 appropriation for an experimental dirigible model amid questions on gravity and demonstrations before the Military Affairs Committee. The Handley case hearing faces delay due to Senator Kittredge's absence, while Congress debates postal savings banks and a Texas colonel recalls a rail right of way anecdote involving Col. Walter Gresham and Bell County farmer Hosea Simpkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Jones
Committee On Military Affairs
Walter Gresham
Texas
House of Representatives
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe
Hosea Simpkins
Bell County
Gresham
Simpkins
Col. Gresham
Old Simpkins
Roosevelt cites eminent figures for national resources plan
President issues call for a Washington conference on conserving forests waterways and mines inviting Grover Cleveland William Jennings Bryan Andrew Carnegie James J Hill and John Mitchell plus five leading citizens to attend. Governors will bring data and officials hope to craft a national state plan to curb waste and monopoly and boost inland waterways and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Callan O*laughlin
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Congress
Inland Waterway
Grover Cleveland
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropiat
James J. Hill
Northwestern
John Mitchell
Cleveland
Bryan
Carnegie
Hut
Mitchell
Eiac
Republic
Inland Waterways Commission
Coravminsion
Senate
House
Inland Waterways Couwission
National Forest Reserve
Timber Trust
Coal and Oil Truste
Col Gresham Learns Land Was the Goal in Calf Skinnin Plot
Col Gresham admits he never served a butcher’s apprenticeship yet sought land through a skinning scheme. He pressed Simpkins to kill a calf, offering half the year’s pay for his construction crew. Calf killed, tension rose until the colonel’s tailing attempt yielded the land to him in a final, smiling concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Gresham
Old Simpkins
Senate claims bill tied to dead personnel payouts
The Senate Committee on Claims reported an omnibus claims bill with an elaborate report, then destroyed the ports. The bill carried 3,300,000 and the committee multiplied that by ten. It was found that many items paid claims of deceased personnel, prompting a plan to pay administrators or heirs and amend the report. The episode signals haste in assembling money bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On
House
Senate
Sineas
Blames Bureau Chiefs for Naval Committee Findings
Commander Key, a principal witness before the Senate Naval Committee, issues a supplementary statement defending the general board as advisory and faulting the bureau chiefs and board on construction for failing to implement Walker Board armor belt recommendations. He calls for an external technical supervisor to oversee projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Senate ‘Naval Committee
General Board
Board of Construction
Walker Woard
Kellogg Likely to Testify on Lilley Submarine Ties
Waterbury Conn March 12 Attorney Kellogg declined to comment on AP reports of Congressman Lilleys statements about his ties to Electric Boat. He said he is willing for Lilley to repeat all talks about submarines and noted he handed an amendment to Lilley last year, but denied drafting the provision for open legislation and competitive tests.
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Gregg
Boutell
Butler
McNeir
Lilley
Basia
Hia
Rules Committee
Olmsted
Estley
Connecticut
Franklin H. Taylor
Waterbury
A.M. Ferris
Bridgeport Brass Company
John T. Kellogg
Litley
Olmated
Electric Boat Company
Naval Affairs Committee
Lake Boat Company
The
Lake Company
Secretary of the Navy
Iilley
W. D. Gordon
Loud
dAdeggy
Doud
Tam
Congress
Lisley
Waterfury
Conn
Mar
Onn P. Kellogg
Associated Press
Congressman Lilley
Heald
Washington
Ald
Naval Committee
Kellogg
EO Ae
Overstreet Proposes Panic Remedy With Money Orders
Representative Jesse Overstreet of Indiana proposes a bill to allow the President to suspend money order fees for amounts not less than ten dollars and not more than three thousand six hundred when payable to the purchaser. The measure also lets postmasters deposit government funds in national banks in towns without a subtreasury, without earning interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Overstreet
Indiana
United States
Overstreet
St Regis Hotel Described as Elegant Fireproof Palace
The St Regis is extolled as the most elegant and sumptuous New York hotel, fireproof with pneumatic transit and automatic heat, boasting artful decorations, statuary, rich draperies, and a famed restaurant. It offers large outside rooms for 4 a day, with bath options at 5, or 12 for two with bed and bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Regis
New York
St. Regia
Hariot
Deems Gray Sways Delegates From Uninstructed Group
Josiah Marvel reported from Washington that Federal Judge George Gray has strong support for the Democratic presidential nomination. Interviews with Congressional leaders show 50 uninstructed delegates at the Denver convention may back Gray. Main backing comes from the South and mining regions, with Bryan’s first ballot collapse discussed. The Delaware Democratic State Committee plans a Dover meeting to set a state convention date and select delegates for the national nominating event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Marvel
Weshington
Whirdlington
George Gray
Washington
Houston
Marvel
Congress
Denver
Mr.Gray
Gray
Bryan
Dover
Real fight on Bryan seek bankers as delegates
A New York and Pennsylvania backed effort plans to send leading bankers and business men as uninstructed delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The aim is to prevent William J Bryan’s nomination by leveraging two thirds rule and Southern support to shape a conservative platform appealing to business interests.
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Denver
Virginia
Texas
New York
Mar
Democratia National Convention
Colo
Wiliam J. Bryan
W. J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Judson. Harmon
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Delaware
George Gray
Maryland
Dela
Bryan
South
Menars
Conners
Sherman Mending Fences Origin in Political Slang
A compact overview traces the phrase mending fences to a 19th century incident with John Sherman on his Ohio farm. It explains a reporter’s trap and a witty reply about the senator “mending his fences” while pursuing presidential aims. It also covers related political idioms such as pipe laying and acknowledge the corn, noting their origins in U.S. party politics and notable figures like Gerry and Wickliffe.
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Ohio
Franklin
The
Ark
Los Angeles
Benjamin Frantlin
Charles Miner
Pennsylvania
Anax
Valla
Alaye
Sherman
John Sherman
Senate
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Croton
Congress
Andrew Stewart
Lerige
Kentucky
Indiana
Wickliffe
Stewart
Eagetern
Speaker
Eames
Orn
Elbruet Gerry
Massachusetts
Denice
Gerrymander Debate and Political Satire in a Fractured Era
A political reminiscence tracing gerrymandered boundary rearrangements and witty retorts on party maps. It recalls the term gerrymander, references historic feuds from Noah’s ark to Corsica, and explains slang like slate, log-rolling, mossbacks, and jayhawks with period tone and local flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kansas
Herrick Declines Candidacy for U.S. Senate
Columbus March 12 Gov Byron T Herrick of Cleveland says he will not run to succeed United States Senator Foraker. He tells a joint Ohio legislature session that bank deposit guarantees would not enhance banking safety and cites New Yorks safety fund law as a failure.
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Columbus
Oho
Byron T. Herrick
Cleveland
United
Foraker
Herrick
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York State
Invy
Bryan Resolution Fails at Democratic State Committee
The Democratic State committee in Boston on March 12 refused to pass a Bryan for President resolution. It favored Bryan’s nomination but opposed adopting Williams’s demand, since he was not a member. The measure was laid on the table by a 4 to vote, and a new Bryan resolution by another member is expected to pass. The committee set the state convention for May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Nash
Corsica
Washington
Boston
Mass
Democratic State Committee
Bryan
George Fred Willams
George Fred Williams
Wilson County Republicans split by color at separate conventions
In Raleigh on March 12, Negro and white Republicans in Wilson County held parallel conventions after white delegates refused to seat Black members. Postmaster Vick led 25 Black delegates from the hall, who formed a new convention backing Booker. The white convention endorsed Taft with 17 delegates present.
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Specter
Washington Post
Raleigh
N.C
Wilson Courty
Vick
O. L. Smith
Liberia
Oraker
Taft
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Johnson
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Stuart Co
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Wallace Sun
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