Santo Domingo treaty dead as Democrats unite against ratification
An executive session reveals solid Democratic opposition and Republican absentees block ratification. Senators Gorman and McEnery shift against the treaty while calls for commissions and open sessions surface as Roosevelt hints at possible withdrawal. Senate adjourns after a six hour meeting with no quorum and renewed party lines.
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Gorman
Chamber
Foreign Relations Committee
Grant
Senate
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Spooner
Allison
Capitol
Lodge
New York
Gallinger
McEnnery
Foster
Louisiana
Clarke
Arkansas
McEnery
Washington
Teller
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Foraker
Morgan
Coromander Dillingham
Dillingham
Loomis to Be Ambassador Amid Dominican Treaty Debate
Chicago March 14 Francis B Loomis First Assistant Secretary of State denied reports of friction in Washington over Dominican affairs stating no dissension exists He is expected to be named Ambassador to Mexico succeeding Edwin H Conger whose term ends next summer Loomis health is poor and he is on leave in California awaiting official appointment The post to Mexico offers a lucrative and prestigious promotion with potential rivalries as the department reshapes its diplomatic leadership.
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Chicago
Francis B. Loomis
California
Spesking
Santo Domingo
Washington
Department of State
Mexico
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
Ambassador Conger
United States
China
David £. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
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Thompson
Loomis
Rio de Janeiro
St. Helenne
Venezuela
McKinley
Portugal
Roosevelt
Ate
Hii
Netheran
Secretary Hay May Tour Europe Capitals
Diplomatic circles report Secretary Hay plans a European trip to visit the capitals of the great powers. He has not commented, with officials giving conflicting signals. Hay remains indisposed due to bronchial troubles and did not attend yesterday's Cabinet meeting.
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Hay
Europe
State Department
Senate committee outlines hearings on railroad rate law
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chaired by Elkins plans hearings starting Monday April 17 at 10 30 am on congressional power to fix rates and effects on equalization and differential practices. Focus will be on the Esch Townsend bill and other Senate measures as the panel aims to conduct hearings with expedition.
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Senate
Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
House
Senate Confirms Dayton Nomination for District Judge
The Senate confirmed nominations including Dayton for United States district judge Eastern District of Illinois and Fenton W Booth for the Court of Claims after a conference with Speaker Cannon. The slate lists numerous federal and military appointments, with Wright in Illinois and Booth in Marshall County, plus appointments for secretary of embassy at Vienna and collectors of internal revenue.
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Senate
United States
Thinois
Prancis M. Wright
Illinous
Court of Claims
Enton W. Booth
George Barclay Rives
New Jersey
Vienna
Internal Revenue
Louis P. Summers
Sinth District of Virginia
Clarence
Hobart
Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
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Surevon
Samuel J. Cali
California
Marine Corps
Howard W. Sturdevant, Jr
Pennsylvania
Andrew Drum
Virginia
Victor Morrison
New York
Maurice T. Shearer
Ward Ellis
Kansas
Henry G. Hartlett
Maryland
Charles A. Lutz
Ilinois
Calhoun Ancrum
South Carolina
David Mee Kengag
Holland M. Smith
Alabama
John Kk. Henley
Georgia
Ralph & Keyser
John D. Movin
Henry &. Green
Velenting V. Sweeney
Ralph L. Shepard
Massachusetts
Alfred C Gi
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Cannon
Roosevelt
Francis M.wright
United States Court of Jaime
Eastern District of Tihnots
Fenton W Booth
Marshall County
Wright
Booth
Mar[Pia
Congress
Illinois
Rives
Kean
Chandler Hale
Senator Hale
Alston Grayton
West Virginia
Charles Hi ‘Treat
Charles W Anderson
Edward Whitson
George W Roosevelt
Brussels
T. St John Gaffney
Dresden
Saxony
John W. O'Hara
Ana
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rawin Walter Sims
Department of Commerce and Labor
Peter Josef Osterhaua
Army
Navy
Porta Rican
President forms Public Buildings Beautification Consultation Board
President Roosevelt issues an executive order creating a consultative board of architects and artists to advise on location and exterior artistic effect of public buildings in the District of Columbia. The five members include Burnham McKim Saint-Gaudens and Olmsted Jr. serving without pay. The board reports before final location decisions to harmonize design with a capital improvement plan.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wdiatrict of Columbia
District of Columbia
Dernard R Green
Daniel H Burnham
Charles F McKim
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Frederick Law Olmated, Jr
Board of Architects
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Cabinet Meeting Brief and Cortelyou Talks with President
The cabinet held a brief routine session with Postmaster General Cortelyou remaining to discuss matters with the President. Hay Shaw and Moody were absent, with Hay ill at home and Shaw Moody away from the city. No announcements were made about Fourth Assistant Postmaster General or acting RNC chair. Chief Clerk M O Chance was suggested for the post.
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Cortelyou
Hay
Shaw
Moody
Turner Seeks a White House Office From Roosevelt
J Milton Turner of St Louis, former minister to Liberia and longtime Black leader, visited the White House with Congressman Bartholdt. He urged Black voters to split their ticket, citing 1892 and Bryan campaigns, and years of Republican activity before returning to the party in 1804. He now seeks a position from President Roosevelt.
Cost of Philippine Exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Mr Taft and Lawshe discussed the Philippine government exhibit, which cost about 1.5 million dollars. Returns from franchises admissions and other sources totaled a little over 700 thousand dollars. The commission says the exhibit stimulated American interest in the Philippines and should boost future trade. Thomas Jefferson Bible advertised with half-price copy offer after Congress authorized edition.
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Taft
Lawshe
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Islands
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Examiner
E Post Business
Tey
Penrose Suggested as Vice Chairman of RNC
Connecticut's Charles Brooker declined the vice chairmanship, pushing Pennsylvania's Senator Boies Penrose as a leading candidate. Supporters cite his strong leadership and desire to avoid entangling alliances, arguing Penrose would be an ideal manager for the next presidential campaign.
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Charles ¥. Brooker
Connecticut
Republican National Committee
George B. Cortelyou
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Cortelyou
Call at White House elevates Miss Johnston to Daughter of the Regiment
President Roosevelt recalls meeting Miss Gladys Johnston during the Rough Riders era and notes the exchange where she was first presented by Capt Greenway. Johnston, belatedly invited by Col Roosevelt, attends the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio.
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Misa Johnston
Roosevelt
J. H. Johnston
Santos
Braxit
Gladys Johnston
Albert Burke
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Johnston
Columbus
San Antonio
New Orleans
Rough Riders
Florida
Southern Pacific
Greenway
Tampa
Miss Johnston
Cuba
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
White House
Col Roosevelt
Capt. Greenway
Col
Portrait of Blaine in Capitol Gallery Draws Interest
A new oil portrait of the late James G Blaine by Thorpe, prepared decades ago for an oil likeness Garfield and others pursued, will hang in the Capitol gallery with support from Andrew Carnegie and Maine congressional members. It has been praised by Speaker Cannon as an excellent likeness.
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Andrew Carnegie
James G Blaine
Thorpe
Representative McCleary
Capitol
Mr Blaine
Blaine
Garfield
Maine
Congress
Cannon
Punch Bowl Dilemma Ties Wynne Officials in Knot
Former associates of ex-Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne keep a silver punch bowl with his name and donor list. DoJ rules bar acceptance of gifts by officials under section 176, so Wynne will decline the token. A committee will decide the bowl’s disposition.
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Wynne
Speaker Cannon bids farewell to Cy Sulloway in Capitol visit
Report notes Speaker Cannon's Capitol visit to the Committee on Invalid Pensions where he told Cy Sulloway that he would be buried at public expense. He urged the longtime New Hampshire chairman to continue serving due to constituents' demand for rotation in office. The piece ends with an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to restore appetite and strength.
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Sulloway
Capitol
Committee On
Cy Sulloway
New Hampshire
England's Intervention in Egypt Cited in Support of the Pending Treaty
The Easter Post argues that in the age of commerce citizens abroad retain protection against wrongs by foreign governments. It cites historical views by Gen Lewis Cass, Daniel Webster, Senator Brelinghuysen, and secretaries Blaine and Jackson, contrasting private contracts with government charters and urging equitable treatment amid international disputes. It praises England's peaceful intervention in Egypt to stabilize bonds and protect public welfare, contrasting Egypt's turmoil and plundering revolutions with a more orderly approach.
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Easter Post
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Lewis Casa
Daniel Webster
Mexico
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Congressional Globe
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Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Blaine
Venezuela
Eivarta
Jackson
Congress
France
Buchanan
Domingo
Sta Santo Domingo
Govat
Santo Domingo Debt and U S Intervention Debate
The piece argues that Santo Domingo’s debt to multiple European powers threatens its stability and that U S intervention may be justified to secure peace and protect American interests, including the sugar trade, while urging honest administration of customs and avoidance of outright war. It references Grant era annexation, the treaty protections for citizens, and potential leases on Samana Bay as strategic assets.
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Gen. Grant
Grant
Porto Rico
China
Philippines
England
Italy
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Spain
Cuba
United States
Hawaii
Café
Tribunals of Justice
Samana
Bay
Naval Station
Santo D. KO
Panama
Colombia
Mona
Dominican Republic
Drammond Kennedy
Washington, D. C
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