Santo Domingo Treaty Fails Amid Republican Absentees
Prominent Senators from both parties declare the Santo Domingo treaty dead as Democrats unite and Republicans are too absent to vote. Observers note strong Democratic organization and hints of adjournment, while a Senate commission idea surfaces to probe Dominican claims and stability.
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Allison
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Foster
Louisiana
Clarke
Arkansas
McEnery
Washington
Teller
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Foraker
Morgan
Coromander Dillingham
Dillingham
Paper Fachive
Loomis to be ambassador in Mexico amid Dominican talks
Chicago March 14 Francis B Loomis First Assistant Secretary of State refused to acknowledge friction in the State Department over Santo Domingo policy. Loomis, on leave in California, likely to be named Ambassador to Mexico succeeding Edwin H Conger, with Loomis health and climate noted as reasons for transfer. The posting, lucrative and prestigious, may precede a broader diplomatic promotion.
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California
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Washington
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Mexico
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
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China
David £. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
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Thompson
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Rio de Janeiro
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Venezuela
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Portugal
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Hay May Go To Europe Visit Great Powers Capitals
Reports in diplomatic circles say Secretary Hay may travel to Europe to visit the capitals of the great powers. Hay has not commented. associates differ, with one saying he knows nothing about it and another believing the report true. He remains indisposed from a bronchial ailment and did not attend the State Department or Cabinet meeting.
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Philippines
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Belgium
Spain
Cuba
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Hawaii
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Naval Station
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Panama
Colombia
Mona
Senate Committee Announces Rail Rate Hearing Schedule
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chaired by Elkins says hearings on railway rate law will begin Monday April 17 at 10 30 am. The call lacked a quorum yesterday but the panel will address congressional power to fix rates and the impact on equalization and existing differentials, focusing on the Esch Townsend bill and other Senate measures.
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Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
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House
Senate Confirms Dayton Nomination to District Judge
Nominations sent to the Senate by the President include Francis M. Wright for the Eastern District of Illinois and Fenton W. Booth for the Court of Claims. A conference with Speaker Cannon led to Wright’s appointment and Booth’s vacancy, with both salaries set at 6000 a year. Also listed are secretary of embassy candidates, revenue and military promotions, and several consul and district judge nominations.
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Illinous
Court of Claims
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George Barclay Rives
New Jersey
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Sinth District of Virginia
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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
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Henry &. Green
Velenting V. Sweeney
Ralph L. Shepard
Massachusetts
Alfred C Gi
Twenty-fourth Infantry
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United States Court of Jaime
Eastern District of Tihnots
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Marshall County
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Booth
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Chandler Hale
Senator Hale
Alston Grayton
West Virginia
Charles Hi ‘Treat
Charles W Anderson
Edward Whitson
George W Roosevelt
Brussels
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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 review location and exterior artistic effects of all future public buildings in Washington. The five members include Green Burnham McKim Saint-Gaudens and Olmsted Jr. serving without compensation.
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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
Meeting of the Cabinet Ends Quietly at the White House
Postmaster General Cortelyou stayed with the President after a routine cabinet session that lasted under an hour. Secretaries Hay and Shaw and Attorney General Moody were absent due to illness or travel, and no announcements were made about the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Generalship or the acting RNC chairmanship. Suggestions have been raised to appoint Chief Clerk M. O. Chance to the Fourth Assistant post.
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Hay
Shaw
Moody
Turner Seeks Office from President Roosevelt
Mr J Milton Turner of St Louis once minister to Liberia and ally of Judson Lyons visited the White House with Congressman Bartholdt. A veteran Negro leader, he urged division of the vote to ease political tensions and supported Bryan in 1892. Now he seeks an office from President Roosevelt.
Cost of Philippine Exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Mr Taft and Lawshe reviewed the Philippine government exhibit costs. Accounts show a cost of about 1 500 000 dollars with returns from franchises admissions and other sources totaling a little over 700 000 dollars. The exhibit is not self supporting, yet viewed as a stimulus to Philippine US trade and public interest. Also notes about Jefferson Bible edition and offer to obtain at half publisher price.
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Lawshe
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Islands
United States
Penrose Sought as Vice Chairman of Republican Committee
Connecticut’s Charles Brooker declined the vice chairmanship prompting Capitol observers to consider Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania for the role. Penrose's supporters say he would bring strong leadership and could be freed from entangling alliances linked to Cortelyou.
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Connecticut
Republican National Committee
George B. Cortelyou
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Cortelyou
Call at White House Names Johnston's Daughter as Daughter of the Regiment
Miss Gladys Johnston of Columbus Texas, daughter of Hon J H Johnston, and Mr Albert Burke of Dallas, visited President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House. Roosevelt recalled meeting her on a Rough Riders train near Columbus in June 1898 and preferred being called colonel. Johnston received a special invitation to the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio.
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Albert Burke
Dallas
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New Orleans
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Florida
Southern Pacific
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Tampa
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Cuba
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White House
Col Roosevelt
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Portrait of Blaine Painted by Thorpe to Hang in Capitol Gallery
Andrew Carnegie and Maine congressmen backed a new oil portrait of the late James G Blaine by Thorpe. The canvas, now in Representative Mc Cleary's committee room, will join former speakers' portraits, replacing a less favorable crayon likeness.
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James G Blaine
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Representative McCleary
Capitol
Mr Blaine
Blaine
Garfield
Maine
Congress
Cannon
Wynne Declines Gift Punch Bowl From Former Aides
Former associates of ex Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne hold a silver punch bowl intended as a gift. National Department of Justice rules gift to an official violates section 176 of the Revised Statutes. Wynne said he must decline the token. A committee will decide the punch bowl’s disposition.
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Speaker Cannon Bids Farewell To Cy Sulloway
At the Capitol yesterday Speaker Cannon visited committee rooms and told Cy Sulloway of New Hampshire he would be buried at public expense. He declared citizens have abandoned rotation in office and urged continued service for their interest before noting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for illness.
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Sulloway
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Committee On
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New Hampshire
England's Intervention in Egypt Cited in Support of Treaty
The piece argues that foreign intervention can protect citizens and honor contracts abroad. It cites British action in Egypt as a peaceful example, contrasts with Mexican and Venezuelan cases, and notes the need for equitable charter duties and respect for treaties in international disputes.
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United States
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Daniel Webster
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Congressional Globe
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Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
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Venezuela
Eivarta
Jackson
Congress
France
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Domingo
Sta Santo Domingo
Govat
Santo Domingo Debt and Intervention Debate
The article argues U S annexation aims and warns that Santo Domingo’s debt to Europe and lawless rulers threaten American sugar interests. It urges careful intervention to ensure peace, governance, and continued American investment while resisting imperial overreach.
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