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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
33
The report outlines a Wisconsin political figure’s day one remarks amid applause from opponents of his stance on the currency bill. Senators and bankers are named in a tense exchange about the Aldrich plan, with mentions of Rhode Island connections and a heated push toward Capitol action.
Senate debate covered currency bills, Aldrich amendments excluding railroad bonds, and adjournment after Maryland Senator Whyte death. The House adjourned as panic on Wall Street intensified. Morgan and Standard Oil funds fueled market stabilization at high costs, with La Follette attacking railroad bond incentives and urging strict rate standards to curb abuses.
A political figure attacked the idea of valuing railway physical property as the sole means to fix railroad rates. He warned government calls for national bank investment could turn bonds into sacred paper and hinder legislation for just rate reductions. He argued such valuation would block rail rate reform.
The House Committee on Library, chaired by Representative McCall of Massachusetts, decided to keep the Grant memorial statue in the Botanic Garden at its original site. The vote was not unanimous, with behind closed doors discussions, but bills proposed by Representatives Mann and Sherley were not reported. Foundation work for the pedestal has begun as Mr McCall pushes beautification measures for the National Capital. drawings propose a Senate and central edifice commission and a House speaker will select the final design.
Lawrence Spear naval constructor for Eleutra Boat Company told the Bentelle Investigating Committee that he did not promise to exert influence with the Speaker or anyone on behalf of Representative Hobson to gain a Naval Affairs Committee seat. He denied collusion with Talley Williams or any company and said he acted for himself, not corporate interests, in conversations about Hobson’s illness and committee placement.
The Ways and Means Committee favors a bill to curb intoxicant use in headaches and approves a resolution demanding presidential explanation of authority in the Panama Canal zone after the fifty eighth Congress. House committees plan floor debate and seek expert input on future wheat price fluctuations and regattas policing. Senator Gore is reassigned from Privileges and Elections to Agriculture and Forestry, while Senator Graham joins several committees including Census and Immigration in South Carolina.
The Aldrich bill advances with Republican support in both houses after the Senate Finance Committee agrees to remove railroad bonds as security for emergency circulation. Western Senators resist the rail bonds, La Follette opposes, and debate centers on bank reserves, note limits, and taxation.
The historic Greenough statue of Washington, long a centerpiece on the Capitol east plaza, is slated for transfer to the Smithsonian Institution. House action, urged by Representative Mann, favors removing the statue to a setting that fits its surroundings. Director Walcott says a suitable place can be found, timing tied to the new museum building.
In the Senate yesterday Mr State reported a bill to acquire about ten acres in Meridian Hill for a public park. The price is 340000. The proposal aims to create a government recreation tract between Florida Avenue and Fifteenth Street, extending along the crest of the Janet valley near Rock Creek, as an undeveloped park space in a heavily built up area.
Frank S Hannah, American consul at Magdeburg, reports to the State Department on a new educational use of pictorial postal cards in Magdeburg public schools. The German Geographic Society recently advanced this method. Germany’s postcard industry has grown, with cards now covering natural history and political history for instruction, and Breslau’s school museum seeks publisher samples for a card collection.
Representative Kennedy lauds Roosevelt policies and prophesies Taft nomination while denouncing the Republican leadership and Wall Street influence. Prince counters Aldrich currency aims as James and Bryan receive applause for defense of reform, purity, and anti monopoly stances during House debate. House adjourns at 9:40 PM.
Lawmakers debated a resolution by Representative Edwards of Georgia expressing sympathy for Irish home rule and local self government. The House did not pass the measure amid distractions and broader focus on policy rather than the Irish issue, though many members held strong sympathies for Ireland.
The state proposes an amendment to regulate liquor shipments entering Georgia for consumption, sale, or storage. It would subject all alcohol transported into the state to Georgia laws upon arrival, applying police powers to enforce the same rules as locally produced liquors, eliminating exemptions for interstate shipments in marginal packages.
Posiam, a newly discovered treatment, announces rapid relief for eczema and skin ailments. It is now sold in a 50 cent size in addition to the $2 jar, with samples available free from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
An early 20th century pitch touts Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and fatigue. It promises renewed energy and opportunity, claiming the tablets restore stomach health with pepsin and golden seal. Sold at drug stores for 30 cents or less, with a mail sample offer from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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