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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
12
Indiana Senator Beveridge pushes a government liability measure as leaders object and insist on time. The day’s proceedings show extensive discussion, with remarks on pensions, military service, and oversight of federal employees amid a heated, yearned pace in the chamber.
Senator Dick urges a new federal bureau to study mining safety and reduce deadly accidents. He cites 200 lives lost yearly in American mines and estimates wasteful mineral extraction at 300 to 500 million dollars, calling for urgent scientific investigation and reform to match European efforts.
The conference reports on the pension and sundry civil appropriation bills were agreed to. The government liability bill was discussed with no action. The Senate and House schedules included meetings at noon and a recess taken at 10:60 last night until 1:00 in the afternoon.
Roosevelt transmitted to the House a State Department recommendation to appropriate 12 485 for damages for the seizure of the Mexican steamer Tabasqueno and cargo by the Hawk off Segua La Grande Cuba. Root states the port was not a blockade and the ship and cargo were released on August 17 1898 after Mexican protest.
A conference between Senate and House leaders pared down the pork bill funding for a Washington department building project and related sites. Amendments shifted allocations for embassy purchases and public parks in the District of Columbia, with reductions from initial figures and adjusted authorizations across chambers.
A fragmented 1907 legislative briefing notes debates over permanent Porto Rico provisional regiments, drug import restrictions, and a range of nominations and reports. It mentions the secretary of the interior, port designations, and proposed penalties for opium imports except for medical purposes, with references to Vermont lawmakers, federal offices, and various state representatives.
An eighteen year old girl suffered fits for five years, occurring two to three times weekly. After starting Dr Miles Nervine she has had no attacks for two months. The ad claims epilepsy results from nerve energy imbalances and promotes Nervine as restoring nervous energy. money back guarantee offered by the supplier.
Reading clerks collapse under heavy roll calls as numerous sundry civil and pension bills pass. House actions include conference reports, seating rearrangement debate, and approval of district child labor and militia measures. Burton attacks Senate while both chambers push to finish fourteenth supply items and shift Capitol seating.
The House approved an omnibus navigation bill under suspension, exempting ferry vessels from port dues and extending similar terms to American yachts, allowing passenger steamers on routes under 300 miles to count passengers differently, adding weights and rigging to prevent collisions, regulating scows in New York Harbor, requiring life rings anchors and records of crew, and creating steamboat inspectors for Hawaii and Puerto Rico with local enforcement powers. Senate referral to Commerce Committee expected.
A roster of individuals includes Jenefer Diegn of Montana and multiple representatives from New York California Indiana Wisconsin Colorado and Ohio plus officials Vernon Roun dtree Terrell Dancy and Tyler. The fragmentary piece mentions the Navy Department and a District of Columbia deeds recorder in a presidential context.
Representative Wiley of Alabama, confined by inflammatory rheumatics, was reported by his physician to be slowly improving yesterday. The malady has become focalized and he is enduring intense pain, but recovery is expected. His family remains with him.
Representative J Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania denounces harsh Washington laundries and introduces a bill to tax laundries, ban acids and machinery, inspect laundries, and levy a $10 fine for violations. He cites ruined shirts and vows Senate action next session.
Former Senator William E. Chandler writes to Senate privileges chair urging perfecting a publicity and federal election bill passed by the House. He backs reenacting old state statutes, enforcing the fourteenth amendment, and avoiding repeal of the fifteenth, to apply during the upcoming canvass. He cautions the Republican party against a rushed, partial adoption.
The Central Labor Union endorsed the liability bill holding the government responsible for workers injured on duty. A committee including Emmett L Atcams and BL Tucker of Columbia Lodge of Mat Nature was tasked to deliver the endorsement to Vice President Furbanks. The bill is expected to come before the Senate today. Talks on transfer men at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and plans for a national labor temple in Washington were also noted.
Representative Campbell of Kansas sought unanimous consent to consider a bill to rename and consolidate the DC inferior court of the justice of the peace as the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia. Representative Macon of Arkansas objected, and the measure was laid over. The bill would create a single building for court offices rather than scattered locations across the city.
Democratic leaders threaten to block passage of any version of the Aldrich plan while Republicans and Sen Aldrich seek a compromise on emergency currency. Conferees debate a Vreeland provision and state options to back State bonds with security. Telegrams urge action as adjournment looms and party rifts widen in Washington.
The House conference report on a bill to connect the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad with the Washington Navy Yard was passed. It authorizes new tracks to link the main line to the yard and allows other roads to use the connection under conditions set by the PB&W road. The government retains rights and funds, with two years to complete the work and no transfer of title.
The House Library Committee yesterday favorably reported the McCall bill to enlarge the Capitol grounds and erect a memorial to Abraham Lincoln with a $1 600 000 appropriation. It recommends acquiring 35 acres west to New Jersey avenue and from the Capitol end to Massachusetts avenue and Union Station grounds, to be held by a commission including the Vice President, Speaker, and the Capitol superintendent.
Sue House agreed yesterday to the conference report on the District of Columbia child labor bill. The act prohibits employment of under fourteen in stores hotels and mercantile establishments and requires schooling and age certificates. The bill passed without debate as Minority Leader Williams ended a filibuster and it now goes to the President for signature.
Representative Sims of Tennessee introduced a bill to require all street car companies to offer universal transfers for an extra one cent cash fare. The measure aims to aid universal transfer provision in the trackage bill, but is regarded as unconstitutional and not likely to pass this session.
A special committee investigating wood pulp and print paper will soon submit its report to the House. The panel will not blame the tariff for high paper prices, and with the current evidence it cannot draw definite conclusions. Much of the evidence points to a possible output control by a combination, rather than a single culprit.
Envoys from Liberia West Africa arrive in Tuskegee Alabama on a diplomatic mission to visit the Booker T Washington school. Escort provided by Thomas J Callaway the envoys will return to Washington Saturday to resume negotiations. Wharfage report on Washington river front improvement presented to the senate by Vice President Fairbanks.
Advice promotes outdoor life and regular walking ten miles daily with a vegetarian diet of whole wheat bread and greens. It claims such living reduces laxative need, while Cascarets suit indoor, rich eaters and drinkers, offering gentle action without irritation.
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