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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1909
Page
20
Attorney General Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane and Senators El Jona and Cutmmms lead a long discussion with the President on railroad regulation. The session centers on policies aimed at the upbuilding of the merchant marine and related executive measures.
Secretary Carpenter announced changes to White House rules for business and reception of visitors. Cabinet hours shift to mornings and early afternoons on Tuesdays and Fridays, with specific reception windows for constituents and private business. The President plans broader reforms to interstate commerce oversight and railroad regulation, aiming to strengthen the commission and enable faster handling of complaints.
At the White House on Monday November 7 19 prominent lawmakers and labor leaders discussed President Tafts agenda. Samuel Gompers John Mitchell James Carnell and Frank Morrison urged injunction reforms Sherman act exemptions for unions and enforcement of child labor laws. The President and Attorney General Wickersham will screen nearly a hundred federal nominations with Congress input while insurgent Republicans may challenge appointments.
President Taft held an open air subcabinet stroll after a lengthy conference on railroad rate features. He left secret service behind and joined Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Pickering for a private walk toward the fall. The party then dispersed after a brisk gamble in the Potomac River bottoms.
War Department orders appoint Major General Thomas H. Barry to command the Department of California with headquarters in San Francisco. He fills the vacancy created by Major General Weston’s retirement, accompanied by his aide Captain R C Davis. Barry’s last active duty was commanding the Army of Pacification in Cuba.
Secretary Dickinson said meat and other rations were not to run short as army strength rose from 68 370 to over 100 000. Quartermasters were told to contract for food with deficit appropriations to follow. The Rhode Island sailed from New York to join the fleet. other battleships head to the southern rendezvous. Admiral Ingersoll to retire next Saturday due to age.
Government in Mexico City requires Pullman Company to replace all American and Negro conductors and porters on its cars in Mexico with Mexican staff. An earlier order already mandated that onboard staff on Mexican railroad cars speak Spanish. The moves align with broader efforts to Mexicanize every railroad department.
At a Plaza Hotel dinner hosted by Theodora Shonts attended by Cornelius Vanderbilt Paul Morton Edwin Hawley and others William Hearst defended intelligent legitimate business combinations and urged government oversight to prevent overcapitalization and extortion in business while keeping public interests first and endorsing competition as a guard against monopoly abuses. The talk contrasted with notes on journalism duty to serve the public and regulate wealth trusteeship.
Rear Admirals Wainwright Potter Swift Ward Nicholson receive or retain senior posts in the navigation bureau and Atlantic fleet command. The changes assign Wainwright to third division leadership and Ward to inspection oversight as Nicholson moves to head the bureau, effective January 1.
Secretary Meyer outlines drastic navy yard reforms folding divisions under unified command. Aids will advise without power, accounting centralized, payroll unified, invoices streamlined to five days, and economy stressed as Congress weighs funding.
A concise account of the struggle between President Andrew Johnson and Congress during Reconstruction. It covers Johnson’s impeachment, the tenure of office clash, Stevens and Wade’s roles, the Senate trial, and the aftermath shaping the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and federal oversight of elections.
An item notes a dubious drug claim offered to druggists with a refund promise if the product does not cure. The text references a supposed cure for EW GROVES and implies Congress or a periodical discussion about laxatives and quinine tablets in a broad advisory context.
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