The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-05
It Was Sent to Two Houses
Before Noon Today.
MANY NOMINATIONS WERE MADE
Henry Votaw Was Appointed POST
master at Tacoma-Emergency Ap-
preparation for Panama.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 5.-At
II: 40 this morning Assistant Secre-
tary to the President Barnes, Execu-
tive Clerk Young and a messenger
from the White House brought cop
les of the presidents message for
reading in the house and senate and
distributed them among the MEM
bers
The nomination of Lane for inter-
state commerce commissioner was sent
to the senate today. The reading Of
the message began in the house at
senate. 1t required three hours and
twelve minutes to finish it.
Immediately after the reading of the
message in the house Goldfogle of New
York presented a resolution denounc-
ing the massacre of Jews in Russia.
1t was referred to the committee on
foreign affairs and will be debated
later. The senate adjourned at
2: As as soon as the message was read.
message is generally conservative. Rep
resentative Williams of Mississippi
says he agrees with most of the pres
ident's recommendations, but says he
can't see how he is going ts Haktptor-
rections in insurance methods because
the decisions of the courts will be that
insurance is not interstate commerce
and that will make it impossible of
federal control
a proposed bill prepared by the inter-
ior department for the relief of certain
settlers within the limits Of the
Northern Pacific railway. Existing
laws will be so extended as to in
clude bonafide settlers on entries be-
tween January II, 1898, and May 81,
1905, to correct an error of the land
department respecting the withdrawal
in the general route of the Northern
Portland, Oregon.
The Hepburn bill appropriating
sixteen and a nalf millions for the
Panama canal will pass the house to-
morrow or Thursday without reference
to the committee either by unanimous
consent or a special rule.
Lacy of Iowa introduced two bills,
one repeating the timber and stone act
and the other creating a bureau OF
mines under the interior department..
Ravnor of Illinois presented a pro-
test of Chicago citizens against seat
ing Anthony Michale republican, on
the grounds that he is not an Ameri-
can citizen. 1t was referred to the
elections committee.
A caucus of republican senators re-
elected the present steering committee,
Allison. Aldricn. Cullom, Lodge, Per-
kins. Clark, Elkins, Spooner and Bev-
eridge.
The California delegation in the
senate and house at meeting today
agreed on a bill for the exclusion OF
Japanese and Koreans. The bill will
be introduced in the house by Repre-
sentative Mckinley. The bill will ex-
tend all laws in force in the United
States and it's territories, excluding
Chinese laborers to japanese and Ko-
reans.
The president today made the fol-
lowing nominations Of postmasters:
Henry L. Votaw, Tacoma; Daniel
Crowley. Vancouver; Robert H. Stap-
Teton. Monroe; Jacob F. Rill, Daven-
mort: Frank L. Turner, South Bend.
Utah-George w. Bryan, Mercer.
Montana-Orson B. Prickett, Bill
lings.
Oregon-Arthur Wheelhouse. Ar
lington; Louis J. Simpson, North
Rend. Merritt A. Baker, Weston;
Frank w. Welcome, Burns; Harvey S.
Buck Sumpter.
California-H. Coates, Campbell; AL
bert B. Hill, Coalinga; Adeline Bath
atek. Coronado; William A. Long.
Hanford; Frank H. Danden, Jackson;
Angus J. Drydan, Redding; Edmund
L. Brown, San Francisco.