Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

inAeleet W a statement IN the New YORK
Herald that despite the fact that con.
gress faces deficit of $4,000 the
committees are going on piling up ap-
preparations. With the appropriation
bills now passed and prepared con.
gress will spend S10,000,000 more than
last year, although the estimated rev.>
enues are much less
Contemplated Expenditures.
Despite this there are contemplated
Es17 100000 expenditures in river and
harbor bills, S10,000,000 for public
buildings and $3,00O,0OO for an omni.
bus claim bill.
AS there is already an excess of ex.
lpenditures over receipts of $4,000 900
the passage of these bills would in.
crease the years deficit to $40 900 900.
In the face of this there is a steadily
decreasing revenue and no way to in
crease it except to put on such taxes
as tho war taxes.
Ito Turn Down Bills.
1t is said that Senator Allison was
] unusually emphatic in his urging that
something be done and as result the
senate will refuse to pass the river
and harbor, the public buildings, and
| the claims bill and will allow only one
battleship instead of two as allowed
by tho house.
Diplomatic Changes.
Washington, ID. G., Feb. 10. -(By
| Associated Press)-The President will
make the following changes in the Eu-
ropean diplomatic posts on or about
/ March a:
Ambassador Mccormick at St Pc
tersburg succeeds Ambassador Porter
at Paris
Ambassador Meyer at Rome, re-
places Ambassador Mccormick at st.
| Petersburg
Henry White. secretary of the en-
bassy at London will be ambassador
to Rome.
Henry L. Wilson present minister at
Chill will be minister to Belgium, sue
ceeding Lawrence Townsend, who re-
tires from the diplomatic service
The President today sent to the
senate the following nominations:
4 For the governor of Arizona; Joseph
/ H. Kibbey of Arizona.
For associate justice of the supreme
court of Arizona. Eugene A. Tucker
! of Nebraska
To Revise Philippine Duties.
The house committee on ways and
means today authorized a favorable
report on the tariff bill for the Phil
ippines The bill is a complete re-
vision of the duties collected by the
/ Philippine government on imports
from all countries.
Swayne Hears Charges.
4 The Swayne impeachment proceed.
4 ings were resumed this afternoon In
| the senate. Judge Swayne was present
with his attorneys After some pre-
liminaries Manager Palmer made the
/ statement of the case against Swayne.
Railroads Fight Legislation.
Council Bluffs, Feb. TO- Especially
Council Bluffs has witnessed the ef
| forts of the railroads to defeat rate
legislation this week. A delegation of
Great Western officials and two North.
western officials have interviewed the
wholesalers and prominent retailers
here in an effort to induce them to as.
sist in the defeat of the bill before
congress to give the interstate com.
merce commission power to fix rates.
AS far as can be learned their efforts
were unsuccessful. The two North.
western officials were Assistant Gen.
eral Freight Agent Seymour, of Chica.
go, and Assistant Freight Agent Kuhn
/ of Omaha. They found most of the
business men here rather inclined to
the other side of the case
Effort Not Successful.
| The object of the visitors was to get
the merchants to telegraph Congress
man Walter |. Smith and ask him to
vote against the proposed legislation.
| Some of the larger shippers were Wis.
lited several times in an effort to
change their views, but as far as
known the commission was unsuccess.
| full.
While here the lobby boasted that
several big shippers of Sioux City had
agreed to join with them in an attempt
to defeat the present bill and work for
better laws on the subject"