The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-13
REVIEW OF WORK OF CONGRESS
What Our National Lawmakers Are
Doing From Day TO Day
Taft to Give I~nformatiol

calling lHe IIOSIUeHI OF all the Idct
regarding the discharge of the negr'
troops belOnging to the T~wenty+iftl
Qnfantry-was-receiEed at the Whit
House and at once turned over by tn,
President to Secretary Taft, who vii
furnish the information desired. Tn,
Foraker resolution, which also wa
passed at the same time, but whicl
Is directed to the Secretary of War
had not been received by Secretary
Taft mp to q late hour Friday. See
rotary Taft said, however, upon re.
turning from the cabinet meeting
that he would comply with both reso-
buttons to the fullest extent.
Smplifed Spelling.
-Simplified spelling received a hard
bolE In the legislative bill for 1905
reported to the House by the com
mittee ON appropriations, which says:
Hereafter In printing documents
authorized by low or ordered by
Congress or either branch thereof the
Government Printing Office shall
follow the rules Of photography es-
tabished by Webster's or other gen.
orally accepted dictionaries of the
English language"
The bill carries an appropriation of
$31,215,525, which is $6S5,S42 less
than the estimates made for the leg
islatiTe, judicial and executive De-
partments of the government
An increase from $1,000 to $1,000
Is made IN the allowance to members
OF the House for clerk hire, and tn
requirement that members certify
they have spent this amount is omit
ted.
Efforts to take Up the bill confer
ring cisizsnship upon the citizens of
Porto Rico, reported from the com
mittee on insular affairs of the House
were defeated by objections of the
Democrats.
An Important Measure.
During the three hours the House
was IN session it passed a bill which
has the enthusiastic endorsement of
labor a<Xwen as manufacturers gen.
orally, repeating that portion of the
Wilson Interstate commerce bill re-
latlng to eonvict-made goods and
pointing the several States TO regu-
late their competition with "free
labor made grods.
The bill was introduced by Mr..
Hunt, OfgMissouri, himself a practi-
cal stonemason. Under the Wilson
bal. which became a law In 1890, con-
vtnct labOr-made goods may enter IN
active competition with the goods
manufactured by >''free labor'' and |
lIPder this, Federal law a State could
not pass a law that would prevent
the shipping into the State prison
made goods OF other States. The law
which was passed abrogates the inter
State commerce law as at present APP
pied to conYiet-made goods. thereby
lffordins to the different States and |
the right to- inhibit the |
shipping of conviet-made goods with
N the confines of any State or Terri
z-i-fa{ E,rag $3.50 I
Senator Simmons gave further at
to the ease which he is TO
nakeSont against Federal oficehold-
rs In North Carolina. who have beer
oerniciOusly active in political mat
eFS. He conferred with Mr.. Deeraw,
Assistant Postmaster general
o~neernihg the specific charges which
ave been made against Dagyerhart.
rural free delivery carrier, who,
t Is alleged, tried to break up a meet
ng lns Iredell county, at which Mr..
1ackett was to speak. Mr.. Deeraw
AID that the Inspector assigned to
9ok into this matter had not vet COM
leted his report, but he thought it J.
lould be at hand In a very few DAYS.
LIZ. Degraw cnfirmed the report given
ut by the civil service commission
hat an agent would be Sent from the
apartment to accompany Commits.
loEer1 Green when he starts on his
9ur of investigation to the State TO
ok INTO charges against Federal of {
ce holders. s-. !,
Minority leader John Sharp Viii /,
ans -declarednit to be his intention
} recommend Representative Small
II membership on the rivers and har-
DTS committee, a recognition that is
eng urged by the entire North Car-t
ma delegation. Mr. Williams IS reIs
lted' to have said that Mr.. Small :
as his first choice, and that if 2
peaker Cannon did not approve OF !
rs recommendation he would next i
ldorses Representative EIlerbe Of {
Duth Carolina. no :
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Appropriation Bill. {
The House began consideration OIL l
e legislative, executive and judicial :
preparation bill. No effort was J,
AIDE. to limit the time for general !
bate on the bill, the desire of the L
epubllcan leaders being to keep the l
Ii before the House until adjourn
ent for the Christmas holidays. :
Repfesentatiye Randell, of Texas. =
reduced a bill to prohibit Senators e
ID Representatives from serving mr. c