The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-06
Absence of Senator PenroSe
Causes Senate to Defer Ac-
ton on Matter.
A CHILD LABOR MEASURE
SENATOR LODGE INTRODUCES
BILL BUILT ON THE SAME PLAN
AS THAT OF SENATOR BEvER
IDGE'S.
Publishers Press.


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heavy in the senate Wednesday. Il
was practically the first opportunity
senators had to introduce petitions,
| memorials, bills and resolutions and
many were presented. The vice pres
ident laid before the senate a number
of communications from the executive
department. which were ordered
Printed as documents.
Without debate the senate adopted
a resolution calling on the secretary
of commerce and labor to furnish the
senate copies of all Official letters, tel
egrams. reports, etc, filed in the de-
partment in connection with the in
attending public. schools of San Fran
cisco. The resolution was presented
by Senator Flint of California.
After debate the senate postponed
until Thursday consideration of the
resolutions calling for information
relative to the discharge of negro
troops of the Twenty-ninth infantry,
formerly stationed at Brownsville a,
Tex. The delay was caused by the
absence from the city of Senator Pen
rose.
The senate committee on naval af-
fairs ordered a favorable report on
the nomination of Victor H. Metcalf Of
California, to be secretary of the navy.
Senator Lodge introduced bill de-
signed TO prevent the employment of
child labor by prohibiting interstate
commerce in any article in the produc-
ton of which a child under "A years
old was employed, and the prohibition
extends to children under Is who can
not read and write. The violation of
the law is made a misdemeanor pua-
ishable by fine of $500 and imprison-
ment one year.
The president sent to the senate the
nomination Of W. Morgan Shuster
District of Columbia, to be a member
of the Philippine commission and
secretary of public instruction in the
Philippine islcnds.
The house ratified the action Of the
Democratic caucus and placed on the
rolls Paul d. Porter of Mississippi to
succeed the late Isaac r. Hill of New
ark, O.. rs a special ofRcer of the
house.
Congressman Ames of Massachu-
sets has begun a propaganda for the
immediate movement for tariff revi-
sion. He says he is not undertaking
to secure action at the present session
OF congress, but is urging on Repub-
lican members the advisability of a
general caucus to give concrete ex-
preston Of their determination to i'm
mediately revise the inequalities in
our tariff laws, so that all possible no.
tice to the country at large may be
given as to the time of revision" He
thinks the subject should be taken up
Immediately after March 4 and would
have the caucus determine the best
methods Of procedure and whether
the whole tariff laws should be revised
or only particular schedules amended.
Requisitlon Granted.
Denver. Colo. Dec. 8. - Governor
Mcdonald granted the requisition of
Governor vardman OF Mississippi for
George Jenkins. colored, wanted on
the charge of murder committed in
Tunica county, Miss. after the re-
ceipt of a message from Governor
yardman reading as follows: will
have George jenkins brought to Jack
SON He will be protected and any
statement to the contrary is only for
the purpose of defeating Justice II
required this guarantee. including
waiver or the claim of the Pueblo au-
thorities for possession of Jenkins,
who was under arrest there awaiting
trial, to secure the reQuisitiou.