The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Representative JONI .. 1-tttfr> Wv
ernor-elect of Arkansas, has resigned
from Congress.
President Roosevelt entertained Cow
elect Hughes of New York at dinner at
the White House.
The opening of bids for the completion
of the Panama canal has been postponed
from Dec. II to JAM II.
Senator Frye withdrew from the Sem
ate calendar the compulsory pilotage bill
because of its recent defeat in the House.
The House defeated bill validating
10000 certificates of naturalization that
are clouded because court clerks failed
to ask the applicants if they were an
archists. The measure will lie called up
again
Miss Jane Adams and Miss Mary
Mcdowell of Chicago conferred with
President Roosevelt on the immigration
bill. They urged an investigation of the
immigration question before shutting out
aliens.
The Senate agreed to a resolution re-
qresting the judiciary committee to in
form the Senate if Congress can prohibit
interstate commerce in child labor-made
goods under the commerce clause of the
Constitution.
The House committee on immigration
reported favorably bill to validate 20
600 certificates of Naturalization which
are of doubtful legality because Of the
failure of clerks to ask the applicants if
they were anarchists.
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PRODUCTS have increased 60 per cent In
the last ten years and for the present
calendar year amount to. $2J0,000,000,
according to a statement made by the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor.
Representative Mckinney of Illinois
introduced bills appropriating 5000 Tor
the purchase of additional ground for the
public building at Rock Island and IN
creasing the appropriation for a site and
public building at Moline to $125,000-
Senators Cullom and Hopkins will
urge the President to appoint Oliver E.
Pagin of Chicago, now special attorney
in the Department of Justice, to be an
assistant attorney general to succeed
James G. McReynolds, soon to retire.
rne Russian ambassador, Baron Rose.
announced that a man representing him.
self as Prince Magatch, who is said to be
in America negotiating for farm machin-
ery for the Russian department of agri-
culture. has no authority to represent the
Russian government
The interstate commerce commission
set Jan. and 8 for a hearing at Chi
cago of the testimony in the cases grow
ing out of the terminal charges at the
stock yards and the advance in rates
upon cattle coming from points west OF
the Mississippi river.
The House committee on elections de-
cided una nimously to report favorably the
Tillman bill forbidding national banks
and other corporations to contribute to
campaign funds after adding a clause
making the offense punishable by impris-
onment as well as fine.
vice President Fairbanks received
from Representative Stevenson an invita-
ton from several Chippewa half-breeds
of Minnesota who bear his name and are
related to him to attend the fftieth amir
yersary of the creation OF the White
Earth Indian reservation.
The War Department has selected Do
yer. N. j., as the site for the government
powder factory for which Congress APP
propriated $4,000 last session.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt the
other night dined with the Vice President
and Mrs. Fairbanks. the company includ-
iur. among others. Speaker and Mrs. Can
non and Ambassador and Mrs. Reid.
President Roosevelt has received from
Emanuel Nobel of st. Petersburg.
nephew of the founder of the Nobel prizes
and present head of the family. cable
gram congratulating him OF receiving
the peace prize.
The Senate committee on industrial ex-
positions authorized favorable report
on the bill for government loan of ST.
OOO, 900 to the jamestown exposition
Representative Foster of Vermont in
troduced bill providing that the title
of american ambassador" shall be borne
by all diplomatic representatives of the
United States above the grade of charge
d'affaires.
John III. Perrin of Indianapolis ap-
neared before the House committee on
banking and currency in support of the
American Bankers Association credit
currency measure. He urged the neces-
sity for $200,O00,000 more in bank noses.
Representative Hardwick of Georgia
introduced a bill requiring all railways
TO install the block system and providing
that railway telegraphers shall be liccns-
ed.
Representative Goulden of New York,
in the debate on the Indian appropriation
bill in the House, made an earnest plea
for larger appropriations for the improve
ment of waterways.
The House committee on commerce
will begin hearings Jan. 8 on the Sher-
man bin requiring railroads to sell mile
age books at a rate of 2 cents mile
and Dec. ii on the Townsend bill for an
arbitration to settle labor disputes af
foor;n0 INTERSTATE commerco mr. fha nasla