Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1906-12-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN -EPlToME OF THE MOST IN,
PoRTANr EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully oieeetad and Condensed
Compilation Of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.

Fifty-Ninth Compassionate Session.
1t took thesenate 10 minutes to ar
range it's prellminaries on reassem-
bling Tor the last, or short session,
and the house occupied an hour The
president sent a long list of recess
appointments to the senate. Senators
Penrose and Foraker introduced reso-
lutions Of inquiry regarding the dis
charge Of negro troops Of the Twenty
fifth infantry. One was addressed %
the president and the other to the
secretary of war. Both resolutions
went over Senator Dupont, of Della
ware, took the oath.
Some of thesenators wanted to get
angry because the president sent in
batch of nominations before the
senate had notified him that 1t was in
session. When they came to realize
that the constitution of the United
that the president had to only assume
that the senate was obeying the con
stitution, and was on hand ready 10
attend to business, they concluded
to allow the "affront" to pass un-
noticed. E
The house passed the bill authoriz
ing the secretary of the treasury to
duplicate gold certificates in lieu OF
ones lost or destroyed, and the bill
amending the national banking laws,
permitting national banking associa'
lions to make loans on real estate as
security and limiting the amount OF
such loans
Senator Flint has introduced bill
providing for an exhibition at Los An
geles, Cal, in 1915, to celebrate the
completion of the Panama canal. The
bill provides for government aid OF
$1O,OOO,0OO provided the exhibition
company furnishes an equal amount,
The president sent special mes.
sage to congress urging legislation
giving the executive authority upon
his own initiative and responsibility
to dismiss any officer whom he thinks
unworthy to remain in the service.
The Senate.
Washington, d. C.--President
Roosevelt's annual message to con-
gress occupied the attention of the
senate for two and one-half hours to
the exclusion OF nearly all other BUSH
ness. The exception to this was the
introduction of q resolution on the
Japanese situation by Senator Rayner,
of Maryland, and the adoption of APP
propriate resolutions regarding those
members of the house of representa-
tives who have died since the last ses-
sion. AS mark of further respect to
their memory, adjournment was taken.
Senator Rayner's resolution says:
THAT in the opinion of the senate the
government has no right to enter into
controversy with any foreign govern
met relating to the public school sya
tenn of any Of the states in the union,
that no treaty rights with Japan have
been violated, and that further, that
1t is the duty OF the president of he
| United Stables to notify the government
of Japan, and to notify any foreign gov
eminent with which the question may
arise, that the public educational IN
situations of the states are not within
the jurisdiction of the United States
and the United States has no power to
regulate or supervise their administra-
ton"
House.
Washington, D. C.-The reading
of the presidents message consumed
two hours and 25 minutes in the
house, and was followed closely by a
large number of members while the
crowded galleries gave close consid-
Grafton. Here and there the reading
of the document was punctuated with
applause,