Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18
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alton of the Indian appropriation bill
| in committee of the whole
The House Monday passed bill es-
tahliShing life station at the Isle OF
Shoals. OF Portsmouth. y. II.
| The Senate Monday confirmed the
| nomination of Afford w. Cooley of
| New York, to be assistant attorney
| general.
| Government receipts Monday: From,
| Internal revenue. Sligo, $50; customs, 81
oE, 40; miscellaneous, sl21, 4G6. Expendi-
tules, sl,6@o,OOo.
The Senate Monday agreed to the
| holiday adjournment resolution, which
provides that when adjournment is had
next Thursday. it shall be until Jan. 8
next.
| Representative Hardwick Of Georgia,
introduced a bill Monday recurring all
railways to install the block system
and providing that all railway tele-
| graphers shall be licensed.
! The Senate Monday agreed to a reso-
| luton requesting the Senate judiciary
committee to inform the Senate if
Congress can prohibit interstate COM
merce in child labor made goods I'M
der the commerce clause of the con-
stitution.
! The President was invited Monday nv
| Senators Lodge and Crane of Massachu-
| setts and others to lay the cornerstone
OF the pilgrims monument at Province
town. Mass. sometime next summemr
| The President was unable to give a def
mite answer at this time
| The Garrett bill to permit newsnaDers
to accept railway transportation was the
| subject of a hearing Monday before the
| House committee on interstate and for
ciSn commerce. F.. w. Stevens of Mis-
souri, and Representative-elect Ashhrool,
OF OHIO spoke in favor of the bill
| 1t Is understood that Frank Steinhardt
who has been consul general at Havana
since 1%3: is about to rclnquish that of
| flee to become the resident agent in
| Cuba Of large New York financial con-
Germ Mr.. Steinhardt will remain in of
flee until carly next year at the request
| of Gov. Magoon.
The supreme court Monday denied the
| motion made last Monday on behalf of
the Cherokee Indians to amend the juds.
ment in the cases involving nter-mar-
riages with members Of that tribe recent.
Iy decided in their favor, 50 as to ex-
| Guide from citizenship in terms all hut
| tho two intcr-marricd whites who had
paid the fee of 500 exactcd by the Chcro
| kce law.
| The Senate Monday agreed to 4 resO-
luton directing the Department Of
commerce and Labor to make an in
lvestigation of the combination OF
| trust organization known as the Inter
national Harvester Company" engag-
ed i'm the production and sale of farm
machinery. The investigation is to as.
certain if n combination restraint OF
trade exists.
The House committee on industrial arts
ard expositions Monday decided to make
Il favorable report on the bill providing
for the loan of 100000 to the James.
town exposition with the gate receipts as
security. A similar bill was Monday re
ported to the Senate. Senator Daniel en-
deavored to get immediate action on il
but an objection from Senator Hale car
ried il to the calendar.
| j ne HOUSE MONDAY discussed bill
validating some 10000 certificates o
naturalization which were issued by
courts. the clerks of which failed [,
inquire whether the persons to whom
the certificates were issued were An
archiSts or not. The bill was defeated
two-thirds having failed to vote in tn,
favor under suspension of the rules I
will be called up under committee cal
later.
The Tillman bill forbidding nationa
banks and other corporations in gen
eral from contributing to election
funds was considered Monday by TIL
House committee on the election q
President and Vice President, which
decided unanimously TO report tn
, measure favorably with the additio,
, of an imprisonment clause as we'll n
the imposition of a fine for violator
of the measure. AS amended il is Oh
tional for the court to send officer
|, of offending corporations to Jail 10
Il period of not more than II months
The maximum fine is $1,000.
President Roosevelt Monday prom
ised committee of the New Yor]
Board of Trade and transportation 1
make speech at the banquet to Il