Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-05
IN THE SENATE.
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| IrcSllf.t I.p'ncNtit social mes
sage to Congress q" Porto Rico will ne
sent tn Congress Dec. II. The Presi-
| dents views on tho island ana the leg
| :s,ation he flvors are the direct ONT
| nonc Of his visit to Porto Rico.
Henry White, American ambassador
| % Rome, will be transferred in the
near future from that post to Paris
where he will succeed Robert s. Nc
| Cormick as ambassador. Mr.. White
will be succeeded at Rome nv How'd
c. Griscom. now American ambassa-
dor to Brazil.
Senator Clarke Of Wyoming. chair
Il1an. has called special meeting of
the Senate judiciary committee for
| Wednesday morning TO consider the
| nomination of Attorney General Will
liam II. Moody for the supreme cour.
| bench and other nominations to which
no object ions have been fled
Speaker Cannon Tuesday announced
the promotion of Rep. Robert G.. Cousins
| to the craftsmanship of the House COM
| mittec on foreign affairs. made vacant
| by the death of Req. Robert R. Hit of
| Illinois Representative Frank o. Louden
of Illinois has been appointed to the COM
mittoe on foreign affairs to fill the vacan-
| cy caused by Mr.. Hits death
Representative Slaydcn of Texas intro
| duccd a bill Tuesday which provides on
or before the 30th day Of juno, 1907, all
| enlisted men of the army who are negroes
| or Of negro descent shall be discharged
| from the service Of the United States
| and thereafter no negro or person of
| negro descent shall be enlisted or ap-
! point,d in the army of the United States
The Presidents special message on
Panama will be laid before Congress
Dec. Il. With only bare reference to
Panama in his regular message Mr.
| Roosevelt reserved his observations
and recommendations regarding 18th
manian affairs until he had completed
the report of his trip of inspection Of
the work to Congress. which he will
deal with in his special message.
Sec. Taft Tuesday received a telegra m
from j. D. Phelan. president of the San
Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds
Corporation. describing as entirely
Groundless' the report that large sums
Of money subscribed have gone astrav
and that the President and secret SER
vice men are investigating the matter
Mr.. phelan requests that the widest pub
licity he given to his statement that no
funds are missing.
The President made il apparent to his
senatorial callers Tuesday that he wish
ed speedy action on a congressional res
oiut:on calling for information regarding
the discharge of negro soldiers OF thu
9th Infantry for participating in the
riot At Brownsville. Texas. As soon as
resolution is passed, he told them
he will send the information to the Sen
ate. The President added that either the
Penrosc or the Foraker resolution. intro
duccd in the Senate Monday, will be ac-
ceptable to him.
REPRESENTATIVE Pearre of MARYLAND
Monday introduced a bill to provide for
the examination and license of all tel
graph operators engaged in handling
block signals and telegraphic train or
ders affecting the movement Of trains
on all railroads engaged i'm interstate
commerce in the United States and
limiting their daily employment to
eight hours. This bill is, of course, of
general interest in view OF the recent
'catastrOphc on the Southern Railroad.
in which President Spencer of that rail-
road and a number of other prominent
men lost their lives.
President Roosevelts discussion of
the San Francisco school situa ton III
his message was received with great
dissatisfaction by the California dele
cation in tho House. Representative
Hayes said that if any treaty of the
United states prevents California from
running its schools as it sees fit the
treaty Is clearly unconstitutional and
should not stand. The suggestion in
President Rcoscvelt's message that nat
Uralization he extended to Japanese is
extremely diStaStful to the California
delegation in the House. Officials at
Washington expect that q judicial de-
termination Of the rights of the Japan
csc in California to enjoy school privi-
cGcs will be secured through the insti-
tuition Of another suit in San Francis
d" before tho federal court. The depart
mont Of Justice. will. 1t is expected. be
represented in any such proceeding.
President Rooscvclt's reference in his
message TO Congress to the negotiations
between the United States and Great
britain over i1ehring Sea relates to the
long pending efforts made to adequate
iy protect the seal herds. The ncgotia-
tions have been conducted chilly at
Washington with the cooperation of
| the American embassy at London and
appear to be part of a general plan to
close up a number of outstanding ques-
tionS in which Canadian interests are
| involved. The recent trend Of the nc
EOtiatiOnS has been towards Canada re-
inquish such rights as she possesses
| in Behrng sea in consideration for adj
| cquate compensation or concessions in
| other pending questions. However,
| these exchanges have not made any
| notable advance. as Canada regards
ner rights in the Behling sea in the
| light of Il national asset. and while dis
posed to make reasonable adjustment
| she does not appear to be ready to give
up her interests on the basis OF the
concessions thus far tentatively PRO
posed. The negotiations therefore Id CT
definite developments.
The session of the Internatio
Seamen's Union which is holding q
10-days convention in Boston was q