Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-17
Senate Adopts TiIlman's
Resolution Seeking
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UNDER LOCAL OPTION
Committee on Assignments in
Upper House Makes Its
Report.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE senate
today adopted a resolution introduced
by Tillman instructing the committee
on finance TO consider and report
Whether it is practicable for the ma
tiOnal government to discontinue the
issuance of permits TO retail liquor
dealers in the states. counties and mu-
inequalities where local option prevails
prohibiting the sale of liquors.
Decide Coy,mittee Assignments.
Washington. Dec 17.-The republi-
can senators held a caucus today ana
received and accepted from the com.
mittee on committees its report on the
assignment of senator's TO the various
committees. A large number of chang
es were made in the assignments tn
the chairmanships, incIuding the fol-
lowing:
Knox from coast defenses 10 rules.
Kittredge from patents to inter-
oceanic canals.
Hopkins from fisheries TO enrolled
bills.
Smoot from weights and measures
to patents.
William Alden Smith from dispos:-
tion of documents to national banks.
Bukely from civil service eXamina
ton 10 railroads.
Nixon from national banks to coast
dctenses.
Make Committees for Members.
Several new committees were crea
ted for the purpose of giving chair
manships to the new republican sena-
tors. These come in the list known
as select committees. The vacancy or
the committee on finance is to befilleC
by Hopkins of Illinois.
Smith of Michigan goes on the com
mittee on commerce, pensions, eXpeTi
ditures, department of justice, Pacific
railroads, and revolutionary claims.
Stephenson of Wisconsin is made
chairman of the committee on eXpen
ditures, of the department Of agricul
ture. member of the committee or
claims, enrolled bills, five civilize,
tribes. Pacific railroads. and revolu
tionary claims.
Switch for la Toilette.
La Toilette leaves the committee OF
claims and goes to the committee q:
military affairs. Among the chairmel
Allison. appropriations.
Dolliver, education and labor.
Hopkins, enrolled bills.
Aldrieh, finance
Culom, foreign relations.
Interstate commerce, Elliins.
Pensions, McCumber.
Privileges and elections, Burrows.
Public lands, Hansbrough.
Potomac river front, La Toilette.
Inquiries Regarding Ranking Laws.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE followin
resolution touching the issue of clear
ing house certificates was introduce
yesterday by Representative job
Sharp Williams of Mississippi: 9TH
secretary of the treasury is requeste
to furnish the house with informatio
in his possession TO show whether @
not. and to what extent. the nationa
banking laws are being executed an
have been executed during the month
of November and December; whethe
or not the 10 per cent tax required b
law to be collected upon bank issue
other than those authorized under tn
national banking law has been so CO
Nd tx,hnthn, ho
falling or refusing to pay their liabil
ties to depositors and others have bee
proceeded against according to la
by putting them into the hands of r
ceivers or otherwise
AppropriatIo Committee Named.
Speaker Cannon yesterday announ
ed the membership of the new cor
mittees on appropriations as follow.
Tawney. (chairman). Minnesota
Bingham. Pennsylvania; Brownlo'
Tennessee: Gardner. Michigan: G
lett, Massachusetts; Smith, low;
Graft. Illinois; Brick, Indiana: Keife
Ohio; Madden, Illinois: Livingsto
Georgia: Vreeland. New York; Bru
didge Arkansas; Fitzgerald, Ne
York: Sherley. Kentucky; Burleso
Texas. and Bowers. Mississippi.
To Block Hnsty Action.
TO forestall any hasty action wi
respect to banking and currency le
islation at the present session, Rep
sentative Burgess of Texas introduc
a resolution providing for the appoil
nient by the president Of banki
and currency commission to becor