The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-28
IOWA NEWS FROM
NATIONAL CAPITAL
PRESIDENT is APPREcIATlvE OF
OUR DELEGATION.
ALLISON AIDS CATHOLICS.
Secures a Patent To Burial Ground
That Has Long Been Unsettled
David w. johnson Gets
Appointment.

Washington, ID. c.. May Ex-senator
Allison and Representative Hepburn
were at the White House this morning
and had long conference with Presi-k
dent Roosevelt about legislation Ths
president is much pleased over the
support Senator Allison and the Iowa
delegation have given him in congress.
Secretary of War Taft was at the cap
itol this afternoon and spent consid-
cradle time in conference with ySena-
tor Allison in the latters private room.
Il saw Senator Allison at the White
House this morning" said Secretary
Taft to an Iowa friend, Iand | was
much pleased to observe how remark
ably well he is looking, and how act
i've he is" The secretary of war also
manifested much interest in the Iowa
pleasure over the assurance of Senator
Allison's success.
Allison Aids Catholics.
In the senate chamber today, Sena-
tor Allison obtained theN concurrence
of the senate to a minor amendment
made by the house in his bill granting
title to St. Raphael's Catholic Gene
terry at Dubuque to Archbishop Keane.
The bill was introduced in the senate
several weeks ago by Mr.. Allison and
passed. Yesterday the house on mo-
ton of Representative Dawson also
passed it with a minor change. This
bill is of much interest to the Catho-
lies of Dubuque. 1t was recently dis
covered that they had no patent from
the government to their cemetery land.
which has been in use since 1886, and
the bill just passed corrects that de-
feet
Makes Eighteen Speeches.
During the final consideration of the
sundry civll appropriation bill OF which
Senator Allison had charge yesterday,
he addressed the senate eighteen times
Win more or less extended re i1aTKs1
on each occasion as reported in the
Congressional Record
In the spirited debate on this meas
ure, Senator Allison held his own with
the foremost orators of the senate.
The Dick bill increasing the efficien-
cy of the state militia, placing it on the
same footing with the regular army,
which was passed by the house yester-
day, was supported in the senate by
Mr.. Allison, who made it a point to be
present during it's consideration and
assisted in its passage. AS this bill
authorizes the appropriation OF an adj
ditional S2,000000 annually, for equip
nent and maneuyers of the state mi
litia, the support of Senator Allison as
chairman of the state appropriations
committee was essential to its passage.
BY 1t, guardsmen in encampment with
the regular army will receive regular
army pay. This new appropriation is
an increase of more than 100 per cent
for this state militia.
b Alllson's Influence Wins. lOlsY
. Senator Allison obtained the adniis-
sion to the Annapolis naval academy
today of David W. Johnson, of Des
Moines, whom Representative Huh had
appointed Young Johnson had been =
barred from the academy owing to
defective eye The naval surgeons
said he might pass all right in a few
montha but today was Johnson's last
chance, as tomorrow he becomes 20
years old, the age limit for admission
to the academy.
Senator Allison was appealed to to-
day and asked the navy department to
admit Johnson without regard TO his
defect. This was promptly done,
though most unusual occurrence, and
now young Johnson has until Sept /
to prove that his eyesight is good
enough for his continuance at the nav
al academy.
In addition to his other work, Sena-
tor Allison spent several hours today
in conference with senate and house
leaders endeayoring to frame flnan-
cial bill satisfactory TO congress,