The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The LATEST NEWS OF TrE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
North, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Fcreien Lands Tnrousnou; TIRE Ma
ton and Particularly Frcr me
Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL

The memtershig o. the Philippine
commission Will be Increased - o-e
member Il bill passed ~ he senate
becomes a law. senator Lodge eN-
planned that this increase in De-her-
saig VS. Necessary - make the W1ole
number nine. which would make easier
the keeping q quorum ~ Manila
Consideration >. The FoEs~- cur
rency biz Was continued II executive
session Monday BY the house commit
lee on banking and eur7eocy. A. he
close Of the sll-Gzy session NJ FcE-
Ter said: The committee Is working
iI harmony and Is making exce-ls1-
progress with the bill TAls "a i
Of the g sections have 5ee1 ca
vasse6. tentative 4De-6-ent hei-E
agreed 70 Is We progress The cause
providing for federal guaranty g IL
tional bank deposits w2s Discussed
Monday. The clause providing for
substitute curTency has been cO1si1-
cred and PASSED without material
amendments When the exz-iua-ioa
~ sections has beer completed The
biz a. tentatively revised VII Be
printed and aSzin thrown open % dis
cussion hy the committee O re eI-
ecur-ve session
The h-l 70 revise Re criminal code
ot the United States Ezs -zSsed 81
the committee Of the whole q -he sen
ate Monday and vas ordered reprint
e. with ane1duenrs SO thai & might
D. put upon lis passage
Ocean mail Subsidy and cu-relcT
legislation were bo-h ne sut5ec-s az
speeches II The senate Monday Sci
Ator Gallinger opened The debate Il
favor q his bill for ocean nail Sub
sidv 70 build upon American merchant
marine and he was followed - Se1z-
tor Depew. who strongly approved he
measure. Senator Simmons q Ncr-h
Carcl.ne and Why-e 81 Maryland
SPOKE "a criticism % he Aid-c1 cur
reucy biz. Senator W-hyte announcing
that he would not vote for any meas
urs now before The senate
The unusual srectzcie q the con-
nittee on rules being Overruled ~ is
chairman. the speaker. OF the 1oor q
The house was witnessed z that body
Monday. much 10 the discontinue q
Mr. IalEell q member q the commit
tee Mr. Daizel brought il = -=so-
luton providing fc- an Investigation
OF peonare il the southern stzres- but
the speaker OF an objection hT Mr.
Mann a Illinois held X Eas not priv
legged Despite NJ. DzlEeL's srg1-
ment- the speaker refused 20 alter
his decision and ne resolution Ezs
recomuitted The army aQpropriz-iou
bnl. carrying SIS o0-5ss- AS taken
up After NJ Hull % Iowa had e1-
planned its provisions. NJ Slzrten q
Texas criticised the enormous ex-
travzrance Tor the military establish
ment while Mr Holiday q Indiana
pleaded for increased pay for TIE En-
listed men q he army. Other speeches
were delivered b. NJ Hzmilro- q
Iowa who favored rzri1 revision. and
By Mr washburn q Massachusetts il
fzvo- OF removing The restrictions O
the Sherman antitrust a ~reEar1f-E
Organizations O. merchants II certain
cases
A suh-co-r nlittee ct the house COZ
mite OF Tostoffices and pc.<-roa1s
MONDAY voted 70 report fzvorzhly ne
BIZ 70 authorize al appropriation q
s3e00 orc for higher CONTRACT prices
for The carrying q United states mail
between Pacifc coast ports and the
Orient and between United states
ports and ports o. South America OF
This amount sis00 900 is 70 b zgVru-
priated forthwith
Seven FIiipinos NAV receive f-st-rc-
ton il The United States military
sc2deny. according 20 q oil passed D.
the senate Friday