The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-31
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
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1 w. Il. Clark was appointed post
master at Guifport, Miss.
H. G. Warmoth filed his brief in
his congressional election contest.
The National Waterways Commas.
don will visit Europe this summer
w. F. Willoughby will be appoia.
ted assistant director of the census
K President Taft is using the House
as club to force the Senate iAto
/ nine On the tariE RiH.
/ Orvilie Wright made two success
full fights in his aeropiane at Fort
i Myer
4 The Federal Geological Survey
! will aid in drainage work in Lou
\ isiana.
! President Taft entertained the Re-
publican conferees on the tariff bill
\ at dinner at the White House.
4 The Emery claim against Mica
ragua will probably be settled at
an early date.
Preparations are being made for
the National Rivers and Harbors
1 Congress at Washington.
| The House passed the deficiency
appropriation bill. It carries $685.
900 for Tafts travelling expenses.
President Taft has found 1t a diff
dcult task TO bring the Republican
| factions together ON the tariff bill.
| The Navy Department has decid-
| ed to give the figurehead of the bat
tieship Louisiana to the city of Ba-
ton Rouge.
The tariff conference committee
decided that the customs court
should be established in Washing.
ton instead of New York.
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota,
will probably prevent Ex-Congress-
man McCleary from being director
of the mint.
Secretary of State Knox will soon in
it1ate proceeding with a number OF
foreign governments looking to a
reconstruction of treaties.
President Taft was invited to
make a trip of inspection down the
Mississippi River from St. Louis to
New Orleans.
The bill authorizing the issuance
OF bonds to complete the Panama
Canal may cause a renewal of the
fight about the type Of the canal.
President Taft has taken steps to
prevent the water power trust from
securing controI of all the valua-
Bile water-power sites In the country.
.Tha omnibus bill authorizing the
building Of bridges across various
navisable waters of the United
States was passed by the House.
President Taft's intinerary through
the South and West was announced
He will make a steamboat trip from
st. Louis to New Orleans.
President Taft outlined his posi-
ton on the tariff to a delegation of
Western congressman. He Is not
only fighting for free raw material,
but for downward revision.
The fight for lower duty on
mosquito netting has been won by
Senator Foster and Representative
Ransdeil. They received definite IN
formation to that effect from the
tariff conferees.
Orville Wright made a fight in
his aeroplane OF one hour and twen-
ty- minutes duration at Fort Myer,
cfrcling the parade grounds eighty
three times, executing a series of
figure eights and landing successful
1y
The conference committee of the
two houses of Congress ON the tariff |
bill agreed to accept the senate's
corporation tax amendment after the
provision had been redrafted by the |
attorney general and many changes
had been made.
Representative Tawney, of the
House appropriations committee, ad-
mitted in the House that Francis J.
Heney had received from the gov
ernment $23 3,0Oe last wear for which
Mr.. Heney had performed no service
Mr.. Tawney said Mr.. Heney had re-
ceived in all $es,000 from the 60
vernment.
It was learned on4exeellent author
ity that Representative Payne, chair
man of the House conference COM
mittee on the taraf bill, had rerus-
ed to permit any proposition to go
to vote and that he would not sign
any report simply because major
ity Of the House Republican con-
ferees had voted for it.
Plans for a s1V,ooo,o0o river
concern are being dis
cussed in Washington. st. Louis
attorney acting, they say, for finan-
cial interests able to carry out the
immence project of building a line
of steel vessels and parges to ply
the Asp and its tributaries, are in
teresting congressman in the scheme.
Indications are very strong that
the tariff conference committee will
report in favor Of the following rates
on the articles which have been the
cause of 50 much recent controversy:
Cial, 45 cents per ton; Iron ore, Is
cents; hides, cents a pound; lum'
ber, $1.25 per thousand; petroleum,
free.
The possibility of depreciation of
securities of the govern
ment in case the treasury throws on
The market any portion of the Pan
ANA Canal bonds, the issuance of
which ia to, be authorized to the ex-
,ent of the total cost of completing
The canal was the subject OF confer
snce in New York between Treasurer
Charles H. Treat and financiers there
The first anniversary of the grant
ing of the Turkish Constitution was