The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-03
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- DID IGS.
Of President Taft has begun consul
ing Southern Senators on Souther
appointmets.
= Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., wife @
= the tobacco magnate, committed sui
eide at Washington.
IS Secretary of War Dickinson viii
d leave for Panama April Is, and will
e return via New Orleans.
Il A big row is promised over tn.
Philippine section of the tariff bill
: when it reaches the Senate.
The Democratic caucus adopted
the new set of rules submitted b,
the Committee of Fifteen withou1
amendment
j Seator Aldrich is opposed to spe.
, clal taxes and is framing a tariff bill
, OF his own, with revision upward in
stead of downward.
Delegations of Porto Ricans will
appear before Congress and ask for
protection of the islands products
in the Payne tariff bill and for home
rule.
Much better feeling has developed
OF the caucus denunciation of those
among the Democrats as the result
who voted with the Republican regu-
lars
Representative Wickliffe, of Lou
isiana, gave notice that he would not
be bound by the rules of the Demo-
cratic caucus in voting on the tariff
bill.
| After consideration at the Cabinet
meeting President Taft ordered the
restoration of marines on board ma
val vessels upon the same footing
that they were before the Roosevelt
order relieving all of them from
ship duty, was issued some months
ago.
Minister Espinosa, of Nicaragua, |
left at the State Deparement for
Secretary Knox the reply of Presi- |
dent Zelaya. of Nicaragua; to the
demand Of his Government that the
Emery claim, which has been pend
ing for years, be submitted to arbi-
tration.
The plan of former Secretary New
berry for the consolidation of the
work OF various navy-yards will be
conformed to under the present Ad-
ministration and thoroughly tested
before any proposition to materially
modify it is considered A state
ment to this effect was given out by
the Navy Deparement
President Taft has authorized the
statement that he will favor ship :.
subsidy legislation. 1t also is stated
hat he will discuss ship subidy in
his message to the next regular ses-
sion Of Congress. He has not pre-
pared any special plan for settling
his question. After eight months
he will have definite
deas to present.
Director North, of the Census Bu-
eau, has withdrawn his request for
n appropriation of s14,117, 900 for Il
he next census and has substituted
request for $10,0O0,0O0. The or {
gfnal estimate covered not only the Il
ear 1910, but the three succeeding; a
ears during which the reports will b
e tabulated and published. The re- t,
ised estimate covers the expenses
Dr. only next year. = a
The first edition of the congress Y
lonal directory for the Sixty-first 81
ongress has been distributed among t,
enators and members of the House. fl
was soon discovered that "Bill" is
lie most popular given name among A,
names, there being six Senators =,
Id forty-four Representatives who l.,
'ar this cognomen. Hence the NJ
lggestion that "Bill Club" be es- n
blished at the Capital. There are =,
irty-six Johns in the two houses
mbined.
The monotony of the tariff debate ~
the House Of Representatives was "
lieved for time Friday by clash ie
tween Messrs. Fordney, of Michi- We
n, and Byrd, of Mississippi, which 60
me near ending in blows. Mr.. ~
'rdney had been making an ex-
ustive criticism of the lumber par I'M
raph, when he was interrupted by II
Missfssippian, who insisted that no
lumber manufacturers, of which tnt
;. Fordney was one, were in a ass
st. Mr.. Fordney peremptorily de- sal
d the statement and said tb.+ .Ir his
rd did not know thing TO
tut it." The Mississippi member
de a move toward Mr.. Fordney Gee
was in the act of removing his ma
t when some of his Democratic Ser
leagues took hold of him. Later aga
developed that the incident grew ces
OF misunderstanding. and both int,
l made. explanations and apolo- the
J. pro
he threat Of the State Depart T
1T to establish an American pro- fall
tie over Central American re- Chi
lies has aroused an anti-Ameri- 7
feeling in the Latin-American tric
1tries. Mr.
reat bitterness is shown between ant
Democratic factions in the House sect
several personal encounters have P
anrroW1y averted. poir
considerable dissatisfaction was cage
enced by several Senator's In the Uni,
lblican caucus over the commit caal
assignments. Hoy