Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-10
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Agreements were reached in the
Senate Monday upon many sections
OF the tariff bill, so that, as the hour
lor adjournment approached, the
paragraphs relating to agriculture
were nearly all disposed of. During
the afternoon, Mr.. Bacon entered up-
on an extended discussion Of the pro-
posed increase over the rates of the
House bill In duties on bacon and
hams, lard, fresh beef, etc.. and Mr..
Aldrlch surprised the Senate by with
drawing the committee amendments,
saying he believed the House rates al
though below those of the Dingley
law rates, were protective to those in
dustrles. This action provoked fur
ther discussion on the part of Sena-
tors, who favored the higher rates.
J. Senator Rayner created consider
able amusement by a humorous de-
scrlptlon Of what Senator Aldrich
had referred to as "the citadel Of pro-
tectlon,'' and Senator Smith, Of
South Carolina, advocated free tariff
Or tariff for revenue only.
The most important happenings In
the nation 'sicapital Saturday were as
follows:
president Taft sent a special mes
sage to Congress transmitting the
final report Of Charles E. Magoon,
former Provisional Governor of Cuba,
and praising the latter and Major
General Thomas Fl. Barry, who was
IN n1command of the army of pacifica-
ten for their. services in the land.
41ass Of E 4 II ft,s
health, the President announced that
he had abandoned his proposed trip
to Alaska during the coming summer
but had not yet given up hope of be-
ing able to attend the Seattle Expo
sition.
That danger turks in the transpor-
tation Of those who have died from
infectious diseases was made evident
at Saturdays session Of the twenty
fourth annual meeting Of the confer
ence of State and provincial boards
Of North America. The committee
appointed to report on the subject
found fault with the present system
of shipping bodies from one State in
to another and recommended that
greater care should, in the future, be
exercises in this regard through the
APPLICATION Of measures, which would
secure better preparation and the
casing Of bodies preparatory to ship
ment.
Leprosy again was one of the prin-
clpal topics discussed at the days
session Of the conference of State and
provincial boards Of health Of North
America, which adopted resolution
urging the establishment by Congress,
within the United States. of a hos
pital for the treatment Of the disease.
After devoting the larger portion
Of the day to listening to a discus
sion Of the cotton cloth schedule, the
Senate entered upon a period of vot-
ing late in the afternoon and rapidly
disposed of the entire subject of
changing from ad valorem to specific
duties for the purpose of preventing
undervaluations. On all the votes
taken, the finance committee was sus-
tanned by majority Of ten or eleven.
The most important happenings in
The nations capital Wednesday were
as follows:
Taking to task the other Republi-
cans in the Senate for violating the
party pledge to the people to revise
the tariff downward, Senator LaFol-
lette begun an extended speech which
he concluded Thursday, when the
night sessions began. Senators Mel
son, Gore and Elkins also addressed
the Senate during the day.
Almost on the eve Of his departure
for Europe later in the month, Samuel
Gompers, the labor leader, called on
President Taft for a conference on
labor matters. Afterwards he said he
would return to this country in time,
either to attend the annual conven-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor or go to jail. II would rather
attend the convention, - he added.
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