Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-15
WASHINGTON noIES
Petition For MIS-. Cazmack.

l. tive BrOwnlOW Il Inc n~eP1SSTnS"eAs
Austin. OF the first and second con-
! gressional districts Of Tennessee. re-
spectively, have undertaken to make
| the widow of the late Senator Car
mack postmaster at Columbia, in
| that State. They are the only two
Republican members of the Tennessee
| delegation, and in addition to exercis-
| ing their influence as individuals they
have now set to work to get the as
| sistance Of the States entire repres-
entation at Washington.
President Taft heard protests Fri
day against the increased duty on
gloves, hosiery, ~pineapples and
lemons, provided in the Payne tariff
bill.
State Senator Travis and John Nc
Cormick, of Brooklyn, N. Y, repre-
senting importers of fruit, told the
President that the increases on pine
apples and lemons would have to be
borne by the common people. The
increase on lemons, which it was de-
clared amounted to 20 cents a box.
would practically be prohibitive and
leaves American growers in absolute
control Of the market.
Kenneth Barnhardt, representing
one of the largest department stores
in Chicago, accompanied by Francis
Simmons and Edward D. Winslow,
also Of Chicago, protested against
the increase Of duty on gloves and
hosiery. They were presented to the
President by Secretary of the Treas,
ury MacVeagh.
The French government has in
formed the State Department Of its
determination to put into effect i'm
mediately the decision announced
Friday from Paris to expel former
President Castro, of iVenezulea, from
Fort de France, Martinique, and
compel him to return to Europe.
j. H.. Shelton & Son, Of Washing
ton, D. c., were awarded the contract
for restoring the name Of Jefferson
Davis to the tablet on Cabin John
bridge, from which it was removed
during 1862. Their bid was $147. rs.
the work must be completed by May
Is.
The Senate tariff bill, so far as
rates are concerned, was completed
Saturday, but it was decided that in
making a report, Chairman Aldrich
will announce a reservation on GER
) tain important schedules for future
, action. These reservations will in
clude hides, steel rails, wood pulp
: and crude petroleum.
Chairman Aldrich assertes that the
Senate committee had made a more
; general revision on rates than was
; done by the House committee on
!, ways and means and that reductions
J in schedules had been made On a far
greater number of articles. This did
! Enot mean that there would be re
! duction CT revenues but that there
would be recommended a bona fide
revision downward Of the tariff.
President Taft has recently declar
- ed that he favored the passage of {
. ship subsidy bill; Senator Gallinge
= has announced that at some earl,
= day, possibly not until the regula
session of this Congress, he will in
troduce and push with all his abilit,
a similar bill to the one defeated il
the House by a small margin thi
- year.
It is firmly believed here that, il
- the near future, a ship subsidy bill
:, will pass Congress and become a law
-, The fight against such a measure ha
= been long and hard-fought but wit
Taft in favor of it it will more tina
likely be enacted.
Senator Simmons made a strOn
~ and vigorous speech favoring til
Gallinger bill, which carried an in
- portant amendment drawn by hir
w. and convinced many Of the thinkir
~ citizens Of the South that his pos
ton was right.
-. The most important happenings
:. the national capital Monday were Il
Is following:
ito The tariff bill was reported to t
49, Senate by the committee on fnant
General reductions all along the Ii
are recommended except in the ca
of Injuries, especially the liquor sci
ere dule, on which the duties are substa
yer tally increased.
Merry children thronged the VIII
House lawns in full enjoyment of t
annual Easter egg rolling, a time he
ored custom which appears to or
ard in popularity each succeeding yea
son Samuel Gompers, who is again p
soma grata at the White House,
90. ranged for a conference at the WI
p;ts. House next Friday between Presid,
! ! Taft and the executive council Of =
American Federation Of Labor,
ton. which important matters affecting
TO gained labor, will be discussed.
). = The nations summer capital '
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