The interior journal., 1909-04-20
POLITICAL.


ment to the tariff bill, putting tax OF
per cent on incomes over $1,000.
All the Senators..have received from
Senator Bradley. of Kentucky, quart
bottle of fine whisky.
Senator Guggenheim, Of Colorado.
one of the richest men in Congress, Is
said to favor an income tax.
The Democratic Senators agreed to
stand by Senator :Paynter in his fight
against the 6-cent tax on leaf tobacco.
Senator Aldrich opened the debate on
the tariff bill in the Senate. He will
be followed.by Senator; Daniels for the
Democrats.
A political sensation in japan, involv-
ing charges of bribery. has led to the
arrest of nine members Of the lower
house of the.Diet.
Senator Bob Taylor continues to re-
fuse to sign::..Mrs Carmack's petition
for appointment as postmistress at
Columbia, Tenn.
After lengthy debate the New York
Senate adopted an adverse committee
report on the Hinman- Green bill. Gov.
Hughes direct nominations measure.
Secretary oflWar Dickinson and his
party left Washington on their way to
Panama, where the Secretary will
spend ten days inspecting the work on
the canal.
Congressman Ben johnson, before
leaving Washington for short vaca-
tion niKentucky. announced his candi-
dicy for the democratic nomination for
governor to succeed Gov. Wilson.
A primary will be held in Menifee
, c,unty June 26 to nominate democrat
ic candidate for Representative from
that and Montgomery county; it being
I, Menifee's time to furnish the candi-
; date.
, The Texas House of Representatives
finally passed. as it was believed, the
! bank deposit guaranty bill. After its
massage it was discovered that while
, the constitution required third read
: ing before final passage. the bill had
n only Deen redu TWICE.
The;democratic primary in Jessamine
, county resulted as follows: Senator.
a B. NJ. Arnett; Judge, j. II. Phillips
Sheriff, S. B. Muir; Assessor. E. Cassi-
, dy; Jailer, Richard Hager; Coroner, N.
NJ. Kirkpatrick. The senatorial elec-
, ton in this, the Twenty-second district,
was left to.Jessamine county. MIR. Ar
nett's opponent was DR.. t. r. Welch.
As an introducer of bills Representa-
, tive Bennett, of Kentucky, is entitled
t. the first prize. He introduced in one
, bunch over 400 bills. more than was ey-
er introduced at one time in Congress
/ before. Several hundred of them are
private pension bills, others are bills for
the relief of various churches and indi-
viduals ia Kentucky and others are war
claims.
The Democratic Senator's will not de-
lay the passage of the tariff bill. They
held their second conference and while
, no formal conclusion was reached, there
was a general concensus of opinion in
favor of permitting the Republicans to
take entire charge,fof the measure.
with the understanding that they as
sumo, as they necessarily must. the en-
tire responsibility for it.
Gov. Edward L. Norris, of Montana,
heading the buildngIcommission from
, that State, visited the new State Capt.
, tol at Frankfort Saturday to inspect
, the building and get some new designs
to put into play in the improvement of
, the new State buildings at Helena, the
' capital Of Montana. Gov. Norris is
: native Kentuckian and was received
. with all that is due native son, both