The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-07-17
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Happenings of the Week Briefly
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The Senate passed the Philippine
tariff bill.
A plan is On foot in the Senate to
investigate the civil service.
| President Taft will visit Louisiana
on his Southern trip next fall.
i The administrative features of the
tariff bill were completed by the
Senate.
r. The Senate passed the bill auto
maticaIly continuing the Porto 1iis
can budget.
John Early, the alleged leper, has
been taken to New York hospital
for treatment.
| The new tariff bill will cause an
advance in prices of many of the
necessities of life..g
The Senate finance committee de-
cided to increase the tax on all to-
bacco except cigars.
Large corporations are already
preparing to resist the collection OF
the corporation tax.
The House received the tariff bill
from the Senate and appointed a
conference committee.
Chinese are being boycotted all
| over the country as result of the
Sigel murder in New York.
The Bradley amendment to the
tariff bill removing the tax on tobac-
co in the hands of farmers was pass
ed by the Senate.
Speaker Cannon will probably not
reappoint Congressman Fowler, OF
New Jersey, chairman of the House
banking and currency committee.
Speaker Cannon and Congressman
Payne have become involved in a
bitter controversy. Payne charges
Cannon with attempting to railroad
the Senate bill through the House.
The Senate passed the income tax
amendment to the Constitution by
unanimous vote. The House will
probably pass it also, but it may fail
of ratification. Twelve States can
defeat it.
In the tariff debate Representative
Mann, of Illinois, declared he would
vote against the bill in the confer
ence report if the Senate provision
on wood pulp and print paper was
retained. He was applauded on
both sides.
Ed Fallin, negro was hanged
here for the murder of Robert
johnson, another negro. Fallen was
twice respited that the pardon COM
mission might pass upon his case,
but the authorities would not inter-
fere. The murder was cold-blood-
ed one.
International regulation of aerial
navigation and wireless telegraphy
will receive prominent consideration
at the fourth Pan-American Confer
ence, to be held in Buenos Aires. Ar
gentina July y, 1900, if the tentative
prepared for that occa-
sion is approved finally.
So favorable has the establishment
Of the pan-American bank in New
York, with agencies in Central and
South America, been received by
both capitalists in New York and the
concerned that 1t is be-
ieved by the International Bureau
If American Republics that the COM
,1nfo nj af
will have been consummated not Ia
er than October.
Senators are burdened with COM
olaints of favoritism in making pro-
notions within the classified service
n one bureau, for example, clerk
vas appointed at $500 last Febru-
ry, the requirements of the Civil
service rules as to taking an exam
nation being waived. Since that
late two promotions have been gi-
EN-, one to $1,000 and another to
1900. The clerk is from the same
tate as the chef of the bureau.
Major j. w. Long, U. s. A., retir-
d, was run down by an automobile.
arried to the Russian embassy and
led three hours later at the Emer-
ency Hospital. The automobile was
riven by ]. w. Lawrence who was
earning to operate the machine. An
rev Y. Bradley, Washington law
er, and Galen Green, who was in
tructing Lawrence, were the other
Green and Lawrence
ere arrested on the charge of man
laughter and released on bond.
Where important work has been
pportioned in the manner suggest
d the entire conference committee
ill approve the findings of the SUBJ
onferees. Dividing the work en-
bled the conferees to plunge i'm
lediately into consideration of the
lost yexatious questions in the bill.
The cruiser Charleston was the
'ophy winner of the cruiser class
in record target prac-
ce during the past year. Her mark
as ga. She was followed in the
.der named by the Cleveland. York
own, Denver, Albany, Galveston,
acon77 and Chattanooga.
Tres4dent Taft is quoted as saying
al he wants the corporation tax to
ay on the statute books. If that
to be the attitude of he Republi-
n parry, the Democrats say, the
inority party will go before the
,ople Of every State and promise
at if the income tax amendment Is
titled and the House of Represen-
tfves in the sixty-second Congress