The new South-news., 1909-03-13
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Happenings OF the Week Briefly
] Old he Latest News
From the Capital


The general deficiency BIN was
passed BY the Senate.
Pred w. Carpenter waa appointed
Secretary 20 fhe President
All of the members Of President
Rooaeyelts Cabinet resigned.
The house. by vote Of re 10 l75
rclcpted ibe ship subsidy bill.
Pronlfent-Elcci TAFT took up his
official residence az the white House
Ben 5 Moore. of Monroe. La. sent
President Tan unique walking cane
Southern senators began a nlibus.
tor in fhe Senate against the penal
code DID,
a movement bias been started 90
change tho date OF The Inauguration
no May J.
Roosevelt is puzzled over the pro-
blem of how 10 dispose Of his stock
or 500 big sticks"
The War Department win send o.
anasboat 20 Cano River. Ia. 10 re-.
move obairuclions
The cadets OF the Virginia Mill
tary Institute were presented with a
sllk fag at Washington
James Richardson Stevens. or Ala
bama waH appointed National Bank
Examiner at New Orleans.
Senator ~ d. Money, of Nlssis-
sippi delivered a notable speech IN
the SENATE on the race question
President Taft sent the nomlna-
lions OF his Cabinet 10 the Senate
and they were promptly confirmed
Tho American cruisers Pennsyl-
yanla and California are investigat-
INK the trouble In Central American
Wyron r Horfick. OF Ohio. for
business reasons. declined an ambas-
sadorship al the hands Of President
Elect Taft
The Government engineers are puz
zled over the question OF how to re-
store Jefferson Davis names to Cabin
John Bridge.
Ex-Prosidcnt Roosevelt before he
retired issued an order closing the
Naval Stations at New Orleans ana
Pensacola. Fla.
Everybody at Washington is happy
over the resignation Of n. w. Crum.
the negro Collector of Customs, at
Charleston. s. c.
The conferees on the agricultural
appropriation bill agreed 10 an APP
preparation OF $4,000 to fight the
cotton boil wceyil.
The now tariff bill has been tenta-
lively completed By the Republican
members of the House Ways and
Means Committee.
William Loeb. Ir.. who waa Soc
rotary TO the President under Rooae-
welt, wnr appointed Collector OF Gus
toms 40 the port OF New York
The Louisiana delegation IN Con-
gress called on President Taft ANA
ASK him to revoke The order closing
the New Orleans Naval Station.
BY vote a. to 35 the senate re-
fused TO put statehood rider on
the House resolution looking 10 the
prevention Of discrimination against
American Jews travelling in Russia
There Is rumor floating around
Washington that the Supreme Court
has given an intimation that Il will
sustain the validity of an income
tax II case again brought before
that tribunal.
Rear Admiral Charles $ Sperry.
made formal application to be reliev
ed from duty as Commander-in-Ch
of the Atlantic battlcship fleet. and
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder. has
been appointed In his place.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary
voted TO report disagreement on
the resolution providing for an i'm
vestigation OF the absorption OF the
Tennessee Iron and Coal Company by
the United States Steel Corporation
The Democratic members OF the
Senate conducted successful fill
buster against the reconstruction
provisions In the penal code bill AZ
ter the Objectionable sections had
been stricken out the bill was pass
ed
Speaker Cannon, of the House OF
Representatives. declared him
self W favor of changing the date
Of the presidential inauguration from
March 10 May 1 and added that
as one Representative Ia Congress
he would lend his aid in any effort
TO bring this about
II witnessed the dreadful weather
conditions that prevailed ia lST2.
when four or sve hundred people
caught their deaths" he said. ~
recall the Harrison Inauguration.
with the soaking chilling rain
storms. ana the snow and icy gale
that made life miserable at Glove
lands second inauguration II the
change OF date Is made Il might MS
well be Fixed later than April. for
even an April rain would cause great
discomfort and much sickness and
| should think that May | would pro-
mise more certainty for fair weather.
The final act. though unofficial In