The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-23
WASHINGTON NOTES

appropriation of N$l0,l46,473 for the
expenses Of the District for 1911.
General debate was concluded but
the reading Of the measure, para
graph by paragraph proceeded slow
ly. Several members made points Of
order against certain sections in the
interest of economy and the rcadino-
has not concluded when the House
adjourned Thursday. Mr.. Nnoo,s
OF Arkansas had the paragraph ap-
propriating $2,400 for an automobile
for the engineer commission Of
the District st-'"E"n out - - >.Hqf
the protests Of Representative TapW
ney OF Minnesota, chairman of &Le
appropriations eommillee .,Aa .,rf,,.-.
sentative Gardner of Miehigau. IN
charge of the bill.
Democratic applause grcetcd an
attack Thursday made by Repre3euta-
tive Hitchcock on the onicia conduct
of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
In connection with the so-called Cum
ningham coal land cases, in a speech
demanding n congressional investiga-
tlon OF the General Land Office, Rep
resentative Shepard of Texas ad-
dressed the House during general de-
bate on the bill urging the House to
revive the moribund commissions on
expenditures for the various depart
ments in order that sweeping envesti-
CATION of the departments might be
made.
Representative Burgess, of Texas.
Wednesday introduced in the House
INF
United States shall cease to exercise
sovereignty over the Philippine Is
lands, and by treaty with foreign ma
tlons set up and maintain there a
free and independent government.
The resolution requests the President
of the United States to consider the
expediency of opening negotiations
with Great Britain, Germany, France,
Russia, Italy, Spain and Japan for
a joint treaty providing for the recog-
milton and preservation of such q
government.
Diplomas of merit Tuesday were
presented by Secretary Wilson in his
office at the Department of Agricul-
ture to Bascomb Usher, of South
Carolina; Dewitt Lundy, of Missis-
sippi; Elmer Halter, of Arkansas and
Ralph Bellwood, of Virginia-an
boys under 18 years-for special pro-
iciency in agricultural pursuits. The
recipients of the awards are among
the 1880 in the boys demonstration
work in the South. Each planted
one acre of corn and cultivated it
under instructions from the Depart.
ment of Agriculture.
The effort of the present Congress-
to suppress the "white slave traffic.
has caused a naturalization of the
specter of estates s rights,' and that
House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce before which the
Mann bill is pending, is at logger
heads over the question. Such strong
objection by Democrats has been
manifested that Chairman Mann and
his Republican associates have aban-
doned temporarily their efforts to OBJ
tain early action on the measure.
The Pee Dee river, in Chesterfield
county, is to get no more money if
the recommendation of the chief of
engineers of the army, Gen. Mar
shall, is followed and they will be
In a communication through the Sec
retary of war to congress Tuesday.
Gen. Marshall saws that the COM
merce along the Pee Dee does not
Justify any further appropriation.
Acting, it is understood, upon the
suggestion of Secretary Knox, the
the Committee ON Foreign Relations
of the Senate Wednesday steered
clear of the resolution of Senator
Raynor of Maryland, authorizing the
President to descend upon Nicaragua
and punish Zelaya promptly. Some
OF the members were strongly in fav-
or of modifying the Rayner resolu-
tlon slightly and authorizing its fay-
orable report to the Senate.
Advocating the adoption of deiin-
ed waterway policy by the United
States Government, Representative
Richardson, of Alabama, delivered a
speech in the House Tuesday, while :.
that body was IN committee of the
whole with the President,s Is message
under consideration. Mr.. Richardson
proposed the expenditure of $50,OOO,-
OO0tor the Improvement of the Miss
issippi River and its tributaries
Francis Z. Bliss, Jr., former mem.
ber OF the Baltimore paper ruling
firm Of Bliss, Albrecht Co., was
Wednesday acquitted of charges of
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