The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-01-22
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The question of whether witnesse
IN the Ballinger-Pinchot investiga
tion shall be permitted to be renres
ented by counsel, and, if so, wha
limitation shall be placed upon thei
activities, is proving a serious pro
Diem to the conferees of the Senat
and House. 1t was practically de
claed that when a witness found him
self accused of wrongdoing he coul1
not be denied an attorney.
Richard A. Ballinger, secretary q
the Interior, has formally and vigor
/ ously denied that his law firm a
seattle was the representative OF
standard OIL. Secretary Ballinger'
Wera dixected specifically a
Hampton's Magazine, which was thu
first magazine to publish articles re
lative to the now celebrated Pinchot
Ballinger controversy.
Representative John Dwight, o
| New York, the Republican whip
OF the House, stated that an agree
ment had been reached between the
regulars and the insurgents whereby
the latter would attend the Republi.
can caucus on the selection of the
Ball1nger-Pinchot Investigating com.
mittee and would abide thereby.
| 1t was common report about the
House that the president ish prepar-
| Ing to assure the public through
some form of communication that
there Is no war between the admin
istration and the Republican insur-
gents. Leading insurgents are ex-
pectant of some such official state
ment.
Colonel Roosevelt shot a white
rhinoceros cow and a young rhino-
ceros the first might that his party
was at Camp Dhino, It's present
stopping place. All of the party are
reported as well, with the exception
Of three hunters recruited in Africa,
who suffered from dysentery.
Four revenue cutters have been
sent out to look for the steamer
lighter Columbia, which left New
York Dec. "a for Jamaica, Hayti and
has mot been heard Of since. The
Columbia had crew Of eleven men
aboard, and the master was John
s. Brooks.
The Supreme Court of the United
States decided the various involy-
Ing the power of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to regulate the dis
tribution of railroad cars among the
coal companies, upholding the COM
missions power.
u efSn effSSnn66ressman n6rea . IN MURDOCH, OF Kansas
tiercely assailing the express COM
panies. He says the government has
a complete monopoly of mails, and
yet it has neglected to enforce its
rights in regard to packages.
When the reading of the presi-
dents message in the House had
been concluded roar Of applause
arose from the Republican side and
several Democratic members Joined
in the demonstration.
The House insurgents were furtM
er foretold by Representative
Dwight, the Republican whip" CIV
ing instructions to the pair clerks to
pair no Republican without permis-
sion from him.
A resolution expressing profound
regret at the death of Senator Nc
Laurin, of Mississippi, has been ad-
opted by the National immigration
Commission of which the senator was
a member.
The nominations of J. F. Curtiss,
assistant secretary of the treasury,
and Royal E. Cabell, commissioner
Of internal revenue, have been held
up in the Senate on account of sena-
torial opposition.
The Taft administration will at
tempt to tie strings to the proposed
constitutions of Arizona and New
Mexico before they are admitted as
States.
Carrying an appropriation of $685.
100000 for the maintenance of the
army for the fiscal year of 1911, the
army appropriation bill passed the
House by a vote of 1873 to 106.
The fact has been developed that
the Republican congressional COM
mittee solicited and obtained funds
from the paper manufacturers while
Congress was Investigating the paper
industry.
President Taft fears that the in
surgent Republicans and Democrats
will combine and control the Senate
and he is anxious to patch up peace
between the warning factions.
President Taft appointed Henry s.
Graves, head of the Yale School OF
Forestry, as chief of the Forestry Bu-
reau to succeed Clifford Pinchot.
The House committee on inter-
state commerce is mapping out a
programme for conservation legisla-
ton.
Congressman Gillespie, of Texas,
charges Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Is
land with misrepresenting facts
about the proposed central bank.
Secretary Meyer is working ON a
plan to eliminate dead wood" from
the Navy Department.
The Republican caucus selected a
congressional campaign committee,
but transacted no other business.
The Townsend railroad bill, intro
duced in the House, is purely an ad-
ministration measure.