Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-16
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITA.
What Our Lawmakers Are Do
ing and Other Items Of
Importance.

whelming majority OF 1876 to lOl, the
House passed the postal savings bank
bill as recently agreed upon by the
Republican caucus of the House,
Under the terms OF the postal saw
ings bank bill passed by the House
board Of trustees is created, con.
sisting of the Postmaster-General,
the Secretary of the, Treasury, and
the Attorney-General, who shall de-
clare what Postofices shall become
postal savings banks.
Deposits in these banks made by
any one person shall not be more
than 500 a month or exceed a total
of $500.
The money accumulated in the Pos
tai Savings Bank is to be deposited
in both National and state banks in
the vicinity of the postoff1ces in
which the money is deposited by the
people, such banks to pay 21-4 per
cent interest.
Would Control Railroad Stock.
President Taft made 1t clear at a
conference with the conferees on the
railroad bill that he will insist upon
legislation against stock watering"
AS a result of the conference it was
agreed that a paragraph shall be add
ed to the bill providing for a COM
mission to investigate and report at
the next session of Congress the best
means Of dealing with this situation.
The President was told that with all
the Democrats but one opposed to
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission supervision of the subject, it
was impossible to get an out-and-out
provision for the control of stock and
bond issues in the bill at this session.
Taft Wants Congress to Hurry.
President Taft has asked the lead
ers of the Senate and House to ad-
journ by July 1, If there is any pos.
sible way of doing it. President Taft
is impatient, SO emphatic is the
Presidents plea for an early ad.
journment that the leaders com
menced vigorous campaign. Repre-
sentative Dwight of New York, Re-
publican whip, has charge of the
early adjournment committee of the
House. Vice-President Sherman has
been campaigning for celebrity in the
Senate.
May Support Withdrawal Bill.
The Administration bill authorizing
the President to withdraw public
lands temporarily will receive the
votes of number of Western Sena-
tors who regard 1t as bad or ill-advis-
ed legislation. These Senators will
support 1t solely because they regard
1t as the best present solution of a
POiPiCAihS PiOpiSm' OpuOAlOuo do
they declare the bill to be, they are
of the opinion that 1t is less obnoxious
than results that would follow should
the bill be defeated. Moreover, the
bill is to be forced to carry through
the s30.000,000 irrigation bill, and
that in itself will win 1t number OF
Western votes.
Agree on Naval Program.
After overruling the recommends
tions Of its conferees on the naval
appropriation bill by agreeing to the
Senate amendments that one battle.
ship should be built in a navy-yard
and not more than one should be
constructed by the same contractor
and agreeing to have s1,000,000 col
lier built in a navy-yard for the Paci
ic Coast, the House has approved
the report of its conferees on that
measure.
Public Domain Increased.
BY approving the latest step in the
re-classification of the national for
ests and public lands, President
Taft increased the public domain
available to homestead entry to L,
1882 acres and increased the ma
tional forests 3Sl.O94 acres. The
Redistribution is the Governments
hope of stemming the tide of emigra
ton from the United States to the
Canadian Northwest. With more thar
million acres now available fol
homestead entry, 1t is claimed there
will be no need Of settlers going over
the border to gain the advantages Of
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