The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-05-06
NEWS OF WORLD.
important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form
CONGRESSIONAL D0INGS.

Knuts Nelson, senior senator from
Minnesota, has fired the first gun In
the battle he 10 waging against the
ratification of the Canadian trade
agreement. He introduced series Of
amendments which propose that prod,
ucts Of the farm imported from Can.
ada shall pay customs duties, instead
Of being admitted free as provided In
the pending agreement. The proposed
Nelson rates represent substantial re.
ductions as compared with the rates
now levied on articles enumerated un-
der the authority of the Payne-Aldrioh
law. The reductions range from 25 to
30 per cent.
tn Investigating trend of congress
has h, wide range, inquiries into
the anal Of the United States Steel
corporal IN and the American Sugar
Refining company have been placed
on the program of the Democratic
house; the big shoe industry interests
are un-er fire and a senate committee
on expenses has opened the way for
decision as to a reinvestigation Of
the charges against Senator Lori.ner
Of Illinois.
The senate formally organized for
business by adopting the list of ap-
pointments to committees drawn up
by the majority Of both parties. The
expected fight against the adoption Of
the lists threatened by the progressive
Republicans did not develop, Senator
La Toilette contenting himself with
reading a formal protest against the
selections made by the regular Repub-
leans.
The Democratic members of the
committee on ways and means, who
stand 8 to for free raw wool, are
now considering an alternate PROPOSE
ton, which 1t appears may be agreed
upon. This is an immediate rate of 6
cents pound ON the raw wool, with
Q reduction Of cent year in the
rate until at the end Of five years wool
automatically goes on the free list.
A sensation was sprung in the lower
branch of congress when Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts,
introduced resolutions of inquiry in
response to a charge by Representa-.
tive Difenderfer of Pennsylvania that
money and influence were being used
TO give an Eastern manufacturing con-
esrn a monopoly in the contracts fol-
SHOES for the army and navy.
Victor Berger, the Socialist mem
ber Of congress, in a resolution intro
duced in the house, not only proposes
to abolish the senate, but aims to
strike from the hand Of the president
the veto power and take from the
courts authority to invalidate legisla-
ton enacted by the house of repre-
sentatives.
The joint resolution recently passed
by the house providing for the popu-
lar election Of senator's was favorably
reported to the senate from the judi.
ciary committee by Senator Borah of
Idaho. At meeting Of the judiciary
committee the adoption of the resolu.
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The house has passed the bill to
enlarge its membership to 433 and to
reapportion congressional districts.
The increase Of the size of the house
was agreed to by members of both
parties, but many Republicans at
tackled 1t on the ground that 1t would
make the house more unwieldy.
Important changes in the Sherman
antitrust law are proposed in a bill
to be introduced by Senator Kenyon
of Iowa. The announcement that Sem
ator Kenyon is working on a measure
Of this character has excited q good
deal Of interest In Washington.
An amendment to the Democratic
free list bill placing sugar on the free
list will be introduced in the senate
by Senator Gronna of North Dakota.