The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-07-22
NEWS OF WORLD
important Events Of the Week
In Condensed Form
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.

CONGRESSIONAL D0lNGS.
Senator La Toilette. In a speech
against reciprocity, reviewed act by
act the administration of President
TAFT in unsparlng tones and declared
that the contest involved was the
light between the plain people and
confederated privilege" Summing up
his indictment against the president
Senator La Toilette asserted the ex.
ecutive had attempted to secure en-
actment OF an interstate commerce
law favorable to the railroads; had
thrown open Controller bay, Alaska,
key to the coal fields, to corporation
interests and removed honest and
efficient James r. Garfield" from the
head OF the interior department and
replaced him with Ballinger.
An agreement to vote on the Cana
dian reciprocity bin on July % was
adopted In the senate without oppo-
sition. Agreements also were made
for votes on other measures which
will carry the session through the
legislative day" of Aug. z. Immediate
ly after which congress will adjourn.
The agreement in full, reached at a
conference of the various elements Of
the senate and later adopted in the
senate, calls for votes as follows:
July 20, Canadian reciprocity; July e.,
wool revision bill; Aug. 1, free list
bill; Aug. 8, reapportionment bill;
Aug. 7, Arizona-New Mexico statehood
bill.
. The most drastic campaign publicity
legislation ever passed in either
branch of congress was adopted by
the senate practically without dis
senting vote. Among the provisions
are the following: No candidate for
the senate or house shall spend in
the election more than a sum equal
to 10 cents for each voter in his dis
trict or state; no senatorial candidate
shall spend q total of more than &c.,
600 In the primary and general elec-
ton and no candidate for the house
shall spend more than $4,000; public
ity must be given to all primary cam
paign contributions and expenditures.
After secret consideration of charges
made by Delegate Wickersham Of
Alaska that Attorney General Wicker.
sham deliberately permitted the stat
ute of limitations to run against
agents of the Alaska syndicate who
defrauded the government through
perjury to the extent Of $4,000 the
house committee on judiciary has de-
terEined to report favorably a resolu-
ton Of inquiry offered by Delegate
Wickersham. air.. ...%.. .,....-
A favorable report on the resolution
Of Representative Dent of Alabama,
arraigning the state department emer-
gency account methods and recon-
mending the dismissal of Consul Gen.
eral w. H. Michael at Calcutta and
Distributing Officer Thomas Morrison
Of the department, was adopted by the
house committee on state department
expenditures. -..
Immediate investigation of charges
made in the Recommendation of the
board Of personnel of the department.
of agriculture that DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief Of the chemistry bureau,
be permitted to resign from the gov.
eminent service, was decided upon by
the house committee on expenditures
in the department of agriculture.
An inquiry into an alleged agreement
between James J. Hill, John d. Rookie
Teller and J. Pierpont Morgan by
which ore rates to Independents from
the Mesaba and adjacent ore fields to
Pittsburg, It is charged, were made
four times what they should be, is
about to be begun under the direction
Of the Stanley steel committee.
Senator Clapp, chairman Of the CON-
mittee on interstate commerce, which
has the Newlands bill establishing an
interstate trade commission on the
lines of the Interstate commerce COM
mission before it, said that he thought
1t likely the Newlands bill will be re-
ported before the end Of the present
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