The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-02-16
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What Our Lawmakers Are Do.
ING and Other Interesting
Events.

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Congress, what it does or falls to do
during the coming week, will natural
ly attract much public attention. The
session will end In three weeks. APP
parently President Taft's program Is
little nearer enactment than it was
on the first Monday in December,
when the session began
Carrying forward his campaign for
Canadian reciprocity, President Taft,
In a number of speeches through the
Middle West, made a direct appeal
to the American farmer on that is
sue. He declared that the impress
sion that reciprocity with the Domin-
lon would injure the farmer was with
out foundation, and by statistics
sought to lend actual proof to his
assertions.
He warned the leaders of his party
that II they should defeat the con-
cessions obtained in the reciprocal
agreement now pending and should
persist in retaining, in these times of
high prices and gradually exhaustion
of the food supply, tariff not based
solely upon the difference In cost OF
production at home and abroad, with
a reasonable profit to the American
producer, an opposition would be
aroused that would know no modera-
ton
Many Senators Will Retire.
The personnel of the United States
Senate Is to be considerably changed
as result of the elections that have
taken place in the legislatures of MI
merous states during the past few
weeks
The thirty senators whose terms
will expire March 4th are: Aldrich
OF Rhode Island, Beveridge of Indiana,
Buckley of Connecticut, Burkett OF
Nebraska, Burrows of Michigan, Car
ter of Montana, Clapp of Minnesota.
Clark of Wyoming, Culberson of Tex.
as, Depew OF New York, Dick Of Ohio,
Du Point OF Delaware, Flint OF Cali
fornia, Frazier of Tennessee, Hale OF
Maine, Kean of New Jersey, La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, Lodge of Massa-
ehusetts, McCumber Of North Da-
kota, Money of Mississippi, Nixon OF
Nevada, Oliver of Pennsylvania, Page
Of Vermont, Piles of Washington, Ray
ner of Maryland. Scott of West Vir-
ginia. Sutherland of Utah, Swanson
of Virginia, Taliaferro Of Florida, and
Warner of Missouri.
The senators elected to succeed
themselves are Clapp Of Minnesota,
Clark Of Wyoming, Culberson of Tex.
a, Du Pont of Delaware, La Toilette
of Wisconsin, Lodge of Massachusetts,
McCumber Of North Dakota, Nixon OF
Nevada, Oliver of Pennsylvania. Page
OF Vermont. Rayner Of Maryland and
Sutherland Of Utah.
House Membership May Be 43s.
The Democrats of the House, aided
BY q few Republicans who declined
to be bound by the party caucus, Won
their fight for an increased reprssen-
tation in the lower branch Of Con-
Gress. They voted down the Repub-
lican caucus bill to retain the House
membership at 391. and then passed
the original Crumpacker bill. fixing
the membership at 433 On and after
March 4, 1913. II Arizona and New
Mexico are admitted to statehood they
will be given one representative each,
bringing the total to 435.
Under the new reapportionment
plans no state loses a member. The
following states gain the number In
dicated: Alabama 1. California 8, Col
orado l. Florida /, Georgia l. Idaho
l. Illinois 2. Louisiana 1, Massachu.
sets 3. Michigan /. Minnesota 1,
Montana l. New Jersey 2, New York
8. North Dakota 1, Ohio 1. Oklahoma
8. Oregon /. Pennsylvania 4. Rhode
Island 2, South Dakota 1, Texas 2,
Utah 4, Washington 2, West Vir-
ginia /.
National Capital Brevities.
II the Sulloway pension bill. which
has passed the House. shall pass the
Senate, $45.000.0O0 will be added to
the present pension expense of $780,
100000.
The Senate passed the Chamberlain
bill authorizing the exchange of pub.
lie lands within reclamation projects
for lands in private ownership un-
der the same project. when required
by the government.
The per capita wealth Of the Unit
ed States as based upon the new cen.
sus figures is $3443. Under the cen.
sus Of 1900 II was computed by the