The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-06-03
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
The WHOLE WEEKS OOiNGS
Short Mention of Interesting Happen.
'nes From Day to Day Through
out the World.
WASHINGTON.

Investigations of the steel trust,
the sugar trust and the expenditures
and methods of government depart
ments will comprise all the activities
Of the house of representatives during
this week. With the democratic wool
tariff Dill promised. for Friday, the
house will hold no important sessions
until then and investigating commit
tees will have opportunity to push
important inquiries that were slated
last week.
For the first time in the history of
the service, it is stated, the deficit in
the postoffice department has been
entirely wiped out, and $1,000,00O sur
plus for the current fiscal year, end
ing June 80 next, is in the treasury
to the departments credit. Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock Saturday sign
ed a warrant returning to the secre-
tary of the treasury 100000. the
last amount set apart for funds to as
sist in defraying the expenses Of the
postal service for the present fiscal
year.
Resuming it's hearings on the Lloyd
bill to permit government employees to
affiliate with labor unions, the house
civil service committee Saturday
heard James A. Emery of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
and Frank Morrison, secretary OF the
American Federation of Labor. Mr..
Emery voiced a warning of the pos
sibility of government employees strlk-
ing in sympathy with other unions.
Mr.. Morrison secuted Mr.. Emery's ap-
prehension, sdeclaring American union
labor sought to settle it's differences
by conciliation and arbitration rather
than by strikes.
After four hours caucus Friday, the
democratic senators voted, "a to i, to
support the resolution offered by Sen
ator Martin of Virginia on behalf of
the democratic steering committee,
providing for a reinvestigation of the
bribery charges in connection with
the election of Senator Lorimer OF
Illinois. A personal colloquy between
Senators Bailey of Texas and MARITIME
of New Jersey featured the caucus.
Representative Burleson of Texas,
chairman OF the caucus Of the house
democrats, Wednesday issued a call
for cucus to be held at noon of June
1. The caucus is to deal with two
subjects, the wool schedule and the
filling of few vacancies on some
minor committees.
BY an overwhelming viva voce
vote, after test roll call OF 214 to
81 ON a motion to ratify the constitu-
tion of New Mexico only, the house
Tuesday passed the joint resolution
ratifying the constitutions OF both
Arizona and New Mexico, with pro-
visions resubmitting to the people OF
Arizona the recall provision in their
constitution and submitting to the
people of New Mexico a provision
whereby they will be enabled to more
readily amend their constitution than
is proposed in their submitted draft.
Charges that the American news
paper publishers are compelled to pay
higher prices than others for their
print paper because the International
Paper Company is practically in con-
troll of the industry in this country
were made Tuesday before the senate
finance committee by John Norris,
representing the Newspaper Publish
ers Association.