Connecticut western news., 1911-04-27
HOUSE DIVIDED ON
 WOOLEN SCHEDULE.
Radicals Rush Proceedings ; Conservatives Hold Back

Division in both party ranks Is threatened as the ways and means committee of the house approaches the ers free list bill is the subject of con- test, and its disposal will clear the way for either wool or cotton. It appears that the advocates of taking up the cotton schedule first have lost ground, so schedule K' probably will be next in line
 An overwhelming majority of the ways and means committee and of the Democrats in the house favor free raw wool A majority is so strenuously opposed to this that it will go to any extreme if necessary. Another faction favors free wool, but fears to reduce the revenue too greatly at one time.
 If the radical free wool advocates have their way schedule K' may be reported within a few days. The con servatives are inclined to postpone ac- tton until after statehood and reappor- tionment are cleared away.
 The necessity for maintaining the re- ceipt of revenues may be an argument that will bring about a compromise. In that event the duty on raw wool will be fixed at from 10 to 15 cents and the duty on manufactured wool at from 40 to 45 per cent ad valorem. This would involve a tremendous re- duction in the protection now afforded by "schedule K," but would not reduce the revenues. Indeed, 1t might pos sibly increase the customs receipts by encouraging importations. s>
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 Mruve made the following , nominations To be N'NsS' envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, Henry s. Boutell of Illinois to Switzerland, Edwin v. Morgan of New York to Portugal, Laurits s. Swenson of Min nesota to Norway. "...
 Denouncing the "unwritten law" as a 'hideous feature of anarchy" Gov ernor Brown of Georgia refused to pardon Thomas E. Stripling, who fourteen years ago was sentenced to life Imprisonment for killing William J. Cornett. Stripling escaped before he began serving sentence and went to Danville, Va, where under an as- sumed name he became chief of police. Recently he was recognized and brought back to Georgia. #.
 Mrs, Charles W. Morse, wife of the New York banker now in the Atlanta penitentiary, has made a personal ap- peal to President Taft for information as to the status of the petition for her husbands pardon and has been in- formed that MT. Taft will make an announcement in the case probably this week. e'..,
 The United States National Bank of America, to be established in the Dis trict of Columbia, with $1OO,OOO00O capital, is provided for in bill intro duced by Representative Forhes of New York. One hundred thousand shares of stock at $1,OOO each are proposed.
 
 the whisky storage account cases in the Commonwealth versus the Ken lucky Distilleries and Warehouse com pany. The decision is a sweeping vic tory for the state, as 1t involves $5OO,- 900 in taxes. .
 It is reported that Governor Dix of New York has determined to appoint Daniel F. Cohalan justice of the su- preme court, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Justice O'Gorman to the United States senate.
 Governor Dix has appointed Herman Ridder of New York to succeed Joshua A. Van Cott as a member of the state board of charities. Simon W. Rosen- dale of Albany was reappOinted q member of the board.
 Immediate investigation of the ar rest and extraditiOn of J. J. McNamara of Indianapolis Is called for in a reso- lution in the house by Representative cialist member.
 At the international rife match at Tientsin for the championship of north China, in which there were eighty eight competitors of all nationalities, American marines captured all the prizes.
 The supreme court concluded its weekly duty of handing down deci- sions without announcing opinions in either the Standard Oil or the tobacco suits under the Sherman antitrust act.
 A billion dollars Is all Ebert k. Robinson, a Chicago negro, seeks to collect in the United States court of claims for alleged infringements on patents on an electrical signal system.
 It is announced at the interior de partment that Samuel Adams of Chi cago will be appointed by President Taft to succeed First Assistant Secre- tary Pierce of that department.
 Senator Gallinger of New Hamp- shire offered In the senate a bill pro-
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