The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-05-18
Congressional Notes


mept OF justice His bill would make
Jail sentences compulsory for individ-
ua vlolators of the law and would
extend the provisions Of the present
act to patents by providing that the
patent shall be forfeited where the
patentee joins with others TO restrain
trade. The third change would make
Illegal the purchase or ownership Of
stock in competing corporation en-
! gagged in interstate commerce.
After disposing of the technical par.
/ lIamcntary obstacles, Senator Borah
of Idaho succeeded in having the sem
ate consider the house joint resolution
/ to amend the constitution to provide
for the election of United States SEN
/ ators by popular vote. The effect is
/ to make the resolution the unfinished
business and give it preference The
order was made on roll call, but
out Of II votes only Senators Bran
dagee, Burnham, Gallinger Hepburn
! and Penrosc voted in the negative.
There has been some talk on the
senate side of the capitol Of arranging
for q recess OF congress from :hc LIST
of July until the LIST of September. In
this way the solons would escape the
broiling period in the capital Such a
plan involves the passage Of the Ca
madam reciprocity bill through the
senate and probably one or two other
measures, such for cxampleh as the
resolution providing for constitu.
tional amendment for the direct elec.
ton Of senators.
As a result OF conference be.
tween Speaker Clark ana Representa-
tive Carter Of oklahoma, the latter
modified his resolution introduced scy.
crai days ago calling for an invcstiga /
tion of the affairs Of the Five Civilized f.
Tribes by select committee of tho /.
house. The modification would place I.
the investigation In the hands Of the .
committee on Indian affairs, a rcgu.
iarly constituted committee OF the .
house.
The spectacle was presented before .
the senate finance committee Of for
mer lieutenant governor of the state .
of Wisconsin openly accusing the .
president OF the United States Of lack
OF patriotism and Of cowardico. John
Strange, who Is also manufacturer
ot wrapping paper, was the witness
who relieved himself of these scnt.
meuts. He was speaking in Cpposi.
ton Of the Canadian reciprocity bill
proposed investigation Of the
American Wooden company as trust,
provided for In n resolution intro
duccd by Representative Francis of
Ohio, n Democrat, probably will be
authorized Democratic leaders de.
clare 1t will have no effect whatever
on the ways and means committee
in its proposed revision Of the wool
tariff
During a merry row in the house
over the Democratic plans for pro
yiding clerks and janitors for commit
tees, Representative James r. Mann
of Illinois. the Republican floor lead.
or, charged that he had been deprived
OF carpet cleaner for the minority
conference room He did not think
that was sensible economy, and said
10.
A nation wide campaign against ty-
phoid fever is the ultimate aim of
resolution introduced in tho house by
Representative Sulzer of New York,
chairman Of the committee on foreign
affairs, authorizing the president to
make a treaty with Canada, with
view to stopping the pollution of the
great lakes by sewage.
The Rucker campaign publicity bill,
requiring publication before as we'll
as after elections, at last has been
taken up by the senate. The commit
tee on privileges and elections OF that
body decided to refer the bill which
was passed by che house during the
opening days Of the extra session, to
q subcommittee.
Standing to gether to a man on the
final roll call, just aB they had stood
throughout the last three weeks I'M
der the relentless fire OF Republican
farmers FREQ list bill in the house.
The announcement OF the vote az
made by Speaker Clark was 236 to
100.
Canadian reciprocity would cost the
farmers OF the northwest s40,000,0 900
according TO A. II. Wilkin-
son, Minnesota farmer, who ad-
.ressed the senate finance committee.
The workmen from paper mills in
New York also protested against the
,ill
Representative Bathrick Of Ohio In
a resolution to project gov
.rnment employees who may be called
N TO testify before investigating COM
nittecs OF congress.
A revised bill for the admission of
arizona and New Mexico as states
vas presented to the house by Chair
nan Flood of the committee or terri
cries
The independence of the Philippine
Stands ia contemplated In a Joint res
'lution introduced by Senator Gore of
Oklahoma.