The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-25
NEWS OF WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
CONGRESSIONAL o,Ncs

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, head Of the
government chemistry bureau and cen.
trail figure in the agricultural depart
ment pure food controversy. before
the house investigation committee
branded as false q statement of the
personnel board, which recommended
him for dismissal. He declared the
charges regarding the Rusby contract
were based on a letter from Rusby
never actually sent to him and an i'm.
portant part Of which had never been
made public by the personnel board.
He said he did not know what charges
had been made against him when he
was called before the departments
personnel board, Of whose report his
first intimation was the Invitation to
yesign."
In a succession of dramatic events
the Democratic house of representa-.
tives met defeat in its supreme effort
to pass the wool and free list bills
over the presidents vetoes. On the
motion to pass the measure owe the
wool veto there were 227 affirmative
votes, twenty-five Of them progressive
Republicans, while the negative votes
were 1923. The motion to override the
veto on the free list bill failed Of a
two-thirds majority also. the vote he.
ing 226 to 1877.
Statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
IONS upon a basis acceptable to Pres.
fdent Taft was approved by the SEN
ate through the passage of the Flood
Smith resolution. presented by Sena-
tor William Alden Smith, chairman
of the committee on territories. The
new resolution. favored by the presi-
dent, requires that Arizona shall elm.
mate from it's new constitution the
recall Of judges provision before it
shall be admitted to the Union.
The treaties of arbitration with
Great. Britain and France were de.
Tended in minority reports filed in the
senate in executive session by Sena.
tors Cullonl. Root and Burton of the
senate committee on foreign relations.
No action on the conventions was
taken and they 90 over for further
consideration at the regular session.
President Taft, in a special message
to the house of representatives, vetoed
the joint resolution providing for the
admission of New Mexico and Ari-
iona tt statehood. His reason for ex
ercising the executive power of veto
was based on his thorough disapproval
OF the recall of judges clause in the
Arizona constitution.
The arbitration treaties with Great
Britain. and France. recently sent to
the senate by President Taft. are
| characterized by the senate commit
tee on foreign relations as "a breeder
of war and not of. peace in a written
report presented to the senate. The
report was prepared by Senator Lodge
Of Massachusetts.
After a perfunctory debate of four
hours the house %concurred. 1870 to 107.
In the senate amendments to he Un-
derwood cotton tariff revision bill and
sent hat measure to President Taft.
The bill cut the cotton tariff an aver
age of 81 per cent ad valorem.
Senators Hepburn. Sutherland, Brad
ley, Paynter and Pomerene have been
appointed a subcommittee to fnvesti.
gate the election of Senator Stephen
son of Wisconsin. The appointment
was made by Chairman Dillingham;
of the committee on elections.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette. In a
speech in the senate. came ont openly
in favor of government ownership of
the railroads in Alaska and the gov.
ernmental control of the natural re.
sources of that rich territory.
There was an unexpected nov in
the senate when an iron and steel
amendment to the cotton bill. offered
by Senator Bacon of Georgia. y Dem
ocrat, was adopted by u vote of ~
to rs.
The national monetary commission
will close it's work on March 81 next.
The senate has accepted the house
amendments to the senate measure.
The wool tariff revision bill has
been signed by Speaker Clark and
Vice President Sherman and ts now
in the hands of the president.