The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-08-12
NEWS As IT HAPPENS
,on.t eTATE. FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
Et WHOLE WEEKS OOiAGS
:. Mention of Interesting Happen
,,os From Day to Day Through
out the World.
WASHINGTON.

The vortex OF leglslatlon tnls week.
LIN NAV marx the adjournment of
N rses this week. centers in the
IN IN revision bills that are expected
: smerge from conference and COM
s,ttee The adjournment depends
anon the work on these measures and
~ he deferred some days on their
4 account.
The senate Saturday adopted the
.,tber unusual but not unprecedented
,ourse of making public the text of
,our treaties which have not yet re-
.sived action at it's hands. These were
,he Anglo-American and the Franco
american general arbitration treaties
and the treaties providing for the ad'
nstment of the finances and customs
a Nicaragua and Honduras.
Testimony corroborative of Charles
Whites sworn statement of receiv.
mr. bribe money to vote for Senator
Iorimer's election was laid before the
mllingham committee Saturday. The
xItness was r. J. C. Beckmeyer of
Csrlyle, ILL.,, a colleague of White in
he Illinois legislature in 1909. Beck.
never repeated his story of having
been paid $1,000 in st. Louis June 21,
1909, by Lee O'Neil Brown, and also
10 being paid 5000 by Robert M. Will
ron In St. Louis, July Is, 1910.
The Statehood situation cleared
somewhat Saturday under a visit to
the White House of delegation OF
citizens from New Mexico. These visi-
tors, It is said, learned first hand from
he president that Arizona can not
come into the Union under this ad-
ninistration with the recall applicable
TO the judiciary.
To his story of how he was bribed
10 vote for Lorimer, Charles A. White,
former member of the Illinois legis-
hture, Saturday added for the benefit
of the senate Lorimer committee that
he believed every one of the fifty
three democrats who voted for Lori
mer did so for a money consideration.
He added that he thought some OF the
republicans who voted for Lorimer got
money for doing SO.
- AAdsfansasby--D Duncan ST. alker Of
the memory and record Of his father,
Robert j. Walker, once United States
senator and later secretary OF the
treasury under President Polk, which
defense Senator MARITIME of New Jer-
sey attempted to have read into the
record, was responsible
for q spirited clash between Senator
Bailey and Senator MARITIME Saturday.
The defense in places severely criti-
cised Senator Bailey. On motion OF
Senator Bailey the defense was strick.
en- out Of the record.
The house committee on military af-
fairs Saturday decided to report
[avorably the bill introduced by Rep
lesentative Garner to transfer to the
State for tuberculosis sanitarium
800 acres out of Fort Clark, in Kin
ney county. The matter was brought
10 the attention of congress last June
BY Representative Burleson, but until
he recent democratic caucus let in a
mail amount of local emergency leg
station there was no hope for action
N the proposition.
In order to make local option and
'tate prohibition laws more effective
y stopping the interstate movement
4 liquors into dry territory, Repre-
entative Sheppard Friday introduced
bill designed to prevent the inter
tate shipment of Intoxicating liquors.
he bill makes these liquors a special
lass of commodities and deprives
lem of interstate commerce character
hen they arrive within the State OF
and before delivery to con.
gnee.
Bearing an initiative and referen
um feature to safeguard against
srrymandering in a number of States,
e congressional reapportionment bill
assed the senate Friday. 1t fixes
le future house membership at ABB
nth two more when Arizona and New
hexico attain Statehood-instead OF
ne present 391.