The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-02-16
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gen.
eral Topics from
the Capital.
Wa.bip-.eu. Fsbruarr L. 1917.

Washington. February Il. 1912.
The Sherwood so-called dollar 4 dsy'
pension bill was rejected r1dsF by the
Senate Committee on Pensions and
arDrher measure. which would involve
an annual expenditure of So coo COO pro
posed Il substitute BY Senator SuOot,
OF Utah. WAS adopted Senators Brown,
Of Nebraska. and Curtis. Of Kansas,
gave notice hat IN the Senate t1=y
would press ire Sherwood Bill - q sub
tituts Tor the Sr1Oot Bill
Senator SsuoUt's estimate Of 81, co.,
GOO a. The cost Of his plan. : based upon
the Pension Bureaus computation Of age
and length Of service Of the veterans
The Sherwood Bill according 10 the
Pension Bureau. would have cost about
S.. Geo. GOO wear
TIE Suoot Bill. adopted 1v 4 vote Of
T, O. : AFTER The Sherwood BIZ bad been
voted down 10 To / eu6oGi - prOyIs-
ions to pension Civil War veterans q
wears Old. VINO served ninety DAVIS or
more. and any Mexican War veteran
" no served 60 iavs or more. The Mex
lean War veterans would receive $50 per
month The Civil War veterans would
: =
month for the 60 DIV veterans o. wears
old 10 Sc = month for veterans : wears
cd. vino served three wears or more.
Secretary Knox left Washington to-
night tor Palm Beach, Florida, where he
y lIl remain ABOUT week and then en-
bark on the aru0red cruiser Washington
tor Colon 10 begin his diplomatic visit
u Central America. South America, s1t
the West Indies. The -xac. itinerary OF
the secr-gary's Trip las not 1e=u ar
ranged. and it Is very dS=lv 10 DC SeDt
open until the very itst uor1=1- 20 re-
ceive advc=s fruu the American tiP.o-
matte representatives IN the various cap
tcals to Dc visited. TIE pubic will DC
i1,0rutIly notified dIrjHg the next few
DAYS OF the plans for the Secretary of
SAFE
Aorsham's Llucol1's birthday was
marked in the Senate bv : favorable re-
port on 4 Dill 10 appropriate $4,000 for
the ard Of Negro exposition next Ian
uary In = celebration of the Eitl=tb anni-
v=rsary of The Emancipation Pr0cidTa-
ton Senator Root reported the OIL
with report recommending Is passa &c
Property valued a. $500. 600 was de-
scrUyed in 4 rlr- ti14r broke out liz The car
barn of the Washington Railway ard
Electric Company. Tie building VS.
badly damaged and >iyrv-r1r=e cars and
: track sweeper were consumed in the
flames
Public hearings IN the <ecuut Se1a-
c0rjaI investigation into the charges Of
bribery and corruption IN connection
with the election OF Seua,1r Loriuer,
were declared closed today by Chairman
Dillingham;. OF the Senate L0rirl- r. Com
urrs=- ATTORNEY taHecv, representing
Senator LUrIuer. was given permission
to iI- 4 brief to the eject thar the Sen
ator's ELECTION mad been adiui-cat-tt De
tore the present I1Vestiga tI5u 1ezt- and
therefore, II could uot be the subject tor
4 secOud investigation.
Cncuok=d fruits and vegetables. served
in restaurants and the homes Of millions.
are h<=y to DC the carrying agents Of
typhoid fever according 70 Passed
Assistant Surgeon ( [. Cr--i 1T lh-
Public tea,H ard Marine Hospital >erv-
- Is the result ID =Sor-i5n-rfs WITH let
tU'e and radish=s Ia i report -S,i.-st
r0dav Or Greet declared thar even tl.tJ.-
CONDITIONS MOST u1lIvar4bI- 70 l7- BIZ
< .-s, the i1f.-ctior l-t-d FL least 81
Gsvs, or a perr0d <unri-7ffv bong FIR
s,lUIe varieties ll I-l-uc- AMI raj she e.,
r1a-ur="
D5pl9marir complications aroS- today
between the SJaL- OF Texas ard THE
United States Government on the one
hand and the N=xu,Hn Government On
tn other which temporarily 81 I-aSr.
viii not allow &-x.co f. move an. more
troops over American territory in con
u-ctiJu with tic revolutionary disturb
ances.
By 4 vote Of 5 TO ! the S,-1ta- Com
ultr-e on EXposiuoGs todav killed the
B l&er resolution asking President Tar To
Jlvi1- participation by the Latin Amer
lean nations IN Tie San Diego Panama
Pacific Exposition IN Iers.
The high cost Of renting rUor7s tr0u
6-St-ciass Washington hotels or once
buildings has kept the uew Tait pre-
Convention Campaign COMMITTEES frou
getting located up TO the present time
and there are Tnriluaa0us from Chairman
Mckinley thar they are beng subjected
ID 4 species Of bold ~. Chairman Nc
<iuley has declared that be would have
Z suite of seven r0or7s IN the best hotel
IN t9wu, but when be got down 10 bust
Ness he 6Jund t1dt the prices were too
sut tor even hls pjethoric purse. tt IS
SAID thdt the hotel manager wanted
something Ike s. GOO month. Then
another blg hotel WAS tried. bur tie man
ger rad Just as prIuc-Iy ideas % the
question of rent as the former
Negotiations with the owners Of mod
eru Office buildings diScose the fact
t18I al Of them seemed TO think that the
Taft Campaign Committee had more
1i0uev than il knew what 70 do with
The result IS dat Chairman Mckinley
and bis assistants are still without 4
hOn1e
President Taft has sent TO the Senate
the name Of Harry K Startzluan for ap-
poiutmeut as postmaster of HagerstoWu
tor four years The Senate will cpuhrru
the appointment.