The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-28
Congressional Notes

non at Columbia, S. C., January 7l3.
1913
a bill creating national park in
Oregon, to be- known as Saddle Noun.
tain park, passed the senate.
Republican members Of the ways
and means committee introduced a
minority bill revision the wooden
schedule OF the present tariff law in
accordance with their Interpretation
Of the report Of the tariff board
BY unanimous vote OF the senate
Senator Brandcgee OF Connecticut
viii preside during the absence OF
Nice-Presdent Sherman next week,
The abolition OF the United States
senate and the Office OF vice-president,
with a reduction of the membership
OF the house to 300, is proposed In a
resolution which Representative Lind.
bergh Of Minnesota will introduce
The United States will not interfere
with Legitimate expectations OF foods,
clothing. dry goods and hardware to
Mexico President Taft and his cabi-
net decided that such necessities did
not come within the meaning Of the
presidents proclamation forbddng
the expectation OF munitions OF war"
during the Mexican revolution.
President Taft probably will not APP
point a successor to DR. Harvey W
Wiley Of the bureau Of chemistry for
several weeks Two names suggested
were those OF Or II. T.. Barnard, food
commissioner Of Indiana. AMI Or Paul
Gaspard Frecr director Of the bureau
Of science in Manila
Senatorial precedent which was
Jared by Senator Lea OF Tennessee,
wnen he held up appropriations for
three public buildings, received an
other Jolt when Senator Kenyon Of
Iowa gave notice of motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
providing for a pubic building in St.
George. Utah, pGssed the senate.
By vote of $50 to 40 tho house
passed the Democratic special excise
tax bill. eighty Republicans joining
started this measure for the senate
The subcommittee Of the house
committee on agriculture has conClud-
cd hearings on the Lever and Haugcn
oloomargarine bills Olcomargarnc
laws from various foreign countries
are now being translated and com.
piled. When this work IL finished
report will be made to the full com.
mittee
Senator Hepburn OF Idaho has re
turned from Atlantic city, where he
went a fortnight ago, suffering with II
lesion over his left eye lie is prac.
tically well.
That Mississippi valley commerce
viii derive little benefit from the
Panama canal unless its use is made
free for American tonnage is one OF
the principal arguments made in the
minority report filed by four mem.
bers of the house committee on inter
satte commerce as to the Panua canal
tolls bill
The bill making appropriations for
Notifications was passed bv the sen
ate. 1t carries $4,1S6.235, about n mil.
lion and a quarter less than the APP
preparation Of last year.
Representative Underwood says
that he hopes to have the ways and
means committee consider a wool bill
before the end OF next week. The ex-
pcrts who have been checking up the
figures in the report OF the tariff
board OF schedule X and comparing
them with other figures at the dis
posal Of the Democrats OF the com
mittec have about completed their
work.
Edgar 4 Bancroft general counsel
for the International Harvester com
pany. discussed with Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham plans for a volun-
tary dissolution of that corporation
under the Sherman antitrust law
A brief, summing up arguments on
the facts in the investigation OF Sen.
ator Lorimcrs election. was filed with
the senate investigating committee b.
Lorimer's counsel
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
Cabell declares that about 1000 cor.
porations have been or will be hailed
into court as delnquents in the pay
ment OF the corporation tax last year.
Secretary Knox has cabled from
Nicaragua to President Taft urging
that the senate foreign delegation
committee give attention to the Mica.
raEuan loan treaty, which has been
pending more than year
Attorney General Wickcrsham re.
ported TO the house that there Is not
In his department information show
Ing the existence OF smelter trust.
His communication was sent In re.
Spouse to n resolution introduced by
Represent Martin OF Colorado,
Luke f. Wright OF Tennessee, sec.
retary OF war under former President
Roosevelt told the committee on war
department expenditures that Maj.
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, then chief OF
the general stan, was responsible for
the orders moving Mai. Bcecher B.
Ray Of the pay department from place
to place.
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