The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-07-11
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Primary Bill Proposes That
Voters Make First and Sec
Ond Presidential Choice.


declares would remedy the evils of
presidential primaries.
The Norris bill provides for ma
tional convention for each party on
the fourth Monday in June in every
presidential year. In the convention
each states representation would be
based on the party's strength in the
state.
Delegates to the convection would
be elected at primaries to be held the
first Tuesday in May, the result of the
primaries being certified by state Of
fcials to the secretary of the interior.
Voters would express first and
second choice for presidential candi-
dates, and the candidate having ma
jority of the first-choice votes, as can
vassed by the secretary of the inter
ior, would become the nominee of his
party. No action by the convention
in regard to the nominee would be ne
sessary unless none Of the candidates
received majority, in which case the
convention would nominate.
The bill would not go into effect I'M
til it's plan has been accepted and laws
in conformity with it passed by at
least 20 states.
Democrats End Pact With Insurgents
The working agreement between
the democratic and insurgent republi-
can senators is at an end. 1t has been
abrogated as the result of conferences
held since the metal bill was passed
in the senate by the democrats in the
absence of regular republicans and
without the aid of the insurgents.
The probable result will be that the
house sugar and wool and excise bills
will be presented to the senate and
voted down by strict party vote. All
the republicans are expected to vote
against them and it is probable some
of the democrats will join them in op-
position to the house sugar bill
Work to Come to Coast.
Senator Jones has secured an
amendment to the naval appropria-
ton bill providing that four of the
eight submarines authorized, to cost
in aggregate $4,44O,OO0, shall be built
on the Pacific Coast,
Conditions Bad at Textile Mills.
The senate ordered printed as a
public document bitter arrangement
of working conditions at Lawrence,
Mass, in the form of an official report
by federal labor bureau agents who in
vestigated the reasons for last win
ter's textile strike.
The report contains a sweeping con-
demnation of the homes of the en-
ployes furnished by the mill owners.
1t is estimated that the average wage
given $1,000 employees during one
week selected at random last year
was $8.76, which was declared to be
entirely insufficient for the support of
family.
Child labor was natural Outgrowth,
the report asserted, of such a condi-
ton, where the head of the family
was forced to add to his income by
securing work for his children.
Not Likely to Investigate MacVeagh.
The proposed congressional investi-
cation of the row in the treasury de-
partment between Secretary Mac
Veagh and ex-Assistant Secretary A.
Plat Andrew may not come about I'M
less Mr.. Andrew makes some specific
charge against Mr.. MacVeagh.
President Taft stated that the An
drew-MacVeagh embroglio is a closed
incident He will not again consider
the matter either formally or infor-
mally with his cabinet or with any
single member Of it. He said that the
real reason behind Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Andrews resigna-
ton was the latter's INSTRUMENTATION
in not remaining in Washington when
Secretary MacVeagh advised him to-
National Capital BreVities.
Senator Hepburn secured an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for devel-
oping and mining coal on the public
lands in Alaska for the use of the
navy.
President Taft has nominated Will
liam Marshall Bullitt of Louisville,
KY, to be solicitor general of the Uni
ted States, to succeed Frederick w.
Lehman, who resigned.
The final stage of the second trial
of William Lorimer, on the charge of
misconduct in procuring his election
to the United States senate from ILL
nois, was entered upon in the senate
by general debate.
The naval appropriation bill, carry
ing $133, STA and the two-battleship
provision, was passed by the senate.
It now goes to conference with the
house to thresh out the naval increase
program and other senate amend