Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25
Congressional Notes


ton from southern Europe at least SO
per cent; on immigrants from north
ern Europe only about 2 per cent. The
bill prescribes an educational test.
Miss Elizabeth Sentry Of Kansas
City and Mrs. Mark Salisbury of In
dependence, Mo, appeared before the
house committee on agriculture with
a large delegation of women from the
congress of the d. A. R. and present
ed arguments in favor of the bill in
troduced by Representative Borland
providing for marking and improving
the old historic trails which lead
across the country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
The house went on record as favor
ing the establishment of a parcels
post system and a committee to gath
er information relative to its creation.
The condemnation of the express COM
panies and the Barnhart proposition
to make newspapers publish the
lanes of editors, editorial writer's and
stockholders were heard.
H. w. A. Page, a linen and cotton
merchant of New York City, whose
pamphlet attacking Representative H.
D. Clayton of Alabama and other
members of the house judiciary COM
mittee, led to his Indictment by the
federal grand jury on a charge of Ii
bel, entered q formal plea of not
guilty.
President Taft will not send a spe-
cial message to congress urging legis-
lstlon to strengthen the present laws
regulating supervision of steamship
clearing from American ports. The
president believes congress needs no
such suggestion since the Titanic dis
aster. Moreover, he is convinced that
the laws of the United States are ade-
quate If enforced as the commerce
and labor department would be able
to enforce them with the restrictions
of present international agreement re-
moved.
The senate passed the joint resolu-
ton passed by the house appropriate
ing $500, 900 additional on account of
the flood on the Mississippi and it's
tributaries. Senator Hepburn caused
some delay by insisting upon striking
out the word Impending when used
before the word flood" but the
amendment he offered was voted
down, and he voted with all other sen
ators for the resolution, which was
signed by the president and will be
Immediately available.
Representative Hardwick of Geor-
gia, chairman of the special commit
tee which investigated the sugar trust,
introduced a bill requiring all ships
touching at United States ports to be
equipped with a sufficient number of
life boats, life RATS and other safety
paraphernalia to take care of every
passenger and member of the crew in
a great emergency.
Minority Leader Mann secured the
adoption of an amendment closing all
postoffices throughout the country on
Sundays. A little later Representative
Fowler of Illinois obtained unanimous
consent to return to this item and
sought to have it amended to permit
postoffices to remain open for one
hour Sundays for the delivery of mail
A warm colloquy developed between
the two Illinoisans, but the house
stood by Mr.. Mann, who declared post
office employees are entitled to a day
of rest like other folks.
The creation of a federate board Of
mediation and Cancellation ultimately
to arbitrate industrial wars in all
branches of business, vas advocated
before the house interstate and for
eign commerce committee by Judge
Martin A. Knapp, who presides ovel
the United States commerce court
Judge Knapp and Charles P. Neill
commissioner of labor, the latter also
advocating such a commission, are the
arbiters under the existing Erdmar
law.
Senator Sanders of Tennessee, who
is filing the u~nexpired term of the
late Robert L. Taylor by appointment
of Gov. Hooper, has been assigned t.
the senate committees on a~gricultur,
and forestry, coast survey, education
and labor, expenditures in the depart
ment of commerce and labor, expendi
lures in the war department and mill
tary affairs. a44t
Clifford Thorne of Des Moines, la
representing the Iowa railroad com
mission, appeared before the senat,
Interstate commerce committee to ad
vocate Senator Kenyon's bill to pre-
vide a uniform classification of freigh
throughout the United States. He dc
clared the present three classificatio,
territories were confusing to shippers
Warning was issued by the Unite
States government to the Mexical
government, as we'll as to Gen. Pas
cual Orozco, chief of the revolutionar
forces, that it expects and must d.
mand that American life and propert
within the Republic Of Mexico be jus
ly and adequately protected, and tina
this government must hold Mexic
and the Mexican people responsible
for all wanton or illegal acts sacrift
ing or endangering American life 9
damaging American property or intei
ests."
President Taft appointed Arthur
Edgington of Watanga, John j. Bole
; of Guthrie and Earl A. MCGOWAN {
Talihina, Okla, to be appraisers
, the surface of the segregated coal-an
asphalt lands Of the Chickasaw an
Choctaw Indians in Oklahoma.
The senate has passed a bill autho
iznig the issuance of patents on HON
sfeada covered nv irrigation project