The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-08-29
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NATIONAL CAPITAL
Houses Cannot Agree on Def
cheney Bill and Congress
Fails to Adjourn.


as expected. After an alI-night fill
buster the house at APP a. m, decided
to adjourn until Monday, and shortly
afterward the senate followed its ex-
ample.
Disagreement over the general def
cheney bill, among the items in which
were the Oregon claims against the
federal government, was a leading
cause Of the deadlock. Senator La
Foliette's demand for consideration of
the Penrose resolution was another
contributing factor.
Double FiIibuster in Senate.
The double flibuster which com
PEELED the abandonment of the plan to
end the session Of congress was led by
La Toilette and Chamberlain. Sena-
tor La Toilette insisted upon a record
vote in adoption Of the Penrose reso-
luton for an investigation of cam
paign contributions of the Standard
Oil company in 1904 and of the CORES
pondence between John D. Archbold,
George W. Perkins and members of
congress.
Senator Chamberlain's flibuster was
to free the house to agree to the pay
ment of 100000 of old state claims.
Claims Added by Senate.
The state claims which have arous-
ed the resentment OF the house were
all added to the general deficiency
bill in the senate. In the case of the
Maryland claim of $4,000 and the Vir-
ginia claim OF $4,000, the house con-
ferees insist that the amounts now de-
nanded by those states as loans"
that were made to the gvernment in
1870 and 1871, actually were given to
the governemnt as an inducement for
the location of the national capital in
the present District OF Columbia
The Texas claim OF s217 1888 is to
reimburse the state for money it spent
from 1858 to 1851 in defense" of the
Texas frontier against Mexican mar
Ruders and Indian depredators.
4AC O4CSO4 S4cAAA VI G1VOyC1o.VE IL
for the expense Of raising volunteers
for the Indian wars from 1862 TO 1867.
President Signs Panama Canal Bill.
President Taft signed the Panama
canal bill He sent to congress
memorandum suggesting the advisa-
bility Of the passage of a resolution
which would declare that this measure
was not considered by this govern
ment violation of the treaty provis-
ions regarding the canal
In discussing the British protest
against the exemption Of American
shipping from the payment of tolls
for the use of the canal. Mr.. Taft says
the irresistible conclusion 10 be drawn
from it is that although the United
States owns, controls and has paid for
the canal, it is restricted by treaty
from aiding its own commerce in the
way that all the other nations Of the
world may freely do"
The president points out that the
rules specified in the articles Of the
treaty, which is made the basis for the
British protest, were adopted by the
United States as the basis Of neutrali
cation of the canal and for no other
purpose, and were not intended to
limit or hamper the United States
in the exercise of its sovereign power
to deal with it's own commerce, using
its own canal in whatsoever manner
it saw fit.
Homesteaders Gain Point.
Under the Borah amendment to the
sundry civil bill, finally agreed to by
both branches of congress, homestead
ers who made fling prior to the pass
age Of the three-year homestead act
and who fail to elect to complete proof
under the original homestead law, will
not be prejudiced by reason Of their
failure to so elect, and may proceed
to perfect title under the old law.
This amendment overturns the rul-
ing of Secretary Fisher to the effect
that entrymen failing to elect by Octo-
Der would be compelled to complete
proof under the three-year act The
Borah amendment allows all entrymen
to make final proof under either law.
National Capital 5revities.
President Taft has signed the naval
appropriation bill. 1t carries 1923, 220,-
TOT and provides for one dreadnaught,
to cost not more than s15,000,00O.
Senator Pomerene's bill providing
uniform system Of bills Of lading and
regulating the transfer Of such bills
was passed by the senate without
dissenting vote.
The bill to amend the federal consti-
tuition so as to provide a single presi-
Dental term of six years was reached
this week by the house, but on objec-
ton the measure was sent over to the
winter session of congress.