Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-01
Congressional Notes

that was a feature of the Payne-Ald-
rich law TO individuals and copartner.
ships.
The senate amendment applying the
federal eght.hour to all government
naval contracts rather than a provis-
ion that all contracts must be under
eight.hours-work conditions, was ac-
cepted by the house.
Representative Frank w. Mondell
OF Wyoming was elected a member OF
the house appropriations committee,
succeeding the late Representative
Malby of New York
The house adopted a joint resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 to fight the
army worm, which some Southern
statesmen said was so numerous that
1t stopped trains.
The workmen's compensation bill
was not reported by the house judi
ciary committee as it's supporters had
hoped, and its opponents say this in
dicates no action will be taken at this
session of congress.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
signed the contract which restores the
American flag to the mailships of the
Pacific service and provides a new
fast service from San Francisco to
Australia.
An investigation to determine
whether any persons or organizations
in the United States have been TO
mentins rebellion in Cuba or Mexico
was directed by the senate when 1t
adopted the Nelson resolution.
The Alaskan civil government bill,
establishing a legislature of one house
in the territory with authority to en-
act local laws, passed the senate with
practically no opposition. The house
has passed the bill, but a conference
will be necessary to adjust differ
ences.
The house committee on judiciary
will undertake a thorough investiga-
! ton Of the beef trust. A decision to
this effect was reached at meeting
OF the committee. Representative
Norris of Nebraska, progressive,
brought the matter % the attention Of
| the comIsittee.
Senator Overman declared Presi
dent Taft's veto message on the cot
| ton-chemical schedule was 'one of the
most remarkable documents ever
| penned or sent to congress" He de-
clared the president had been misled
| by an expert of the tariff board. who
| had made calculations on a false
/ basis of prices" and using the short
| ton. instead of the long ton, in his
work of estimation.
President Taft's tariff board OBJ
of life from the senate. After a short
fight that body, by vote of "a to 20,
authorized in the sundry civil appro-
priations bill an expenditure of $685.
600 for another years work of investi-
| cation by the tariff experts.
A Canadian reciprocity and wood
pulp tariff amendment will be offered
by Senator Gronna of North Dakota,
1t provides for the repeal of the Cana
dian reciprocity law, and for a reduc-
ton by one-half of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law rates on wood pulp, and
print paper.
The house adopted the conference
report on bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Davenport requiring that all
conveyances of land inherited by full
blood Indians be approved by the pro-
bate courts of Oklahoma.
In a strong arraignment OF the
Unite1 States government for its fail
ure to obtain redress for injuries to
American citizens and property result
ing from the Mexican instructions
and revolution, Senator Albert b. Fall
of New Mexico. declared in the senate
that this country would not regain it's
prestige in Mexico in fifty years.
Former Senator Nathan b. Scott of
West Virginia told the senate commit
! tee investigating campaign funds of
1904 and 1908 that no contributions
were made to Col. Roosevelts cam
paign by corporations. by Henry Have
meyer, the sugar king, or by any rep
resentatives of the International Har-
vcster company, 50 far as he could
recall.
The field of candidates for DR. Har.
vey w. Wiley's former job as the gov
ernments pure food expert has mar
flowed down to less than a half dozen
men. DR.. James II. Beal of Scio, o.,
H. f. Barnard of the Indiana depart
rnent Of health, and Lucius 7. Brown,
pure food inspector for Tennessee,
are the most prominently named
among those now under consideration.
Creation of federal bureau to reg
ulate trusts and appointment of a con-
! gressiOnal committee to frame a new
antitrust law were the features of
minority report filed with the Stanley
steel committee by Representative
| Littleton (Dent), New York
The postoffice appropriation bill
carrying approximately 1882. 900 900.
was reported to the senate. The prin-
cipal feature Of the bill is a provision
establishing parcels post on the
zone plan.
The house receded from its stipuia.
ton that all navy coal shall be mined
under eight hour labor conditions, and