Mexico Missouri message., 1912-04-25
Congressional Note

ne seHaLe passed the in uIi......
bill. The bill will restrict irl...-
ton from southern Europe at Ia... ",
per cent; on immigrants from r.....
ern Europe only about 2 per cent .rt.
bill prescribes an educationai test
Miss Elizabeth Gentry Of E,..
City and Mrs. Mark Salisbury .f p,
dependence, Mo, appeared befor. n..
house committee on agricultule v..,n
a large delegation of women from, Ga,
congress of the ID. A. r. and pra.,r.
ed arguments in favor of the hin 10,
troduced by Representative Borl.,.4
providing for marking and improve,
the old historic trails which load
across the country from the Auan.Ic
to the Pacific.
The house went on record as t4,,.
ing the establishment of a uar.,r.
post system and a committee TO s.....
er information relative to its craa.f.,
The condemnation of the express ....
panies and the Barnhart propos,..r
to make newspapers publish ,ho
names Of editors, editorial writers and
stockholders were heard
II. w. A. Page, linen and cotton
merchant Of New York City. v...e
pamphlet attacking Representa- b
ID. Clayton of Alabama and ...s-
members Of the house judiciary com.
mittee, led to his indictment by rr.
federal grand jury on a charge os u.
bel. entered a formal plea OF not
guilty.
President Taft will not send spo.
cial message to congress urging IreIs.
lation to strengthen the present laws
regulating supervision of steam.n,p
clearing from American ports. The
president believes congress needs 10
such suggestion since the Titanic dis.
aster. Moreover, he is convinced that
the laws of the United States are AIDE.
quate If enforced as the commerce
| and labor department would be able
to enforce them with the restrictions
of present international agreemeu, re.
moved.
The senate passed the joint resolu.
ton passed by the house approprai.
| ing 100000 additional on account Of
the flood on the Mississippi and IFS
| 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 Gpo-
! gia, chairman of the special commit
tee which investigated the sugar trust.
introduced a bill requiring all ships
touching at United States ports 90 be-
| equipped with sufficient number OF
life boats, life RATS and otk.r 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 day
Of rest like other folks
The creation of federate board Of
mediation and Cancellation ultimately
to arbitrate industrial wars in all
branches of business, was advocated
before the house interstate and for
eign commerce committee by Judge
Martin A. Knapp, who presides over
the United States commerce court
Judge Knapp and Charles p. Nell,
| commissioner of labor, the latter also
| advocating such a commission, are the
arbiters under the existing Erdman
law.
Senator Sanders of Tennessee, Who
is filling the unexpired term OF the
late Robert l.. Taylor by appoinIment
of Gov. Hooper, has been assigned 10
the senate committees on agriculture
and forestry, coast survey, education
and labor expenditures in the depart-
ment of commerce and labor, eXpeuGl.
lures in the war department and mill.
tary affairs.
Clifford Thorne of Des Moines, Ia.
| representing the Iowa railroad com i
mission, appeared before the senate
interstate commerce committee 10 Id
vocate Senator Kenyons bill 10 pro
vide a uniform classification Of freight
| throughout the United States. He ar
clared the present three classifcauDu
territories were confusing to shippers
Warning was issued by the United
States government TO the MeNlc.h
government, as we'll as to Gen, Is.
cual Orozco, chief of the reyolution"y
forces, that it expects and must de-
mand that American life and proper!
within the Republic of Mexico be Ja..-
ly and adequately protected, and '...
this government must hold MrN'
and the Mexican people respons.'.'
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