The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-12-12
DOINGS Of CONGRESS

/ the rank OF commanders Of the army
and navy at salary Of $4,000 year
| The bill provides pension OF $1,000
year for the widows OF former presi.
dents.
Amended TO authorize a complete
Investigation into the question of in.
terstAte carrier corporations stock
and bond issues the bill by Repre-
sentative Adamson empowering the in,
terstate commerce commission 10
make a physical valuation OF the prop.
erty Of railroads and other common
carriers, was passed by the house
without dissenting vote
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
In the house led sharp attack upon
Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great
Britain, for some OF the ambassadors
references to Thomas Jefferson In
speech at the Wclch university on DC.
tober 81
That there IS a satisfactory and rca.
sonably stable channel in the Missis.
sippi river ut ST. Louis and that there
is no necessity for any reyetment Of
the east bank opposite St Louis, from
the south end OF Cabaret island to
the north end OF Arsenal island. at
government expense. is the finding Of
the army engineers,
After sixteen years, a record of ser
vice in the cabinet, Secretary Of Ag,
rculture Wilson submitted to Prcsi.
dent Taft the last annual report he
will make as head of the United
States department OF agriculture. The
report reviews the last years work
and contains summary OF the agri
cultural advance OF the country dur.
ing Wilson's service.
President Taft will make no further
effort to have congress revise the tar
if In general" message to con.
gress, submitted, the president clear
~ indicated his intention Of leaving
further tariff revision to Mr.. wilson
and the congress just elected
Senator Cullom of Illinois was much
Eratihed when the senate committee
on library voted to report unanimous
ly the proposition of the Lincoln Mem.
umial commission to construct the
$2.O00,0OO memorial to the martyr
prudent In Potomac park, near the
Washington Monument,
A bill authorizing the government
to take over the farm and homestead
in Kentucky where Abraham Lincoln
WAS born was introduced in the house
By Representative Johnson. The bill
would allow the government to ac
Cept the memorial as a gift from the
Lincoln Farm association and create
an endowment fund Of $4,000 for the
maintenance OF the farm as national
reservation,
A bill that would establish free
mail delivery service in cities having
second and third class postofTiCes was
introduced by Representative Gricsi
OF Pennsylvania The bill would ap
propriatc 100000 to be used by the
postmaster general in mauguratng
the services in cities where there Ia
no free delivery. The bill limits the
expenditure in each city to $1,000 q
year
David r Francis. as president of
tho Louisiana Purchase Exposition
companv, formally invited the senate
and house to have committees attend
the dedication of the Thomas Jcffcr
son memorial at St Louis on ApriI 30
next The memorial was erected by
the exposition at cost Of $3.50 900.
and Mr. Francis plans 10 make the
dedication a national occasion.
Senator Clapp, chairman Of the
committee invcstigating campaign
funds, introduced bill to prohibit
the sending OF campaign funds from
one state to another to aid campaigns
of candidates for president, vlceprest
dent, national representatives or sen,
ators.
Congressional investigation OF the |
recent raid by the postoffice depart |
ment on druggists, doctors and othUrs
charged with improper use Of the
mails has been asked of the house !
committee on expenditures in the post |
office department by the druggists ,
organization Of Ohio.
The committee on Indian affairs
completed the Indian appropriation