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


members to consider plans for the
celebration OF the one hundredth an.
niversary of the treaty with Great
Britain, made at Client in 1914, was
favorably reported to the senate by
Senator Root from the committee on
foreign relations.
The construction Of Lincoln.Lee-
Grant memorial in Washington at an
expense Of Sl,250,000 is proposed in
a bill introduced in the house by Rep.
resentative Pou of North Carolina. It
would appropriate S250,000 for the
erection of statue to Gen. Robert
+. Lee. directly opposite the statue
now being erected to the memory of
former President Grant.
The house passed, 1876 to 70, the cot
ton tariff revision bill. which the DEM
ocratic majority claims will reduce
the duties on cotton and cotton manu-
features by approximately 81 per cent.
A congressional recall" Of judges
of the inferior courts of the United
States is proposed in a constitutional
amendment which Representative
Cordell Hull of Tennessee offered in
the house and which was referred to
the judiciary committee.
Representative Levy of New York
introduced a bill in the house author
izing the secretary of the treasury to
use at his discretion the moneys in
the treasury general fund, TO reduce
the tariff on articles of general con-
sumption, and so reduce the cost of
living
The restitution OF American refu-
gees from Mexico, now CHARTERED at
III Paso, resulted in the passage by
the senate of a resolution authorizing
the war department to eXpend $780,
600 in transporting them to such
points in the United States as they
wish to reach.
A bill by Representative Stanley to
define more specifically the term mis-
branded" as used in the pure food
laws, was reported favorably by the
house commerce commission.
The senate, AZ to II, passed over
President Tafts veto a bill to reim-
burse those who furnished labor and
supplies to contractors on the Cor
bett tunnel in the Shoshone, Wyo., ir-
rigation project, 10 the extent of $42,-
600. Democrats, progressive Repub-
leans and regular Republicans from
/ Western States voted for it,
The movement to celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary Of the treaty
OF Client was advanced by the senate
i
The house by vote of 172 to Sc
refused to accept the senate La Fol
lette wool bill as a substitute for the
house bill, but agreed to a conference
/ if the senate should ask for one.
The formation of a Democratic-Pro-
gressive Republican coalition in the
senate and a tentative agreement be
/ tween house and senate leaders re-
/ suited in an agreement that will pro-
vide speedy action on pending tariff
measures. Agreements are in sight
| on the iron and steel revision bill, the
wool revision bill and the excise tax
| bill. On the sugar tariff measure an
/ agreement is hardly expected at this
/ session.
! Representative Pou of North Caro-
/ lima introduced a bill designed to OBJ
literate the line of division between
the North and the South. He would
( have congress appropriate $250,0O0 for
/ a memorial statue to the memory OF
Gen. Robert Il. Lee, locating it imme
/ diately across Pennsylvania avenue
from the statue of Gen. Grant, now in
! process of erection.
Fhe house passed a bill introduced
/ by Robinson of Arkansas authorizing
Hot Springs to construct buildings
for fire apparatus on two government
lots.
House leaders who have been hold
ing out against battle ships capitu-
lated and gave assurances they would
stand for one large dreadnought.
The ways and means committee
! Democrats voted in favor of passing
a cotton bill and sending it over to
the senate apd to reject the senate
amendments to the excise tax and
wool bills and ask for conference.
Senator Lodge introduced bill
making it unlawful to make fake"
photographs in which the president is
put In the attitude of shaking hands
with or commingling with persons.
Some photographers have been offer
ing inducements to visitors to have
their photographs taken shaking
hands with Mr.. Taft
The house adopted a resolution call
ing upon the secretary of commerce
and labor TO inquire into the different
elements of cost and profit included
in the present high price of anthracite
coal
When the Panama canal bill was
taken up Senator McCumber of North
Dakota insisted the United States is
in honor bound to observe treaty obi.
! cations and admit the ships of foreign
nations TO the use of the canal on
equal terms with American shipping.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky and
Senator Massey of Nevada took the
/ opposite view.