The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-01


Bpittss ~ sexpreSss direlc ion u IA i.
dent TAFT contained Two letters from
HI. Taft giving lii reasons Tor not
permitting Najors Ray, % DO court
martillsd on charge brought against
him By his personal clerk, who &C.
cnsed Major Ray OF misconduct In
3syolving hiss the clerks wife. The
prasident 1 said thdt, n his opinion.
's'the honor Of the army and the good
name OF, u woman, would. suffer if Ma
3or Rag were c0urtnnartialed.
Washington, D. G. The tariff
legislation program In the senate will
be framed at conferences which the
Democrats, the progressive Republic.
cans and the regular Republicans are
planning to hold very soon after the
finance committee concludes its hear
ings on the house steel revision bill.
That will be early in March.
Democratic leaders virtually have
decided to make q firm stand for the
house measure with perhaps modifi.I
cation which would not interfere with
party solidarity In congress. and them
having gone on record for the straight
Democratic bill to endeavor to reach
some common ground with the pro-
gressfve Republicans.
The regular Republicans have not
yet had final conference on the
committees procedure, but in all prob
ability will rest on. the, absence Of a
report from the tariff board and sim.
ply bring in an adverse report on the
house measure. They are not unani-j
nous on that point, however. Some.
insist that the committee should re1
port Republican substitute for the
measure passed by the Democratic
house.
Progressive Republican senators
have talked over the situation infori
nally and while there has been no
general conclusion reached, the plan
Of some Of those most active is tol
make some concessions for the Demo-
Gratis IL the concessions asked are not
too great. The progressive demand isl
for a reduction of the duties, but not
such q reduction as will carry thei
tariff below the protective point.
Some of the more conservative prof.
gressives, however. are already dis:
GUESSING the adtisability of waiting a,
reasonable time for the tariff boards;
report.
The finance committees hearings on.
the steel bill were enlivened with an;
attack by w. U. Follansbee. Pitts;
burg tin plate manufacturer. on the,
house subcommittee which framed the
bill. Mr.. Follansbee who also repre-.
sented IA other Independent tin plate,
manufacturers, denounced the bill as.
too drastic. He said the ways and
means committee was not competent
to deal with an industry that had mill
lions of dollars invested and employ
ed thousands Of men.
Washington. D. C. - Colombia vir-
tually repudiated the action of its
minister. Senior Pedro Mel Ospina, by;
sending through American Minister.
Du Bots, at Bogota, a cordial invita-
ton to Secretary of State Knox to-
visit Colombian shores on his present
trip to the republics on the caribbean
sea.
The invitation was forwarded
promptly to Secretary Knox. who is
aboard the cruiser Washington, on
his way south. With him rests the
decision whether he will change his
intinerary to- include call at the
port of Cartagena. This. it is ex-
pected here, he will do.
The action of the Colombian for.
efgn Office was received here with sat
isfaction. 1t closes q disagreeable incl.
dent.
Minister Ospina protested against
the proposed visit of Secretary Knox
because of feeling in Colombia;
against the United States, said to be
attributable to the acquisition by this
country of the Panama canal zone.
Although press dispatches from Bo-
gotta announced that Minister Ospina
had been recalled because of his let
ter. no official notification OF the
action has reached Washington.
Marble I. c. c. Secretary.
Washington, D. C. - John H. Mar
BILE. chief of the division of prosecu-
tions of the interstate commerce com.
mission, has been appointed secretary
of the commission. to succeed Edward
A. Mosely, who died last April.