The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-09
Congressional Notes

| il was impossible to consider the APP
/ preparation bills and other prospective
/ legislation probably before July /.
Representative Hull (Dem.) intro
duced u bin intended OF prevent gov
eminent employees from participating
/ IN presidential campaigns or from
having official connection with any
organization or movement looking TO
such AN election,
| Democratic members of the senate
committee on finance practically
! agreed to favor a reduction Of 80 l-3
| per cent from the present tariff on
/ sugar aud voted to abolish the Dutch
! standard and differouual on sugar.
/ Thr house OF representatives de-
/ clineG. ly an overwhelming majority,
! to cIt down Nhe mileage allowance to
[ members In a debate on the econ
/ omy program, upon which the house
! has entered, Representative Page OF
/ North Carolina, introduced an amend
ment TO the pending legislative bin
to reduce the mileage from 20 cents
1 TO cents.
William Jennings Bryan, just re
/ turned from the South, visited the
capital and conferred with Speaker
/ Champ Clark and other Democratic
leaders.
The Magdalena Bay incident, which
recently received much attention in
J Tho senate, was brought up in the
house IN resolution by Representa-
tive Ranter Of California. directing
the house foreign affairs committee TO
learn of any effort by foreign govern
ments 10 acquire any concessions OF
grants upon the western shores of
Mexico, "or in any OF the CUFFS or
bays adjoining the west Mexican
coast"
By failing to report an apprOpria-
tiOu for the recently created commerce
court the houes committee on appro-
prlatons sought to abolish that tri.
bunal
Representative Clayton OF Alabama,
chairman Of the judiciary committee,
introduced house Joint resolution TO
provide an amendment to the constl.
tuition fixing The term Of office Of the
president Of the United States at six
years and making him ineligible for
second term
resolution ordering the recommit
tai to the judiciary committee OF the
workman's compensation bill has Deen
presented in the senate by Senator
CulbersOn Of Texas
President Taft signed the Percy res
olution placing $4,000 Immediately
at the disposition Of the Mississippi
river commission for repairing and
strenEtheninA the ievees within the
commissions jurisdiction.
The house aided the national good
roads movement by passing a pro
vision in the postoffce appropriation
bill which would grant a subsidy to
all highways used in the rural free
delivery mail service
The senate committee on commerce
and the house committee on merchant
marine are considering meGsuree de-
signed to insure the safety OF ocean
traffic in the light OF the Titanic dis
aBter
The senate committee probably will
recommend a bill to require wo wire
less telegraph operators on all ocean
passenger craft OF more than 5000
tons.
The senate adopted the Culberson
resolution calling for full report on
the contributions made to the national
committees OF all parties in the presi-
dental and congressional campaigns
of 1904 and 1908.
The governments right to sue IN
1908 TO set aside the conveyances by
Seminole freedmen Of their allotted
Oklahoma land was sustained by the
supreme court Of the United States AS
to homestead land and as to surplus
land OF freedmen minors 1t denied
the right to sue as to surplus land OF
adults, who sold after 1904.
Because of criticisms Of his recita.
ton TO the senate of a political par.
ody on the Apostles Greed Senator
Williams OF Mississippi ordered the
parody be stricken from his speech in
the permanent copies OF the Congress
sional Record
A broad anti.injunction bill, such a
measure as has long been advocated
by labor unions throughout the coun-
try, was favorably reported to the
. house by Chairman Clayton OF the jul
dietary committee. The bill provides
that injunotions in labor disputes shall
only be issued after the defendants
have had opportunity to make answer
to the complaint against them.
Representative jackson of Kansas
one OF the new SunHower State insur.
gents In the house, has introduced a
bill providing for the regulation OF
fees by the court of claims in all
cases coming before that tribunal
MIR Jackson would limit all fees to a
maximum OF 10 per cent, except In
cases where the amount involved Is
less than $780, when he would allow
fee of 20 per cent. The bill also pro
vides that attorneys fees may be paid
by the court as a part of the settle
ment Of cases.
The house of representatives or