Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-07
Congressional Notes

a~SEACuiture ana mus Gus George L
McCabe, failed after a fight in tn,
house.
BY a vote of 2 to, 1 the hoard o
cabinet officers charged with the en-
, torcement of the pure food law en-
tered a final decision against the us.
at saccharine in prepared foods.
The senate adopted a resolution
calling on President Taft to submit,
to it all the correspondence with Co
lombia dealing with the acquisition o.
the Panama canal zone by the United
States.
PRESIDENT Taft sem a special mes.
sage to congress approving a request
OF Secretary OF Wal Stimson that per.
mission be granted an officer of the
coast artillery corps to serve as in.
structor in the army of Chile.
President Taft's recommendations
for the establishment of a commits.
sion on industrial relations are en-
bodied in a bill introduced in the
house by Representative Hughes.
Democrat, of New Jersey.
The house immigration committee
decided to report a bill which would
bar 1lliterate immigrants from the
United States. Representative Bur
nett of Alabama has a bill which pro.
vides that all male immigrants must
De able to read, write and speak some
language.
Senator Lodge introduced an amend.
nent to the resolution for ratification
Of the pending arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and France, to pro-
vide that any special agreement
reached by the joint high commission
Of inquiry shall be made by the prcsi-
dent with the concurrence of the sen.
ate, in the full and unrestricted" ex-
arclse of its constitutional powers.
The department of justice is inves.
tlgating the moving picture business
TO learn If there is a trust"
A bill making Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
2 brigade cavalry post, passed the
house by a vote OF III to 80 after four
hours of debate and stubborn resist
ance led by Representative Fitzgerald
Of New York.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs favorably reported the Sulzer
resolution which would recognize the
new republic of China. 1t congratu-
lates the Chinese people con their as
sumption of the powers, duties and
responsibilities Of self government"
The house committee on naval af-
fairs decided in favor Of authorizing
two new battleships this year and will
demand that the Democratic caucus
rescind its action declaring against
to the navy at this time.
One hundred and seven government
officials will lose free telephones when
The appropriations committee Of the
nouse reports the supply bill for the
legislative, judicial and executive de-
Any fear that the right of the
United States to fortify the Panama
,anal might be challenged and forced
Q arbitration under the provision of
ne pending Anglo-American arbitra-
ion has been dispelled by a state.
nent from official sources that Great
has formally acknowledged !
hat right. ,
The house passed the Notifications !
ppropr1ation bill and began consid- .
ration OF the agricultural %appropria- !
on bill under general debate. Rep :
esentatiye Good Of Iowa offered an :
mendment to the Notifications bill /
orbidding the government to pur- Z
lase powder from the Dupont Pow q
company, known as the powder U
'ust, and stirred up a spirited de- '
ate.
We are the most Intelligent people
4 the face Of the globe; we are the
ealthlest people in the world, and
we have the poorest roads Of any Q
yilized nation on earth,'' said Repre- 7
sntative Prouty Of Iowa, in the house Y J,
representatives. He spoke for 20 :, !,
lnutes urging that federal aid be
ven the states in the construction Of ].
,od roads. Y
me trust platform of Senator Cum \
ms OF Iowa. candidate for the Re- /,
lblican nomination for president, is y
abodted in a bill which Mr.. Cum 4
ms introduced, designed to strength i,
greatly the governments antitrust 4,
'wers. 4,
Senator Gardner of Maine intro. (!
Iced a bill under which the govern m
would take over the properties 81
express companies and operate ia
EN- as a BART Of the postal service.
tending the service to the rural de-
cry. w
The house went on record favoring
2 adoption of the eight-hour work
y on all government work. The
utter came up in the form Of al po
lendment to the appropriation bill pi'
the manufacture of armament for sh
'tiications.
from Santo Domingo to the ye
tie department indicate serious ac- w
sations of Haitien aid to the revo- "
at Mont Christi. Demands -
been made for neutrality by the
minican government upon Haiti. q,
bill to put sugar on the free list. do,
ninating $50, 100000 In customs rev Sh
ie, and another to extend the pres poi
corporation tax to include indi- 7
uals and copartnerships doing hus- gal
IS 81 $4,000 a year or over, were we,
flied by the Democratic caucus Of fas
house. to
ia1. A. w. Butt, personal aid to abc
Taft, obtained leave 81 al. pee