The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-02-06
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senate Would Limit President
to a Single Term Of
Six Years


enoment which would restrict the
president Of the United States to a
single term of six years, and would
par Woodrow Wilson, Theodore
Roosevelt and William II. Taft from
seeking election again, was approved
oy the senate, by the narrow majority
OF one vote.
After three-day fight, In which the
Progressives Joined with many Repub-
Means In opposing the restricted presi-
Dental term, the senate adopted the
original Works resolution by a vote
Of AZ to 23.
Chamberlain, OF Oregon. and Works.
OF California, were the only Pacific
Coast senator's who supported the sin
gle term resolution on its final pas.
sage. Those voting against II were
Borah, Idaho; Bourne, Oregon: and
Jones and Poindexter, Washington.
Just how the next house will receive
this proposed change in legislation
cannot be foretold. The vote shows
that 1t has been treated as political
question by senators. Some OF the
most influential Republican senators
avoided 1t and in all probability the
feeling In the senate that the time has
come when some limitation must be
put on possible ambitions of men will
move the house to adopt the resolu.
ton.
Tariff Hearings End.
The house ways and means commit
tee has completed all hearings on tar.
iff revision. Monday the Democratic
members began framing the new Dem.
ocratic bill which is to replace the
Payne 'lfr'ch law. They will keep
steadily ut the work from now up
until the Sixty.third congress con.
venes. Probably few days after the
new house is organized the revision
bill will be ready for presentation.
The biggest cuts. II is said. will be
made on wool leather and agricultural
products.
Raw wool. under Schedule X" the
biggest itcm OF the whole tariff reyis.
Ion. IL is stated, will be put on the
free list. This will be satisfactory 10
the manufacturers who declared be-
fore the committee that the present
duty did not now protect them from
competition.
Carded wool manufacturers. how.
ever. declare that the duty is neces.
sary To their existence.
Leather is also due for revision
downward-probably TO the free list.
Compensation Act Reported On.
A favorable report on the senate
workmen's compensation act, amend.
ed to make II apply TO employees Of 8
express companies as well as TO those /
OF railroads. and TO give state courts I
concurrent Jurisdiction with federal {
courts In It's enforcement. was agreed @
upon by the house judiciary commit .
tee. e
The proposed law would prescribe q
specific amounts OF compensation to "
be paid by railroads and express COM 4
panies to any employe disabled by an "
accident while on duty. a
Aimed at VIM. J. Burns- "
Representative Ferris. of Oklahoma.
chairman OF the house public lands
has taken steps which he
aopes will result In giving publicity =,
% the tactics pursued by William j. =
Burns In selecting federal juries In q
Oregon during the land-fraud prose- ),
,utions. MIR. Ferris introduced reso- II n
ution calling on the attorney-general ;,
o submit TO congress all affidavits.
,harges, corroborative evidence, let =,
ers and other official documents up :,
IN which was based President Taft's :,
,ardon OF Willard N. Jones. together
With Attorney General Wickersham's
etter recommending Jones' pardon.
Pension Plan Proposed.
A system of old age retirement for c.
nployes Of the postal service was
roposed by Senator Psnress. Of
In an amendment offer oc
d to the postoffics appropriation BILL vi
| would give the postoffics depart ia
tent authority to grant Indefinite Ct
ave Of absence" to IN snDlcye whs pc
ecams incapacitstsd for actual work an
tth annual pay at the rate q 800. tt
kstisnsi Capital orsvltiss. til
A bill asthsFisiAg ths esastssStisa gu
! . Os,eeo. 900 LincoaA nsnsrtsl zen. tel
10 ON the banks Of the Petsnas pass J.
I the heuse. pa
An appeal was naAs ~ weosn - vi
70 congressional elections committee s
II passage Of the bill to give women an
10 right to vote fer reIrsssats>evss TN
congress. %
Believing the Pacific coast sesies
Ill be flooded with Immigrants whes