The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-01-30
Congressional Notes

suited so far In virtual conclusion
Of the ways and means committee ma.
jority to strike lower rate readjust.
ment even than planned in the pre-
vious Democratic cotton revision bills.
The senate passed the Culberson
bill to prohibit corporations from
making any contributions for political
conventions or primary elections.
Former Speaker Cannon made re.
markable speech In the house. eulo-
going Abraham Lincoln as the sec
Jnd, II not the first, man In American
history; placing Robert +. Lee next
10 the martyred president, and put
ting Jefferson Davis, president OF the
Southern Confederacy, IN fourth place,
Representative Stanley OF Kentucky
Introduced a resolution appropriaung
81 900, 900 for the relief of food SUI.
lorcrs along the Ohio river and its
tributaries. Conditions are desperate
II many points along the Ohio, and
the Kentucky Democrat thinks it is
time a substantial relief measure was
passed by congress.
Representative Dyer Of St Louis in.
serted In the Congressional Record
the body Of a letter received by him
from Archbishop John :. Glennon Of
81. Louis in which the Catholic prcl-
ate expresses strong opposition to the
pending immigration bill, taking eX.
rrption especially to the literacy test.
Mrs Margaret Zan Witchcr OF Salt
Lake City delivered the vote OF the
Utah electors to the president Of the
snnato. She was the frs. woman to
appear among the messengers coming
from various states. She Travelled
2.uuu miles and received $5S5 mileage,
Democratic control OF the next sen.
nte, which became certainty when
John X. Shields was elected by the
Tennessee legislature. now rests at
Doc minimum strength OF IS. exactly
onr.haif OF the membership Of the
s.Uutr.
President Taft conferred with more
than thirty Republican members Of
tine house. whose support he asked for
the hin passed by the senate, appro.
priutlng $2.OopOOO for n memorial
structure to Abraham Lincoln in Poto.
ia, park, Washington.
Improper and Illegal use of railroad
passes is being investigated by the
Interstate commerce commission. The
Inquiry has proceeded far enough to
slow. in the language of the commits
sion. that carriers have very general
Is obeycd the letter Of the law.
A favorable report on d bill intro
Guced by Representative ltodenberg
OF Illinois to provide for government
participation in the Panama-Paciltc
Information exposition at San Francis
co in 1915 was unanimously agreed to
by the house committee on industrial
arts ana oXpusitiuus The measure
would appropriate $2,OOO,OO0 to be ex'
pcneded by the secretary of the treas
ury, in the erection OF government
buildings aud the installation Of ex.
hlbts on the exposition grounds.
Free meat, proposed by the house
Democrats at the last session of con
grcss. but blocked by a presidential
veto, was indicated as part of the
extra session Of congress tariff reyi
sion program AT the hearing before
the house committee on ways and
means.
\ dry" Inauguration would mark
PrcsidcnteleCt Wilson's induction in
TO office if the petition presented in
the senate by Senator Galluger, on
behalf of the Wumans Christian TEN.
pcruucc Union, is iayorubly acted up
on by congress.
The commodities clause of the in
ierstate commerce law Is Joke and u
sham; it is open at both ends; It is
not worth The paper it Is written on,
said Representative A. O. stanley at
public bearing before the house
commerce committee,
Free lemons or at least so per
cent cut IN the present duty OF ~
cents Ound, has assumed shape
as Il part Of the Democratic revision
policy Of the coming extra session OF
congress
Garfield Charles of GRANVILLE, White
county. Illinois now private secretary
to Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom and
clerk of the scnat" committee on for
eign relations, upon recommendation
of Senator Cullom and Attorney Gen
eral WickCrsham, has been appointed
MS his assistant by United States DIG
triCt Attorney Wilkcrsou of Chicago
Pensions for Spanish war veterans
widows were advocated before pen
sion committee at hearing on CragC
bill already passed by the house.
Charles s. Thomas was sworn in as
senator from Colorado, succeeding thu
late Senator Hughes.
Senator La Toilette introduced g
bill to create n legislation drafting
bureau in the congressional library.
Usage Indian lands investigation
was resumed before interior depart
ment expenditures committee.
Col. Goethals gave his views Oh the
Panama canal zone civil government
10 appropriation committee for use in
droftinp sundrv civil nDuroDriati inn