The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07

today that IN accordance With the
{ presidents decision. there viii be M
] omnibus tariff bill Instead. sixteen
bills. fourteen dealing with the sepa-
rate schedules one with the free list
and another with administrative ma
cIiinery. will be presented
( Another important question before
+ the house steering committee today
was whether all fftyssix standing
commi tees OF the house shall be or
/ ganized at once
Clarke as President.
WASHINGTON. March 4 The
/ democratic senatorial caucus. meeting
for its second successive day. chose
I Senator Clarke OF Arkansas to act as
/ president pro tempcre OF the senate
Senator Bacon, who was the usmocra-
! tic candidate for this place during he
last session. vas defeated.
Secretary TumuIty.
! WASHINGTON March 1.-Joseph
p. Tumulty. the new secretary to the
president. got on the job at the exc
cutiye Offices at o'clock again this
morning, but found his office stan
ready for him this time Tumulty
/ had the presidents important mail
sorted and ready to put before him
when he arrived an hour later
By getting an early start said
Tumulty. Il clean up lot of routine
before anybody is around, which
gives me plenty of time to attend to
important matters during the day.
i While her young husband is getting
started in his new work, Mrs. Turn
uity is settling herself and six chill
dren In her new home on Calvert
street She was unable to come to
Washington in time to fix up the
home herself, so she. called on a
friend to do it for her. The Tumultys
sold all their household goods before
leaving Jersey City, so the friend here
vas commissioned to furnish the
Washington home from top to bottom.
!. Bryan is Early Bird.
WASHINGTON, March Score
& tary of State William J. Bryan is go
ing President Wilson one better,
when it comes to early rising. The
Nelraskan was up with the sun to-
day, had breakfast at his hotel and by
/ a few minutes after was receiving
, callers. A steady stream poured in
until 9 O'Clock when Bryan departed
for his Office. BY 9.335 he was ready
for routine work, having disposed OF
; personal callers before coming to the
.oftice.
/ Delegates from Porto Rico and San
. Salvador were received by Bryan 10
day. Both came merely TO make the
personal acquaintance of the new
J state department head.
/ Uncle Joe's Last Day.
e WASHINGTON. March 7Unclt
/ Joe" Cannon today pepo.ed his las
!, statement as congressman. HI
e locked himself in his office to frame
e the minority report of the appropria
= tions committee of the last congress.
i. Criticism Of the democrats for al
: legged extravaganza is planned b,
e ridicule the economy program o
! the recent session.
: Upon completion of his report
S Uncle JOE made plans to return t
n his home i'll Danville, I'll.
It Burton Called.
WASHINGTON. March Z. TIL
T. first regular republican senator T
e visit President Wilson was Theodor
d E. Burton of Ohio, who urged tn
n executive today to declare himsel
either In favor of the repeal of tn
C. Panama tolls bill. or arbitration c
o the dispute between the United State
e and Great Britain over tie tolls que'
IT ton.
" After the conference Senator Bu
X, ton said hat President Wilson ha
If shown interest in the question, br
,e that he had not indicated his att
u tude
If Cabinet News.
is WASHINGTON, March On
n more precedent will shortly be sha
ID tered by President Wilson accordin
III to an announcement today by Seer
ID tary of the Navy Daniels, made at tn
is request of the executive. The inn
vation is the working out Of som
sort of plan whereby the publ
will be given news of what transpire
= in cabinet meetings.
= President Wilson asked me to So
that at the next cabinet meetin
: there will be worked out plan Il
" giving out the news concerning cab
IS net deliberations said Daniels. II