Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-02-13
Congressional Notes

1879
appropriation bill. The other six Dem
ocrats on the committee favor two OF
more battleships, and with the seven
Republican members constitute an W
erwhelming majority against the
''small navy" members.
President-elect Wilson's attitude on
the Panama canal tolls and free pass
age for American coastwise ships, is
expected to have an important bear
ing upon the senate action on the
Root amendment proposing the repeal
of the free ships provision of the bill
passed last August.
The majority of the house commit
tee on ways and means, which body
is framing tariff revision legislation
for the coming extra session OF con
gress, agreed upon radical reductions
in the customs duties on mica, as
pratt and various kinds of chinaware
and glassware of the cheaper yarie-
ties.
Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
addressed the house on his bills to
appropriate more than $4,000, 900 to
compensate that state for losses as a
result of nontaxable Indian lands.
Opposition of Democratic senators
to the confirmation of President Taft's
1900 pending nominations has
brought some Republican senators in
to the position of threatening retalia-
ton after the Democrats come into
power March 4.
A resolution calling on President
Taft for a statement for the reason
why american marines invaded Mica
ragua last summer took forcible occu-
patton of a territory of a friendly ma
ton, and entered into armed combat
with it's citizens" was introduced in
the senate by Senator Alden Smith
of Michigan.
Federal office holders and employees
who have been solicited TO contribute
to national campaign funds are to be
summoned as witnesses by the senate
campaign expenditures committee
when it opens up it's investigation into
campaign expenses of the general cleo
ton Of 1912.
With mo battleships" as their slo-
gan members of the house opposed to
a big navy got a sufficient number of
signatures to a petition for a Demo-
cratic caucus on the question of how
many battleships shall be authorized
this year.
Senator Cullom filed with the senate
a memorial signed by 400 citizens of
Illinois protesting against the passage
of the Owen bill, providing for the Gre
alton of an independent bureau of
health or other similar radical legis-
lation. Christian Scientists probably
predominant among the signers, al
though osteopaths, eclectics, homeo-
paths and others appended their
names.
Former Senator Joseph w. Bailey's
farewell address to the senate will not
be printed as a public document.
When Senator Martin proposed it Sen,
ator Smoot objected to having the
speech reprinted at the governments
expense.
Despite the fact that the author of
the principal charges of corruption in
the election of Senators Watson and
Chiffon of West Virginia in 1911 with
drew his allegations, the senate cleo
tons committee may proceed to an in.
vestigation.
Eulogies on the life of the late Sen,
ator Rayner of Maryland were deliv.
cred in the house by Representatives
Lewis, Talbot, Linthicum, KONG and
Covington and other members.
Before he quits office President
Taft expects to send to the senate
two nominations of five more federal
judges, making a total of ia during
his administration, a number un,
equaled SO far as records of docu.
ments show, by any other president
in a term.
The house passed the bill already
passed by the senate, repeating the
provision Of the Indian appropriation
act of 1907, authorizing the sale Of
the Wyandotte burial ground in Kan.
sas City, Kan.
The senate passed a bill granting
an increase of pension to Harriet Pier
sol Porter, widow of Maj. Gen. Fitz'
john Porter, of Mexican war fame.
John Burroughs and Ernest Thomp.
son Seton, the %naturalists, are in
Washington to urge congress to enact
legislation designed to protect bird
life in the United States.
Coal mining companies in Oklaho,
ma, operating in the Choctaw-C hicka-
saw country, receive the right to &C.
quire an additional GAO acres of land
adjoining their present leases, under
a bill passed by the house of repre-
sentatives.
President Taft signed the congress.
sional resolution appropriating $25, 900
for the expenses of Gov. Wilson's in.
auguration.
The diplomatic and consular bill,
carrying ~$3,764,643, was reported to
the house by the foreign affairs com.
mittee. The total is 5000, 900 below
the official estimate and $780, 900
above last years appropriation.
With amendments appropriating
S1,S00.000 for irrigation on the Yaki.
ma Indiana reservation in Washing.
ton, 100000 for hospitals, $125,O0 0 for
the suppression of the liquor and
drug tarfic and many other increases
over the houaa hpnraa tba Indian N
rropriation bill was approved by the
senate committee.
Representative ]. Hampton Moore
Of Pennsylvania, in a speech on Steph,
en- Decatur and the gallant frigate
Philadelphia, urged the house to ap.