The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1913-02-06
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senate Would Limit President
to a Single Term OF
Six Years


single term of six years, and would
bar Woodrow Wilson. Theodore
Roosevelt and William H. Taft from
seeking election again, was approved
by the senate, by the narrow majority
of one vote.
After three-day fight, in which the
Progressives joined with many Repub-
licans In opposing the restricted presi.
Dental term, the senate adopted the
original Works resolution by vote
of At to 20.
Chamberlain, of Oregon, and Works,
of California, were the only Pacific
Coast senators who supported the sim
gle term resolution on its final pas
sage. Those voting against 1t 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 it has been treated as political
question by senator's 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
If revision. Monday the Democratic
members began framing the new Dem
ocratic bill which Is to replace the
Payne-Aldrich law. They will keep
steadily at 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, it is said, will be
made on wool, leather and agricultural
products.
Raw wool. under Schedule X" the
biggest item of the whole tariff revis-
ion, 1t is stated, will be put on the
free list. This will be satisfactory to
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 it apply to employees of
express companies as we'll as to those
of railroads, and to give state courts
concurrent jurisdiction with federal
courts in its enforcement, was agreed
upon by the house judiciary commit
tee.
The proposed law would prescribe
specific amounts of compensation to
be paid by railroads and express CON-
panies to any employee disabled by an
accident while on duty.
Representative Ferris, of Oklahoma.
chairman of the house public lands
committee, has taken steps which he
hopes will result in giving publicity
to the tactics pursued by William ].
Burns in selecting federal juries in
Oregon during the land-fraud prose-
cutions. Mr. Ferris introduced reso-
luton calling on the encouragement
to submit to congress all affidavits,
charges. corroborative evidence, let
ters and other official documents up
ON which was based President Taft's
pardon of Willard N. Jones, together
with Attorney-General Wickersham's
letter recommending Jones' pardon.
Pension Plan Proposed.
A system Of old age retirement for
employees of the postal service was
proposed by Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, in an amendment offer
ed to the postoffice appropriation bill.
1t would give the postoffice depart
ment authority to grant indefinite
became incapacitated for actual work
with annual pay at the rate Of 5000.
National Capital 0revItIes.
A bill authorizing the construction
Of a 100000 Lincoln memorial tenn.
pie on the banks Of the Potomac pass
ed the house.
An appeal was made by women to
the congressional elections committee
for passage Of the bill to give women
the right to vote for representatives
in congress.
Believing the Pacific coast cities
will be flooded with immigrants when
the Panama canal opens. Congress
man Humphrey has asked for an ap-
preparation of s75o,O0o for an imnigra-
ton station at Seattle.
Senator jackson OF Maryland has
introduced bill proposing plan for
federal cooperation with the states