The Colorado statesman., 1923-01-06
DOMESTIC

Jan. S-Henry P. Fletcher appointed am
IAN 9-George Wharton Pepper ap-
pointed United States senator from Penn
sylvania TO succeed the late Boies Pen
Jan. l2-Senate by vote OF as to Il seated
Truman H. Newberry of Michigan, with
rebuke for lavish expenditure of money
in campaign.
Jan. 26-House passed anti-lynching bill.
Jan. 3l-Senate passed foreign debt re-
funding bill. putting limit for payment at
Feb. "A. B. Houghton appointed am
bassador TO Germany, Theodore Brentano
minister TO Hungary and A. II. Washburn
minister to Austria.
Feb. S-Senate passed the house CO.
operative marketing bill.
Feb. l1-Charles a. Rawson appointed
United States senator from Iowa to sue
FEB IS-Federal Judge X. NJ. Lands
resigned, effective March !.
Feb. 2T-Supreme court ruled Nineteenth.
or woman's suffrage, amendment is con-
stitutonal.
to congress urged subsidies for American
merchant marine which will amount to
Sl5.OOO,ooO in first year and sSO,000ooo an
Ma, March Pr. Hubert Work appointed
postmaster general.
March 23-HouSe OF representatives
passed soldiers bonus bill.
March 27-House voted to add SIS 900
to rivers and harbors appropriation.
March 29-l1ouse passed army bill with
appropriations for army of ll5,OOo.
April i5-House. in committee of the
WHOLE. voted. III to 1870. to amend navy
bill to provide Tor S6'Vo men instead OF
senate voted to extend per cent immi-
grafton law for three years.
April l9-H6use clinched big navy"
action by vote of 22l to l4S, and then
passed the bill.
April 2O-Pan-American meeting of
women opened in Baltimore.
Aprn 2l-Congress appropriated 81 ,0O0, 900
for flood control and relief in Mississippi
Nav INUnited States Supreme court
found packers control act constitutional.
NAV 2-Former Senator Albert ]. Bever-
Republican primaries. Samuel NJ. Ralston
nominated by the Democrats;
May 5-House passed a1c0oO00 soldier
Ma; May - 2O|A. II. Geissler, Oklahoma. ap-
pointed minister TO Guatemala.
May 24-Interstate commerce commits
| sion ordered rail freight rates reduced
| about 10 per cent effective July l.
May 3O-Lincoln memorial at Washing
| ton dedicated
June 2-Senate passed army bill pro-
viding for army of lSS.Oo0 enlisted men.
June 5-United States Supreme court
| held labor organizations could be sued for
| viola tions of Sherman antitrust law.
June 19-senate passed navy ,appropria-
| ton bill, providing for 5000 enlisted men
Minnesota Republicans renominated
| United States Senator f. b. Kellogg.
and Democrats renominated Mrs. Anna
June 2i-Illnois Supreme court upheld
| the convictions of William Bross Lloyd
| and is other members of the Communist
| Labor party for sedition
| June 22-Striking miners in Williamson
| county Illinois, slaughtered 10 strike
| breakers and mine guards
| June 24-Gov. Len Small of Illinois found
not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the
June 27-wisconsin Democrats nominated
Mrs Ben C. Hooper of Oshkosh for United
| States senate
| June Ex-senator P. J. McCumber de-
| feated for denomination in Republican
| primaries of North Dakota by Lynn J..
| Frazier.
| July l-General Lord succeeded General
| Dawes as director OF the budget.
July Thames H. Wilkerson named to
succeed X. NJ Lands as United States
July is-Robert B. Howell nominated
for senate by Republicans of Nebraska
and Senator Hitchcock renominated by
| Democrats.
Aug. ll-John w. Davis elected presi-
dent American Bar association.
Aug. l5-Ma1 David A. Reed appointed
to succeed the late United States Senator
Crow OF Pennsylvania.
Aug. 19-Senate passed the McCumber
tarin bill.
Aug. 23-House paused bill to create
coal investigating commission.
Aug. 24-Secretary OF State Hughes
sailad for praxn