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Mr. Bon net declared tho reciprocity raeasuro passed by the house, was not equit able, and would not please tho majority of tho people. For In stance, he said, it placed wheat on tho free list, but kept a duty on flour; it put cattle on the free list, but maintained a duty on meat and meat products. Mr. Bonnet, who is froin New York city, asserted that city people wanted benefits from finished products. Ho insisted ho would ask for consideration of his resolution by tho committee on foreign affairs, of which he is a member. Several members of con gress, who favored tho reciprocity bill, expressed the opinion that tho Bennet resolution is calculated to prejudice the two countries against final approval of the agreement. Macon, of Arkansas, In a speech in tho house, opposed tho proposi tion to give honor to Captain Peary, and called him a fakir. President Taft appointed Victor M. Locke, of Antlers, Okl to bo principal chief of the Choctaw na- 9 0M? STRONGEST rUffUrC MADE. 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Speaking in the senate in favor of election of senators by the people, Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, said that the north has played the hypocrite toward the negro. He added: "The negro has been used as a political football about as long as our senso of decency and his de veloping intelligence will permit." The house of representatives was kept in continual session for several days by a filabuster against the omnibus claims bill. The. lilabuster was commenced and maintained by Mann, of Illinois. He was opposed to the old French spoliation claims and the navy-yard over-time claim. Representative McCall, of Massa chusetts, has given out an. interview in which ho declares that if the reci procity bill does not pass tho presi dent will call an extra session. N. J. Bachelder, of Concord, N. 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