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FEBRUARY 24, 1911
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Senator Raynor, of Maryland,
spoke in favor of election of senators
by the people.
The house declined to increase tho
salary of the secretary to the presi
dent, which salary is now $6,000.
The senate passed the bill provid
ing for tho purchase of forest re
serves in the eastern states.
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merce and labor. This is a new
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serious and sincere. He declared
that to his mind annexation was the
logical result to be looked forward
to, following reciprocity. 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-
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The government has taken action
to prevent further expeditions from
New Orleans and other gulf -points,
against South American republics,
and a grand jury investigation has
been ordered in connection with the
sailing of the gunboat Hornet several
weeks ago for Honduras to become
a rebel flagship.
A Washington correspondent for
the. Denver News, says that republi
can leaders favor holding their 1912
convention at Denver, believing that
it will help bring bacfc western
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Representative Bennet, of New
York, one of tho republicans who
voted against Canadian reciprocity,
nrnrtiipprr in tho house, a resolu-
tion requesting the president to enter
intrk TiofrnHn.ionR with the British
government looking to the annexa
tion of Canada by the United States.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on foreign affairs.
A Washington correspondent to
the Louisville Courier-Journal, says:
In speaking of his resolution Mr.
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The Sutherland amendment to the
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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
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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
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Mann, of Illinois. He was opposed
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Representative McCall, of Massa
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in which ho declares that if the reci
procity bill does not pass tho presi
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N. J. Bachelder, of Concord, N.
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Grange, has written a letter to Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson, attack
ing the Canadian reciprocity treaty
and saying: "The solo question
before tho Ameriqan people is
whether wo shall have a free trade
in all farm products and high pro
tection for manufactured articleSr"-
Senator Bailey, of Texas, de
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speech in tho senate.
The senate passed the bill ap
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the purchase of land for forest re
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The Gallinger ocean mail subsidy
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Orient, already passed by the senate,
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house committee on postofllces.
A resolution instructing Kansas
representatives and senators in favor
of the Canadian reciprocity treaty,
was passed by the lower house of
the state legislature.
The house adopted a resolution
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privilege of the house for ten days
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