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I WASHINGTON NEWS
The following Is a dispatch to tho
Denver News: Senator Rood of Mis
souri does not believe tho Itucker
campaign publicity bill, now before
the house with the senate amend
ments, goes- far enough. He would
make the purchasing of a seat in
congress by any sort of hook or crook
a' felony. "I hold," he said, "that
If" every political committee had to
expose to tho public tho source and
disposition of its contributions to
the last dollar, it would have three
good effects. First, it would make
committeemen careful not to go to
bad sources for" contributions, and
would deter them, in effect, from
selling thoir candidates for money to
carry their elections. Money given
to elect a man may be as real a bribe
and may as completely control his
voto as money paid for his
vote after he is elected. This does
not follow, but it often happens.
Second, a disclosure of the names of
those who received the money tends
to force the proper use and deter the
improper use of money. It also has
a tendency to limit the use of money.
One may use money, but he does not
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like to have It published. Third,
publicity of the uso of largo sums
of money tends to arouse public
sentiment feelingly against the can
didate who uses large sums and cre
ates sympathy for the man of limited
means. The Rucker bill, so far as
It provides for publicity is all right
and it has my support. What I de
sire is to have the law so framed that
if a man spends more than permitted
by the law, he is guilty of a viola
tion of the statute, and on these
grounds can be expelled from con
gress. I put that provision in my
amendment, but I could not obtain
a roll call on it and withdrew it and
added a clause to prohibit more than
a certain amount."
The house of representatives voted
down, 181 to 25, the senate amend
ment to tne ueiiclency appropriation
bill providing for one month's extra
pay to employes of congress to sup
plement their regular salaries.
Secretary Wilson, of the depart
ment of agriculture, and Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, of the board of food and
drug Inspection, listened to the
answers of brewers to the question,
"What is beer?"
Charles A. White, the former mem
ber of the Illinois legislature, who
confessed to receivine: a bribo to vote
for Senator Lorimer, retold his story
to tne senate Investigation committee.
less by special agreement some other
tribunal is created. Differences that
either country thinks are not justi
fiable shall be referred to a commis
sion of inquiry, composed of repre
sentatives to make recommendations
for their settlement. Should the
commission decide that the dispute
should be arbitrated such decision
will be binding. Before arbitration
is resorted to, even In cases where
both countries agree that the dif
ference is susceptible of arbitration.
The commission of inquiry shall in
vestigate the dispute with a view of
recommending a settlement without
arbitration. The commission, at the
request of either government, will
delay its findings one year to give an
opportunity for permanent settle
ment. The conventions grew directly
out of President Taft's speech in
Washington, D. C, December 18,
last, before the American society for
the judicial settlement for interna
tional disputes, in which he said:
"If now we can negotiate and put
through a positive agreement with
some great nation to abide the adjudi
cation of an international arbitrary
court in every issue, which cannot be
settled by negotiation, no matter
what it Involves, whether honor, ter
ritory or money, we shall have made
a long step forward by demonstrating
that it is possible for two nations at
least to establish as between them
the same system of due process of
law that exists between individuals
under a government."
Representative Bercer of Wis
consin, the only socialist member of
congress, Introduced a bill In the
house to pension, under certain con
ditions, all persons in the United
States over sixty years old.
Democratic members of the na
tional .house in caucus decided to
send .the campaign publicity bill' to
conference. It is probable "the house"
will accept many of the'.'" "senate
amendments.
Tho campaign publicity bill -was
sent to conference, the house refus
ing to concur In the senate amend
ments to the house bill.
That the ore and coal holdings
acquired by the United States steel
corporation In the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company In
1907 have a valuation of $200,000,-
vvv was tne estimate of experts tes
tifying before the Stanley investigat
ing committee.
The senate has passed the house
bill" fixing the number of members
of the lower house at 433 as against
391 as at present. Under the bill,
twenty-one states retain their present
representation. Those whose repre
sentation is Increased are: Alabama,
1; California, 3; Colorado, 1; Flori
da, lj Georgia, i; Idanq, l; liiinois,
.2; Louisiana, 1;. Massachusetts, 2;
Michigan, 4.; "Minnesota, 1; Mon
tana, 1;' New Jersey, 2. New York,
6; North JDakota, X; Ohio,' 1; Okla
homa, 3; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania,
4; Rhode Island, 1; South Dakota, 1;
Utah, 1; West Virginia, 1; Texas, 2;
Washington, 2. Allowance is made
for one representative each for New
Mexico and Arizona.
A Washington dispatch, carried by
the Associated- Press, 'Aug. 3, says:
President Taf t will send to the senate
tomorrow the. general arbitration
treaties between the United States
and Great Britain and the United
States and France, signed for the
government and Great Britain here
toaay ana signed in Paris for the
government of France. The brief
messages of transmittal to the senate
were written by the president today
and tomorrow it will lie with the
pnited States to ratify what has been
termed tho greatest step toward tho
abolition of warfare that the world
thus far has taken. AimnHw v.
have been mutterings from tho
senate over these treaties. Presi
dent Taft la non-commital, but was
anxious to put them before that body
before the adjournment of the special
BUHBiuu. xne ceremony of signing
the treaties took place in the presi
dent's library at tho white house,
only less historic than the east room
Numerous treaties, Including that be
tween Spain and tho United States
have been signed In that room, and
the messages of presidents and many
Important state documents wero writ
ton within its walls. Th o-0wi
features of the new treaties are: All
differences lnternationjiiiv innMfiKi
shall be submitted to The Haguo un
Tacked on to the bill increasing
the number of members of the house
of representatives is an Initiative and
referendum feature suggested by
Senator Burton of Ohio. Referring
to this feature the Assoiated Press
report .says: It provided that in
nn.Ro of n.n irmrpnRo in fho ronrfisenta-
tion of any state,, the redisricting,
Instead of being dono by tiie state
legislature, as provided by the house
bill, should be. "In the manner pro
vided by the laws" of the state, thus
leaving tho redisricting subject to
the initiative and referendum laws
wherever they have been placed in a
state's statute books These states
havo adopted tho initiative and
referendum in tho form of constitu
tional amendments: Oregon, Okla
homa, Nevada, Missouri, Montana,
South Dakota, Colorado, Arkansas
and Maine. Utah had adopted a
similar amendment, out the pro
vision is inoperative, because oi tne
failure of the legislature to enact the
necessary accompanying legislation.
Besides these in the following states
such an amendment has bean sub
mitted by the legislature, ttft has
not yet been voted upon: California,
Washington, Wyoming North Da
kota, Nebraska, Florida and Idaho
Thia niTifmrlTnoTif ws f"rftAil to by,
a strict party vot, 89 to 29, the re
publican senator voting tor it ana
tho democrats against it
An 'Associated Press dlspatctf
says: Supported by ail. the demo
crats and by thirty insurgent republi
canstho democratic cotton tariff bily
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