MAY 17, 1912
The Commoner.
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I WASHINGTON NEWS I
The correspondent for the Now
York World sends the following to
his paper: The house passed the
Bulkly bill, providing for the coin
age of one-half cent pieces and three
cent pieces. The bill provides that
they shall be coined of 75 per cent
copper and 25 per cent of nickel.
All new one-cent pieces are to be
made a trifle smaller than the
present ponny. Hereafter they are
to be made from the same specifica
tions proposed for the half-pennies
and three-cent pieces. At present
the one-cent pieces contain 90 per
cent of copper and 10 per cent of
nickel. The change in the propor
tions of copper and nickel will cause
the reduction in size.
The one-half cent piece provided
for in the house bill has aroused
curiosity regarding its use.
A few instances cited by its ad
herents are:
Some kinds of meats are listed at
12 cents a pound, but if one takes
one pound one pays 13 cents.
In other lines dry goods (by the
yard), groceries (by the pound) or
green groceries (by the measure)
the price often is 12 cents or "two
for a quarter."
If one does not wish two for a
quarter, having no need for the two,
whether they be pounds, pints or
other measurements, the customer
-pays the additional half cent. With
the half-cent piece the purchaser
would be able to meet the exact
price asked.
and occasionally looked at photo
graphic copies of letters bearing on
the case, one of them a letter in
which the judge told of his connec
tion with the Culm bank negotia
tions in his words. In addition to
that transaction, Williams told of
another deal in which ho said Judge
Archbald acquired an interest with
him in an option on a million acres
of Venezuelan timber land, for which
the judge gave a note for $500.
Williams tried to discount this note
with C. J. and W. P. Boland of the
American Coal company of Scranton,
who at that time had a case pending
before Judge Archbald in the federal
court. The Bolands refused to dis
count the note and later lost their
case.
commerce or the District of Colum
bia on theory of insuring each era
ployo against results of injury in em
ployment without reference to con
tributory negligence or any of the
rules of common law employer's
liability. It would provido medical
service for the injured and means
for money recovery proportioned to
the property of the victim. It is the
outcome of a long investigation by
the committee and was strongly
urged by President Taft.
In the long debate which preceded
passage of the bill many senators
took part and there wore spirited
passages.
tho several states for ratification.
Representatives from Georgia, Mis
sissippi and Louisiana fought tho
passago of the resolution because of
tho Brlstow amondment which gavo
tho federal government supervision
over tho elections.
Following is a dispatch to the
Chicago Record-Herald: - A service
"-pension -bill, the- result ofa compror
mise between the house and' senUte
bills, was passed by the senate. It
will increase the pension expendi
tures $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 a
year.
The maximum rate allowed in the
bill as it will go to the president is
-$30 a month. Any person who
served ninety days or more in the
civil war, has an honorable discharge
and has reached the age of 62 years
is entitled under the bill to receive
a pension.
' The rates are graded according to
length of service and the age of the
applicant. A man of 62 years who
served ninety days gets $13 a
month; six months, $13 50; one
year, $14; a year and a half, $14.50
a month; two years, $15 a month;
two years and a half, 015.50 a
month; three years or more, $16" a
month. Older men drew larger
sums.
Veterans of the civil war wounded
or made ill in battle or in line of
duty and unfit for manual labor by
reason of such disability will be en
titled to the maximum rate of $30 a
month without regard to length of
service or age.
The limited parcels post bill
passed by the house of representa
tives is described in a dispatch to the
New York World in this way: The
plan provides that packages of
eleven pounds and less of fourth
class matter shall be carried through
the mails at the rate of five cents per
pound for the first pound and one
cent per pound for the remaining
pounds.
The plan waB adopted as an ex
periment and is to remain in force
until June 30, 1914. During the
intervening time it is expected to be
thoroughly tested. - The bill pro
vides also for the creation of a com
mission, composed of three senators
and three representatives, who shall
investigate the propriety and feasi
bilitv of establishing a general nar-
cels post.
The commission is empowered to
make a full investigation of the sub
ject, and $25,0.00 is appropriated to
defray the expenses of their investi
gations. The commission is expected
to start the investigation, in the
event that the senate concurs, in the
infmediate future, and it is tq, report
its findings to congress oi the first
Monday of next December.
. When It became evident that tho
democrats were about to pass a par
cels post provision Representative
Mann, the minority leader, attempted
to put the majority "in a hole" by
playing a little politics. The expert
republican tactician was beaten at
his own game.
The bill was passed by a vote, of
227 to 5, and the democrats smiled
at the republican leader's discom
fiture. The bill carried $275,000,000 and
there are several radical provisions,
such as federal aid for good roads,
the compulsory publication by news
papers, magazines and periodicals of
the names of their owners. The good
roads provision added between $16,
000,000 and $18,000,000 to the ap
propriation, and this amount, it is
said, will be materially increased in
the next post-office measure.
The United States government's
suit for the dissolution of the steel
trust was begun with tho testimony
of two witnesses before a commis
sioner in Now York. Hearings will
be held in various cities.
An Associated Press dispatch
says: Charges against Judge
Robert W. Archbald of the commerce
court were unfolded before the house
committee on the judiciary, which
Is to determine if impeachment pro
ceedings shall be brought against
the jurist. How Judge Archbald, in
partnership with Edward J. Wil
liams, a Scranton coal dealer, while
deliberating as a judge on the
"lighterage" cases to which the Erie
railroad was a party, is rlleged to
have negotiated an option from that
railroad for 42,000 tons of culm
property, to bo sold at a $12,000
profit, was told tothe committee by
Williams himself.
Judge Archbald, accompanied by
his two sons and his counsel, A. S.
Worthington, heard the testimony I
Referring to the passage of the
workman's liability bill the Associ
ated Press says: A number of
amendments were offered, but only
a few were accepted, and these were
with acquiescence of Senator Suther
land, in charge of the bill. The prin
cipal changes made during three
hours of roll calls provide that com
pensation for accidental injury and
death of railroad employes shall con
tinue to children until they are six
teen years old, and would extend
payment In the case of daughters
until they are twenty, unless same
are married.
Again the bill would provide an
exclusive remedy and compensation
for accidental disability or death to
employes of railroads in Interstate
President Taft approved the plan
of the commission on economy and
efficiency to retire all government
employes at the age of 70 on annui
ties equal to half salary.
Senators Bradley and Paynter
were selected as members of the
committee to make an investigation
of tho source and quantity of cam
paign funds in 1904 and 1908.
Tho senato commlttoe on judiciary
has reported favorably the resolu
tion limiting the presidential tenure
to a single torm of six years. A mi
nority report was made favoring a
single term of four years. A slml
llar measuro is pending in the house
and if congress passes It It will bo
submitted to tho several stato legis
latures for adoption.
Signal honors have boon arranged
for tho German fleet, which Is to re
turn last year's call of tho American
fleet early In Juno. President Taft
personally will visit the officers, who
later will bo his guests at dinner.
Tho house passed the legislative
and judicial appropriation bill with
tho appropriation for the court of
commerce omitted. This will havo
the effect of abolishing that court.
Tho workmei.'s compensation bill
passed the senate 64 to 15, in al
most tho identical form in which it
wae originally drawn by the liability
commission.
By a vote of 237 to 39 a Joint reso
lution providing for election of sena
tors by the people passed tho house
of representatives. The bill had al
ready passed . tho senato and tho
proposition will now be submitted to
An Associated press dispatch,
Dated May 11, says: Tho president
tonight signed the Increased pension
bill, passed by tho house and senato.
The measuro was signed and became
a law just beforo midnight In tho
executive office at the White house.
A congressional committee, in
cluding Senators McCumber and
Burnham and Representatives Sher
wood, tho author of the original
bill, Adair Russell and Carl C.
Anderson, was awaiting tho arrival
of the president when he reached the
White house oh his return from
Princton. Ho affixed his signature to
(Continued on Pago 16.)
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Everywhere farmers are buying expensive feed and roughage and
complaining because they are obliged to do so and that the prices are
so high, due, principally, to the drouth of last summer that made the
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But, blaming it on the weather doesn't help out the situation. A
wise man doesn't get caught in the same predicament twice. If the
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The Commoner, May 17, 1912.
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