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WASHINGTON NEWS
Two Americans, Dodd and Phillips,
"were killed in the massacre of
Nicaraguan royal troops by the revo
, lutionists at Lean. The American
state department has an investiga
tion under way.
Champ Clark will' take the stump
for the democrats In Maine.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa has de
clared that he will support Taft and
will continue as a member of the re
publican party.
For the third time President Taft
vetoed the appropriation bill be
cause it contained the provision that
did away with the commerce court.
The senate then refused to join In
passing the measure for the fourth
time over the president's veto and
the house receded, consenting to ap
propriate enough to continue the
court until March 4th.
Chairman Hilles of the Taft com
mittee announced that five republi
cans who have been classed as pro
gressives are now claimed by the
Taft men. These are, La Follette of
Washington, Kendal, Wood, and
Haugen, of Iowa, and Rees of
Kansas.
Word has been received that 430
Nicaraguan soldiers were massacred.
An Associated Press dispatch
says: Representative Norris of Ne
braska introduced a resolution re
questing the president to send to the
house all information he has regard
ing the case of James Wood Rogers,
a Californian, who was killed in the
Central African jungles as the result
of a hunt of British soldiers who
were ordered to kill or capture him.
The resolution was referred to the
foreign affairs committee.
The resolution follows:
"Resolved, That the president of
the United States be and he is hereby
requested, if not incompatible with
the public interest, to transmit to the
house of representatives all informa
tion that may bo in his possession or
in the possession of the department
of state in regard to the alleged kill
ing of James W. Rogers, an Ameri
can citizen, by Britinli RniriWa n
Africa, and to Inform the house of
representatives what action, if any,
has been taken or is contemplated to
investigate the killing of the said
James W. Rogers."
Representative Sulzer of New
York, chairman of the foreign affairs
coinmmee, communicated with the
state department and was advised
that the department was investigat
ing the matter and that all the facts
that could be obtained would be fur
nished to the committee.
Mr. Norris said he regarded the
shooting as an outrage on an Ameri
can citizen so far as the available in
formation shows. Ho declared it
seemed that Rogers, as an American
charged with offenses that did not
warrant killing him, was fatally shot
under ironclad orders of the British
government carried out on Belgian
soil.
human being now knows how much
money will be appropriated by this
congress even In round figures."
Mr. Shirley condemned as alto
gether "unscientific" the present
system and insisted that a broader
view of the financial system, so far as
the government was concerned, was
necessary to prevent extravagance
and check unnecessary expenditure.
He declared the budget system would
solve the situation.
"We are the only great nation on
earth," he said, "that undertakes to
appropriate these vast sums without
consideration of the matter as a
whole. And when you think that the
congress of the United States ap
propriates a thousand millions and
no one, except as he may gain by pri
vate conference, has any knowledge
of what the totals may be, you can
see the absolutely unscientific char
acter of the method. The wonder is
that with such methods the expendi
ture is not even more than it has
been in the past."
In concluding his arraignment of
the nation's business methods, Mr.
Shirley announced his intention to
frame corrective legislation.
President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination of Major Beecher B.
Ray, U. S. A., to be deputy pay
master general with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel. Major Ray's alleged
political activity in 1908 and other
of his acts while in the army have
been the subject of congressional investigation.
Senator La Follette fought for the
resolution to investigat. the cam
paign contribution of the Standard
Oil company and to expose correspon
dence between members of congress
and John D. Archbold and George W.
Perkins, The senate agreed to ad
journ at 3 o'clock Sunday morning,
but it continued throughout the Sab
bath day and night. Senator La Fol
lette announced that he would de
mand a record vote on this resolu
tion. Senator Chamberlain of Ore
gon led a filibuster of his own, the
object of which was to force the
house to agree to the payment of
$6,000,000 of old state claims. Of
this Maryland has $72,000 and Vir
ginia $120,000, Texas something
more than $217,000 and Oregon
something more than $193,000.
Maryland and Virginia claims are for
"loans" made to the government in
1790 and 1791 actually were given
to the government as an inducement
for the location of the national capi
tal in the present District of Colum
bia. The Texas claim of $217,693.39 is
to reimburse that state for money it
spent from 1858 to 1861 in "defense"
of the Texas frontier against Mexi
can marauders and Indian despera
does. The Oregon claim of $193,543.02
is for the expense of raising volun
teers for the Indian wars from 1862
to 1867.
Vice President James S. Sherman
was notified of his renomination at
Utica, New York.
Congress adjourned for the ses
sion at 4:30 o'clock on the afternoon
of Monday, August 26th. The senate
yielded to La Follette's filibuster and
adopted the Penrose resolution call
ing for a complete investigation of
the campaign contributions of John
D. Archbold and George W. Perkins,
and of all "financial transactions and
Correspondence, relating thereto b&.
tween the financiers and CoionpJ
Roosevelt, representatives in con
gress and members of the senate i
the United States." e or
An Associated Press disnafrh co.
.When the senate met at noon it had
uueu mutually agreed that no oppo
sition would bo made to Senator La
Follette's request for action. Based
on the charges made by Senator Pen
rose that the Standard Oil company
had contributed $100,000 to the
Roosevelt fund in 1904, the resolu
tion had been amended by Senators
Poindexter and Penrose to cover, re
spectively, all the activities of' Mr.
Archbold and Mr. Perkins of a poli
tical nature.
The resolution once before the
senate passed with little discussion
and with no votes In the negative.
One important change made gives
witnesses the right to have attorneys
at the hearings before the senate
committee. Senator Clapp, chairman
of the sub-committee which will con
duct the investigation, said today his
committee probably would not con
vene before September 30th.
General Willam Booth, founder of
the Salvation Army, died at his home
in London. He will be succeeded as
head of the army by his son, Bram
well Booth. President Taft has sent
messages of condolence to the family.
C. W. Taylor of Pearl, Kansas, is
a user of the farm tractor for plow
ing, harrowing, threshing, pulling
dead trees out of the orchard, and
next year will draw the wheat bind
ers with the engine. He is convinced
that it is the cheapest power he can
use. He says the gasoline tractor
has done everything he has asked it
to do, and that he will use it to the
greatest possible extent. Ex.
Increase the Vote in Your Precinct and County
The most important duty con
fronting democratic workers in this
campaign is the work of increasing
the democratic vote in each indi
vidual precinct. The county, state,
and national committees have their
tasks, but, In the main, they will de
pend on the earnest workers of the
rank and file-in every precinct, s
It Is not necessary to rely on cam
paign ,funds to make a winning fight
in your precinct. Some of the great
est precinct victories have been
achieved without the expenditure of
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accomplished by earnest workers who
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This year the work has been taken
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it is causing consternation among the
campaign managers. They realize
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independent thinking voters with the
usual campaign tricks, hence the
worry. It does not take a shrewd
politician to see that with The Coin-
An Associated Press dispatch
says: In serving notice on the
house that he proposed to advocate
sweeping reforms in the manner of
appropriating funds, Representative
Shirley of Kentucky, democrat and a
member of the appropriations com
mittee, attacked the present method
of drawing on the public funds for
the conduct of the government. Al
though within a fow hours of ad
journment Mr. Shirley said that "no
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voters in a precinct during the cam
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