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This portion of the Congressional Record reports proceedings of the United States Senate in which Senator Benjamin R. Tillman calls attention to a circular going around that is using his name to spread a land grant scheme. Tillman wants to publicize this fraud so that people are not drawn in by it.
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1908-02-19
Senator Charles William Fulton, of Oregon, proposes an amendment authorizing and instructing Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte to begin suits in Oregon relating to the present land grant cases. While Bonaparte may have already had the authority to do this without such a resolution, passing such a resolution assuages some of the worries of the Justice Department regarding its ability to prosecute such suits. Debate on this resolution centered around whether such a resolution was necessary, and around some of the facts of the land grant cases.
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1908-02-18
Booker T. Washington writes to President Roosevelt regarding the visits he made to many United States senators during his trip to Washington, D.C. Washington states he will continue to visit senators in person as he believes it is the best way to influence them.
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1904-04-21
A group of men, scoffers, labeled “Tillman, Elkins, Penrose, Crane, Lodge, Depew, Gallinger, Aldrich, [and] Sherman” watch four men labeled “Cummins, Dolliver, Gore, [and] La Follette” construct an ark labeled “Principle.”
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1909-07-28
A fire at the Treasury Building is billowing clouds of smoke labeled “Deficit.” Nelson W. Aldrich is the fire chief, and he is telling firefighters Stephen B. Elkins, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Sereno Elisha Payne, and Jacob H. Gallinger to send a fire engine labeled “Lower Tariff” back to the station. President William H. Taft and Elihu Root carry a large fire extinguisher labeled “Corporation Tax” and race up the steps of the building, attempting to extinguish the blaze. Caption: Chief Aldrich (at the great Treasury blaze) — Send that engine home! We’ll put her out with the extinguisher!
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1909-07-14
President Taft, as a hen, sits on eggs labeled “Reform Measures” on a nest that is infested by rats labeled “Cannon, Aldrich, Gallinger, [and] Smoot.” Caption: If the trustful hen doesn’t wake up, there’ll be nothing left but the shells.
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1910-03-30
President Taft struggles to conduct an orchestra composed of two groups of musicians. On the left, playing the “Eastern Conservatism” on stringed instruments, are “Root, Crane, Smoot, Depew, Aldrich, [and] Gallinger.” On the right, playing the “Western Conservatism” on horns and percussion instruments, are “Knute Nelson, Dolliver, Cummins, Clapp, Bristow, [and] La Follette.” Caption: Pity the poor leader of the Washington Symphony Orchestra.
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1909-12-22
The Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” is about to drink from a cup labeled “Reciprocity.” With him are several men labeled “Root, Sherman, Cannon, La Follette, Crane, Lodge, Payne, Dick, Gallinger, Penrose” and one unidentified man. Some are distraught, while others are merely watching.
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1911-08-09
William E. Chandler expresses pleasure at President Roosevelt’s potential appointment of Mr. Robinson as Postmaster in Washington. Chandler mentions possible objections to the appointment by Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, who disapproved of Assistant Postmaster General Robert John Wynne’s support of the Post Office investigation.
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1903-10-23
Secretary of State Hay encloses a letter from Senator Jacob H. Gallinger regarding a New Hampshire issue.
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1902-10-25
Consul Williams at Saltillo, Mexico, has passed away. He is Senator Jacob H. Gallinger’s son-in-law.
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1902-05-26
Senator Lodge discusses a proposed clause in a bill regarding trade with the Philippines. Lodge supports the clause, arguing that it gives preference to American ships and thereby encourages the construction of new ships.
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1902-01-27