Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-18
.GENCY BILL PASSES IN HOUSE
Judicial and Legislative Bill Given
Due Consideration.
MACON OPPOSES ALL INCREASES
Puts Block in Way of Measure Garry.
ing Large Sum.
l. F. ETTER's NAME Is SENT IN
President Proposes Name Of New Man
for POstmRstership at south
OmRhR-SherIey Has Reso-
luton.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE house
passed the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill today. The measure, after amendments
had been made TO It by both the house
and senate. carried S1O5O6l5
In the senate there was sharp debate
over the Cummins resolution, which would
amend the rules Of the senate and house
to permit revision OF the tariff law Sen
ator Lodge and Hepburn both criticised
the instrument, the latter declaring his in
tention to oppose It's adoption TO the end
and closing his attack only when Mr. Cum
Minis consented to let the resolution so
over. The senate then took up the omnibus
claims bill which was stlll under con
sideration at adjournment.
The house took up and passed the urgent
deficiency measure Immediately after it
convened. The remainder OF tho time was
given over TO consideration of the egs-
lative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill. 1t was under consideration at ad-
journment.
Both senate and house will reconvene at
noon Monday.
status of BiE Bills.
The army appropriation bill carrying a
little less than $93,OOO,OOO will be ready to
report to the house from the military ar
fairs committee before congress enters
upon its holiday recess. Final action, how
ever, may be delayed so as to prevent the
submission Of the report until after the
recess.
The postoffice appropriation bill will not
be ready for report to the house until
about February /. The house committee
on postoffces has just completed the hear
ing on the measure, and a subcommittee to
draft the bill will enter upon its labors
early in Januai.
Congress passed the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill today in one hour and
forty minutes. As the measure carried
81 O6O,6l5, this was appropriating public
funds at $4,000 minute. AS reported in
the house the bill carried $500 but when
II reached the senate II had grown 20
1895. 672 aud the senate added the remainder
Chief among the items are s55O,oO0 for
continuation of work the dry dock In
| New York Navy yard and $Ss. $50 to pay the
expenses OF the new commerce court. The
| sum of $4,000 is included TO pay Richard
| Parr, the United States customs inspector
the remainder Of the reward OF Sl0O,OOO,
which he was awarded for bringing to light
the existence of the sugar weighing frauds
in the New York customs house The bill
now goes to the president for his signature.
10 Limit Appropriations.
For the purpose of limiting appropria-
tions by congress to the amount actually
in sight in the way of government reve-
nues, Representative Sherey OF Kentucky
introduced a resolution in the house today
providing for a committee on estimates
and expenditures. The committee Ia to be,
| in substance a budget committee, which
will consider the available revenue. appor-
tion It amongst the various branches and
departments and systematically prune
down estimates until they come within the
available funds. The sherley resolution
| provides for the committee TO include the
chairmen. four ranking majority members
! and three ranking minority members re-
! spectively, of the ways and means com
mittee and the appropriations committee
and the chalrmen and one ranking minor
ity member each from the other commit
! tees which pass upon appropriation bills.
In this way all committees having to do
with raising or appropriatlng revenues
would have representation on the budget
| committee.
The resolution was sent to the house
committee on rules for consideration A
budget committee along somewhat similar
lines. known as the committee on public
expenditures, was created by the senate
| two years ago, but II has not actually
taken UP the work Of passing upon all con-
Eressional appropriations.
! Macon stops wheels.
Because Representative Macon Of ArkAn-
sas made point of order today against
practically every increase OF salary, no
matter how small provided for in the lss-
islative, executive and judicial bill, slow
progress was made In the house where the
| bill was under discussion almost the entire
day. Efforts were made TO. dislodge MI
Macon from his attitude, but without re-
suit. Representative Livingston OF Georgia
| spoke in humorous vein, saying that
some members II they could live long
! enough, would be legslating In the same
] old rut a thousand years from now as was
followed hundred years ago. lie pleaded
| for the house 10 have some confidence IN
the work Of it's appropriations committee.
| The various savings brought about by MI
Macon's objections amounted 70 a Few
| thousands OF dollars, as compared with
more than t35, 10000 carried In the bill.