The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
FAIRGROUNDS BILL
AGAIN IN DEADLOCK
House Refuses 10 Concur
In the Senate Amend
menT.

BY tire action OF the House this after
noca, the disagreement Of the Senate
and the House over the item OF SI7ej3
for the pIaygrouSeis Of the District, as
contained in the I,rstri5t appropriations
bin remained appa emily as impossible
of compromise as for the past three
months.
The, Horse on q ron CsE vote, ~ 10
us, E'efuseI 70 concur in the Senate
srIendu1ert, providing that this amount
snaI be- jointly shared by the Federal
and District governments. and voted 10
further insist upon its stand THAI the
entire amount snail b. paid the District
Back 10 Conference
The appropriation bff. therefore.
again goes back 20 conference. where
If hEz been since December The con-
ferees have already failed TO agree upo1
three separate occasions upon this point
~ issues Playground advocates IN the
t1cHSe VIII continue q campaign 20 fn-
aliy nave the House agree TO the sen
ate.s proposition. the Senate having
given notice that ft VIII nor es-9 FTfsE :
A-rltCeIl OF making appropriations for
DiSLTlct projects PAYABLE entirely orrr
organic act OF ISIS
PreciPitates Fight
As soon as Representatfve Gardiner
called up the conference report on the
District appropriation bill, Representa-
tive Herbert Parsons OF New York pre-
ctpitated the Fairgrounds hght By nov
inE thar Jne House agree To the Senate
amendment that the SI7.oo0 appropriated
shah be paid. half out Of The Federal
and half out Of the District revenues
THIS has been the point AT issue for
three months. the House conferees in
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come from the District 8Ir. Parsons re-
proved the House for it's seeming un-
willingness 10 have the Federal Gov
ernmelt 30 its part toward the children
Of the District
Representative Tawney. chairman Of
Appropriations Committee, came back in
a spirited reply in which he charged the
pIaygrounds' advocates with having act
ed in bad faith The Appropriations
Committee, he said. was unwilling TO ap-
propriate $1,000 Tor Fairgrounds until
he offered on the floor Of the House TO
have the entire amount paid by the Dis
Offer Accepted.
This oher. he said, was accepted BY
Mr.. Foster and NIr- Parsons, who were
in charge Of the playground; tight when
was passed IN December last
They have received WHIT they asked
for said Alr- Tawney with emphasis.
and they now propose TO go back on
the agreement which enabled them 10
get tho amount at the time This IS not
fght on the Fairgrounds system Itself
so much as it is one OF good faith We
should keep faith here in the House and
l. for my part propose 70 keep faith
We consented by unanimous action that
this amount should come from the Dis
triCt revenues whatever haupened- The
Fairgrounds VIII set this amount And
whether we are going to stand by the
agreement originally made
Seek to Evada.
cit Is this agreement that the advs-
Gates Of Fairgrounds. who originally ac-
ceDted IL. novF seek to evade.
Representative Olcott OF New York.
friend OF the Fairgrounds, took excep-
ton to Mr. TawEey's remarks The
COnferees themselves. he recalled had
started 10 act IN bad faith by striking
out the entire item when the bin first
went to conference. He read from the
organic act Of 1873 which provides that
all appropriations OF the District Of Co
lumbia shall be borne half and hg-f by
the Federal Government and the Dis
trict-
MIR. Tawney has cited one or two
precedeBts. said Mr.. OIcott- where
this rule has not been observed. II
makes no difference how many times
this Congress has been guilty OF bad
faith with the people Of the District by
violating the law Of 1873. Il does not
justify the attempt in this instance and
the practice should be wiped out for
ever If you don't ike the law, re-
peal If. but you have no moral or legal
right 10 provide that this $1,000 shah not
be shared alike by the Government Of
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