The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-21
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IN FIGHT ON
RUSSIAN PACI
House Passes Senate ReS0-
luton Unanimously On
Suffers Motion
NO PARTlSANSHlP
IN MOVEMENT
House Wrangles Over Pro-
posal to Print Volumi-
nous Report of Board.
To Relieve Sufferers

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 90
After receiving the Presidents mooS
sage regarding the revision OF the
woollen schedule, the House pro-
decided Immediately to-day to tn0s
adoption of the substitute Senate
resolution for the abrogation of the
treaty with Russia, After q short
debate the Senate substitute wa
unanimously adopted on viva voca
vote.
Representative Malby. of New
York. spoke against the resolutions
declaring that it would not accon1-
plish the results wanted, namely the
admission of American Jews into
Russia, but he did not vote In tho
negative on the final passage. The
Senate resolution adopted Is mtldcr
substitute. for the Sulzer resolution
passed by the House. and 1t ratif1e4
the action OF the President in serv-s
ing notice upon Russia Representa@
tive Sulzer, himself, moved the adop~
ton of the Senate substitute, stAttn9
that the House foreign affairs come
mittee was not jealous Of the FORM
of the resolution. THE results are
what we are after" said Sulzer. "and
I hope the resolution will be unant~
mously passed. showing that we ara
all above partisanship."
A wrangle ensued over the propo-
sition to print the voluminous repore
Of tho tariff board. which was sent
to the House in seven large packages
The Democrats wanted the figures to
be sent to the Ways and Means CONF
mittee for sorting. declaring that tho
record would cover thousand pages;
IL all the detailed data were prfnted<
Republican members wanted the exs
hibits sent to the printing Office inns
mediateiy. The matter went ovo4
until tomorrow.
Representative Fitzgerald asked
unanimous consent to send the urgent
deficiency bill to conference. bue
Representative Austin, OF Tennessees
taken up tomorrow. Mr.. Austin
objected because a separate vote wsa
not allowed on an amendment put IN
blythe Senate apprnpriatinK &50. 09A
for the relief OF the sufferers In tho
Briceville, Tenn, mine disaster.
The House spent considerable timd
on routine bills. Among the number
which passed was one authorixino
the sale OF dead timber from public
lands.
The military affairs committee cons
tinued Its consideration of the army
appropriation bills. but the othea
House committees took day on.
Day in Senate.
The Senate to-day received thu
Presidents message. accompanied by
the report Of the tariff board on
schedule X. in the tariff act. Bot1
| we're referred to the finance commit@
tee.
Vice President Sherman signed tho
Russian treaty resolution.
Among the bills taken up fronn
the calendar and passed were the
following: To commission graduates
OF the Naval Academy as ensigna
Immediately upon graduation: to enS
large the purposes Of the Americas
| Academy at Rome: to provide FOE
the erection of a monument to Majors
General ohm Stark. Of Revolutionary
War fame. at Manchester, n. H.: AIe0
| appropriating ten thousand dollars
for the erection of monument "a
I the late President James A. Garfield
at Long Branch. n. ].
The Senate adjourned at 4:1&
| O'Clock until noon Tomorrow