Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Passed by House.
TOTALS OVER Sal, O0O,0 900
More Than $21, 600, 900 Included for
Public Buildings.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST
Chairman Tawney of the Appropria
. tions Committee Complimented
Upon Results Achieved.

Carrying a grand total Of more than
S141. 900. 900. the sundry civil appro-
priation bill was passed by the House
OF Representatives at 1910 o'clock last
night.
Incidentally. all records for the con-
sideration Of this measure were
broken. While the bill has been
passed under suspension Of the rules
twice in the last twenty-five years,
with but a forty minutes allowance
for debate. this is the first time 1t has
ever gone through the House without
q gag rule in operation. in two days,
or anything like that time.
Immediately upon the passage of the
measure Representative Twaney of
Minnesota, chairman of the appropria-
lions committee, who retires from
Congress on the Attn of March after a
continuous service of eighteen years.
was warmly congratulated by a great
many Of his republican and democratic
colleagues, who expressed the opinion
that only the confidence of the body
III him and in his colleagues of the
committee had made possible the
enactment of this largest of the an
nual money measures in such record
time and without careful scrutiny.
By Unanimous Consent.
1t IS an interesting. and. so far as
the usual method of procedure in the
House is concerned, astonishing fact,
that more than $67 1000, 600 of the total
of Sill 900 600 carried by the bill was
adopted by unanimous consent. This
great sum includes every dollar for pub
lie tIj1 ding ay,d Fnr ti,,,,i
struction of the Panama canal
i am proud said Mr.. Tawney last
night, that my colleagues of the House
Of Representatives, in which I have
served so long, gave me such hearty CO.
operation and support as to result in the
passage of this great sundry civil APP
preparation measure in absolutely record
time. / am happy that they had sucn
confidence i'll the integrity, justice and
fair dealing of the committee of which l
am the chairman, to take the word of its
membership. in practical sense. for
about SCI. 100000 of the total of more
than Sal. 100000 carried by the bill"
There are more than a thousand sepa-
rate items in the sundry civil bill, which
the appropriations committee spent more
than two months in preparing and put
ting into shape. 1t deals with and appro-
PIRATES for every branch of the govern
ment service and carries many legisla-
tive enactments and limitations of various
kinds.
Sum for Public Buildings.
While the details of the bill have al
ready been published in The Star, it is
OF interest that it carries, outside of the
s45,600,oo0 for continuing work on the
Panama canal and the 100000 for for
tihcation purposes, more than ST. ,OOO, 900
for public buildings, $3JO,OOO for recon-
STRUGGLING the hall of the House of Rep
reSentatives and various sums for con-
tipuing the activities of the various gov
eminent bureaus located in Washington
and for other matters of local interest.
The approprla tons committee was gen.
orally sustained throughout. In fact, 1t
was a matter of comment among the
membership OF the House that never in
their recollection has this great annual
supply measure gone through the body
so smoothly and swiftly. On only one
or two paragraphs was the committee
overturned, and these were entirely local
in character and were not fought at all
actively by Chairman Tawney and his
associates
An amendment by Representative
Pearre of Maryland appropriating $685.
coo for range lights to mark the main
channel of Baltimore harbor was adopted
and small sum for h similar purpose in
one of the North Carolina harbors was
adopted on motion of Representative
Thomas of North Carolina.
cooling the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives after its reconstruction during
the coming recess, was reached Repre-
sentative Cox of Indiana made point
of order against the paragraph when was
sustained by the chair. This will UNI
doubtedly be restored in the Senate. for
the main appropriation of S3JO.Uo Tor
doing the reconstruction work and max
ing the chamber smaller went through.
Withdraws Point of Order.
one member reserved a point of order
against the appropriation of $500. inn
,nediately available, to provide gratings
Tor the areaways of the House Office
building Representative Smith of Iowa,
a member of the appropriations commit
tee. explained that recently a boy had
fallen down the areaway and broken
his leg. The member withdrew the point
of order in II hurry.
There was a lively discussion OF the
paragraph appropriating sls.";' ~ TO
provide suitable transportation Tor
freight and other purposes in the subway
lsading from the Capitol to the House
Office building and in the subbasement
corridors Of the House office building
NOWADAYS the mention of government
automobiles excites some members of the
House, particularly a few on the demo-
cratic side. So when this item was read
REPRESENTATIVE Cox of Indiana. who
OF the District Of Columbia appropria-
ton Hill in the House. that he had never
ridden in an automobile and never in
tended 10. Immediately made an attack
upon IT, as did several other members.
They claim that the appropriation I'M
doubtedlv was for the purpose of per-
uniting the members of the House to be
carried back and forth between the Office
building and tho Capitol in gasoline
wagons or some other form of horseIess
vehicle as in the Senate.
Crumpacker Offers Amendment.
Mr. Crumpa ker of Indiana offered an
amendment providing that no part of the
money should be expended for the trans
portation Of persons. lie declared he had
10 objection to freight being carried back
and forth by automobile. but he Thought
members should ride ON "shanks'" mare.
lie was supported in this view by
Representative Michael Driscoll of New
York. who declared that il more MEM
berS of the House took sufficient exer-
else those members would enjoy better
health and the House would be more
efficient.
Mr. Smith of Iowa poured oil on the
troubled waters of debate. He explain
ed that the TRANSPORTATION plau die NOT