The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-10
BILL PROPOSES RADICAL CHANGES House Votes to Abolish the
 Commerce Court OVERTURN COMMITTEE Concentration of Distribution of Pub lie Documents and Creation of
 Substitute for Tariff Board
 Among Proposals

pOSalS, Sucn as nave iioi peeii ki'"fN' " any bill passed by the present session of Congress, were adopted by the House to- day in the legislative, executive and judi cial appropriation bill. The measure will be voted on and probably passed formally tomorrow The bill now proposes: Abolition of the United States commerce. court and the restoration 10 the inter- state commerce commission of all rail road regulatory power. subject to appeal only to United states district courts.
 Substitute for Tariff Board Creation of bureau of foreign and democratic commerce with all the present powers of the so-called tariff board, to be under the Jurisdiction of the secretary of commerce and labor. The new bureau would absorb the bureau of trade reia- tlons of the state department and the bu- reaus of manufactures and statistcs ol the department of commerce and labor Concentration of the distribution of pub lie documents, of which millions annu- ally are sent from Washington, in the government printing office.
 In addition to these three principal changeS in the operation of the govern ment, the House overturned the commit tee in charge of the bill in number oi instances.
 After a bitter fight the House defeated proposal to abolish the hints at San Francisco, New Orleans and Carson city and the assay offices at Boise Charlotte N. C., Deadwood, s. D., Helena. Mont, Seattle Wash, and Salt Lake City. Ii also refused to abolish the position oi deputy commissioner of lighthouse serV- ice and on this latter Speaker Clark joined with the opposition to the com mittee.
 House in UprOar
 The defection in the democratic rank caused an outbreak in the closing hours of the session, which lasted from II o'clock this morning until o'clock to- lIght. The House, under misappre- | tension. had just repudiated the com ulttee on the clause providing for con centration in sending out pubhc doc luments by adopting an amendment ex' cepting the agricultural department when Chairman Fitzgerald arose In ! chamber crowded with cheering, hoot- ling crowd.
 q have sat here," he said. and have seen certain distinguished numbers ol ny own party vote to overrule its com | mittee. working in the interests oi economy and for the carrying out o 1 the partys pledge to that end, thes' men have forsaken the committee ant 1 if defeat is the partys portion in No | ven,ber they will be responsible" ] Seeing in MT. Fitzgerald's remarks { veiled attack on Speaker Clark, re publican members deserted that side o the chamber and crowded around him
 No Names Mentioned
 No names were mentioned. however ar,d although the speaker hurried ii | from the office during the attack h. took no notice of it. while Mir. Fitz gerald denounced those democrats wh voted against their committee as DO ilitirnl guerrillas.
 | The fight for the abolition of tn lcJmmerce court was led by Representa- | i've Sims of Tennessee, democrat wh framed the legislation abolishfng tha ----~--~~<-.->>,--~ --~~>---~-- -~- -~
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