Evening star., 1912-11-20
SOL0NS ARE AT WORK
Wheels of Legislative Mill Be-
gin to Revolve.
HOUSE COMMITTEES MEET
Shaping Up Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Bill.
MONEY TRUST PROBE RESUMED
Tariff Revision Goes Over to Extra
Session-Feeling Among Mem
bers Against Bryan.

Business of the House of Representa-
tives was started today when meetings OF
subcommittee of the appropriations
committee and the money trust" COM
mittee were held. OF especial interest to
Washington was the appropriations SUBJ
committee meeting, as it marked the be-
ginning of the development of the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill. The only two members present
were Representative Joseph Johnson of
South Carolina. chairman, and Repre-
sentative Gillette of Massachusetts, Her.
bert Putnam. librarian Of Congress. was
present with his estimates. The meeting
consumed most of the morning.
Members Of the House committee on
banking and currency took up the pur-
suit of the money deviI' again this
morning. Samuel H. Untermeyer of New
York. counsel for the committee was
present. There was considerable discus
sion of the resignation yesterday of Judge
E. H. Farrar of New Orleans as asso-
ciate counsel of the committee.
Draft of Bill Ready.
The work on the legislative, executive
and judicial bill will be pushed, as legis-
lation during the short session will be
confined principally to appropriation
measures Chairman Johnson of the
subcommittee has before him at present
draft of the measure, the result Of the
summer labors of James c. Courts, clerk
to the committee.
The figures in the bill are kept q secret
but it is easy to judge that the various
department heads and bureau chiefs have
tired of the small estimates of the past
two years and in this final effort of the
administrations officers have asked for
everything they can possibly think Of
The bill will probably be presented to
the House within a day or two after the
opening session. By the day Congress
convenes the bill will be in practical
shape, but as full meeting of the COM
mittee is hard to obtain until the open
ing day, the full and formal approval will
be somewhat delayed.
Work of Rules Committee.
Chairman Henry of the House rules
committee is one Of the most important
figures for the coming session. His COM
mittee will just about control the legisla-
ton. 1t will be short session, of course
and the many appropriation bills have the
right of way. AS there will be limited
supply of calendar Wednesdays. the rules
committee will have a tremendous power
in shaping the course of legislation in the
last days of this Congress. Tariff bills
will not be heard of until the extra. ses-
sion. it is conceded but the Burnett i'm
migration bill, the Philippine indepen-
dence bill and the workmens compensa-
tion bill will be given preference by the
rules committee.
In addition to these, it is safe to say
that the proposition to purchase Month
cello, Jefferson's home, now owned by
Representative Levy of New York, will
see the light of day almost in the opening
minutes of the session.
Representative Underwood is expected
at the Capitol tomorrow, and with his ap-
pearance there will undoubtedly be
sparks flying in the shop where the tariff
tinkering is to be undertaken The few
House leaders who are to .be found take
it for granted that the tariff discussions
at the coming extra session will last from
April until the fall. They figure that it
will be impossible to get the tariff bills
out of the House until May. and that the
Senate will be involved in discussion over
the proposition until the frost is on the
ground.