Mexico Missouri message., 1913-02-06
Congressional Notes

ira session, and said they did not an
| ticipate much trouble with It in the
senate
| Four hundred women from every
section OF the Union appealed to the
house committee on presidential and
congressional elections TO appeal for
the passage of the French bill To give
women the right to vote for represen.
/ tauves in congress.
/ A joint resolution to make the
"StarSpangled Banner" the official
anthem OF the United States was in
troduced by Representative Levy OF
New York. II also provides: That
/ whenever the 'Star.Spangled Banner
| is played on any occasion at any pub
| lie place, where persons belonging to
any branch of the government service
are present, they will stand at atten-
| ton, and all other persons will stand,
such positions being retained until the
| last note of the anthem
The senate committee on military
affairs has favorably reported a bill
| introduced by Senator Clarke author
izing the secretary of war to take
/ over and maintain the Confederate
cemetery at Little Rock. The Union
and Confederate cemeteries are sep
arated only by wall, and it will be
necessary only to make an opening
Transatlantic traffic occupied the
attention of the house merchant ma
rine committee hearing in shipping
pool investigation Tor several days.
Commercial travellers reports urged
/ passage of Peters bill to require rail
roads to issue Interchangeable mile
age books
The committee on agriculture re-
ported favOrably senate bill for pro
lection of migratory and insectivorous
birds.
Speaker Clark has addressed letters
to Democratic members Of the house
appealing to them to attend sessions
regularly, and aid in getting through
important business before adjourn
ment March 4. The speaker declares
it would be a reflection upon thu
Democratic majority If any OF the
great supply measures should have 20
80 over to the extra session.
A feature of the tariff revision pro
gram of the extra session of congress
may include the raising of 500, 900
from an income tax, including the cor
poration tax as part of the 5000 ,OO0,-
900 basis of revenue from the tariff
Representative Hull of Tennessee, a
Democratic member OF the commit
tee on ways and means, who has been
active in income tax problems, plans
to introduce a bill which would pro-
vide such source of revenue.
Division which exists within Dem
ocratic ranks over granting indepen-
dence to the Philippines was cmpha-
sized in the house when American ad-
ministration in the island was made
the subject of a severe attack by Rep
resentative Jones of Virginia. chair
man OF the house committee on insu-
lar affairs.
Clifford Thorne, railroad commits
sioner of Iowa and o. f. Gohlein,
chairman of the public service COM
mission Of Ohio, appeared before the
house commerce committee to urge
the passage of the Kenyon bill, to
give the interstate commerce commits
sion the power to prescribe uniform
classification of freight.
Beginning Feb. l the bureau of la
Dor of the department of commerce
and labor will be without a commits
sioner, the reappointment of DR.. Chas.
p. NELL by President Taft lacking the
confirmation of the senate.
The house adopted the joint reso,
luton approving plans of the fine arts
commission for a $4,000 900 memorial
TO the memory of Abraham Lincoln in
this city.
After days or spirited debate the
house passed the river and harbor
appropriation bill carrying $4O,S00,-
600, without an important amend,
ment.
Although the scope of the legisla.
ton TO be taken up at the approach,
ing extra session of congress has not
yet been outlined, congressional com
mittees are rapidly pushing their pre-,
iimiuary work to a point where rec,
concentrations can be made to Presi
dent-elect Wilson and plans laid be
fore him for the early work of his
administration.
Tho proposal of Senator Clapp to
extend the investigation into cam
paign expenditures TO cover the gen
eral election expense of 1912 was ap
proved by the senate committee on
contingent expenses.
Only the signature of President
, Taft IS now needed TO the resolution
of congress authorizing the Inaugural
tion committee to erect stands on
public space, string overhead wires OF
conduits for special illumination and
borrow flags and ensigns from the
: war and navy departments TO carry
out its plan for the ceremonies Incl
} dent to the inauguration of Presi
dentelect Wilson. The resolution
} passed the senate and was approved
by the house.