Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-03-07
Congressional Notes

The postoffce appropriation bill,
carrying approximately $3.50 900, 900,
an increase Of nearly $4,000, 900 over
the house bill, was passed by the sen,
ate
A constitutional amendment which
would give congress the right to reg
ulate the hours Of labor was proposed
in a Joint resolution in the house. Rep,
resentative Curley of Massachusetts
is author of the resolution.
The senate will take no action at
this session on the treaty recently ne.
gotiated with the republic of Mica.
ragua, by which the United States
would secure for the sum of $3,0O0,00O
perpetual and exclusive right to
build an inter-oceanic canal through
that country At a meeting for the
foreign relations committee of the sen,
ate It was determined to recommend
no action on the convention during
the present congress.
Democratic opposition to the big ex.
penditures for public buildings EN-.
braced in the public buildings appro-
priatlon bill developed in the senate
soon after the measure was taken up
for passage
Charges of favoriteism of the post.
office department toward B. F. Cum
minis, contractor, brother of Sen,
ator Cummins of Iowa, that First AS.
sistant Postmaster General G. p.
Grandfeld entered into an "outra-
geous" arrang cement with Cummins
and that the departments canceling
machine committee was guilty of
gross neglect, were made to the house
in report of the committee on ex.
penditures in the postoffce depart.
ment.
The rivers and harbors bill, appro.
priting $47,000,000 for the improve,
ment of the rivers and harbors of the
United States, was passed by the sen.
ate. The bill was amended in three.
important particulars. Senator New
lands scheme for the creation of a
board of river regulation was accept
ed by the senate and the Connecticut
river dam project was added as an
amendment
The house money trust committee,
in executive session, took up with
Counsel Samuel Untermyer the de.
tails of it's report Mr.. Untermyer
presented long analysis of testimony
with a number of recommendations
for remedial legislation. With these
as a basis, the committee expects to
complete a report to the house later
this week.
Representative Hensley of Missouri,
one of the small navy" Democrats Of
the house and member of the COM
mittee on naval affairs. succeeded in
securing the adoption of an amend
ment to the naval appropriation bill
which promises to save $350,00O an
nually, provided the senate agrees to
it. Minority Leader Mann was suff-
GENTLY impressed with the desirable
ity of the amendment to take the floor
and urge its adoption.
How President Taft turned down
proposal which probably would have
permitted American interests to win
prize of $2,500,0O0 offered by the
Chilean senate is told by Senator
Bankhead of Alabama in a statement
showing that capital is being taken
out of the United States and invested
in Canada at such rate that this
country must soon take preventive
action.
Because the conference report on
the legislative, executive and judicial
bill contained provi.
sion eliminating the assay office at
Carson City, New, Senator Newlands
of Nevada prevented adoption of the
report when it was brought into the
senate. The provision extending the
life of the commerce court until June
80 also had been eliminated by the
conferees.
A session of government business,
the reading of Washington's farewell
address by Senator Brandegee of Con
necticut, in the senate, and by Rep
Preventative Barnhardt of Indiana, in
the house, and the holding OF exer.
cises by civic and patriotic organiza-
tons throughout the city Saturday,
made up the celebration OF the 1SOth
of the birth of the father
of this country in the national capt
tai.
On the strength Of representations
made in numerous kilograms received |
from the. Southwest, Senator Ashurst
Of Arizona made an urgent appeal to
the state department to intervene in
Mexico to the extent of making an
effort to prevent the execution of |
John Kenneth Turner. an American |
newspaper man taken into custody by
he Huerta government charged with |
stirring up dissension and being an
active partisan of Madero.
Ratified treaty with Italy for recip-
'ocal treatment of citizens of both
nations.
Policies OF a new administration
md plans of a new congress will be
airly well outlined within the next |
10 days. Anxious to start the new