The Washington herald., 1913-02-20
DISTRICT: BILL
PASSES SENATE
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tients cared for at the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
Bill Goes to House.
Carrying all these amendments. thu
bill now goes to the House, where tn,
amendments will be disagreed to and 6
conferepce asked. Undoubtedly many o.
the AMENDMENTS placed on the bill by
the Senate will be knocked out in con
ference. but the probabilities are that tht
more important ones will stand. since
many of -hem were contained in the bill
as it came from the House Committee or
Appropriations and were knocked out II
the House on points OF order made by
Representative Ben johnson. Among
those Were the high school items, the
provision for an equal division Of pay
rients for interest and sinking fund OF
the District debt, the municipal fish
wharf the acquisition of property for a
III rict pound, and virtually all the In
oreases called for in the Senate bill as
il came from committee.
The 80 to Il vote on the interest and
sinking fund iteH was divided as fol-
lows:
For the committee amendment provid-
ing for the equal division of the ex-
pense: Chamberlain. Fletcher, Foster,
Martin, MARITIME. O'GOrman. Pomerene,
Williams. Democrats: and Burnham,
Burton, Catron. Clapp. Crane. Cullom.
Curtis, Dillingham;, du Pont, Fall, Gal
linger. Gamble. jackson, Jones. Lippitt.
Lodge. Mclean, Oliver. Page, Penrose.
Perkins. Richardson, Root. Smith mich
igan), Smoot. Townsend. Wetmore. and
Works. Republicans-S9.
Against the committee amendment and
against the equal division: Bristow.
Gronna, and Kenyon. Republicans; and
Chiffon, Gore. Johnston. Kern. Lea.
Myers, Overman. Sheppard, Smith tAri-
Zona). Smith GeorGiaD. Smith tSouth
Carolina), and Webb. Democrats-l5.
The Senate confcrees probably will be
Senators Curtis, SmOot. and Smith
(MarylandD. The House conferees will
be Representatives Burleson. Saunders.
and Taylor tOhiop.
Getting Back Mt Committee.
1t was made plain by those who urged
that the question of order made against
the adding of the utilities bill by the
Senate b" submitted to the membership,
that they urged this unusual course he
cause of the manner in which the bill
had been buried in the House commit
tee without explanation or without con-
Sideration except by the chairman Of
the committee.
In Withdrawing the point Of order he
had reserved against the bill Tuesday
evening. Senator Smoot yesterday in
formed the Senate that the bill was the
most important piece OF legislation asked
by the District for this Congress: that
it had Dcen passed and sent over TO the
House by the Senate last April: that
there mad been almost no meetings OF
The House District Committee. to which
the hill was referred. since that time,
and that there was an evident deter
upon the part of the chairman
not to permit the bill TO come up for
Senator Works, who played an impor-
liant part in the framing of the bill.
urged Senator GaHinger. who was in the
hair. to submit the question of order to
he Senate. He called attention to the
TaCt that he bill had been drawn by
Senator Gallinger and reported to the
onate by the committee after every in
crested party had been given the fullest
rearing; that the bill had been amended
n the Senate, and then returned TO the
district committee in order that the
deas Of all might be given further con-
itNl IltIi, anu liidl NHtH IL WIS AGAIN
PRESENTED to the Senate it was passed
lmost without a dissenting vote. He told
he Senate that the bill embodied the
atest proven methods Of public utilities
equation, ana had Yet to develop op-
'oSitiOn in the open
SHn Fight Likely.
Two of the Confcrees on the Senate
ide are members of the Senate Dis
of t,-lfr he,
nd it IS probable they will make stiff
ght for this amendment in conference.
necessary. There il not great reason
e believe. however. that the House con-
rT"cS Will he particularly opposed L"
he utilities bill, in view OF its universal
CCeptance as d desirable addition 10 the
overs of the District government and
ractically carried out.
The fate of the other two important
mendments, is more uncertain. Tn"
onCs-Works excise hill has been passed
" the Senate, but its opponents are
lore outspoken in their criticism. 1t re-
eived an adverse report from the Com
l:ssioners and had nothing like the un
ividcd committee support in the Senate
hiCh the utilities bill commanded. That
Is effects. if il is enacted. will be more
and stringent than its
md Others who voted for ii in
he Senate now believe, is the contention
+ many, and a number of members of
he District Committee of the House
ave criticised it without stint and with
ut reservation. Through stipulation as
. localities in which liquor may not be |
old at retail or to be consumed on the !
remises, enemies of the bill declare, the |
fleet of its enactment will be put out |
business virtually all retail liquor |
ouses in Washington. although the bill !
rofesses to linn the number only to SOC |
In view of the professed intention of the |
ill., to limit the number of saloons i'll |
TO 600. careful study ol
hat its actual effect will be. when the
tipulations as 10 location are made more
efinite by the use OF map of the city, |
hows that the measure is loaded with
iokers'' from the beginning, and should
OF be enacted. in fairness to all sides
ntil those jokcrs, which are all on the |
de- not of temperance. but OF absolute
rohibftion, have been eliminated, and [
rc measure made TO do what its title
roposes namely, to limit the number of |
iloons to a reasonable number and to
rotect the interests of residents and
theirs most liable to be affected by too
* regulation
Will Stop OvcrcaPitalixat
"The La Toilette amendment is a bill
hich the Senator introduced last De-
.mber and again, with minor change,
January. 1t has been awaiting ac-
on by subcommittee of the Senate
istrict Committee. and because of
ress of appropriation business on SEN
tor Curtis, chairman of that subcom-
ittee and the Illness of other MEM
ers has not been considered. Its pur-
ose is to prohibit further overcapitali-
ltion of public utilities in the District |