The Washington herald., 1913-02-04
Congress in Brief.
SENATE.

calendar and passed a number Of bill.
TO which there was no objection. AmonE
those pa ssed were: Granting a pension
of so a month TO Harriet Piersor
Porter. providing for the purchase Of
the Confederate Cemetery at Little Rock
Ark. providing for army and navy of.
fiCers detailed for aviation service. Il
exempt from internal revenue taN
smokers allowance of tobacco to cigar.
makers in tobacco factories. to punish
the unlawful seals on railroad cars and
stealing freight and express packages OF
luggage shipped in interstate. also vari.
Gus bridge construction bills, and minor
miscellaneous legislation.
Morris Shepherd. OF Texas was sworn
in as a member OF the Senate to succeed
Senator Rienzi NJ. Johnston, and William
Robert Webb, of Tennessee, to succeed
Senator Sanders.
Senator Simmons OF North Carolina in
troduced an amendment to the rivers and
harbors bill appropriating S1,l6o.coo for
a refuge where vessels may seek shelter
in time Of storm.
The Senate passed a bill revising the
articles OF war with respect to courts
martial Senator O'GOrman introduced
an amendment to the rivers and harbOrs
bill providing for the Strengthening of
the channel Of the Harlem River. appro-
priating $1,000 for that purpose. Senator
Dillingham; and Senator MARITIME of New
Jersey were designated as tellers on the
part of the Senate to count the electoral
vote on February l..
The Committee on Pensions recon-
mended a pension of s15 a month TO Mrs.
Mary Macarthur. widow Of Maj.
Gen. Arthur Macarthur. Senator Brown
of Nebraska notified the Senate that ad-
vices from Delaware and Wyoming were
to the effect that the income tax con-
stitutional amendment had been ratified
by both those States. The action of those
States constitutes the necessary three
fourths of all the States to make the
the sixteenth amendment to
the Constitution OF the United States
HOUSE.
Private bills on the unanimous consent
calendar were considered by the House.
and a number of members put through
pet measures in which they were inter-
ested. Among the bills passed was that
granting 10 the State Of Texas title to
certain lands in the old Forest Brown
Military Reservation. near Brownsville.
under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior.
The House will meet an hour earlier
to-day to resume debate on the District
bill. at the request of Representa- tive
BurlesOn. who reminded the House that
there remain only fifteen days to be de-
voted to appropriation measures.
Representative Steenerson introduced a
resolution looking to the extension of =
cent postage rates to Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, and the Netherlands.
A resolution authorizing designs for
bridge across the Potomac River to COM
nemorate Il restored Union was intro
luced by Representative Mccall OF Mas
:achusetts.
Representative Garner of Texas intro
luccd a resolution calling upor the De
rartnent of Justice for documents rela-
i've to the Texas ell cases. in connection
With which the department stopped the
lervice of warrants upon John D. Arch
,old, of the Standard Oil Company.
The Foreign Affairs Committee reported
he Niagara Falls bill. which gives the
secretary of War jurisdiction over the is
uance of permits for the diversion of
water from the falls for power pur-
,oses.
The Foreign Affairs Committee reported |
he diplomatic appropriation bill. which |
arries a total Of S,76t6i3. which Is ap-
seoo,0oa less than the esti-
mates.
in executive session of the |
evision OF the tariff. and began work |
rst on the chemical schedule.