The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-06-05
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Democrats Plan to Crowd Tar
1T Bill by Holding AL
Day Sessions.

Washington. the republi.
cans work" Is the slogan adopted by
the democratic leaders of the senate
in charge Of tariff legislation who pre-
dict that the senate would vote on the
bill by August 1.
Members of the finance committee
said that the bill would be out of sub
committees by June Q; that the full
committees report should be ready
for caucus by the following week and
that the revised measures would be
reported to the senate on June 23.
Then II will be pursued vigorously un-
I'll placed on Its passage. Senator
Hoke Smith, Of Georgia. said that the
senate should vote on the bill in the
latter part Of July.
1--WE will keep the republicans who
want to discuss the bill working. and
we will keep at work ourselves from
the very beginning" he said. I'VE will
meet In the senate every day at 10
o'clock In the morning and keep at
work until o'clock at night. That
will prevent the opposition from delay
ing the bill by playing with 1t. We
will tire the republicans out of play
ing"
Lobby Inquiry Started
The senate's investigation OF the
Numerous and insidious lobby"
which President Wilson charged was
threatening the tariff bill. was begun
Monday morning by a committee com.
posed OF Senators Overman (chair-
mani, Walsh. Cummins. Reed and
Nelson.
The investigation was conducted
openly In the public hearing room OF
the judiciary committee In the senate
office building. and members OF the
senate were called In alphabetical or
der.
President Wilson was sent certi.
fled copy OF the resolution authorizing
the inquiry.
Limit Put on Work.
The house Democrats In caucus
restricted the legislative programme
OF the present extra session to tariff.
currency. emergency appropriations
and election cases. Committee assign.
ments as submitted by Chairman I'm.
derwood and his colleagues OF the
ways and means committee majority
were adopted by the caucus without
change.
The Legislative programme as pres
ented by Representative Underwood
was made binding on the Democratic
members OF the standing committees
OF the house. The resolution by which
this was accomplished provided that
no standing committee. except the
committees on ways and means. ap.
preparations. banking. currency. cleo
tions. printing. accounts and rules.
should report bills or resolutions to
the house. or have them placed on the
calendars. without permission express
~ tfohsou W sAo bohaoSf"saS ee"Sus'
Settler Must Pay Operation Costs
The recent decision OF the United
States supreme court In the case OF
Swigert w. Baker settles for all time
the right OF the secretary OF the In
terror, through the reclamation service
to impose and collect annually from
settlers on government irrigation pro-
jects the pro-rsta cost OF maintenance
and operation OF projects from the
time water Is turned into the canals
up to the time the projects are turned
over TO the settlers completed.
On many projects there has been
discomfort because the government
has been requiring the settlers TO pay
the maintenance and operation charge.
which usually ranges from so cents TO
81 an acre year. The lower court
decided In favor OF the government
and was reversed by the United States
circuit court OF appeals at San Fran
cisco. but now Is sustained by the su-
preme court.
National Capital ersvltIes
The president Is reported to have
agreed with Senators Williams and
Simmons that raw materials and their
products In the agricultural schedule
should be eQualized In the tariff bill.
The progressives have been allowed
representation on all the house com
mittees except rivers and harbors and
agriculture. They are given q total
OF 2S assignments.
The seventeenth amendment to the
constitution Of the United States be-
came effective when Secretary Bryan
formally proclaimed that direct cleo
tion of United States senators is now
the law OF the land.
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