The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-04-09
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Fight Is Started on Time-Hon-
ored Secrecy Rule in the
Senate.

Su III the Unlteu states senate HgHlnS
the time.honored rule of secrecy re
lating to proceedings in executive ses
sions.
Following the defiance expressed by
several senators in closed session
agains. suppressing debate on the con
firmaton of Winthrop NJ Daniels, oi
New Jersey, as "a member of the in
terstate commerce commission, ac
tual hostilities began when Senator
Kenyon, of Iowa, after "A conference
with those of his colleagues who are
leading in the movement to lift the
ban on publicity, introduced a resolu.
tion to provide for open sessions on
all matters except treaties, unless
otherwise directed by unanimous con.
sent of the senate.
II was submitted with the backing
OF Senators La Toilette, Cummins,.
Gronna, Borah. Clapp, Jones, Bristow.
Norris and poindexter, who propose
to discuss fully the question of quail.
fications of nominees for public office
whenever they feel that the public
should be informed regarding them.
Bank Reserve cities Designated.
After three months OF consideration
the reserve bank announced II had di.
vlded the continental United States
into IL banking districts and selected
IL cities where Federal reserve banks
are TO be located under the new cur.
rency law.
The reserve cities are Boston. New
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland. Rich.
mond, Atlanta, Chicago, st. Louis,
Minneapolis, Kansas CITY, and San
Frnncgco.
The bank with the greatest capital,
si3.351 ,925. will be situated at Chica.
40. New York state will be district
by Itself, with It's bank In Now York
city This bank Will have capital
OF $lO,GsIGlG
District known as No. 12. comprises
California, Washington, Oregon Idaho.
Nevada, Utah and all but five counties
OF Arizona.
Selection Of Bank Cities Criticised.
Tho announcement of the reserve
districts ana cities by the reserve
bank organization committee were the
signal for considerable adverse com.
mcnt.
Apparently the most vigorous crlti.
cism hns been directed toward the
choice ot Iichmoud. Va. iu preference
To baltimore or Washington. and of
Atlanta instead OF New Orleans. II
was said. however, by those familiar
with the committees deliberations
that the trend of trade from the south
Ia north aud eastward and not toward
New Orleans. and that In consequence
Atlanta IL more stratcgcally located
for a reserve bank.
General Legislation Waits.
Little general legislation IL expected
In the senate until the allabsorbing
tolls issue is decided, The house will
devote itself this week To putting
through the delayed appropriation
measures.
Conservation measures are being
rushed through In the house public
lands committee, The committee will
take up the national leasing bill with
n view To revising IL and reporting Il
to the house within a week so as to
insure, it possible, action by congress
at this secession.
Plans for water power legislation
are being laid by both the public lands |
committee and interstate commerce |
commission, With the interstate trade |
commission bill agreed upon and to he |
reported early this week TO the !
house the interstate commerce com,
mission IL not disposed TO hasten ne |
tion ON the proposed measure TO pro,
vide for the federal control OF railway |
capitalization.
National Capital Brevities.
Secretary OF State Bryan for several |
days has been confined to his bed. sui. !
fering with cold
The house has passed a bill design. |
ed To give pensions To widows of the /
Spanish war, Boxer uprising and Phil. \
Ippine insurrection, The widows who
are dependent ON their own labors for
a living would get Sl9 n month.
The house refused, after "a hot de
bate, To cut the mileage allowance for
members of congress, Twenty cents
4 mile is the present scale and IL was
proposed to cut the allowance to ac-
ual expenses.
President Wilson told White House |
'allers that he did not expect any fiji.
in tlS senatee during the
of the resolution provid-
ng for the repeal of the exemption
'iause OF the Panama canal tolls bill.
Senator La Toilette introduced
ill imposing $4,000 fine, term in
Prison, or both, upon persons who try