The Washington herald., 1914-03-05
Under the Capitol Dome.

| Immediate agreement by the Senate to
the compromise on the Alaska railroad
I'LL 10 predicted as soon as the con-
ference report IL presented.
Senator Marc Smith favorably report
ed from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions a bill raising the United States
Legation In Argentina to the grade of
an embassy.
The House passed a resolution author
king the Secretary Of Interior to pub
llsh additional copies OF bulletins issued
by the Bureau OF Education after the
first addition is exhausted.
Senator Cummins moved that the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections be
discharged from further consideration Of
the Cummins Presidential primaries bin.
The molten was laid over for one day.
Representative Fitzgerald urged Presi-
dent Wilson to appoint William J. Kelly.
president of the National Letter Car
riers' Association. postmaster OF Brook
!yn. N. Y. The President took the matter
under advisement
Senator salisbury is expected to be
appointed to the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. vacancy was caused
by Senator Bacon's death. The Commit
tee on Committees is expected to offer
a resolution for Senator saulsbury's ap-
pointment soon.
Provisions that the proposed interstate
trade commission shall not begin an in
vestigation OF corporation until after
the commission has ground for a reason
able belief that the corporation has vio-
lated the Sherman act will be inserted in
the trade commission bill.
Chairman Flood. Of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. announced that he
would ask the Rules Committee for a
special rule to give privileged status to
the joint resolution putting into effect
the treaty of 1905 regulating fishing in
the boundary waters between the United
States and Canada
Hearings on the administration mineral
lands development bills were set for
March 25. The bill provides for develop
ing the oil, gas, potassium phosphates,
and coal deposits on public lands under a
leasing system subject to regulation by
the Interior Department.
Retaining the literacy test as il passed
the House, the immigration bill will prob
part of this week. A completed draft Of
the amended measure is now being pre-
pared and probably will be examined
today. Changes have been made to tighten
the restriction against white slavery.
Returning from a conference with
President Wilson Chairman COvington. Of
the House subcommittee in charge of
the interstate trade commission bill, an
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and ready for the Interstate Commerce
Committee in two or three days. He de-
clined to reveal the suggestion made by
the President
That Congress has the power I" charter
any interstate railroad and regulate the
financial operations was testified before
the House Interstate Commerce Commit
tee by A p Thorn. general counsel for
the Southern Railroad. at a hearing on
the Sims bill to regulate stock and bond
issues OF railroads. Thorn advocated that
Congress should supervise such issues in
stead OF the States.
The trade commission bill. one of the
most important features of the Presi-
dents antitrust program. was remodelvd
At a conference between President Wilson
and the members Of the subcommittee of
the House Committee on Interstate Com !
merce. All corporations doing a business !
Of S,0ooOo0 or under will be exempted !
from the operation OF the law.
Albert F. Potter. in charge of grazing |
permits i'm the National Forest Service. !
told the House Public Lands Committee I
that under proper supervision the public |
land of Arizona alone would yield a net !
revenue of $4,000 a year from the graz !
ing fees. He spoke in support OF the .
Kent bill, which provides ten-year leases |
OF grazing lands that the ranges may be
saved from further deterioration.
An amendment to the antitrust bill.
whiCh would prohibit foreign trusts from
exclusive selling agencies
in this country. was suggested to the :
House Judiciary Committee by Horace
stern. a Philadelphia lawyer. He de-
clared that despite the tariff reduction
foreign combinations were pocketing the
usual profits. and that there had been
no appreciable reduction in the cost of
living.
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