The Washington herald., 1914-05-16
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Considering ths agfssu11ural spprppria-
tion hill. the senats o. nnofion of Senator
0aliinger. struck ont of the bin an
authofisatioa 10 ne part Of the appro-
priation Of sse.ooo for teaching the farm
erB "eanitation." The full appropriation
OF $4,000 remained IN the BILL however,
but win be devoted to promotihg interest
in rural credits and co-operative move
ments among the farmers.
| A resolution was reported to the Senate
from the COMMITTEES on Interstate Com
merce, directing the Interstate Commerce
Commission to investigate and report on
the conditions Of coast-to-coast trafic.
The resolution was introduced by Senator
Sheppard. Of Texas.
Senator Blair Lee. Of Maryland, stirred
up lively controversy by . motion to
take from the Committee on Manufac-
lures bin introduced by Senator Stone
for the exclusion Of ccnvict-made goods
from this country. and to re-refer It to
the Committee on Finance. Senator
Stone fought to keep the bill In Com
mittes on Manufactures presided over By
his colleague, and he was sustained by
vote of - to H. Chairman Reed. Of
the Manufactures Committee. will call
meeting of the committee today to
consider making a report on the bill
The legislative bill as 1t reached the
Senate carries 81. .3ss. 27s.7o. This is an in
crease over the House bill of S7os,les.
The appropriation for the current year
was SIS. <345o The departmental esti-
mates on which the bill is based totaIed
%. SO, ,2ls7o.
Increases include Sos,sao for the Sen
ate: $d.5o0 for the House: 1850 for the
State Department; $3.50 for the Treas
ury, and 500, 40 for the Department of
Commerce. An item Of $4,000 was in
cluded for collecting internal revenue,
and $4,000 for mints and assay Offices at
Denver. Carson. New: Boise. Idaho;
Deadwood. 8. Oak: Helena. Mont; Salt
Lake City. Utah. and Seattle, Wash.
The Children's Bureau, whose appro-
priation Of $lss.ooo. was saved in the
House after an adverse report by the
Appropriations Committee, was left in
tact by the Senate Committee.
The Indian appropriation bill was re-
ported by Chairman Ashurst. of the Sen
ate Indian Affairs Committee, to the
Upper House 1t carried total Of ST.
o<s.576.a As passed by the House the
Announcement was made bv Sap,tor
Page, Of Vermont. that a bill calling for |
an annual appropriation of 5000 90 from
the Federal Treasury to assist in yoca-
tional education throughout the United |
States would be reported to Congress by |
the Presidents commission on vocational |
education by June J. This commission |
has been at work here for the past
That the army does not expect the oc-
cupation Of Vera Cruz TO be of short 1
duration was indicated when Secretary
OF War Garrison sent to the House |
request Cor a $4,000 appropriation for |
the medical. department ito meet emer-
gency conditions now existing. or likely |
ficiency estimate was referred to the Ap-
Committee and probably will |
be promptly allowed.
The Senate Appropriations Committee
reported the executive. legislative and
judicial appropriation bill with the So
called "ileage grab" restored. The
House this year struck out of the bill
the usual provision of % cents a mile
zach for Senators and Representatives
to and from a session of Con-
grsss. 1t substituted for this payment an
allowance of actual travelling expenses
for members and their families. The
change would have saved $4,000 In the
case OF the Senate and $500 in the
ease of the douse. Senator Martins
recommended the old plan.
Senator William o. Bradley. of Ken
lucky, who had two fingers on his left
hand broken Thursday evening as a re-
suit Of fall while attempting to board
4 car in front OF the Senate Office Build
ing. was reported last night as resting
quietly. The Senator also received a
bad cut over the left eye.
President Wilson sent TO the Senate
he following nominations:
To be Minister to Haiti, Arthur
Baflly- Blanchard, of Louisiana, now
secretary OF embassy at Tokyo: to be
Assistant Attorney General, Charles
of Boston, Mass; to be post
master, ]. NJ. Minnidge. at Gate City,
Va, and W. H. Lipps. at Wise. Va