The Washington herald., 1914-01-22
Under the Capitol Dome.

Representative Cooke, of Ohio, intro
duced in the House three bills which
authorized the President to appoint
clerks for United States District Courts
and Circuit, Courts of Appeal. and to
authorize the DfstrSet court clerks to
choose their own deputies.
Representative Edwards. of Georgia,
introduced a bill in the House appro-
priating 100000 for an agricultural
experiment station in the First Geor-
gia district. He introduced another
bill providing for a survey of a possi-
BILE site for government armor plate
plant at Savannah, Ca
An appropriation of $4,000 for a
postoffice building at Monroe, Wis, is
provided in a bill introduced in the
House by Representative Nelson, Of
Wisconsin
A minority report signed by Senators
Sutherland and Dillingham;. of the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections, protesting against the right
of'Blair Lee, of Maryland, to a seat in
the Senate. was filed with the Senate
Members Of the House received from
President Gompers, Of the American
Federation of Labor, letters urging an
immediate investigation of the Colorado
coal and Michigan copper strikes. ?
The Democrats of the House will eau
Gus tonight on the Keating and MacDon-
aid resolutions for investigation OF the
strikes. -sssz Il.
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The House- Committee on Rivers and
Harbors heard Col Walter Gresham, of
Galveston, Tex, and Representative
Burgess, of that State. in support of a
bill to appropriate s1,4oo.ooo for a Texas
city dixie and channel to improve Cal
weston Harbor. Other Texas representa-
tives urged the committee to include in
the rivers and harbors bill authorization
fer locks and dams to improve navigation
in the Trinity River of Texas.
Insistence upon consideration Of reeo-
luton asking the Postmaster General to
transmit to the Senate data regarding
public ownership of telegraph and tele-
phone lines was Indicated when Senator
Norris moved to discharge the Committee
on Postofiice and Post Roads from con-
sideration OF the resolution.
A bin permitting the Supreme Court Of
the United States to call up for review
cases in which the lower courts have
passed favorably upon Constitutional
questions, was passed by the Senate. The
bill was introduced by Senator Root Un-
der existing law the Supreme Court may
cause TO be reviewed only cases in which
Constitutional questions have been passed
u. N unfavorably.
Including an item Of $4,000 for the pur-
chase Of embassies in Mexico. Japan, and
Switzerland, the diplomatic appropriations
bill was finished by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee The diplomatic bill
includes an appropriation of $4,000 for
the secret fund of the State Department.
: A resolution for Federal investigation
of the Colorado coal strike was intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Thomas
and was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor.
F. c. Hobbs, chairman of the legisla-
tive committee of the Farmers National
Union, told the Rural Credits Commit
tee of the House that a food famine
threatens, and that the farmers need
81, 900 900, 900 Immediately upon credit in
order that they may properly meet this
emergency by developing their lands.
Senator Weeks Of Massachusetts,, In
troduced in the Senate an amendment to
surance laws.
The House Committee on Public Build |
ings and Grounds has scheduled q pub |
lie hearing for Saturday on the question |
Of . new $4,000 Federal building for
Lowell Aass
Representative Treadway, of Massa-
introduced an amendment to the |
postof1ce bill which would make the 29ss ]
second-class letter carriers eligible for |
promotion an f7rxt.claas carriers vtfh fba
increase In salary.