The Washington herald., 1914-02-14
Under she capitsl Dsns.


Representative Donovan. Of cennecti-
cut. introduced . bill providing Tor the
payment of . Federal bounty Of = :
ton or cents each for dogash o. Other
members Of the shark species. ~ ven
az starfsh. that destroy seafood hetween
Maine and Cape Hatteras. Reducfiou
plants for producing fertiliser from the
fish are provided for in the bill g3
Representative Howard, OF Georgia.
obtained the promise Of the Secretary
of Commerce that branch once Of the
Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce will be established In Atlanta This
branch ONCE vii BE- a distributing point
OF information gathered by the depart
ment for the use Of Southern states.
-Four branch ofiices are now contemplated
the elected cities being Seattle. 81 Louis
Detroit. and Atlanta.
A proposal that the government save
100000 in the next ten years In interest
by lending to the farmers of okls.homa
on land MORTGAGES Indian funds which
II now holds, was made during debate
on the Indian bill by Representative Nor
gan. of Oklahoma.
The United States was accused Of con-
ducting its affairs on an unbusinesss-like
basis by Representative Martin Dies, OF
Texas. Speaking on private pension nhs'
Dies inveighed against the proposal TO
pension eventually superannuated civil
service employees. He asserted that the
government retained on It's roll hundreds
OF inefficient employees who would not
be retained by any private concern.
Claims covering coal. oil. gas. or
potassium salt will be included In the
recodincation of the mining laws or
the United States. under an amendment
to the smoot codihcation bill. accepted
by the Senate Committee on Mines ana
Mining.
An invitation that some Republican
offer a resolution In the House Tor the
erection of a monument to Robert f.
Lee was received with applause during
a speech by Representative Pou.
North Carolina~Democrat. Representa-
tive Pou referred to Lincoln as the great
est OF Presidents" and to Gen Grant as
a great soldier.
Representative J. J. whitacre, OF the
Eighteenth Ohio district. made public
a circular letter he Is sending to hum
dreds OF friends who have asked him to
become a candidate for nomination Tor
governor this year. against Gov. Cox,
and in which he declares himself in
clined to enter the fight.
Senator Bacon had a normal tempera-
ture after more than a week OF con-
fever. Physicians called his con-
dit,on fairly satisfactory" Complete
recovery Is expected to be slow. An
operation is not now regarded as neces-
sary to relieve the acute kidney In
from which he Is suffering.
Representative Cantor. of New York.
in modified form his bill
providing for the repeal Of that section
OF the income tax law providing for col
lections at the source Of income. The mod
flied bill provides that corporations or
others who are required under the ex-
isting law to deduct the income tax from
their clients at the source shall instead
notify the Treasury Department Of the
amount of income but shall not with
hold II.
A bill to prohibit railroads from owning
coal lands except such as may be neces-
sary for the actual use of the common
carrier, was introduced by Representa-
tive Cullop. of Indiana
The Senate Banking and Currency Com
nittee expects to reach within two weeks
4 decision regarding what shall be done
with the Owen stock exchange bill Per-
sons interested are given the next two
weeks to file briefs. The conditions reach
farther than the author intended. and
Chairman Owen has admitted that the
language Of the bill affects fair and
legitimate quotations unjustly. 1t will be
,hanged-
Discussion Of the rural credits bill. in
reduced by Senator Fletcher on behalf
II the United States Rural Credits Com
will be begun next week in
oint meeting of the House and Senate
to which the subject has
been referred.