New Britain herald., 1914-07-20
BRANDECEE REFUSES
 UNANIMOUS CONSENT
Federal Commission Bill Must Be Thoroughly Debated, Says Senator.
Especial to the Herald.)


 Washington, July 20.-When Sena- tor Newlands asked unanimous con- sent that day be fixed upon which vote should be taken on his federal trade commission bill, Senator Brandegee objected, saying: II will say to the senator, to spare him need less waste of time in going through such requests for unanimous consent to vote on this or any other bill in- volving a grave change in govern mental policy in the question of the regulation of corporations, there will be no unanimous consent given to this or any bill on any day until every bill has been thoroughly and ex- haustively debated, so that there may be at least an approach to some pre- liminary understanding of the mean ing of the terms employed in the bills: and that date, that happy date, I con- slider to be remote by the period of weeks, if not months
 As the river and harbor bill can- not get the right of way until this trade commission bill is disposed of, either by vote or returned to the com mittee which reported it, it would seem that the river and harbor bill will not be passed in the very near future.
 Showing Their Teeth.
 The friends of the river and harbor bill, becoming tired of the repeated criticisms of the bill and the efforts that are being made to block its passage, are showing their teeth for the first time, and while their re- marks are couched in senatorial ,hoc is hot L. ing to be an old Fashioned fight when the bill really gets under way.
 Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who is in charge of the bill. in answer to a criticism of Senator Burton of Ohio, who has been chosen to repre- sent the opposition, said: ''If we are to continue river and harbor work in this country, we have got to appro- priate the money with which to do it, and under the conditions which now exist. If we should not pass the river and harbor bill at this session of con- gress there would be a suspension of at least one-half of the river and har- bor works that are now in prosecu- tion''
 No Apology Necessary.
 Senator Smith of Michigan said,
 
 that ninety mine per cent. of this bill is recommended by the board of en- gineers. There is not a single item for which the committee ought to apologize or make excuses"
 Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, president of the National Rivers and Harbors congress, said that the charge of pork" and graft" in re- lation to the rivers and harbor bill was serious reflection upon every member of the senate committee on commerce and the river and harbors committee of the house of represen- tatives. He asked the direct question of the senate for a bill of particulars as to the items in the pending bill that were put forth for the personal benefit of some senator. He said he was tired of hearing the vague insin- nations and he called upon the critics of the bill for show down."
 Defends Engineer Corps.
 "They make accusations" he said, without pointing out the items in controversy, without giving a bill of particulars, without even treating tho friends of this measure as an ordinary thief is treated: for when a man is indicted for stealing he IS presented with a copy of the indictment, and that indictment charges specifically just what is alleged to have been stolen"
 He defended in the strongest pos- sible way the engineer corps of the United States army, and said that there were but two items in the bill which had not received the entire and cordial approval of the engineer corps. One of these was the Arcadia project in Michigan, costing $25.O00, which has been under way for many years, and the other a project at Lake Contrary, on the Missouri river, where $75,00O was appropriated sev- eral years ago and like sum appro> priated by local people.