The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-19
PRESIDENT WILSON
INCONSISTENT SAYS
BRISTOW IN ATTACK
DAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE.

Met at noon.
Foreign relations committee de-
layed selecting a chairman in sue
eession to the late Senator Bacon
unt1 the return of Senator Stone,
ranking democrat leader.
The constitutional amendment to
enfranchise women was discussed
without action.
House amendments for the half
million dollar hog cholera cam
paign agreed to and the bill was
prepared for President Wilson's
signature.
Senator Bristow introduced a bill
to deposit postal savings only in
banks of the new federal reserve
system.
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Resumed debate on tho Alaska
railroad bill with plans for pass
age before adjournment.
Mrs. Christine Fredericks of
Philadelphia urged conversational
ly legislative permission for manu-
facturers to protect the prices of
their standard goods.
The Baltimore fish dealers asked
Interstate commerce committee to
prohibit use of food fish by fer
tilizer contractors and manufac-
:urers.
Washington, February 1s.-The wom-
an suffrage constitutional amendment
came In for discussion today but no
action in the Senate happened. Senator
Bristow charged President Wilson with
being inconsistent when he declined
to favor suffrage because it was not
treated In the democratic platform
tighsle he was asking Congress TO re-
peal the Panama tolls exemption which
the platform favored.
The opposition to the bill of Senator
Owen to regulate stock exchanges took
the form of movement today to drop
the measure. At meeting of the Senate
banking committee plans for its future
will be discussed.
1t is not an administration measure, and
President Wilson has refrained from in
dicating his views
Holding freight rates on fuel oil, refined
petroleum and engine distillate from Cal
iforna, Kansas, Louisiana and Texas
producing mills to points In Arizona were
excessive the interstate commerce COM
mission directed today as a result of COM
plants by the Arizona corporation COM
pany that lower rates be established.
House amendments to the bill for a
100000 federal campaign to fight hog
cholera and dourlne, horse disease. were
accepted today by the Senate.
The bill now goes to President Wilson
for signature.
Representative George j. Klndel of Dem
yer today announced his candidacy to
succeed Senator Thomas. lie will make
his campaign in the Colorado primaries
next Summer upon transportation rates
and commercial equality for Denver and
Colorado
Money troubles of homesteaders in the
west were pictured today to the joint
committee on rural credits by George w.
Fisher of Redfield, s. D., who urged that
legislation make provision for loans to
entrants on homestead lands.
At present, he declared, the poor home
steader who endeavored to make a start
in new country without a large amount
of capital was victimzed by shyloek
bankers who strip each advancing wave
of homesteaders and lie in wait for the
next CROP
President Wilson sent for Chairman
Clark of the interstate commerce COM
mission today and they had a half
hours conference. the exact nature of
which was not revealed. White House
officials afterward said the President
rerely sought certain information"
It was suggested that the President
Gesired information on proposed legis-
lation to regulate the issuance of stock
securities by railroads. Varying re-
ports that the President had expressed
to Mr. Clark an opinion on the merits
of the proposed advances in freight
rates sought by eastern railroads
brought forth a denial from Chairman
Clark.