The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-02-19
WANT TO GO CAMPAIGNING.
Lawmakers Working for Adjourn
ment on June 1St.

ministration leaders in congress,
seeking to speed up the legislative
program, will make an effort this
week to dispose of more of the ap-
preparation measures. In the senate,
the postoffice appropriation bill will
be taken up whilet he house is COM
pleting work on the Indian bill.
With the session now nearly three
months old, and new problems pre-
senting themselves, democratic chief
tains are growing apprehensive about
the possibility of an early adjourn
ment, so members can get into the
coming congressional campaign. 1t is
less than four months until June l.,
the tentative objective point for ad-
journment, and much work remains.
So the word has gone out to COM
mittees to work as rapidly as pos
sible and floor leaders have been urg-
ed to limit debate to minimum.
A Fight in Store.
| While the senate usually disposes
of appropriation bills rapidly, there
is a fight in store on the postoffice
bill, owing to the committee amend
ment which would take the power
from the postmaster general to
| change rates, weight limits or other
features of the parcels post system.
Little will be accomplished early in
the week, owing to the death of
Senator Bacon, whose funeral will be
held Tuesday. Though the death of
the Georgia senator will deprive the
foreign relations committee of it's
| leader, no change is contemplated in
the program to begin consideration of
the eight general arbitration treaties
pending. These will be taken up in
executive session of the senate Tues
day, the leadership in the discussion
of the demands falling on Senator
Shively, of Indiana, second demo-
crat in rank on the foreign rela-
tions committee Senator Stone, the
ranking democrat, is i'll.
Expired Treaties.
The conventions to be pressed for
ratification and extension are the ex-
pired treaties with Great Britain, ia
pan, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway,
Portugal and Switzerland. Senator
Shively tonight said there undoubt-
edly would be opposition to the
treaties, but he confidently expected
all to be ratified.
immigration legislation will be
considered throughout the week by
the senate committee on immigra-
tion ra':
Revision and perfection Of anti
trust legislative bills will continue
before senate and house committees,
it having been determined that all the
tentative measures must be changed.
Senator Walsh's measure to pro-
vide government control of radium
will be the subject of further hear
ings by the senate committee on
mines and mining.
Antitrust Hearings.
The House antitrust and COM
merce regulation hearings program
for tomorrow includes Louis Bran
dies, of Boston, before the. judiciary
committee to discuss price fixing and
interlocking directorates and dele
cation of bituminous coal operators
before the interstate commerce COM
mittee.
The pension appropriation bill is
ready and the army appropriation
bill carrying s94,o00,000, a radical
reduction from the estimates, will be
reported to the House when it meets
tomorrow.
The House committee on naval af-
fairs will vote February "a on the
naval building program, for which
the Administration asks TWO Dattle-
ships, eight destroyers and three sub
marines.
The naval appropriation bill is be-
ing prepared by a subcommittee
which is considering a plan for
navy department commission to in
vestigate the Government armor
plate plant project and report at the
next session of Congress.
Decision as to whether the pro-
posed 100000 dry dock shall be at
Norfolk as recommended by the navy
department, or at Philadelphia. will
be left to the full committee.
Because of complaints Of misman-
agement of the ten branches of the
United States Soldiers Home, the
House committee on military affairs
is conducting hearings on a bill to
transfer the administration of these
Homes from the present board OF
civilian managers to the war depart