The Washington herald., 1914-03-26
Under the Capitol Dome.

i Under the Capitol Dome.
The House passed on a viva yoce vote
the Hensley bill prohibiting the importa-
tion into this country of all goods, wares
| and merchandise produced in whole or
part In foreign countries by convict, pau
per or prison labor.
BY a vote of Is to q the Senate de-
feated the Myers bill providing for the
sale Of 1000 acres of coal lands in Mon
tana to the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Railroad.
The Senate ratified an extension for
hve years Of the general arbitration
treaty with Costa Rica and made public
the international convention relating to
safety-at-sea signed at London January
20.
The Senate confirmed the nominations
OF w. w. Thayer, to be Secretary of the
Territory of Hawaii and Ralph p.
Quarles, to be an associate justice of the
supreme Court of the Territory of Ha-
wall.
favorable report on the nomination
OF John L. Saulles of Pennsylvania, to
be Minister to Uruguay was ordered by
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, is to be
appointed the thirteenth member of the
senate Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. and after the confirmation of his
appointment II Is expected that a favor
able report may be made upon a bill to
regulate stock exchanges. BY this addi-
ton to the committee il is said that
a ~ 80
stock exchange bill can be found TO re-
port II without material alterations. That
there viii be some notifications how
ever, has been stated by Chairman Owen
A bill permitting postal savings de-
posits to be loaned on farm MORTGAGES
at 4l-2 per cent for a term not exceed
ing twenty years was introduced by
Senator Gronna. Of North Dakota.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations ordered favorable report on the
nomination of Robert Lansing of New
York, to be counselor. and of Cole John
son. OF Texas. to be solicitor for the De-
partment of State.
A rate of Il-2 cents per ounce
on packets of seeds and bulbs
weighing not more than eight ounces is
provided in bill reported favorably by
the House Postoffices Committee. The
measure, which cuts in two the present |
rate. already has passed the Senate
Twelve hundred years supply of coal |
measured by the amount used in the |
United States last year is all that We |
have left within our boundaries accord |
ing to George Otis Smith. of the Geolog-
ical Survey. who testified in favor OF the |
Ferris coal and oil land leasing bill be- |
fore the House Public Lands Committee |
Smith showed the committee that the |
country last year used half a billion tons |
of coal, and that the amount still un-
mined is about 600. 700 OO0, 900 tons
Secretary of State Bryan appeared be- |
fore the Senate Committee on Foreign |
Relations and discussed general arbitra-
tion treaties including the proposed
treaty with Denmark. The Danish treaty
provides for unlimited arbitration and
when Secretary Bryan last appeared be-
fore the committee considerable oppo-
sition was manifested to any proposal
that would require the arbitration of mat
tiers involving the national honor or
national interests
Under protest the Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency authorized Sena-
tor Hollis, Chairman of the subcommittee
in charge of rural credits legislation to
employ an expert to advise the sub
at a salary of not TO exceed
81 a day. nor to exceed SOo in all. II
is understood that II. Parker Willis. of
New York. who drafted the original cur
renCy bill will be employed.
Representative Calder, of New York.
introduced in the House a joint resolu-
ton extending the thanks of Congress TO
Col. George w. Goethals. in recognition
Of his great services as chief engineer
and administrator in building the Pan
anna Canal The measure authorizes
the President to name Col. Goethals a
lieutenant general in the army.
Loans to school districts on school dis
trict bonds directly from the postal saw
ngs bank bonds were considered before
a House Postoffice subcommittee when
John F. Murray. of San Francisco.
pleaded for this plan, which is embodied
in the Raker bill.
Representative SABBATH. of Illinois. in
troduced a bill to revise and amend the
aw placing tax upon oleomargerine by
permitting the change in the name of
this by-product of the beef industry to
butterine" The measure further
the existing law so as to make
he collection of the tax more certain
with a view to increasing the revenue
derived therefrom.
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