Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-03
House Likely to Sit
Until Noon Tomorrow
Without Takinu Recess

With every chance that the House
would sit continuously until noon to-
morrow. that body met with grim de-
termination at 1920 O'Clock this morn
ing. and the first thing OF Importance
its membership did was to reluctantly
accept the cents mile travelling eN-
pense item forced upon it by the
Senate. The House had held out for
actual expenses for mileage, as usual,
with the well known result. The solons
of the upper body knocked out actual
expenses and stuck to the traditional
twenty-a- going and coming.
This item was part of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill,
the conference report on which was &C
cepted by the House. The report also
shocked out the proposed junketing trip
to Panama for the entire Congress Of
the United States.
Big Fight on Railway Mail Pay.
The really big fight in the House this
afternoon and tonight will be on the
railway mail pay item in the post Office
appropriation bill. while a secondary
battle will be wage1 over some of the
little understood items In the Indian
appropriation bill conference report.
The post Office appropriation bill as
passed by the House carried provisions
for a new rate for paying the railroads
for the postal work done by the COM
mon carriers. Railroads fought the
Item. saying it was much too small, and
the Senate knocked out the House legis-
lation, substituting the present arrange
ment. Conferences all over the Capitol
last night and today indicate that the
administration wants to lower the pres
ent rate, and is in favor of the House
legislation. Postmaster General Burle-
son has been at the Capitol taking mem
oers aside and begging them to get to-
gether with the rest Of the team. but
the outlook early today for the Post
master General was glum.
Rivers and Harbors Contest.
Many Of the members of the House
who failed to get for their districts
harbors appropriation bill will contest
the motion to concur with the Senate
substituting for that measure provId-
ing lump sum appropriation. but there
is no doubt about its being accepted
in the House just as the conferees
agreed on it.
When tho rivers and harbors bill was
taken up in the House it was discerned
Senate by the Vice President. Conse-
quently the papers were returned to
the Senate.
Swan Creek Swan Song.
The swan song Of Swan creek. In
Toledo, Ohio, aroused terrific jangle
in the House when Representative
Sherwood Of Ohio moved to concur In
the Senate proposal in tho rivers and
| harbers bill eliminating that small bit
Of water. The Swan creek matter has
| been in the interstate and foreign
| commerce committee for two years
but no report has been made on Il be-
cause Of objections from citizens OF
Toledo.
However, the Senate wrote it into
che rivers and harbor bill, and today
Representative Sherley Of Kentucky
bitterly denounced the conditions in
the Senate which allowed "a single
| senator" to write the whole rivers and
harbors bill by threatening a f1ibuster
| and also allowing the inclusion of the
Swan creek item.
Representative Gordon of Ohio de-
clared the legislation was opposed by
the entire city council of Toledo, and
that a railroad wanted to have the
| creek filled up that it might use it fol
freight yards.
The item was knocked out. tempo
rarily at least.