Evening star., 1915-03-01
SENATE |NFAVOR
Of JOINT INQUIRY
Agrees to Plan for Committee
to Investigate District
and U. S. Relations.
SQUARE DEAL ASSURED
BOTH SIDES. is BELIEF
Representative Page May Head
House Side-Writers Of John
son Amendment"

The Senate agreed to the Underwood
emendment to the District appropria
tion bill soon after meeting today
which means that the relations betweT
The United States and the District OF
Columbia will be Investigated thor
pughls by joint committee of the Sen.
ete and House of Representatives. An.
rouncemcnt Of the Senate's concur
renee was made in the House, but the
understanding is that Speaker Clark
will not appoint the House members oi
The committee until tho Vice President
makes the appointments for the Senate
The Speaker told Representative Page
of North Carolina, chairman OF the SUD-
committee in charge of the District bill
in the House, that he would like con-
ference with the North Carolina mem
her before making the announcement In
the House. Although no confirmation
could be obtained, there is growing
impression at the Capitol that Repre-
sentative Page will be the first mem
ber of the committee from the House.
Desires Square Deal.
Vice President Marshall intends to go
over the situation with great care, as
he has strong ideas on the subject of
a square deal for the District of Co
lumba and has expressed himself as
desiring to make the Senate appoint
ments absolutely fair both to the Dis
trict and to the United States 1t was
proba BILE at a late hour today that his
announcement would not be made until
tomorrow even the day following.
Representative Page will endeavor to
nave the committee evenly balanced if
IL being radical one way or the other.
He will also counsel that the House
membership of the committee will In
clude men not only of even tempera-
ment. but men who are capable OF
banding the proposition firmly on the
House floor.
Trust in Speaker Clark.
Speaker Clark, who knows the Dis
trict situation as well as any man In
congress. also knows the capabilities
bf his colleagues, and there Is a feel
Ing in the House that the Speaker will
pc absolutely square. as usual in max
ng his announcement
II developed today that the so-called
johnson amendmenti was written by
Representatives Page and Prouty Of
North Carolina. and that 1t was in the
hature of a compromise for q proposed
sme ndment by Representative Crisp of
|Georgia and Johnson of Kentucky. 1t
ts understood that these members were
aiming an amendment based on the
kEel known Crisp bill. to abolish the
half-and-half principle. and on the
johnson theory that taxes should be
increased in the District of Columbia.
IL adopted this would have had the ef-
rect of making the District pay all it's
ND ole t~S.
property owners to pay double the
present taxes Representatives Page
aud Prouty, il is understood. wrote the
compromise amendment. and Repre-
sentative Johnson offered it. as chair
nan of the District committee.
Situation in Next Congress.
Members of the House who voted Sat
irday. 165 to 151, to adopt the Under
rood amendment providing for a joint
commission to Investigate the Districts
iscal relations with the United States
will be fairly divided in strength in the
IrNt Congress. OF the 16J who voted
or the Underwood amendment 147 will
cturn to the next House, while 11s of
h. l"l opposed to the Underwood Joint
onnittee Will be enrolled in the next
House. The three members voting
present will return. they being Rep
cstntatives Hardy, Gardner and Tai
etura Representative Brumbaugh of
)hio. who did not vote Saturday was
prepared to vote in favor of the Under
rood amendment, but failed to reach
he House in time Fifty-eight other
members of the 104 were paired
Those who voted for the Underwood
Amendment and wha will return to the
bext House to receive the report of
ghe committee are Representatives
Aiken, Alexander. Allen. Anthony Aus
fn, Beakes. Blackmon. Booher, Browne,
Wlnconsin: Buchanan, Illinois. Burke,
Eouth Dakota; Butler. Brynes. South
toady, conry. Cooper. Copley. DAN
Forth. Dillon. poo1itte. Dupre, Evan.
e1sch. Estopina1, Evans. Fairchild.
Farr, Fess. Fields. Finley. Fitz-
Erear, Gallagher. Gallivan, Gard,
fillett. Glass, Goulden. Greene,
Massachusetts: Gregg. Griffin. Guern-
.ey. Hamilton. Michigan: Hayden.
Hayes, Helsesen. Hinds; Holland,
humphreys. Isoe. johnson. Washing
ion; keister. Kelley, Michigan: Ken
hedy. Iowa: Kennedy. Rhode Island;
Kent, Kettuer. kiess, Pennsylvania
Kinkaid. Lazaro. Lenroot, Lesner. lie
rer, Lewis tMaryland>, Liuthicum,
Lloyd. McAndrews. Mckenzie. Nc
aaughlin. Madden. Miller. Montague
Iorgan ,LolIisiana }, Morgan fokEahorna,
Morrison. Mott. Nelson, J. l. Nolan
fadeett, Paige (AIassa chusetts). Par
ter New Jerseyl. Parker (New York;,
?atten New yorkl. Peters, Phelan.
elatt Powers. Price, Ragsda1e, Rainey.
Reilly WISCONSIN,. Roberts tMassa
.husetts, Rogers. Sells. Sinnott. Slay-
few SIemp. Sloan. Small. Smith Ida :
,nt. j. NJ c Smith. Smith New
Torkl. stephens tNebraskaI, Stone,
itout. Switzer, Towner. Treaduay. Vol
,".d. Watson. Winslow and Woods.
Those Voting Against Motion.
N,mbcrS Of the next House who
'otci against the Underwood amend
ncur juriud. Representatives Mann.
frIdcH. Moore and Britten. all of
Fhorn favor the hall and half plan, but
rho voted against the Underwood
uu..ndnent in an effort to get a chance
support the Mann preferential mo-
Ion That motion was to concur with
be Senate to pass the District appro-
riation bill without interfering with
II half-and-half plan at all
Those voting against the Underwood
tmcndlnent. who will return. are Rep
seacutstIreS Abercrombie, Adair, Adam
ton. Anderson. shbrook, AsweIl Bal
ey. Barklcy. Bell of Georgia Borland
SrItten, Buchanan of Texas, Burke OF
Wisconsin, Burnett, Bprns of Tennes-
tee. Galloway. Gambler of Mississippi
sarsway. Carter. Casey, Cline, Collier
.onUsIly of Kansas Cox C,ramtop