Evening star., 1915-02-26
Instructs Conferees to Support
Amendment to Abolish 'tHaf-
and-HaIr Plan.
FAvORS GRANTING $50 900
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
But $150,O00 for Construction of
Proposed Gallinger Hospital
Is Voted Down.

The Johnson amendment to the Dis
trict appropriation bill abolishing the
'half-and-half principle is exactly
where 1t stood when the Senate first
refused to agree to that violation of
the organic act. In sending the Dis
trict appropriation bill back to confer
ence again late yesterday, the House
instructed its conferees to support the
Johnson amendment, and the matter is
now deadIocked between the Senate
and the House.
Before curtIy instructing the con-
ferees on this vital point. the House
accented the Senate amendment to ap-
propriate $4,000 for Emergency Hos
pital, the vote on Representative Lin
thicum's motion to concur being car
ried by 1856 to 107, despite the protests
of Representative Page of North Caro-
lima, in charge of the District bill.
and Representative Fitzgerald, chair
man of the appropriations committee.
Representative Underwood, the House
leader. lead the revolt against the ap-
propriations committee. and expressed
strong views on the subject of giving
all the aid possible TO Emergency Hos
pital-
The other important hospital item,
that of sI50,000 toward the CONSTRUCTION
of the proposed Gallinger Hospital, was
refused by the House, after a curious
division of members of the appropriac- "a
rions committee, by a vote OF 2o2 10 90.
This vote instructed the conferees NOT
to agree to the GallinSer dospltdl
lem.
Speaker Upholds Madden.
Tho point of order by Representative
Madden against the legislation taking
away from the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia the power Of ap-
pointing members of the board OF edu-
cation, and giving that power to the
commissioners of the District. was up
held by Speaker Clark This item was
placed in the bill by the conferees
without authority by either House. SO
there was no defense against repre-
parliamentary practice. Representa-
tive Linthicum of Maryland called at
tention to the fact that coupled with
the legislation which Mr.. Madoen oe-
stroyed was clause alio"1ng en-. cn IN
of parents working in the District ano
living in Maryland to attend PUBIC
schools here free. He begged tnat tne
point of order be withdrawn. but Rep
resentative Madden was obdurate. Ano
the entire paragraph; w,'n n,,, n's p''p'
legislation, was knocked out
In discussing the Senate amendmehl
providing for $4,000 for the Emer
gency Hospital. Representative fase'
opposing the item, said:
pital. 1t has served q magnihcentiy
useful purpose in this city, but ! 90
not believe it is good pohcy Ior tne
United States to contribute money io1
the erection and equipment OF an IN
stitution over which 1t has no contro!.
In making an appeal to the House IN
favor of the appropriation RepresenIA
tive Underwood called attention 70 tne
tact that the Emergency Hospitai ex-
ists through the active work OF pfi-
vate citizens.
D. c. Government Pays the Money.
The gentleman from North Carolina,
Mr.. Page, says we are going to take
this money out of the Treasury of the
United States exclaimed Mr.. Under
wood. This is not the government OF
the United States paying this $4,000.
II is the government of the District of
Columbia.
TT is true that under the arrange
ment with the District of Columbia
and the government of the United
states some of that money actually
does come out of the Treasury OF the
Cnited States, but that is not the prop
osition. This Is an effort to secure an
appropriation from the District of CO.
tumbia for a great charitable purpose.
not only for the people Of the District.
out for any strangers who may be with
IN the District and may here meet with
unforeseen accidents. 1t may be citi-
zen who lives in the District who meets
with an accident and is carried TO this
hospital for immediate relief, or 1t may
be my child or your child that is
knocked down by a street car or injur-
ed anywhere in this great District and
carried to this emergency hospstai for
immediate relief to save its life or its
health.
The government of the United States
is about to close the present hospital
because IL has condemned the property
on which it is located, and this District
Of Columbia is now asked to contribute
out of its public funds a portion OF the
money that private charity has con-
tributed to take care of the wounded
and unfortunate. AS a matter Of fact,
II might be well if the District of Co.
Iumbia paid every dollar for the main
tenance of this Emergency Hospital
that will be conducted and run by pri-
vate charity in the future: but here you
IRE facing an emergency. This session
of Congress Is about TO close. The
credit OF these good women Is ex-
hausted when they have raised an ad-
1itional 100000 TO commence the oper-
atom of this new hospital. They must
have that relief, and they are asking
that the District of Columbia out of its
public funds contribute one-half of
what they are themselves prepared to
contribute.
why. I hardly know of q city in
This country where the city govern
nent is not willing to contribute to
good charities in emergencies of this
kind. They do in my city, and I have
10 doubt they do in your cities. why
should we attempt to treat the people
OF the District of Columbia, because
they may be orphan children in the
government OF the United States, in a
iineren; way from that In which our
own people act at home? I am not in
t;svor OF increasing appropriations, and
have made an earneset effort to hold
Nom down. but this is q governmental