Evening star., 1916-07-30
ACTION DELAYED
ON DISTRICT BILL
Senate Makes Little Progress
Toward Vote on Local
Supply Measure.
CHILD LABOR DISCUSSION
CLOUDS THE MAIN ISSUE
Members Become Entangled In Ar.
guments Over Various Measures
Despite Ch.irman's Efforts.

A strong argument by Senator CAL
lirger in favor Of putting the District
appropriation bill through the Senate
with tho half-and- half provision intact
was the only progress made on the belated
supply bir in the upper house Of Con-
gress yesterday, practically the entire
afternoon being consumed In speeches
of a political nature.
Despite the evident desire Of Senator
Smith Of Maryland. chairman OF the
District committee of the Senate, to get
down to business on the bill. the Senate
became entangled in arguments on ootn
.ides of the child labor bill, the 1mmi-
grafton hill. and the effect Of these
measures on party policies; it also heard
a speech on the federal reserve boaro py
Senator Owen; Senator Poindexter, now
ever, introduced his remarks on tne SUP
ject of immigration by reference 70 ms
own measure providing for vote IN IN .ne
District But no vote was taken on the
proposed appeal from Vice Presloent
Marshalrs ruling that the Works amend
ment is in order on the bill.
This is the amendment which Is aimed
at abolishing the present form OF S govern s,,h-
stituting form of federal territory, IN
which all local taxes are paid into the
federal Treasury.
Makes Plea for Half-and-Half.
Senator Gallinger continued the
speech he began Friday by making ref
erences to the Works amendment ano
to the arguments advanced by senator
Works and Senator Chiffon in support
thereof:
II am surprised" he said. ito hear
senators say this is not munlclpai
government, and I can. l think cite
federal statutes to prove to the con-
trary."
Senator Chiffon had said Friday that
the municipal government of the Dis
trict is but an imaginary thing. Sera
tor Gallinger read the early statutes
creating the District. wherein the ten
miles square is termed a municipal gov
ernment.
IF the District of Columbia were but
mere state Of mipd, ne seio' tneI
these statutes would nave 10 DC io'
pealed."
Then the New Hampshire senator be-
gan to speak Of the District appropria,
tions, and what they have peen ana
|what they should be.
Says Congress Is Parsimonious.
He argued that this Congress and
previous congresses had been paesi-
monious with the National Capital, and
that there are millions of dollars which
could be appropriated today for i'm
provements sorely needed by Washing
ton.
II would make this city as attractive
and as beautiful as any city on earth,
he said. "Ir many respects it is already
so. but there is much more to be done
We ought to practice real liberality;
we ought not to haggie over the que1.
ton of whether we have appropriated
So too much. when in reality we are
always appropriating too little.
He referred to the subject of taxation,
and said that the recent agitation on
the subject had done no good to wash
ington: 4,
he said. 'by a committee known as the
George committee, which produced
what is called the George report: 1t
containing many of the single-tax ideas
of Mr. George, and was based mainly
upon figures and testimony produced b3
a man named Herbert J. Browne The
Erowne data have been utterly dis
proved by men who are in complete
possession of the facts.