Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-06

 OBJECTIONS
 ID BILL FAIL
All of Offered Amendments by Minority Are Beaten Proposal to Straddle Presi- dent with Committee Also Fails.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

NAS1lNG ON, sept. 0--fTOlOnS- ed, though futile Republican attacks in the house today on provisions of the s11 ,59S, ,945, ,46O war bond and cer- tificate bill, giving wide powers to the secretary of the treasury in mak- ing allied loans, upset plans for prose cution Of the measure before night.
 Objections Defeated.
 In rapid succession the house. sit ting as the committee of the whole, defeated or sidetracked proposals em- bracing virtually every Republican ob- jection to the bill. Among these were three war expenditure committee pro- posals offered by Representative Gil lette of Massachusetts, Moore of Pennsylvania and Stafford of Wiscon- sin, all thrown out on points of order Others, defeated by overwhelming votes, were by Representative Nor gan of Oklahoma and Representative Sloan of Nebraska, to make the inter est rate on the bonds 1-2 instead of per cent and to make them non-con- vertible.
 More Efforts Expected.
 Further efforts will be made to add tee amendments to the bill, but those leading the fight have little hope of success.
 Almost the entire day was consum- ed by republicans insisting that no secretary of the treasury should be given control of the tremendous sums now being appropriated for allied loans as the bill roposes.
 Gillette Gives Opinion.
 "I think congress certainly should keep control over this new s4.000,- OOO,OOO that it is proposed to lend to the allies" said Representative Gil lette, acting Republican leader. "Ab- solute control of this money, such as this bill would give Secretary Me Adoo, is too much power for any one man. I do not wish to embarrass the administration, but I do think that con- gress. through a small committee, should have power to control these loans"
 Proposes Cabinet Committee.
 Representative Stafford proposed that three other members of the cabi net, the secretaries of state, commerce and interior and the chairman of the federal reserve board advise with the secretary of the treasury regarding loans. Representative Cannon and others spoke of the plan even after it had been ruled out of order.
 Kitchen Defends McAdoo.
 Constant reiteration of the republi- can agreement on secretarial powers caused Democratic Leader Kitchin to declare that Secretary McAdoo's state ment before the ways and means con- mittee convinced members that he was using the utmost care in making for eign loans.
 Confidence in Secretary.
 "The secretary in his testimony" he said, impressed every man that every dollar of loan made was a most wise one. I venture the assertion that after hearing this statement there was not a member of the committee but would have made the loans as did the secretary and the president"
 Guarded Statements.
 Repeated questions about the Rus sian loan drew guarded statements from the administration leaders. Re plying once to Representative Cooper of Wisconsin. Mir Kitchin said the loan Lad been made on the signing of a note by the accredited representa- tative of the Kerensky government.
 Urged Investigation.
 Representative Moore, referring to Secretary McAdoo's general statement before the committee, remarked that while some of the committeeman would have sympathized with these loans, they probably would have been more particular in making investiga- ton about them. Representative Ford ney of Michigan, ranking republican member of the committee said MT. McAdco had made all the inuiry that any honorable man" would make.