Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-22
CONGRESSMAN
CHANGE MINDS
ON RECORD Vote
Exemption Proviso Left in
General Deficiency Bill After
: Savage Attack by Rep
resentative Fess.
Bv E. c. SNYDER.
1Staff Corespondence.)

Washington, Sept 2l.--"The cold
tvpe in a ron call doth make
towards OF US alp to paraphrase one
of William of Avons oft repeated
utterances. Friday when the house
in committee Of the whole had I'M
der discussion the general deficiency
bill OF the present fiscal year
Republican Fess of Ohio made saw
age attack on the item appropriating
100000 for the enforcement of the
antitrust law carrying the provi-
sion that no part of the money was
to be spent in the prosecution of
labor or farmer organizations who
have organized for the purpose of
increasing wages, shortening hours
or lettering the conditions of labor
or who are banded together for the
purpose OF obtaining fair and
reasonable prices for their products.
Mr.. Tess thought this proviso
rank discrimination and insisted that
the time had arrived, judged by the
rapid drift of disintegrating forces
against law and order throughout
the world for the American people
TO make an issue upon making laws
that will apply to everybody alike
and thereby exempt nobody. He
followed up his speach with a mo-
ton to strike out the entire limita-
ton. After extended debate the mo-
ton OF Mr.. Tess was adopted by the
committee 90 TO s..
Vote to Recede.
Saturdays action told a different
story when the house by vote of 203
to % refused to follow the lead of
Mr.. Tess and kept the item in the
bill as it came from the appropria-
lions committee, limitation and all.
Messrs Jefferies, Andrews, Nc
laughlin and Kinkaid of Nebraska
voted to recede from the committees
action and Republican Evans voted
With Mr.. Tess to strike out the pro-
$50.
The explanations for the vote of
he majority of the Nebraska mem
9ers is that the Clayton anti trust
bill excludes labor organizations
rom its operation but leaves farm
RS associations and organizations
able to prosecution. This the
Nebraska members thought was all
outrageous discrimination and rather
han revert to the operation of the
Clayton ANTITRUST act they voted
keep both provisos in force.
In discussing certain features of
he general deficiency bill which the
rouse had under consideration Sat
rday. with particular reference to
u item of $263,000 appropriated for
lie immigration service, Congress
lar Andrews said the deficiency
ad occurred through the neglect of
he head OF that bureau. That the
laries in question were paid out
4 lump sum appropriation and
aerefore nothing in excess of the
appropriation actually made could
incurred as legal obligation on
y, government.
Wat Argument Obsolete.
Mr.. Andrews further said that it
= charged that mistake had been
ade by an incompetent. 1T is
enc" he remarked, ito discontinue
'e argument of war pressure for
;se payment of unwarranted ex-
aenses by the immigration bureau
" any other agency of the govern
2cnt for that matter"
After suggesting that the item
iould be sent to the committee of
.penditures for the labor depart
.cnt for searching investigation,
lieving that such an examination
as necessary in the interest of the
'rblic service to ward off error and
rcvent future claims of similar
sracter. the congressman from the
nth district said. "If this item
ould be passed without challenge
would be an invitation, not only to
lat bureau, but to others to repeat
&c same mistakes"