Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
SENATE,

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Consideration of the Cummins rail-
road bill was begun in the Senate i'm
mediately after the opening of the
new session of Congress last Monday.
Senator Cummins is making every eff
fort to hurry along the bill. so that it
may become law before January 1,
the date the roads are expected to be
returned by the President to their
owners. In a speech lasting three
days Mr.. Cummins explained the bill
in detail and defended the anti-strike
clause.
The Mexican situation was discussed
IN the Senate and resolutions were in
troduced by Senator Fall of New Mex
leo and Senator Ashurst of Arizona.
the nrst calling upon the President to
Dreak off diplomatic relations with
the Carranza government and the sec
ond directing the Secretary of War to
keep sufficient troops on the border
10 protect Americans from raids by
Mexican bandits.
Inc foreign relations committee con-
sldered the Fall resolution at length
ana mad Secretary Lansing and AM
bassador Fletcher before it, and later
sent committee consisting of SEN
ators Fall, republican, and Hitchcock,
democrat. to confer with the Presi-
dent. The Ashurst resolution is be-
fore the military affairs committee
ana may come up this week.
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The Pomerene resolution providing
Tor an investigation by the Senate
privileges and elections committee
INTO the senatorial primaries and cleo
ton IN Michigan in 1918 was adopted
by the Senate. The resolution calls
for an investigation of the campaigns
conducted for Senator Truman II.
Newberry, republican. and his oppo-
'nent. Henry Ford. democrat Senator
Newberry has been indicted by a
grand jury in Grand Rapids, Mich, on
the charge of illegal expenditures and
corruption in the election.
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Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
republican, has made several attempts
during the last week to have passed
his bill to prevent the display of the
red" flag and the distribution through
the mails of anarcnistic literature.
which would give the Postmaster
General certain rights to censor mail
matter.
A resolution was introduced by SEN
ator Moses of New Hampshire for the
appointment of joint congressional
commission to investigate laws gov
erning elections in the several states.
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The credentials of Carter Glass, ap-
pointed senator to succeed the late
Senator Martin Of Virginia, were laid
before the Senate, bu. he is not ex-
pected to take his seat until later this
month.
Investigation of the Federal Trade
Commission. particularly to ascertain
whether ''reds" have been employed
by it. was ordered by the Senate. The
resolution adopted provides the inves-
tigation shall be made by the inter-
state commerce committee.
bill increasing the pay of officers
and enlisted men in the Army. Navy,
Marine Corps. Coast Guard and public
health service 10 and 20 per cent, re-
in the training stages. was favorabfy
reported to the Senate by the Mill
tary Affairs Committee.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio intro
Imprisonment the drawing of bad"
checks in the District of Columbia.
1t was referred to the District COM
mittee.
Attempts to have the Senate agree
to the conference report on the So
called Edge bill, designed to aid Amer
lean commerce abroad were blocked
because of the absence of Senator
Gronna of North Dakota. who is OPP
posed to some features Of the bill. He