Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-27
DAYLIGHT LAW
NEARS END OF
SHORT CAREER
Repeal of Measure Sought by
Mclaughlin and to Be e.
feCtive Second Sunday
After Bill Passes.

Washington, May 26.-(Special
Telegram) - Representative Nc
Laughlin said today that at the
meeting of the agricultural COM
mittee of the house of which he is
member, held this morning, the
committee decided to attach to the
agricultural appropriation bill an
amendment repeating the daylight
saving law and making it effective
the second Sunday after the bill be-
comes a law. This early action is
proposed so that the farmers
throughout the country who are the
bitterest opponents of the daylight
saving, may have the benefit of the
old time during the coming harvest
soon.
The committee also increased the
appropriation for the Bureau of ami
NAL industry to be used for stamp
ing out tuberculosis, from 100000 to
$l,5O0,OO0.
Appropriations for agriculture, in
view of the enormous benefits to be
derived, have been uniformly low"
said Mr.. Mclaughlin. "Anything
that is appropriated to assist pro-
duction and increase food supply is
money only loaned and it comes
back to US many fold"
Money for Platte Valley.
Representative Kinkaid was ad-
vised today that Messrs. Whitehead,
Powers, Westervelt, Sands and Will
lis, who have been interested in IT.
rigation and reclama ton of arid
lands, left SCOTS Bluff valley Sum
day for Washington to appear be-
fore the house committee on appro-
priations, to urge a larger appro-
priation for the North Platte prof.
ect than was carried in the sundry
civil bill that failed to get considera-
ton by the senate committee on ap-
preparations in the last session of
congress.
The progressive republicans of
the senate having been defeated in
their fight to sidetrack Penrose as
chairman Of finance, and Warren as
chairman of appropriations, this
morning at the conference of repub-
leans of the upper branch of con-
gress when the committee on COM
mittees made its report, which was
adopted, IS to 5, decided to abide by
the action of the conference and for
purposes of harmony not carry the
fight to the floor of the senate.
Progressives who had opposed
Senators Penrose and Warren and
who did not attend the conference
were Norris, Nebraska; Kenyon,
Iowa, and Borah, Idaho.
The list of committee assignments
adopted by the conference makes
Norris chairman of patents. and
gives him a place on the following
committees: Agriculture, banking
and currency, expenditures in the
War department, five civilized
tribes. geological survey, industrial
cxpositions, judiciary and public
lands.
Senator Cummins, who will be
chairman of interstate and foreign
commerce. said today that it was
his intention just as soon as the
committee was organized to press
for early consideration, bills relating
to telegraphs and telephones. his
measure to enlarge the powers of
the interstate commerce commission
and Senator Poindexter's bill to
tighten up the long and short haul
clause of the interstate commerce
law.
Representative Evans of Dakota
City, who has been an outspoken op-
ponent of the League of Nations,
was amused in reading in The Bee
of Saturday last statement as COM
ing from Mr.. Evans that his talks
with the men of the 89th division
who landed in New York last week
had made him a stronger advocate
of the league of nations than be-
FORE" when as matter of fact the
conversations had with the returning
troops had made him a more out
spoken antagonist of the league as
at present constituted.