The Washington herald., 1920-05-28
What Congress Did
Yesterday
Senate

Civil service Commission. I'm a LET
ter to Senator Sterling, OF south
Dakota, denounced attempts 10 mil
itarize" the Civil Service.
Senate District COMMITTEES report-
ed measure containing half Land -haIf
provision as substitute for the
Mapes provision.
Resolution by Brandegee would
authorize erection Of statue of
Jeanne dare in Washington.
House and Senate conferees again
faiied to agree on District appro-
priation bill.
Senate adopted revision of com
mittee system providing for only
thirty-two standing committees in
stead OF seventy-four, as at present.
DR.. Burris Jenkins testified in re-
gard to campaign expenditures Of
william q. McAdoo and Senator
Harding.
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee voted IL to 4 to reject President
Wilson's proposal for United States
mandate over Armenia.
Senate and House conferees
agreed on s43s.ooo,ooo for next
years naval budget.
Conferees on rivers and harbors
Dill reported disagreement.
House
Met at 12 noon and adjourned at
6:45 p. m.
Passed and sent to Senate a bill
to simplify the 1918 revenue law, on
recommendation Of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
Adopted conference report on dip
iomatic and consular appropriation
bill
Representatives Good. Ware and
Byrns Of Tennessee appointed con-
ferees on the sundry civil bill. in
structed, against all Senate amend
ments.
Complete agreement on the army
Julius Kahn. chairman OF House
conferees, and report ordered print
ed.
Conferees on rivers and hArbors
appropriations reported failure to
agree with Senate conferees.
President Wilson. in his veto mes
sage to Congress on the peace reso-
luton, declared the measure would
place a stain on the gallSntry and
honor of the United States.
Represe entative Nicholas Long
worth. OF Ohio. questioned the au-
thorship of the Presidential veto
message.
Cohferees on the District appro-
priation bill failed to reach an
agreement.
BY a partisan vote Of to the
Rules Committee reported for the
suspension OF the rules for six days
beginning Saturday. The rule will
be called up on that date.
Foregn Affairs Committee voted
down several substitutes and amend
ments to the Mason resolution ex-
pressing sympathy for the Irish.
Appropriations Committee re-
sumed consideration OF general de-
fciency bill.
Additional Federal aid for con-
struction OF rural post roads and
national forest roads and trails pro-
vided in bill introduced by Repre-
sentative AsweIl of Louisiana.
Representative Ricketts,. of Ohio.
introduced bill providing for old
age pensions.
Representative Tom ConnaIIy. of
Texas. introduced resolution declar-
concern TO the United States.
Final disposition of affairs of the
Eastern band of Cherokee Indians
in North Carolina was provided in
a bill introduced by Representative
Weaver.
During a premature skirmish on
the soldier bonus question, Repre-
sentative Finis Garrett. of Tennes-
see. charged Republicans with de-
priving the political minority of the
opportunity of amending the legis-
lation to make II acceptable to
them.
Representative Allen T. Treadway,
of Massachusetts. urged immediate
legislation for the relief of postal
employees.
Declaring they would not lend
their efforts to the passage of any
legislation until action was taken
on the soldier bonus bill. a small
group Of Republicans. headed by
Representative Frank Murphy. OF
Ohio. spent most of the day in fili-
clustering.