The Washington herald., 1920-03-20
What Congress Did
Yesterday
Senate.

cock ana seconded by several SEN
ators. to limit speeches on treaty
ratification to an hour, was lost.
Resolution by Senator La Toilette.
Of Wisconsin. calls for . constitu-
tional amendment providing for d.
rect election of members Of the su-
preme Court and the lower federal
courts. l
Motion by Senator Hitchcock, to
consider the Colby nomination in
secret executive session OF the Sen
ate, was carried.
Joint resolution. recently passed
by the House. authorizing the Lin
coin Memorial Association to desig-
nate John Temple Graves. resident
commissioner. TO oversee work Of
constructing the memorial, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Appro-
priations.
Letter from Secretary Daniels
was laid before the Senate showing
the name, rank and compensation
Of every officer in the navy who,
when commissioned, was employed
in the civil branch Of the govern
ment.
Senator Myers. Montana, declared
when Germany refused the demands
OF the allies for the surrender Of
war criminals and Holland refused
to surrender the Kaiser. they made
mock cry of the league of nations.
Conditions in the coiored schools
of Washington were laid before the
Senate committee Investigating
Washington schools by Mrs. Coralie
IF. Cook, colored member of the
Board of Education.
Nomination of Bainbridge Colby
to be Secretary of State was report
ed favorabiy by the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee without a record
vote.
Senator Lodge. Massachusetts,,
gave notice that II the treaty fails
of ratification he will move to re-
turn the treaty to President Wilson
with the announcement that the
Senate has refused to ratify.
Hearing on rivers and harbors bill
was held at 2:3o p. m. by Commerce
COMMITTEE.
Foreign Relations Committee held
an executive session at 1880 a. m.
House.
Met at noon and adjourned at
$50.
Sent Kelley naval pay increase
bill to conference. Appointed But
ler. of Pennsylvania: Riordan, Of
New York; Kelley. of Michigan:
Padgett. of Tennessee; and Brown
ing of New Jersey. conferes.
Debated naval appropriation bill
as Committee of the Whole. with
Mann, of Illinois, in the chair.
Crago, of Pennsylvania, charged
on the floor of the House that
young men not Subsidized" by
their parents, cannot AFFORD to re-
main in the army or navy at pres
ent. rate of pay.
Dallinger. of Massachusetts,. in
troduced a bill to allow the issuance
lof passports for the Acting Sec
retary of State during vacancy in
the office of the Secretary.
Letter was received from the
Secretary of the Treasury transmit
ice for $780, of appropriation for
remodeling buildings for hospitals
to treat wounded soldiers, sailors
and Marines of the late war.
Letter was received from the
Secretary of War, transmitting a
report OF survey, of Galveston
Island and Galveston Channel. Tex
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
! hnI he
bill for proper labelling of fabrics.
hearing on the rule for the naval
pay bill.
Packing legislation was again
before the Agriculture Committee
investigation of the War Risk
Bureau was continued before the
Treasury Department Expenditures
Committee.
Appropriations Committee held
executive session over the sundry
civil bill.
District subcommittee. of the
Appropriations Committee. held ex-
ecutive session over the District
estimates.
Ways and Means Committee held
Executive session.
Chairman Kahn, of the Military
Affairs Committee, appointed q
subcommittee to consider a uni
versal military training bill, COM
posed of himself. Mckenzie, of I'LL
nois; Greene. of Vermont; Sanford,
of New York: Dent, of Alabama
IQuin, of Mississippi. and Olney, of
Massachusetts,.
Chairman Kahn announced he
Twill appoint subcommittee to
draft a court martial reform bill.
Kahn, California, introduced res
olution calling on the President to
inform. the House the exact status
Iof the American military forces
now on German territory.
Conference report on Military