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i)ifLv.;:HII( BILL
CUT 70 PIECES
New Plan Of Framing ApprOpfIa-
tIOnS Target in House.
RAISE POINTS OF ORDER
Method Adopted to eliminate Funds
For Conduct Of American Business
Abroad.

! Abroad.
Washington, Jan -Ji--.A 2fon,iA.
wave of discomfort over the new avs
TEN u framing big appropriation meas
ures broke in the house WITH unr<
pected fury
The upshot OF II all was the yIrtua
riddiing Of the $S,O0O,00O diple1natt,
! and consular bill, which nj the end q
TIE day was d mere smell Of its f0rrne,
self. Unable TO stand during q flare
d, up from all sides, the bill WAS cur +,
pieces On points Of order. which elm
MATED funds intended for c0nduct o.
American business abroad.
1Eere was no general attemp, /.
wreck the bill; members simply soughl
TO register violent opposition a. tb.
! manner OF Its framing. Nor all of The
members were willing TO go that far
1or many OF those who objected streuu
ously TO some of its provisions wer.
unwilling to seize upon tec1nicsI
grounds for its destruction. One mem
Der, however, attacked Item after Iten
and they Went out as without authority
of law.
The attack served rs q WARMING IT
What may be expected when tha h0ua
begins consideration Of the army and
navy appropriation bills. II gave lead
ers cause for serious thought as L.
whether the supply measures could j..
put through before The close o. rhe
session on March 8.
Heretofore, the diplomatic bill La>
been prepared by the foreign affairs
committee, in intimate touch with the
needs and requirements OF the sery
ice The same rule applied IL other
committees, but under the new system
The ranking Republican and Democratl,
members OF the foreign affairs commit.
tee, for example, were transferred to
4 consolidated appropriation commit
tee of thlrty-five members.
This method virtually eliminated
the chairman OF the committee, so far
as he was authorized TO take any per-
sonal part in a supply bins prepara-
tion. The Republican member trans
ferred became head Of the particular
subcommittee on appropriations, which
was intended to make him a mors pow
erful figure on the floor than his. for
mer chairman, Jealous of theis ole
powers. some chairylen and eoTifss,sa tee
men, 1t was said, made no attempt TO
conceal animosity or desire to take a
Whack at the bill
The weak spot in the new system
according To those opposing IT, was in
the fact that many appropriations were
unauthorized which had not been au-
thorized before. and which were open
to points of order on The ground of
new legislation There ire ways by
which the items eliminated may be
put back. either by the senate, in con.
ference. or by special rule, giving them
Legislative standing
Defending the new policy, Represen-
tative MoDdell, Republican leader, de-
clared ii was In the interest of economy
and that l3G members mad freely sur
rendered their former rights for the
common good.
Representative Small, Democrat,
North Carolina, member of the sub
committee which reported the diplo-
matte bill, declared the system was
wrong and insisted by way of tllustra
ton, that members Of the military CON-
mitteee. who for years had given pro-
found study TO the needs Of the war
department, more properly should han
die the army appropriation bill
There WAS applause from both sides
Of the chamber when Mr.. Small assert
I'd that h1 this method thirty-five men
Actually were dong the work that 435
were elected to do.
Efforts to have the bin passed failed
when Representative McClinGiC, Demo
crat. oklahoma, demanded another
vote on each of the amendments TO the
measure The final vote probably Will
come today.
The house voted 10 authorize the sec
1etarv Of state 10 accept the oner OF
the residence Uf j. p. Morgan in Lon
Ion as an American embassy. Accept
qnce Of the gift was proposed by Rep
rasertativr Walsh. Republican, Massa-
chCsetts.
The house also voted |" appropriate
S15O.OOO for the purchase Il an Amerl-
can embassy in Paris. Both PROPOSE
lions were offered as amendments to