Evening star., 1922-03-07
SENATE APPROVES
STREET REPAIRS
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new or general legislation a point
of order may be made against the bill,
and if the point Is sustained, the
bill shall be recommitted to the COM
mittee on appropriations
Vice President Rules.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
District bill had never before come
Vice President Coolidge ruled that the
new rule did not apply to the District
bill because the-Dlstrict bill had been
reported from the appropriations COM
adopted. HIS His ruling m was was made after
a suggestion on the part Of Senator
Robinson Of Arkansas and others that
this was the situation presented.
Senator Harrison Immediately point
cd out that such a ruling violated the
very spirit OF the new rule Of the
Senate, THAT. ne appropriations bills
ahnd1ld be rephrted to the Senate con-
tSaning new egislation-now the
rule of the Senate. He moved to re-
Phipps of..ColorAdo:, IN charge of the
bill. then moved to lay Senator Har-
rfson's motion on the table. The
Phipps motion prevailed by a vote of
40 to IS.
Senator Harrison followed this up
old rules of the Senate an amend
ment proposing general legislation on
an appropriation bill was subject to
point of order, and that therefore
the Jones rider should be stricken
from the bill.
Senate Entitled to Amend. :
Senator Norris of Nebraska called
r attention to the fact that the House
bill changed existing law-the law Of
1873, known as the organic act OF the
District-and declared that II the
House bill did this the Senate COM
<11l h~t In -
amendment changing the House pro-
vision without point OF order lying
against the committee amendment:
Senator Jones of Washington
backed up this argument Of Senator
Norris. saying the House had opened
the door to a charge in existing law
and for general legislation on the
bill. and that the Senate was en-
titled to amend the House provision
if it desired to do so.
The House bill changes from the
$3.50 plan of the act of 1873 and pro-
vides for a 60-40 ratio of expendt-
lures for the National Capital by the
District and the federal government.
The House plan has been carried in
appropriation acts Of the last two
years. but it was held that that did
not change the law. and the existing
law was the $3.50 plan of 1873. since
it had not been changed by legislative
action.
Senator Brandegee of Connecticut
pointed out that If general legisla-
tion Is proposed in an amendment to
it is subject to a point Of order. no
matter what the House may have
done in the first instance.
This contention also was made by
OF q the sae
was as plain as could be.
mo amendment which proposes
general legislation shall be. received
any This raie was fa se Rioiated
merely because the House had sought
to change existing law on an appro-
priation bill. he said. the Senate
would be powerless to meet this mat
preparation bill. He said that the
redress the Senate had was to re-
ject the House amendment to eS-
isting law.
Appeal Voted Down
The Vice President ruled. however.
that Senator Harrison's point of
Harrison appealed from the decision
of the chair and his appeal. on q
division, was lost. The Mississippi
senator suggested that It would be
for further consideration, since it
was likely to lead to a long debate.
and to this Senator Phipps. In charge
of the bill. agreed.
he intended to bring up again in the
Senate the rulings Of the Vice Presi-
dent on the Jones rider.
The Senate then proceeded with
consideration of the other Senate
committee amendments, and they
were all agreed to as far as that
point In the bill which deals with i'm.
provements and repairs Of streets
with one exception-that providing
i've assistant building inspectors at
King Of Utah asked that this amend
ment 60 over. on the ground that II
provided too many inspectors. 1t had
been adopted without debate, but SEN
ator King, discovering later that II
had gone through: asked reconsid-
etation,, 10 that he might discHss the
matter later. The number Of build