Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-09-16
Senator pit,man's Record
Coed Reads Legislation

Coed Reads legislation
On February is, 1927, when the Post
Office appropriation Bill was under
consideration By tie Senate. offered
an amendment 70 such bill amending
t3e Coed Roads Act The Good
Roads Act al that time provided that
lie Federal Government could only
put up SO per ecu Of the road fund as
against tic States SO per cent. scna-
tor pisiman'a amendment was an adj
dtion thereto providing.
Except that in any State in which
tie percentage OF total land area to
which the tide Of the United States Is
unqualified, or exempt under the Con
stitItion Of laws Of the United States
from taxation or under the author
ity Of such State exceeds 10 per cent
OF the total area OF the land in the
State The Secretary OF Agriculture
stall reduce the ratio OF cooperation
on the part OF the State the percentage
that the area Of the said land to which
he United States has unqualified title
together with the land area so exempt
rem taxation in the State, is 10 the
total area OF all lands in the State.
Gong Record Feb Is, 1921, page
1907.
Under the rules of the Senate an
amendment carrying general legislation
cannot be offered to an appropriation
bill Senator Pittman moved to set
aside the rule so his amendment could
be considered While he received
majority OF the vote he did not re
ccive the necessary two-thirds re-
drircd to set aside the rule Gong
Record, FEB 10, 1921 page 1929
On May 10, 1921, Senator Phpps
OF Colorado presented the Phpps bill
(S.1072,) ard asked for the immediate
consideration Of the bill Senatore
Lodge, LaFollotte, and King indicated
their intention OF Directing Senator
l'ittman then tool; the floor, made
speech in favor 81 the bill and eatnest-
" begged Senators not to object to its
immediate considerations In pat
Senator Pittman said
Mind you, THIS matter was dis
cussed at the end Of tie last session
by the Senators in this body Fhe
amendment that then Offered was
more favorable to the western-iand
States than is the one pro ided in the
bill now offered and yet understand
why the Senator from Colorado aud
the Committee on Post offices aad
Post Roads adopted the form that has
been favorably reported. 1t is com
/, omisc. It hal received the aQ3ro
val OF the Agricultural Department
but what | want to call attention to Is
this: AT the last session, in discuss
ing the amendment that | offered 10
the Post Offices and Post Roads Ap
preparation bill it became necessary
before the Senate could vote upon that
amendment to set aside the rules OF
the Senate, and that required two
thirds vote OF the senate, but major
ity OF the Senators voted even to Sc
aside the rules oil that body so that
they might adopt that amendment; 50
it seems to me that we should act upen
this bill Immediately. know thai ii
such an amendment is not aetedeii b
fore the lst day OF July. the State 81
Nevada viii not be able to enter into
any new contracts fer building roads,
and road building will cease in tine
State Of Nevada al time OF the year
when road builders should be work'ng
to the very highest extent and az a
period when there are thousands OF
idle laborers who could be employed
advantageously on this Government
work
Il have used the State OF Nevada
only as IN illustration, The bill ap
Plies to all the public-and States
Objection 10 the bill was then With
drawn and the bill passed.
On August II 'q2l opposed 'lte
proposed recess OF Congress until act
ion was had upon the roads bills,
which had been re-reierred to The Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post
Roads, OF the Senate after passing ,hs
House and at that time made strong
speech showing the unnecessary Dc |
lay on the part OF the Committee in
bringing the legislation before tic
Senate for action.
On October 4, 1921 again attacked
tae Committee having the rosd 5.il II
charge for continuing to delay tae
presentation of the bill to tie senste I
On the following day the ill was re-
ported to the Senate.