Show I SlOW WEEK IN CONGRESS Dreary Discussion of Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Bills Will be Pro Program Program gram Until Warming Up Upon Upon Upon on Administration Policies POSTAL SAVINGS BANK I BILL TO BE LAID OVER Railroad Bill Will Be Subject to Debate But Promise Has Been Given President That I It lt Will Be Passed assed Entire AMENDMENTS SCRUTINIZED jM t r M 44 M 4 Washington March 6 The postal V savings bank bill will be received f by the House tomorrow and prompt promptly f 4 I Ily 4 ly sent to several weeks s oblivion f 4 ff 4 f in committee The administration f 4 f railroad bill will have the center of off 4 f 4 the Senate stage and the House will 4 f 4 continue its consideration of 4 4 4 bills 4 t t t t MM tt 4 4 Dreary discussions probably will be the order of business for the next few fe days das or until Congress has warmed to another of the administration policies Before the railroad bill is taken talen up tIp In earnest it Is likely lIkel that the tue agricultural agricultural tural appropriation bill will be put through the Senate S nate This will not take long however Analyzing Amendment Members of the House are beginning I Ito to anal ze the amendments to the postal savings bank bill last Saturday The Th Theone Thone Theone one that Is causing the most comment is that which will prevent prent postal funds from being Invested in 2 per cent bonds while making all higher securities available for such investment in time of war or other exigencies Practically no contest was made against this amendment when it was offered by Senator Borah It was accepted by Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Carter who had charge of the bill billand billand and the votes against it were few fM In Inthe Ir Inthe the light of President Tafts New York speech calling attention to 10 the obliga obligation obligation tion timi of ot the government to see that the he holders of the 2 per cent consuls should not suffer uffer loss and suggesting that the government give gle the holders relief by using postal funds to o buy these low class bonds some members of Congress see in the Senate action a direct slap at the tile President nt Not in Good Faith In n only one ODO other way wa Is the tM th adoption of the amendment explained and that thatIs Is he by the tim fact that those who W J charge Ch arge of the t he Dill bill believed it could ba t o 1 Insurgent n 5 tt ii r ti Un u uth the tM th Democratic side el e that Hiat the too adoption of ot o othe the Borah amendment was not in good I faith f and that It would be dropped In Inthe Inthe the tle House and finally eliminated on un con COll conference conference ference In formal ormal conference at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse lute House last week it was agreed that the administration bills should be held In committee until the appropriation bills I are passed If It this rule is followed Chair Chairman Chairman I II I man nan Weeks of the committee on ices and post poet roads can be ho trusted to keep the postal bank bill bottled up un until until Until til the time is propitious for its passage in the House The Senate will have h ve an opportunity Within a few days to compare the ma majority majority and the minority views of the com corn committee committee on Interstate commerce on tho thu administration 1 bills Tho The majority report which will support the bill In the f fonn fona onn onnIn In which it was finally drafted by At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney General WIckersham is ready for presentation tomorrow Under an agree agreement agreement agreement ment already reached it will be printed In the record with the report of ot Sena Senators Senators Senators tors Clapp and Cummins which was WU pre presented pr several days ago While the debate on the railroad bill is likely to last several weeks Republican Senate leaders have promised President Taft that it will be passed parsed without ma material material change Unquestionably this at attitude attItude will provoke acrid discussion ac accompanied accompanied companied by condemnation of 01 what is termed White house domination All reports from the Senate committee on territories Indicate that the state statehood statehood statehood hood bill Is in and that Senator S mitor Beveridge will have difficulty In hi getting It passed The exact cause of the delay Is ia not apparent beyond the dissatisfaction I tion expressed with the qualifications for I voting in the proposed d new states Sen Senator SonI ator Beveridge continues to Insist that it will pass lIe He expects soon to be absent from the city for several days and the thu I hearIngs hearing will go over until his lii return Another effort is being made in iii the House to have a small omnibus public bill bm in order to give some assistance to certain districts whose Congressmen are at atIn in distress The lie Senate is 1 opposed d to the bill however and points to the large largo riv riy rivers ers and harbors bill in support of Its It ob objections objections to another anether pork barrel measure at this session Tho The latter bill bUt probably will not cot be brought out of r th committee c on corn com commerce co nt merce before March 15 Iii or 20 I Little TAttle discussion is heard concerning tho th conservation bills aad the court injunction injunction tion ion bill which are on the Presidents program Tho reason mason is 8 SId said to be that th t leaders Maders believe if action on oJ these th lo measures Is la delayed they can aD be brought out of committees and passed ed with comparatively i lively little debate In the last few w days d of oC the session l The appropriation bill but Is still sUll before the House All AH last week was oc occupied i cup led by members member In making political I speeches Consideration of the measure will require several veral s days lays more The Th na naval naval naval val bill is about ready mail to be hO reported tnt but the legislative executive and Judicial bill Will be the tue next in order In the House Many important features of the admin administration railroad bill are to be considered by the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce and aQIl it cannot cann t be b fore forecasted forecasted mated when tho the bill will be reported |