Show COAL STRIKE COMMISSION I Roust Passes tho Dill Providing for the Piyniant or thc Membcr of Board I Wnnlilnpton Dec 3Whemu the House mot today tho Speaker announced an-nounced HIP t iippolplincnt of Mr Shepherd Shep-herd Dem of Tcxus a niembM I ot the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds The Spcuikor also announced the appointment of the following coin mltlecs 11tces To visit the naval academy Messrs Wilson of Indiana Adams Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Clark l our To visit the military ncademy MCSMS Hull loa Steele Indiana and De Aniiomi Missouri The House then ont into committee o the hole Mr Groxvcnor of Ohio In the chair and took up the consideration considera-tion of the coal stilkt commission bill Before the discussion began Mr Gaines of Tennessee slated that he desired de-sired to offer an amendment The uluiti having ruled that amendments were not In order at this lime 11 Cannon In charge of the bill agreed that the amendment should be road for Information Informa-tion I pioved to be an amendment to place anthracite coal on the fiec lst Mr Benton pf Mlshoml a mernbcr ot the AIloprln Ions committee nald he could not support the bill The President la said had 10 legal authority au-thority for the creation of the coivunls slon HB second objection vns tliat It placed 50000 In thl Presidents hands without uny limitation whatever Mr 1 Livingston of Gcsoigln and Mr I Undernooil o Alabama supported the bill although they agreed that the Presidents ictlon t was Iricgulnr I I Mr Bale o Georgia I said the PIUP dent had acted iJUrlolfclly id r Cochran of Missouri Mr Feeley of Illinois Mr Galnu 91 Tennessee and Mr Maddox nf Georgia Imloracd the ct of hcpjisitlcnt Mr Tlrmenway of Indiana mid Mr I ncey of Iowa ivuiml defended the course of1 the Proaldent the latter characterizing It as one o tin t boldest acts In the history of the executive Mr McDermotl of Xcv Jersey pointed out tho fact that tin strike commission had no power I behind It He thought the commission should be glen power to make a in 1 Investigation I und should report ltd Hulling to COIIRIOKS Mr i u nOtion argued lint the bill should pass In Hit form In which It was picscnlod If thu ProsIddnlM ac llon hay boon xvlthouf nuthqrily of law or Constitution Mr Cannon said It had been taken In responuc to an overwhelming public sentiment coming com-ing up from the whole country of SO 000000 people Mr Grlflln of Indiana offered an amendment to provide for the payment pay-ment of the expenses of John Mitchell president I of the United Mine Workers lie extolled the services of Mr Mitchell in bringing tho strike to I an end Mr Cannon paid a high tribute to Mr Mitchell who he said was a fol lot citizen of Illinois but sulil he did not believe Mr Mitchell would Indorse Mlnh a cheapJohn proposition The amendment was voted down J Tho bill was then parsed without division di-vision 1 although there were several dls Jientlng voices on the Demolra tic Ide liuq Hous llicn at i35 p m adjourned ad-journed until Friday |