Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-02-08 | Page 2 | Uncle Sam Will Buy Envoys Residences

HUE SUM WILL BUT HMffS RESIDENCES House Passes Bill and .Senate Has Already Announced Itscir in Favor oi! Plan. SAFETY BILL IS READY Measure Lacks Only the Signature Signa-ture of President Taft Before It Becomes a Law. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. After a ten years strugglo the house today passed a bill providing, for the purchaso and continuation con-tinuation of embassies, legations and consular buildings abroad. Tho measure was put through under a suspension of the rules by a standing vote of 101 to 39, the announcement of the result being greeted by applause. The senate, which on several occasions hns adopted similar bills. Is expeclea to ratify todny's action of tho house. Representative Louden of Illinois, author of tho bill, led the light, seconded by Representative Rep-resentative Lonuworth of Ohio. The opposition op-position came from tho Democratic lde. Representatives Cullop of Indiana and Pndrwood of Alabama making the principal prin-cipal speeches. Mr. Louden said every socrotary of stale from Olney down has urged such legislation. Mr. LoiiKWorth snlil thero were only two wnys of broadening tho scope of the American diplomatic corps and taking It out of the realm of the millionaire. One was to Increase the salaries to enable a comparatively poor man to live on a scale with his colleagues, and the other wos to provide him with a suitable house in which to live. Mr. Longworth appealed especially to the Democrats to support the bill, claiming claim-ing it had been Indorsed by William J. Bryan and Samuel Gompcrs. The bill limits the cost of buildings to $150,000. Senator Burkctt's bill rcanlrlng safety appliances In connection with locomotive boilers today received the final approval of ihe senate and only lacks the approval of the president to make It a law. The house amended the measure f- ns to limit tho expenditures for Inspection to $:00.-000 $:00.-000 a year. and. on Mr. Burkett's motion, tho senate concurred in the amendment. Incorporated In the army appropriation bill, which passed tho senate today, was a provision for a dental corps The provision pro-vision was offered by Senator Bnlkelcy as an amendment and It was accentc" without debate. Tho amendment provides that the corns shall not exceed one dental den-tal surgeon lo oach 1000 men.