Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-12-06 | Page 12 | Congress in Brief; Palmer Raps Reid

Ik! CONGRESS !H EBIEF; . PHMER RIPS HBD i . Misrepresentation of Thomas i;. JefFerson Allribulcd lo IHni-, IHni-, bassaclor lo England. By International News Service , . WASHINGTON, Due. What ' con-; con-; stoi did today: ' : Senate! 1 Pratt Irnllc the entire session or tlio Mt-ialo before tlx: convening or llie "court r Impeachment ras consumed In consideration of the omnjbtis claims bill, which wus not concluded. House. 1 The house passed the Adonison bill pro- j vldln.g for an Investigation Into Iho physi-.al physi-.al vnlitnt Inn or nillioadii with a view to establishing a fair basis for rate mitklitg and to prevent slock watering. The bill has not yet passed tho senate. Kepre-cnUtivo A. Mitchell I'xImT of Pennsylvania m-etiscd Embassador White-law White-law Reld of Improper conduct lit making a. speech In Wales last summer derogatory deroga-tory to Thomas .IciTcr.con. Palmer ac- used Held of misrepresenting Jefferson nd declared that the embassador should bo1 promptly censured. Representative Good of. Iowa, dcclarod P.-csldciil-elcct Wilson had written about Jpffctnon In even more derogatory terms than the Reld speech. Th legislative, executive, Judlciul appropriation ap-propriation bill was taken up. An attempt at-tempt bv Representative Rodonbevry of t-.0"hi to cut the mileage allowances for niertiboiri of. the house was voted down. I Committees. The joint commission of both houses to investigate the sale or American to-bxueo to-bxueo abroad held Its llrst meeting and solcctoil Senator Martin of Virginia as chairman. The house committee on rivers and harbors gave a hearing to advocates of Increased federal appropriations for levee worlr on tho Mississippi river. The house suheommltto of the 'committee 'commit-tee on Indian affairs completed the ln-Mlan ln-Mlan appropriation bill, aggregating S.-IM.OOO, S.-IM.OOO, which will be reported on Saturday. Sat-urday. Chairman Henry of the rul committee tentatively .set next Tuesday, for hearing on the alleged New Haven-Grand Trunk trnrfic deal. The subcommittee of the committee on hanking and currency decided to-invite testimony of persons Interested In currency cur-rency legislation at hearings to begin on January 6. The director of the bureau of standards stand-ards opposed before the agricultural com-; com-; miltfo a bill for regulation and tax of oleqniargarine. E. .1. Williams, the Pennsylvania coal operator, gave further details today of the alleged transactions of .ludgo Archbald md was cross-examined by Atlorne Worthiiuitoii for the defense.