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Show mm BILLS ARE m PflSSEDJBY SENATE In jtKgconomy 'Features Carried in Uw. he Army Bil1 Are AU Hym Stricken Out." STAPARCELS POST BATTLE .Representative Madden Op-Rol Op-Rol poses the System in Vigor-;jaj Vigor-;jaj ous Speech in House. uuillB International News Service. wK t WASHINGTON. ApriJ 12. The een-iadt een-iadt 'to todny asseil two general supply r ),i3) ho arnry appropriation bill, car- ijyha: an expenditure of $95,000, and 'the diplomatic ami consular bill, car-;rrinir car-;rrinir $3,090,000. The senato struck ta'c.! ' out of the army bill all of tho legis-R, legis-R, 'lativc features carried in tho houso rw Measures by which the houso had fip-rfc fip-rfc fvrci on eavinc nearly $8,000,000. Senator Smith of Michigan intro-nl intro-nl w : dueetl a bill to create the Alaskan rail-jff rail-jff Vay commission io construct or acquire Iv purchase 1000 miles of railway in 1 24 Alaska for the purpose of opeuing up '.be resources of the territory. Senator Curtis introduced a joint reu-3 reu-3 'dution fixing the number of electors ' i for president and vice president, afro af-ro leetine the present campaign, as to the w fisting number of scuators and roprc-"a? roprc-"a? icntatives in congress rather thau uu-d?r uu-d?r e incrca?? made by tho now ap. mi-in noriionmcnt which dons not so into of-ttm of-ttm 'feel until March 4, 1013. ?$ flotice Is Given. AiHi 4 Senator Culberson presented minor ouii It)" views on the workmen's compensator compensa-tor pi itlon nnd employers' liability bilk Sen. ywi alor Sutherland cave notice that ho will i Hall ijn- to hrinjr up tho measure Monday. "1 '- Tho postoffico appropriation bill held "UBm 'tic house for the cutiro session today J "and a night session was agreed upon, ntiiki The only matter which intruded on this f ;procraniinc was the appropriation of 47o00 to cnublo the committee on ex-Ticnnitures ex-Ticnnitures in the interior department to nrobo frauds in the Now Mexico and Arizona Indian lauds R PPv?iinK t,mt 8c,iO'i of the poat-pmce poat-pmce Dili to appoint a commission to lnvostieatc a proposed system of parcels par-cels post. Representative Madden, one or the members who discussed tho bill, snid that in rural districts there arc two books always found in the homes. T-v,0nem0 t,,n books," he said, "is tlic Bible. The otlwr is the mail order cat-aiocrup cat-aiocrup and smnll merchants oppose the parcels costs on the theory that it will benefit tho mail order business." Child Labor Bill. The child labor bill prepared by the comiBsion on unlformitv in stato laws which provides that no child under 14 shall be employed in any capacity, wns introduced by Representative Cox of Ohio today. The house naval committee agreed to appropriate flOD.700,000 for the maintenance main-tenance of the navy. Tho committee will vote next. Tuesday to determine now many new vessels may bo added this year. The practice of the United States in chooKincr men of wealth to represent this country in diplomatic capacities was denounced by Frederick Townsond Martin, club man and author, beforo the houso foreign affairs committee today. to-day. Ho appeared in favor of bills providinc for the purchase of American Ameri-can embassies in four foreign capitals. Captain Josoph Sellwood of Duluth, bofore the steel invostiatine committee, commit-tee, discussed the ore deposits of tho country. Ho declared that the United States steel corporation does not control con-trol all available ore beds and that any ono with money will have no trouble in entering tho steel business. |