| Show lOUSE HOUSE BEGINS DISCUSSION ON APPROPRIATION Suggested Republican Insurgents Insurgents Insurgents In In- May Throw Support t to Pittman for President Pro T Tern em W- W WASHINGTON Jan Ean 10 Rever Bever Rever- Rever rations from tho the months month's battle n n the senate which resulted In the thel l lection cUon yesterday esterd of ot Senator Smith Democrat South Carolina as lS L chairman of ot tho Interstate c corn corn- m- m mere nerce committee over Senator Cummins Republican Iowa continued continued con con- today In the form of ot rum- rum lings bUngs that presaged a somewhat similar fight over the retention by he Iowa senator of ot the office of president pro tern tent The house meanwhile e began work cork on the first big appropriation neasure of ot the session the the Inte- Inte lori dor department supply bill which bill which was as reported yesterday by the a ap appropriations ap- ap committee with the total otal cut to which is les han allotted to the last 1191 year Senator Cummins was defeated or or the Interstate commerce chairmanship chair chair- manship I on the thirty-second thirty ballot ballot bal hal lot ot receiving only twenty nine votes rotes against thirty-nine thirty for Smith which Included six cast calt by Sena- Sena tor tOl LaFollette Republican Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- S- S and five no members of the insurgent group he heads Senator Sena Sena- tor tOl Couzens Republican Michigan received six votes on the final ballot MIGHT SUPPORT PITTMAN The likelihood of an effort to unseat unseat unseat un un- un- un seat the tho Iowa senator as president pro tern noW now that the ch chairmanship chairmanship chairman chairman- ship fight is out of ot tho the wa way has brought out suggestions In somo quarters that certain of the tho Re Republican Republican Re- Re publican insurgents and the Labor Farmer-Labor senators comprising the LaFollette group might throw their support to Senator Pittman Democrat Nevada The insurgents have been described as willing to tovo tovo tovo vo e for Senator Cummins for of office office of- of fice Lice if It the tho Democrats precipitated a a. contest b but t animo animosities slUes developed developed developed devel devel- during the interstate commerce corn com merco merce committee deadlock have raised hopes on the part of ot some Senator Pittman supporters that their votes can be counted on inan Inan in inan I an effort to elect him Republican organizations have contended that I Senator Cummins retains the senate senate sen sen- ate presidency ncy by virtue of sen-I sen his election at the last session of ot congresS congress con con- congress gress and they have not formally Indorsed him for reelection BONUS OVERSHADOWS In Jn the tho house Republican conference conference conference confer confer- ence tonight tax and bonus bonns legislation legIslation legislation leg leg- overshadowed other activities lUes to some somo extent but the Dyer lynching anti bill the tho Mexican situation situation sit sit- sit sit- situation and agricultures agriculture's problems problem's received a share of committee at attention attention at- at with the ways and means committee continuing Its work worle on revenue legislation The Tho Dyer bill which was passed by the house at the last session but failed t to got get through the senate senate senate sen sen- ate was taken up by the Judiciary I committee and the administrations administration's policy with respect to aiding the Obregon government through the I sale of surplus war materials and andIn andin andin in other ways occupied the foreign affairs committee in its tion of the resolution introduced by Representative Republican Republican Re- Re Re Re- publican New York to prohibit sale of munitions by the United d States States' to any foreign government IMMIGRATION PROBLEM The house immigration committee commit commit- tee began work worle on a draft of the tho proposed bill which would restrict immigration to 2 per cent of the foreign-born foreign of ot each cach nation in the United States In 1890 and to 2 per percent percent percent cent of the blood relatives of foreign for tor- fOreign fOr fOr- eign born here and tho the agriculture agriculture ture tore committees of ot both the senate and house continued their their heir studies of farm relief legislation |
