The Washington times., 1911-02-23
THREE BIG BUDGETS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Legislative Outlook Is Much
Brighter AS a Result
of Action.
PROSPECTS OF EXTRA
SESSION ARE FADING
Sundry, Civil, General Deficiency,
and Military Academy Bills
Still TO Pass.

House leaders are more encourage
today over the Legislative outlook
than they have been in weeks, for
the massage Of three appropriation
bills in one day helped to clear the
decks in such fashion that the cloud
of an extra session does not hang so
heavily now over the House end of
the Capitol
The fate of the threatened extra
session now rests with the Senate, for
the II ouse following the long filibus-
Ter. got down to business at last and
rushed through three of the six re-
naming bothersome annual budgets.
The naval, the fortifications, and
the diplomatic and consular appropri-
alton measures all. were put on their
final passage in the House before ad-
5ournment last night. The two latter
measures went through practically as
they came from committee, except
that Representative Harrison, of New
York. struck from the diplomatic bill,
on points of order, various authorize
tions tor the Governments participa-
tion in several international move
ments.
Convention Items Stricken Out.
The bill carried appropriations pro-
viding that the United States should
participate in and contribute TO the In
ternational Railway Congress; the In
rernational Conference to Promote Uni
form Letters Concerning Letters of EX-
change, and the International Prison
Commission. These went out. Appro-
Driations to aid the maintenance of the
International Council for the EXplora-
riun of the Sea; the Bureau of Inter-
parliamentary Union and international
Scismological Association. also went out
on points of order.
Mr.. Mann attempted TO have Mr.. Har-
rison withdraw the point against the
Prison Commission item, declaring that
inasnuch as this congress had but re-
Gently met in Washington it would seem
''ungracious" to withdraw support at
this time.
Mr.. Harrisons position was that these
matters should be provided for in sepa-
rate resolutions brought before the
House and not I'm an appropriation DILL
and the chairman of the committee IN
charge of the bill admitted in the main
that the point was well taken.
Embassy Effort Fails.
An attempt was made to amend the
diplomatic bill so as to begin the tmme-
diate construction of an $4,000 Amert-
can embassy building in Mexico CITY,
in line with a recent law passed author
izing this country TO erect its own en-
bassies abroad. The amendment was
ruled out, however, because of the fact
that the new law requires that the
Secretary of State shall first make
recommendations IS to sites and de-
signs for new buildings, which he has
not had the opportunity to do.
The diplomatic bill carries an apprO-
priation, in round numbers, of "a, 100000.
The Notifications bill. which does not
include an authorization for the begin
ming of the work of terrifying the Pan
anna Canal, as this will be provided for
in the sundry civil bill, carries $5,323 900.
The House now has three additional
annual budgets to dispose of-the sun
dry civil. the general deficiency, and
the Military Academy appropriation BILL
The first named, the largest of all the
money-spending bills, will carry about
$50, 100000.
As the House is in position to invoke
at any time the gag rule" adopted
Monday, the threatened tie-up of the
appropriation measures is impossible,
and. under a suspension of the rules,
the House will dispose of legislation so
rapidly during the next ten days of the
session that the extra session talk must
center about the Senate.