Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-01
MONEY PROVIDED
FOR
Machinery of Government AS
sured of Support for
One Month.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED,
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
Prompt Action Of House and Senate
to Meet Emergency.

fTOmpt ACClO0 OF house ana Se0aC(
to Meet Emergency.
Congress today extended for one montl
the appropriations which have kept tn
government in operation for a year. Al
fears that the salaries Of the great arm
Of government employees would cease to
day were set aside when the House ant
Senate both passed without comment ant
with considerable speed the resolutio,
which revives the nine great appropria
ton bills which died last night. It wa
signed by the President before he de
parted for Philadelphia.
The resolution adopted today continue
appropriations during July. In that tim,
Congress will have a chance to wrestl,
with the difficulties presented in the vari
GUS unpassed appropriation bills.
It was Representative Fitzgerald wh'
at noon dropped the oil into the bearings
of the government machinery. Not only
did Mr.. Fitzgerald ado momentum to the
wheels which turn in Washington, bu
Representative Hay. chairman Of thu
military af1airs committee. came out o.
his committee room with q resolution
designed to allow the militia Of the coun
try $1,a5O,OOO to carry out their plans fol
summer encampments. 1t was adopted
by the House, and the District Of Column
bias National Guard is practically as
sured a full two-week encampment Of In
struction at Harpers Ferry.
After the House adopted the Fitzger'
aid Joint resolution, 1t was hurried te
the Senate. Senator Warren. chairman
Of the Senate appropriations commit.
tee, told the assembiage of LEGISLATOR
that his committee on appropriation.
had been considering the matter. and
had approved 1t. The Senate adopted
1t without comment.
Mr.. Fitzgerald's Comment.
Representative Fitzgerald introduced
his resolution as soon as the House
met after the appropriations commit
tee had been in secret meeting for two
hours or more.
1.-THE House understands the necessity
for this resolution" he said. as nine O
the big appropriation bills have not beer
enacted as yet. and the government is q
a standstill. These bills are the agricul
tural appropriation bill, the army BILL In
dian bill. legislative. executive and judic q
bill, Military Academy bill. naval Dill
The only bills signed by the President are
the Notifications bill. diplomatic and con-
sular, and the District OF Columbia ap'
preparation bill.
In order to continue the government
it is a. necessity to pass resolution
year for at least month This reso-
luton was prepared after a confer
ence with treasury officials and with
James Courts, clerk of the appropria'
lions committee, who is particularly
we'll suited for advice on these sub
jects."
Representative Fitzgerald answered TIVE
or three questions directed to him by rep.
resentatives. presented the report OF the
committee, and the House adopted the
resolution without further comment.
Need Of Action Outlined.
The report Of the committee on thu
resolution and the need for its adoption
follows:
THE enactment OF this resolution j,
made necessary because OF the failure o
final passage Of nine Of the annual ap-
preparation bills before the beginning o
the fiscal year 1918. namely, agriculture
army. Indian. legislative. Military Acad
envy. naval, pension. post office and sun
.The army bill for 1918 was passed by
because of the veto by the President
June II, 1912
1.-The diplomatic and consular. District
Of Columbia and fertilization acts for the
fiscal year 1913 have become laws.
Under the provisions OF this measure
priations made for the necessary opera
tons of the government for 1912 are ap
propriated for the month of July of the
fiscal year 1918, or the proportionate par,
OF sucn sums for such part Of July as
shall elapse before the enactment Of the
respective appropriation acts for 1913; al
amounts expended out of such sums to
be deducted from the appropriation
finally made for each purpose for the en-
tire fiscal year 1913.
character. extending appropriations afte,
the close OF a fiscal year because OF
failure to pass the regular billh. wer'
enacted In 1879, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888
1890. 1892 and 1894.
Copy Of 1904 Resolution.
THE accompanying Joint resolution i.
in the exact terms Of the one last passed
by Congress, in 1894. providing for 9
except that the month OF July Is pro
vided for instead Of thirty days. ant
express provision Is made for contin
uance Of the census bureau; the latter i:
Iudd0 ucCcSSdIy UCCduSC CA4StiAS Ia "
provides for the termination Of the or
ganization OF that bureau June 80, 1919
The reorganization OF the bureau is pro
vided for In the legislative, ETC.. act fol
1918, but until the latter becomes q Law
it is necessary to thus provide expressly
for a continuance of the old organiza
ton.
THE month Of July is specified as tn,
extreme period of time covered by TIT
proposed extension of appropriations. In
stead Of thirty days. In order to avoit
possible complications that may arise II
settling salary or pay accounts under thu
provisions of the act Of June 80, 1905, re
curing that in making payments all an
nual salaries shall be divided into twelv,
equal parts, and each such parts int,
thirty equal portions, or computing ~
days as a year and thirty days as con
stituting each month"
Money for Militia.
Representative Hay followed Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald. His resolution
called for the immediate appropriation
of $l.350,000 for encampments and ma
neuvers for the organized militia:
Because the army appropriation bill
was vetoed" he explained. these ma
neuvers cannot be held without appro
priations. / don't propose to treat an.
other item in the bill in this manner
but the states in good faith prepare
for these maneuvers and spent larg
sums preparing for them"
The resolution was adopte0 withou
comment.