The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-02
DEAD PORK BARREL
Hopeless Deadlock on Public Building
BIZ and Complications
on Twelve
Others.

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WASHINGTON, March L.. Wit
thirteen of the big government suppl,
bills still in the legislative gristmill
congress at midnight faced the pros
pect of an almost unbroken sittin,
until Tuesday noon, March 4, whei
the session ends, il it is to finish tn,
business before it.
Shortly before midnight Represen
tatiye Burnett, chairman Of the pun
lie buildings committee, announced
that the public buildings bill, the bis
pork barrel measure, was dead.
He said the conferees were deadlock
ed beyond hope of agreement, unless
the house acquiesced In senate
amendments carrying increases Of
s12,0oo.0oO.
Complaining the passage of the
other twelve supply bills, both
branches of congress tonight faced
internal dissension. There were seem
ingly unreconcilable differences be.
tween the senate and the house on
the naval and rivers and harbors bill
The latter, it was declared tonight
would probably not pass unless Sena-
tor Newlands called off a fiIibuster
to force the adoption of his amend
ment calling for protection of the
headwaters of great streams.
Exhausted and harrassed congress
men tonight were wrangling in con-
ferenve over the billion dollar appropri-
alton measures which provides funds
for carrying on the work of every
department OF the government for the
coming fiscal year. In the senate,
Newlands insisted he would continue
his filibuster and in the house the
senate's amended workmen's compen
sation bill, the last Important piece
of constructive legislation before con
gress, was the subject of bitter de
bate. II was called up only when a
filibuster, led by allied democrats and
republicans, had been broken. The
situation tonight which may mean that
congress must pass 800. 90, 900 worth
OF appropriation bills in the closing
hours of the session, while a new
president waits outside its door, was
as follows:
Naval appropriation bill, in confer.
ence. with democrats fighting the two
tattIesbip senate amendment. in
place of one. as originally passed by
the house
General deficiency bill, in confer
ence, With senate amendments being
objected to by house conferees.
District Of Columbia bill. in confer
ence, with house and senate at odds
over an amendment regulating liquor
traffic.
Military academy bill. reported, and
awaiting passage.
legislative, Judicial and executive
appropriation bill, in conference with
an agreement expected SUNDAY.
Indian appropriation, in conference,
With bitter dispute over senate amend
men;s.
Agricultural appropriation, in con.
ference with conferees deadlocked
over Lever amendment. carrying an.
preparations for the establishment OF
county agricultural schools.
Pension bills. in conference with
house conferees Directing 10 senate
amendments increasing appropria.
tions 10 nearly $2ooo0o.o91.
Diplomatic appropriations agreed
on tonight and now waiting formality
of passage.
sundry civil bill, passed senate with
amendments, and will be considered
in conference at 10 o'clock SUNDAY
morning
Urgent deficiency, scheduled q,
midnight for consideration in senate
# Newlands' deadlock on rivers ane
harbors bin could be broken.
House democrats are widely spIi
over the appropriation bills and sew
eral members openly defied Leade
Underwood, opposing his efforts t,
secure me immediate considerable,
of regular business by dispensin,
with unanimous consent day. III
Saturday routine. Speaker Clark tc
night again pleaded with his collea
CUES to expedite the passage of tn
appropriation bills and many of tn
leading insurgents were called into
late conference.
While the battle was waging on th
workmen's compensation bill, Floo
Leader Underwood announced tina
the house would. upon its recessin
tonight, be called at 10 O'Clock SUI
day morning.
At one a. m, the house recesse
until two thirty Sunday afternoon.
Late tonight the conference repoi
on the urgent deficiency appropri
lion, recommending an expenditure
S2S,5oo.ooo, was accepted by the SCI
ale. House conferees, it was state,