The Washington times., 1913-02-15
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
MAY F|L|BUSTER TO
CUT PENSION BILL
Bitter Fight in Prospect Late
Today on This and Other Ap-
preparation Measures.

A threatenede filibuster against all ap-
preparation bills and conference reports
thereon worried the House leaders this
afternoon prior to the continuance of
debate ION the pension budget, which
carries the enormous total of $3.50, ,30O.0 COO
. After attending the memorial services
in the Senate in honor of the late Vice
President, the prospects are that the
House late today may be the scene OF
bitter war against the anual pension
BILL and incidentally, against other al
legged eNtravagant budgets.
The pending pension bill carries an in
crease of SIS 900 over that of last
year, and the economy Democrats"
are on the warpath against 1t. and also
the naval appropriation bill, which,
when reported, viii carry MANY millions
in excess of the naval bill of the last
session.
Extravaganza Scored.
This was indicated yesterday after
noon in the speeches of Congressman
Roddenbery and Tribble. Congress
man Tribble, a member of the Naval
Committee. scored the extravaganza
in the naval budget and Mr.. Rodden-
berry frankly asserted his willing
ness to join in a concerted Demo-
cratic crusade to prevent the passage
of appropriation bill with stagger-
ing totals"
Roddenbery appealed to his col
leagues on the Democratic side to
stand by the economy plank in the
Baltimore platform. Practically every
bill reported by the Democratic
House, he said, had been a violation
Of these economy pledges.
II filibuster develops today
against the pensions bill. il will be
construed as the first step in a gen.
eral onslaught against large supply
bills. About three score Democrats
are said to be ready to join in hold
ing up the remaining APPROPRIATION
bills until they are sliced few mil
lion dollars.
Congressman Tribble did not mince
words in upbraiding his colleagues on
the Naval Affairs Committee for their
Eterality in appropriations, and he and
the filibustering Roddenbery were
cheered on by the economy Democrats
In the House
Assails "Plucking" Board.
One Democrat has gone so far as to
suggest that the chairman of the Naval
Affairs Committee should not be rec
ognized TO call up a sl58, 900 naval
bin which violates the party PLATFORM
and the public buildings bill will also
be denounced when IL reaches the
House
Discussing the action of the Naval
Committee, Congressman Tribble as
sailed the .'plucking board provided
for in the bin, charging that this board
for years had been --plucking' and put
ting on the retired list at fat salaries
naval officers who ought 10 be at sea
In rapping the extravaganza in the
naval budget Mr.. Trfbble said:
The appropriation submitted By the
Navala Committee carries Si2s 90. 90
without a battleship, for expenses of the
navy. In addition to this, two battle
ships have ben reported by the COM
mittee. making the total amount of the
bill sl4S. .000, coo. The complaint I make
&c this bill is this: In 1911 the appro-
priation in total carried s12G co1. DCa,
which included two battleships. The ap-
preparation this year, two years later,
carries an appropriation of 80 00o, go
ncre than the 1911 appropriation.
Now, this is a proposition / can not
understand; that is to say, in 1911 two
battlesnips were carried in the s125-
ho0.C3o and this committee, pledged to
an economical administration, appro-
PIRATES $12S.0000D before il reaches the
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