Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-01
Session Expected to be
Record Breaker for
Time Consumed.
MUCH WORK TO BE DONE
Senate Leaders Prepare to
Push Currency BiIl-House
on Appropriations.

Washington, Dec. congress to-
day settled down to the second stage
of what is believed will be the longest
continuous session in its history. The
regular December session follows d.
rectly the long extra session, which
began April z.
Democratic leaders of the senate
prepared to push the currency bill
forward and will hold a session from
10 this morning to IL tonight until
disposed of. The house will busy itself
with great appropriation.
The program of the senate demo-
Gratis was not Immediately enforced as
regards the currency bill, and the re-
publicans were given until tomorrow
to confer following an announcement
by Senator Gallinger that there had
been no disposition of the bill.
Congress will have to appropriate
just $1,1OS,6S1,777 to operate the gov
ernment of the United States during
the fiscal year 1915 according to the
estimates prepared by each depart
ment and sent to the house today by
Secretary McAdoo of the treasury.
With this vast sum the government
forts, and the armies in the states In
the countries that border the seven
seas, it will keep the scales of justice
balanced; endeavor to retain the
friendship of foreign nations, look
after domestic prosperity and seek at
intervals to discover new ways in
which to better health, improve Living
conditions and investigate the merits
of the thousand new things in indus
try and commerce that come to its at
tention. For the postoffice depart
ment, including the parcel post, the
government expects the nation to pay
$306.953,117 but the postoffice depart
ment is self-supporting and no appro-
priations are required from congress
to keep it going.
Above Last Year.
The estimates submitted today are
$22, 1854 ,067 in excess of the appropria-
tions for the last fiscal year, but their
total falls $39,255,O66 below the esti-
mates for that year. Exclusive OF the
postoffice teh estimates are as follows:
Legislative establishment $685. ,331.
Executive establishment s30,809,268.
Judicial establishment $1,242,110.
Department Of agriculture $19,061,-
332.
Foreign intercourse $4,447,042.
Military establishment $105,937,5
Naval establishment $139, ,953.
Indian affairs $10,2O8,865.
Pensions $169, 9,150,000. asH .
Public works S97,917,592. AFWVMT
Miscellaneous $S4,393,213.
laff
$131, ,196,4O7.
For the preservation and compile
ton of vessels in commission or
authorized the navy department wants
S8 ESQ, 900; for the hulls and machin'
cry of. the two battleships and eight
torpedo boat destroyers which Secre-
.ary Daniels wishes to build Iii the
fiscal year 1914-1915, $7,S0O,O0O; for
armor and armament of vessels au-
thorized $lO,091,000. The sum OF
5000, 900 is wanted for naval defense
mines and appliances. $150,000 for ex-
detrimental work in high explosives,
517O, 900. for the naval station at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, and $750,000 for addi-
ions TO facilities and for the purchase
IF additional ground at the naval prov
ng ground, Indian Head, Maryland,
ust below Washington. To extend the
naval gun factory in Washington
400 900 is asked.
MANY increases are sought for the
army. OF these a large number are
explained in the estimates by the
statement that the army itself 10
arger than it has been heretofore.
)ne of the principal military items Is
1900, 900 for military aeronautics. of
which $15O,oO is to be spent for fif-
cen aeroplanes. declared to be neces-
,ary IL the United States is TO keep
breast in this science and "be pre-
Jared TO cope with other first-ciass
.owerS in case of war"