The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-16
Votes Funds to Keep the
Government Machin-
cry Running
REPUBLICANS ENJOY
THE PARTY'S PLIGHT
They Make Political Capt.
tai Out of the
Affair

/ Washington, July l6. - Temporary
funds to supply the government during
the last half OF the present month were
provided by,a resolution passed by the
House last night after a day of arduous
parliamentary manoeuvring. The reso-
lutions extended the appropriation bills
of the last fiscal year to cover the re-
mainder OF the month of July, unpro-
vided for because of delay in the pas
| sage of four big corporation bills for the
year which began on July |, Last years
| funds had already been extended up to
to day. Republicans in the House made
capital out OF the tangled legislative
situation in which the majority found it.
self. The determination of the rules
committee not to meet in the face of
pending woman suffrage and prohibition
resolutions made it impossible for the
Democratic leaders to secure special
rule on the extension resolution without
opening up both of these questions, and
Republican Leader Mann refused to al
low the resolution to 20 through by
unanimous consent.
For time it appeared that the gov
eminent departments after last night
would find themselves without funds,
but an agreement finally was reached by
which the Republicans permitted the
passage of the resolution after they had
made the most of the opportunity to
criticise the administration.
During the day the perfected legisla.
tive, executive and judicial and District
OF Columbia appropriation bills, total
ling $4S, 100000, had been put through.
The measures tied up are the sundry
civil bill carrying more than 100000
600, and the Indian bill, carrying about
Sl0,000,000.
In connection with the discussion Of
the appropriations, President Wilson |
was accused by Democratic leader in |
the House of responsibility for the ex
delay of Congress in passing !
the routine bills, The charge was made
by Representative Fitzgerald of New |
York, chairman of the House committee
on appropriations, one of the few Dem
ocrats who occasionally criticse the
president and his methods.
Mr. Fitzgerald declares that If it had
rot been for the insistenee of the presi-
lent that two administration proposals
'hould have the right of way over all
,ther legislation the appropriation bills
would have been passed long before June
10 He told the House that he had in.
ormed distinguished gentlemen" of the
LANCER of sidetracking the appropriation
measures for the Panama tolls repeal
ill and the trust program, but that his
dvice was ignored, with the result that
even Of the budgets had failed OF pas
age by July | and two are still tied up
n conference. II
The administrations business policy h
fas vigorously defended, and the condi- !
ion OF the countrys business declared !
o be better than ever before in speech
q the House by Representative Heflin of {
labama. Mr.. Hefin called Representa-. !
i've Humphrey, Republican, of Washing IN
on, who has made several speeches pic
Iring business depression, calamity :
owler." He placed in the record letters
'om business men in various states say \
lg business was in good condition and +
he outlook cheerful. Ia
Representative Humphrey replied, re- /
Grating his statements. my inyesti- i
alton shows" he said, that business in
lis country to-day is worse than it has |,
zen at any time in the past twenty n
ears" n