The Washington times., 1914-12-05
HEAVY CALENDAR IS
FACING CONGRESS
Particularly Large Number OF
Bills Will Come Up for Dis
cuSSion at Session.

damned into the less than three
months OF the last session OF the Sixty
third Congress. which will open at noon
Monday. there will be an extraordinary
amount of business.
Altogether IL promises 10 be one "I
the llveliest short sessions which wash
ington has experienced for years. IL i
not likely to be productive of mucn
legislation. but there will probably be
/ few dull days between the first Mon-
day in December and the fourth Ut
March.
There was rruch talk of enactment oil
n long program OF general Legislation
but the outlook for such legislation IS
not bright. II will hurry the House and
Senate. especially the Senate. II pass
the appropriation bills. Lately mar
man Fitzgerald. of the House Appro-
priatlons Committee. has served notice
on the White House that it Will take
all the time to pass tho approprlauoI'
bills. ard that If attempts are made 10
force through general Legislation the
supply bills will not all pass ny Narch
& and an extra session will be neces-
sary.
Speakers Thinks Same.
Speaker Clark has said practically the
same thing. 1t is known this IS the
view of MAN. of the leaders. Whether
the President will accept this view OF
il or will try to put through both list
of important general bills plus the ap-
Precipitation bills remains TO he seen. 1t
is certain the President VIII reCoHhiciiu
a number of bills. f.
Congressman Henry of Texas VIII de-
maDd consideration at the outset OF
the session for his motion TO rGcotIitlit
a bill amending the national banking
laws and for the legislation which ne
demands to authorize the Secretary or
the Treasury to deposit S25O,eo,Oc IN
banks situated in the cotton ana To-
bacco States.
some of the Democratic leaders are
saytn9. "The Democrat party has
nassed enough general legislation. II
ought TO quit now and rest on Its
record. -
However. President Wilson has re-
peatedly let it be known he would m
sIst on the passage OF a snip purchase
hill this session and that he wanted
the Philippine bill and the general
leasing and general dam bus passed
this winter. 1t il obvious that passage
of these measures Will REQUIRE much
time and it is generally considered that
before March arrives some OF them
will he dropped. Persistent reports have
been current that the Government ship
purchase bill would be dropped. Eut
the President has recently sara 'hsI u
was still included in his program. This
, bill was favorably reported 10 the
House last session.
. The Philippine bill. which has passed
( the House. will probably lead to pro-
tracted debate in the Senate. IL VIII ne
| made a sort of vehicle for the carriage
J Of Ali manner OF debate over interna-
tionaI AFFAIRS.
The immigration bill, rural credits,
various labor measures. and interstate
commerce measures are pending.
Hard To Economic.
The appropriations bills this session
| Kill demand an unusual amount Of at
tention. It is a hard job to try to
economize. Moreover. with most OF the
general legislation sidetracked. there
| will be an effort to get general legis-
lation in the form of riders on appropri'
| alton bills.
| ARMY and navy matters will demand
unusual consideration. They will be
we'll aired in the debate on the army
and navy and Notifications appropria.
lions bills, regardless of whether the
Gardner-Ioige resolution or anything
| of that nature is adopted.
| Last session, President Wilson had
| only to crook his finger at Congress and
Questions Most OF the members paid
| TO ask what the White House desired
Whether this brand of craftsmanship
will obtain as completely this winter as