Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-03
STEADY GRIND
BY CONGRESS ON
APPROPRIATIONS
No Cessation Until Clock Strikes
High Noon Tomorrow End
Ing Almost Continuous Two
year Session,

settled down tonight for what the
leaders expect TO De continuous scs-
sion until the gaVel falls Zoo slgnali2e
It's end at noon March The house
marked time FOR "a few hours after
sending the government ship purchase
hill back To eoHferouee while cOm-
mittees labored on final agreements
on the billion dollar appropriations
for expenses of the Governments
Meanwhile the senate sought energot-
lcally 20 catch up ON the legislative
program.
Ship Bin Fails.
Developments Of the day practically
sealed the fate Of the ship purchase
bill. administration leaders agreeing
that II would be almost impossible to|
act upon the conference report I'm The
senate after IL is disposed of by the
house.
The bin was shuntcd aside late in
the day In the house and returned
to conference on a point of order
made by Representative Mann, the
minority leader, who contcnded that
the conierces had exceeded their au
thority In increasing 90 three years
the period To elapse following he
close Of the European war before The
W ftho HhNdl HhN |IltAf NltN l0lbiA
should become effective.
Greatest activity u both houses
centcred upon conference reports ON
appropriation bills Agreement was
reached during the day on the naval,
legislative. executive and judicial sup
ply measures and on the army bill
except as TO house provision pro-
the use Of speeding up"
methods IN army shops The senate
confcrees yielded to the house on a
similar provision in the naval meas
urc.
Agreement on Naval Bill.
Both houses adopted that portion of
the report which carries total out
lay Of $l0l,974, 1865. House conferees
won a point in having stricken out
a provision for an aviation plant at
San Diego, Cal. II was provided, /
however. that q commission of army
be- appointed 10 look into the
selection of a site for such plant
The agreement on the naval bill
leaves the naval program for the year
as follows:
Two battleships. six or more tor
pedo boat destroyers two sea-going
submarines, sixteen coast defense sub
and one oil ship. The bill
carries a total Of $t4S,0OO,000, the !
total amount for the building program
$45,053,S01.
Deficiency Appropriations.
Late in the day the senate passed (
the general deficiency appropriation /
bill carrying $S.092,872. An amend |
ment empowering the Interstate Com |
merce commission to have access to |
the correspondence files Of carriers /
fUt.l Int f.f Tar
made by senator oliver. who declared |
that such eleventh hour legislation in !
an appropriation bill was unwarrant- !
ed The bin carried amendments |
making $500, 900 Immediately avail /
able for use of the new federal trade (
commission and appropriating $5O,444 /
for the use of the president I'm eNecu- I
ting the neutrality law ana for un- /
foreseen emergencies arising in the !
and consular service.
Action of the Philippine legislature /
in increasing the internal revenue /
taxes on account Of the war was Legal I
lied, but a provision empowering the /
legislature 10 enact further emergency /
revenue legislation was defeated.
Another amendment appropriates .
S71 900 to pay claims for Americans +
killed on the Mexican border
Cuts Down Pork Barrel.
A substitute for the river and har-
bor bill appropriatng $25, 600 and T
for the diversion Of an un-
expected balance All to be spent under
direction Of the secretary of war ana
board OF engineers, was reported and /
Senator Fletcher gave notice that he
probably would move TO displace the
Indian bin some time during the night
for it's consideration.
Provision is made in the bill for
re-suryey on many projects hereto
'orc authorized which have been
stumbling blocks to a successful bill
for two sessions
SAYC PRESIDENT Is