The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-20
CONGRESS WORKS
ON APPROPRI ATIONS
MUST PLACE SOC, COO 600 A DAY
FOR THE NEXT ELEVEN
DAYS.
Ship Purchase Bill Received No At
tention-s25o,ooo Appropriated to
Defray Presidents California Trip

Washington. Feb. 19-Confronted
with the necessity OF appropriatine
S90.O0o00o a day for the next eleven
legislative days. congress sett ed
down today to hurry through the
measures which will supply the bill
lion dollars needed to run the govern
ment during the next fiscal year
In the senate the entire day was
devoted to the $39. 100000 legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
Dill The house passed the pension
bill. carrying $1G40O0,000. and took
mp the diplomatic and consular meas.
IRE, appropriating $45O0000
Beyond the naming of the house
conferees, the ship purchase bin re.
ceiYed no attention, repOsing in the
custody Of the conference committee,
where it viii remain under the agree
ment reached yesterday i'm the SEN
ate until February o. The conferees
probably viii not meet this week
The snip bin investigation also was
at standstill today, but the special
committee win resume its hearings
tomorrow.
"A committee amendment to the leg
IS ative. executive and judicial bill
appropriating 100000 to be used by
the president in connection with the
formal opening Of the Panama cana
was adopted by the senate after q
sharp debate Senator FAN sought tC
establish the basis on which the est
mate Of expenses had been made.
Senator Martin, chairman Of the ap
preparations committee said a con
ference of democratic and repubiica.
leaders called by the president had
agreed to ask for $250000 to defral
the expenses eff the president and his
party, which was to include foreign
diplomats and 200 or 300 members o.
congress. The committee, upon beiua
advised of some criticism of this las
provision. however. had reduced The
appropriation 100000 leaving it tC
the president to invite whom ht
would.
Senator Martin said he understood
the president proposed to invite for
mer Presidents Roosevelt and Tai
and a small committee from congress
to make the trip to San Francisco
with him
Senator Kenyon proposed ar
amendment providing that none Of
the money be expended to pay the eX
penses of members of congress or
the trip but it was laid on the tab.t
by vote OF So to 80.
With the ship bill ont of the way
senate leaders were giving some
thought to matters other than appro
priation bills which might be urged
at this session II was understood
the administration was particularly
DESTROYS that the treaties with Mica.
ragua and Colombia be ratified and
also would like to see some conserva.
ton legislation
Senator Myers, chairman of the
public lands committee, said today.
however. that opposition to the power
Site and nonprevIous metal land
easing bills probably would make il
impossible to pass them
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of
the Philippines committee said he
thought the Philippines bill had "a
fair chance of passing, although con
siderable opposition to the preamble
declaring the purpose of the United
States ultimately to grant independ-
ence was to be expected.
Administration leaders indicated
clearly that no bill would be permit-
ted to interfere with action on the
appropriation measures SO as to make
an extra session of congress ne'es-