Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-20
Statesmen Find 1t Necessary
to Provide for Expenditure
of S90,000,000 a Day for
Eleven Days,
$160,000 FOR PRESIDENT
CAUSES DISCUSSION
Sum Is to Be Used for Ex-
penSeS Of Formally Opening
Panama Canal Senator Fall
Wants Outlay Itemized,

sy MORNING JouRnsL SPECIAL lEAsao wias
Washington, Feb. l9.-Confronted
with the necessity of appropriatlng
$90,00O.0OO day for the next eleven
Legislative days, congress settled down
today to hurry through the measures
which will supply the billion dollars
needed to run the government during
the next fiscal year
In the senate the entire day was de-
voted to the $39,000,000 legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
bill. The house passed the pension
bill carrying S164,00O,000 and took
up the diplomatic and consular meas
ure appropriating S4,5O0,000.
Ship Purchase Bill Asleep
Beyond the naming of the house
conferees the ship purchase bill re-
ceived no attention. reposing in the
custody of the conference committee
where 1t will remain under the agree
ment reached yesterday in the senate
until February q. The conferees
probably will not meet this week.
The ship bill investigation also was at
standstill today but the special COM
mittee will resume its hearings to-
morrow.
A committee amendment to the leg
islative, executive and judicial bill APP
propriating $160,00O to be used by the
president in connection with the for
NAL opening of the Panama canal
was adopted by the senate after a
sharp debate. Senator Fall sought TO
establish the basis on which the es-
innate OF expenses had been made.
Senator Martin. chairman of the APP
preparations committee. said a con-
ference of democratic and republican
leaders called by the president had
agreed 10 ask for S250,000 to defray
the expenses of the president and his
party which was to include foreign
diplomats and 200 or 500 members of
congress. The committee upon being
advised of some criticism of this last
provision, however, had reduced the
appropriation 100000. leaving ii TO
the president to invite them If he
would.
May Invite Former Presidents.
Senator Martin said he understood
the president proposed to invite for
mer Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
and small committee from congress
to make the trip to San Francisco
with him.
Senator Kenyon proposed an
amendment providing that none OF
the money be expended to pay the
expenses of members of congress on
the trip, but it was laid on the table
by n vote of 35 to 30.
With the ship bill out of the way,
senate leaders were giving some
thought to matters other than APP
preparation bills which might be
urged at this session. II was UNDER
stood the administration was partic-
ularly desirious tpat the treaties with
Nicaragua and Colombia be ratified,
and also would like to see some con-
servation legislation. senator Meyers,
chairman of the publlc lands commit
tee, said today however that opposi-
tion to the power sites and non-prec-
ious metal land leasing bill probably
would make it impossible to pass
them. Senator Hitchcock, chairman
of the Philippines committee said he
thought the Philippine 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
preparation measures SO as to make
an extra session OF congress necessary.