The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-03
SHIP BILLS FATE
VIRTUALLY SEALED
LEADERS AGREE 1T WILL BE
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
ACr ON MEASURE
BILL RETURNED
TO CONFERENCE
Great Activity IN Both Houses
Upon Conference Reports on
Appropriation Measures
sBy As.oclatsa Press,

expected 10 be O continuous session
until the gavel signaliZes Its end AT
noon March 4.
The house marked time for q few
hours after sending the government
ship purchase bill back 20 conference
while committees labored on final
agreements on the billion dollar ap-
preparation for government expenses.
Meanwhile the senate sought ener-
getically to catch up on the legislative
program.
The days developments virtually
sealed the fate of the ship purchase
bill, administration leaders agreeing
that Ii would be almost impossible
to act on the conference report in the
senate after 1t Is disposed OF by the
house.
The ship purchase bill was shunted
aside late In the day in the house and
returned to conference on point OF
order made by Representative Mann,
the minority leader, who ccntended
that the conferees had exceeded their
authority in increasing to three years
the period to elapse following the
close of the European war before the
Weeks naval auxiliary provisions
should become effective.
Speaker Clark sustained the point
of order, and further conference
with the senate was requested to
make the report conform to the rules
House leaders discovered late to-
night that on account Of the tangled
situation in the senate there YVES lit
tie business demanding imm sdiate
attention On their side of the capitol
and at 11:25 o'clock the house recess
ed until tomorrow.
It was understood that altar to-
night there will be no adjournment and
probably no recess before the session
ends Thursday.
The house sgfeed- tonight to the
conference roooTt,on. the naval bills,
| with q provision directing the secre-
| tary of the navy to report TO tile next
congress plans for four naval vessels
| based on European war oSseI vations.
| Reports on the military academy and
the diplomatic and consular bills also
were agreed to.
In agreeing, on the4legislatite. exc
eutive and judicial Bill, conferses. to-
night eliminatAd ell provision for
money to,he expended by the president
| In connection with the formal opening
OF the Panama Canal. They concluded
that IL the president made the trip
through the canal the expenses could
be paid out OF some existing funds.
Gteatest activity in both houses
/ centered upon conference reports on
| appropriation bills. Argument was
reached during the day on the naval
and Legislative. executive and judicial
| supply measures, and on the army bill
except as to a house provision pro-
hibiting the use of r..speeding up"
methods in army shops. The senate
copferees yielded to the house on d
similar provision In the naval meas
ure. -, &
Conference on the army bill agresd
to all the financial featuree and both
houses adopted that portion of the re-
port which carries total outlay OF
$101 .974 ,165.. House conferees won b
point In having stricken out provis-
ion for an aviation plant at Sun DIE
go, Calf. It was provided. however.
that commission Of army officers
be appointed TO look into the selection
of O site for such q plant.
| An agreement on the naval bill
leaves the naval building program for
the year as follows:
Two hattleshipa, ak or more tc.pe-
do boat destroyers, two sea-going
submarines. 16 coast defense cub
marines and one oil ship. The bill
carries total of S14S, ,00e 600. the total.
amount for the building program az.
igregating sl5.053.S01 The senate
amendment appropriating $1,000 900
toward construction OF an armor plate
factory was stricken out by the COM
ferees.
Late in the day the senate paseed
| the general deficiency appropriation
bill, carrying sS.092,S72. An amend
ment empowering tho Interstate CONT
merce eommission to have access To-
| the correspondence siles og caPriers
was stricken out on q point Of order