Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-04
EXTRA SESSION
SEEMS PROBABLE.
LlrTLE LIKELIHOOD OF PASSAGE
OF ALL APPROPRIATION
!, BILLS.
FlLIeUsTER AoAINsT
CHIP MEASURE DELAYS
Democrats Accuse Republicans Of De-
libsratsly Aiming to Smother Philip
pines and Other Measures-"Pork"
Advocates to Prseipitats Fight Over
Appropriations. I
fspecia, Correspondence


Especial Correspondence.)
Washington. Feb. 3-The Philippine
bill, the conservation bills. the general
dam bill and other general legislation
probably have been made impossible
for this session Of congress because OF
the length OF time to which the filibus-
ter on the ship purchase bill has
stretched out, coupled with the fact
that IL the ship purchase bill should
be- passed in the near future all the
rest Of the time up to March would
be needed to pass the appropriation
bills.
Even II the ship purchase bills
should be passed now, there would be
little time to devote to anything but
appropriation measures before March
4. Only about four weeks remain be-
fore the session closes and the senate
has thus tar made only a beginning on
the appropriation measures. II an ex-
ira session Is to be avoided these
measures will have to be taken up
without much more delay.
Question Motives Of Republicans.
The friends OF the ship purchase bill
,harge that one of the motives for the
flibuster on that bill has been to block
,ther general legislation, including the
conservation bill and the Philippine
bill It has been common thing at
the capital for years for some piece of
proposed legislation to be used as a
buffer against bills which the leaders
did not want passed. Undoubtedly the
opposition to the conservation bills.
the dam bill and the Philippine bill has
been one Of the reasons for fighting the
ship purchase bill so persistently. 1t
VAS not, however. been the only rea-
son.
Many Reasons For Opposition.
The opponents of ship purchase in
clude some senators who are opposed
to government ownership Of ships.
some who have heavy shipping and
shipyard interests In their states, some
who, while for government ownership.
denounce the administration ship bill
as q farce, not calculated to bring
about permanent government owner
ship. and some who fear that II the
bill Is passed there will be interna-
tionale difficulties and Uncle Sam may
get his fingers burned in the European
condAgratton.
1t II atha PURPOSE Of, the supporters
Of the river and l1arbor bill to push this
bull to the front just as soon as ship
purchase IS passed or ddetracked.
They do not intend to walt until lot
of other appropriation bills get in
ahead Of the 'pork barrel" II they do
wait, they will stand no show whatever
OF having the river and harbor bill
passed.
If the river and harbor bill is thrown
ahead OF other bills the. passage OF
some Of the appropriation bills will be
strictly endangered. The senate might
debate the shipp bill until the middle
of February and still pass the appro-
priation bill, If there were no contro-
versy over them.
"Pork" Bill to Start Right.
But there will be a big controversy
over the river and harbor bill. Sena-
tor Burton, Senator Kenyon and 9TH
ers are preparing to fight 1t. They
have heard there IL purpose to fat
ten the bill with some fine pieces OF
spork" and they are going to block
this plan II possible.
The longer the fight over the ship
purchase bill goes on, the more easy
Viii IL Do 10 pIcVeAs lAS phSssAko ol
the river and harbor bill or force
compromise with respect to It and limit
he bill to a comparatively small sum.
Another matter which may make the
legislative jam in the last days OF the
present session worse Is the trade
commission. The president has de-
layed making the appointments to this
body and now It is so late In the ses-
sion that 1t Is uncertain whether they
can be confirmed II named. This is
especially the case Of q. N. Hurley Of
Illinois, who Is rated as Roger Sui
Ivan democrat, and against whom
there will be hard opposition.