Arizona republican., 1917-02-26
CONGRESS HAS
BUT ONE WEEK
To END WORK
[Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

Republican A. p. Leased Wire1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-With the
appropriation filibuster in the senate
against revenue legislation broken
late last night, after one of the most
tempestuous sessions Of recent years,
the Sixty-f1urth congress tomorrow
will enter upon the last week of it's
official existence. still facing extra
ordinary legislative congestion
Republican leaders who had threat
ened 10 defeat the emergency revenue
bill by dilatory tactics agreed To q
final vote on the measure next We'd
nesday night, when confronted with
the democratic determination TO hold
the senate in continued session
Danger Of further efforts to force az
extra session has not disappeared,
insist that the president should be
forcd to summon the sixty-fifth con-
gress to he on hand for eventualities
in the European crisis.
When the republicans made peace
with the majority over the 100000
600 revenue and bond bill and agreed
that appropriation measures might
be considered by unanimous consent
betwee now and Wednesday night,
some minority leaders frankly con-
fesseG to the belief that the action
would avoid necessity for an extra
session.
Administration leaders, notwith-
standing the possibility of further OBJ
structiVe tactics interfering with th.,
army ard navy appropriation meas
ures and the sundry civil apprOpria
ticn bill, We're jubilant today over
the breaking of the revenue filibuster
and expressed conviction that all
differences yet to arise may be iron
ed out in the closing hours of the
session.
Whether President Wilson will go
before congress before adjournment
to discuss the relations between the
United States and Germany the dem
oc"atie leaders in both houses frank
ly state they do not know Many OF
them expect that he viii, but do not
profess TO know what he will ask
That nearly all pending legisla-
ton so long urged by the president
must fail at this session now is
practically conceded by every one
If the revenue. army and navy, sun
dry, civil and minor appropriation
measures still pending get through,
that is all that the most sangrine
democrats expect. Substitution of a
lump appropriation FOR the rivers and
h9rbors is almost conceded Ths
public buildings bill is generally ad
mitted to ne dead The flood control
bill probably will be talked to death
tomorrow n tho five hours allotted
to ii. Railroad labor legislation, the
corrupt practices and conservation
bills all have practically no chance
even for consideration. There is
doubt also that the bills amending
the federal reserve law and the ship
ping board act, extending the powers
Of tI r-faf
purposes, will be passed
In view of the probable failure
of all these important measures, there
are some democratic senators who
cling to a persistently expressed be-
lief that the sixty fifth congress will
be summoned in extraordinary ses-
sion. no matter what develops with
relation To Germany But with no
word from the White House on this
phase Of the situation. discussion of
future possibilities is entirely specu-
latiVe
Prohibition for the national capital.
appropriation. food prices and in
creased pay for government employees
will figure in the final legislative
drive in the house.
Representative Randall of Califor-
mia, leading the prohibition fight, an
ro'ineed today that no friend Of pro-
hioition would be fooled by the Dis
trict committees c0up of putting a
bone dry provision into the bill. de
signed to put the prohibitionists into
the position of voting against bone
dry in order to get the bill through
at this session.
The house judiciary committee will
meet Tuesday in an effort to report
the espionage and other emergency
bills passed ny the senate. There IS
considerable opposition to them and
their fl e is doubtful.
Virtually all hope Of getting the
Wedd ration wide prohibition amend
ment before the house this session
has been abandoned by house leaders
The president having called an
extra session of the senate to con-
slider nominations and the Colombian
treaty. there is a strong probability
that this branch of the congress will
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