Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-05
ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM FAILS
TO GET THROUGH
Only Two Measures Advocated
by President As of Prime
Importance Come Out of
Legislative TangIe,

Washington, March 4.-Of all the
legislation on the administration pro-
gram proper, only the revenue bill
and the measure giving civil govern
ment to Porto Rico and American cit
izenship to its inhabitants got through
the legislative tangle at the close of
the session.
Among the administration bills
which failed were the measures to
supplement the Adamson law; the
bill to enlarge the interstate COM
merce commission; the Webb bill to
legalize Joint foreign selling agencies,
and conservation legislation, inClud-
ing the general dam bills and water
power bills. Bills which do not form
part of the original program but
which were pressed unsuccessfully by
cabinet officers and administration
leaders included amendments to the
shipping act to give the president
power to commander ships, a dras-
tic espionage bill which passed the
senate but never was taken up in the
house, and amendments to the federal
reserve act to increase reserve bank
gold holdings and decrease member
bank reserves.
Bills Passed or Failed.
Congress provided for the payment
of $25, 100000 for the Danish West
Indies but the senate failed to ratify
despite an urgent request by the pres
ident, the treaty to pay Colombia $15,-
100000 for the separation of Panama
Among important enactments which
were not specifically included in the
administration program were the bill
abolishing saloons in the District of
Columbia and the rider on the post
office appropriation bill making it a
crime to transport liquor in Interstate
commerce into a prohibition state.
Although the senate filibuster
stopped the passage of appropriation
bills carrying in all about $511 ,000.-
900. congress managed to get through
in it's three months session ten 9TH
er supply measures with a total of
nearly $1,200,000.0 Appropriation
measures that failed included the
army appropriation bill, Carrying $270,-
100000; the sundry civil appropria-
ton BILL carrying $4,000, 1000; the
deficiency, 2,0d0,000 the
rivers and harbors S39, 100000, and
the military academy, s1,3S0,00O.
The bills passed were: Naval, $685.
600, 600; postoffice. 100000, ,00O;
invalid pensions, s160,000, 900; lesis-
Iative, executive and judicial, $40, ,000,-
GOO notifications, s51,000,00O agri-
cultural, $26,000,0O0; District of CO.
lumbia, s13,000,0O0; Indian, $12,O0O,-
O00 diplomatic and consular, $4,000
900, and urgent deficiency, $1,000, 900.
President Wilson was at the capitol
during the closing hours of the ses-
sion, signing bills as they were deliv-
cred to his office. Members of the
"a binet and Secretary Tumulty, with
/ staff from the White House, were
IN hand to assist.
Among the measures to which the
president attached his signature were
he naval and agricultural appropri-
alton bills, a resolution providing for
/ 100000 bond issue to speed up
construction, resolution
until July the effective |.
less of the prohibition feature of the |
,ostoffce bill, a resolution appropri- !
Iting s3,000,000 to continue work on |
he Alaskan railroad, and more than
score of minor resolutions and bills |
The last measure signed provided !
pension for the widow of Mai Gen
Funston.