The sun., 1919-03-04
KILL
ALL BUT ONE BIG
BILLATC CLOSE
Measure Providing $780,
100000 for Railroad Fund
Will Be Passed.
DEMOCRATS FIGHT HARD
Military, Naval and Agricul-
ture Appropriations Are
Cast Aside.
DEMOCRATS FIGHT HARD

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The Sixty
fifth Congress wound up an all day and
all night fight near the end of the
session which will not come to
close until noon tomorrow. Exactly
as predicted the urgent deficiency
bill, carrying provision for the $780,
900 900 new revolving fund for the
Railroad Administration, is to be per-
mitted to pass. but the wheels Of the
legislative machine will not be allowed
to grind out any other measures.
When the President goes to the Cap
itol tomorrow to sign the last minute
bills he will have his work simplined
to a great extent by having only one to
sign--the big deficiency bill.
During the day and evening. which
vas taken up in flights Of oratory COW
ering almost every subject under the
sun except the matters in the defi-
cheney bill, half hearted attempts were
made by the Democratic Senators in
charge Of various bills to secure unan-
imous consent for votes on these meas
| uIeS AT stateu nOuTs.
Big bills swept Aside.
Some Of the bills are not even before
the Senate and IN every case there had
not been a moments discussion or con-
sideration OF measures designed to
appropriate billions Of dollars.
First, Senator Chamberlain (Oregon)
. SNl,a 20
nittee, sought unanimous consent FOL
vote on the military appropriation
bill, setting the hour at IL o'clock
There has not been a minutes considera
ton OF this bill In the Senate, ant
Senator Chamberlain was making th'
request merely to keep his record on
all right AS coon as the question va
put. Senator Penrose (Pa-) objected.
Evidently to have everything over a
quickly as possible Senator Cor
(Okla), chairman OF the Senat
Agriculture Committee, immediatel,
asked unanimous consent that the agrt
cultural alNropriation bill be voted o.
at 10 o'clock tonight
II object" said Senator Penrose.
Senator Swanson (ya), chairman o
the Senate Naval Affairs Committed
then made the same request of tho nava
appropriation measure.
Surely the Senator from Virgini
| does not make that request seriously,
said Senator Penrose.
, THE naval bill as II Is now has neve
even been before tho Senate. II Is fu
Of Questionable features. and there
, at least q months discussion in Il. TIL
Senator has no hope that his reouef
= would be granted, and object to 1t.
5 "I have had hope" Senator Swanso
, commented.
But no expectations There is
difference"
semi-luxuPy Tax Repeal Loses.
:. As soon as Senator Swanson sat dow
Senator Simmons IN. c.. chairman {
: the Senate Finance Committee. sougi
s unanimous consent tor vote on n
8 resolution recently passed ty the Hous
o repeating the schedule of So called sem
luxury taxes embodied IN the new Ia
law. To this request the objection can
from Senator Curtis tKan.)
= 1T ia peculiar thing that there
!" such freat rush-,o -Dsss all these Bit
e. at tho last moment" said Senator Jon,
n yielded to permit the requests to be y,
Il before the Senate. BILLS carrying enol
nous expenditures are brought her
without discussion. and requests mad
that the Senate vote on them witho,
~ considering them at all"
10 Senator Thomas (Col), q Democrs
N interrupted.
st Perhaps the Senators on the 9th,