Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-03-07
President, Rolled, Puts Blame on
G. 0. P. Senators for Failure
of Big Bills.
NO FUNDS TO OPERATE ROADS
Republican Tactics Hurt Heroes, says
Secretary 5sker--Regrets That
Number of Men Must Remain
in Service for Longer Time.


Washington, March 6.--Congress ad-
journed at noon In the midst of Re
publican filibuster IN the senate that
killed long list of Important meas
ures.
There was no turning back of clocks.
Democratic leaders realized the stu
alton was hopeless. and the gayels
ending the long war session and the
Sixty-fifth congress actually tapped at
noon
Among the bills that failed was one
appropriatlng $T50,oOO.O00 for the rail-
road administration.
Failure of the army appropriation
bill, and other military measures To
pass before congress adjourned leaves
the war departMent in "dlnlcult but
not serious situation" Secretary
Baker said
Mr.. Baker said his greatest regret
Was that failure of the army reorgani.
zation bill meant that n number of
men of the army must remain In the
service for a longer time than would
have been necessary otherwise.
The presidents statement is as fol-
lows:
"a group OF men In the senate have
deliberately chosen to embarrass the
administration of the government, to
imperil the financial interests Of the
railway systems of the country and
70 make arbitrary use of powers in
tended to be employed In the interest
of the people.
1T is plainly my present duty TO
attend the ueace conference IN Paris.
It Is also my duty TO be in close CON
tact with the public business during
session of the congress. ! must
make my choice between these two
duties and / confidently hope that the
people of the country viii think that
am making the right choice.
'It is not In the interest of the
right conduct of public affairs that
should call the congress in special
session while it Is impossible for me
to be In Washington, because of a
more pressing duty elsewhere, 10 CO.
operate with the houses.
II take 1t for granted that the men
who have obstructed and prevented
the passage of necessary legislation
have taken all of this into c0nsidera-
ton and are willing to assume the
responsibility Of the impaired eff
cheney of the government and the en-
barrassed finances of the country
during the time Of my enforced abb
sence'
The scene In the house was quite
different from that in the senate. AS
Speaker Clark announced the end of
The Slxty-fifth congress the Marine
band played patriotic songs and mem
bers and the crowded galleries Joined
in singing.
Legislation which failed at this ses-
sion of congress included:
Appropriation measures aggregating
$1,000, TT, ,392, as follows: Army, ST.
238, ,282 ,967; navy, 1924. .70S.52l; gem
eral deficiency. including $750,000, 900
addition to revolving fund for railroad
administration, ,096,913; sundry
civil, including s860,O00,OO0 for the
shipping board. $1.122 ,919,735; agricui-
ture, including repeal Of daylight saw
ing law, $37, ,355 ,352 District of Co
lumbia, $13,9s3,S94; Indian affairs.
15,430,O1G.
Legislative measures which fell into
the waste basket: Water power and
coal and oil lands leasing bills; civil
service retirement bill; bill to extend
government control over telegraph
and telephones; public buildings APP
preparation soldiers settlement land
bill. $100000,000; immigration bills In
Guiding provision to exclude imml-
grants for period Of four years; war
time prohibition enforcement bill; res
0lutIon to repeal semi-iuxury tax; pro-
posal to appropriate $5.000000 for ex-
penses of President Wilson and the
peace commission in Europe; women
suffrage constitutional amendment.
Belated measures which the opposi-
ton did not will to hold up and which
President Wilson signed included the
following;
Wheat guarantee measure, dipIo-
matte and consular appropriations,
military academy bill, two Civil war
pensions measures. bill to create pro-
bation system for the District of Co
lumbla. pension bill for veterans of
wars other than Civil war, measure
validating applications for and en-
tries Of public lands, and several other
minor bills.