The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-03
MADE
BY CONGRESS
CONCEDED GOOD
At Rate of Progress Next
Eour Weeks Made to Date
Emergency Measures Will
Be Cleaned Up.
BY GEORGE n. MANNING

Washington, June 2.-If congress
makes the same rate of progress in the
next four weeks of the extra session
that it has made in the last two weeks
all seven of the big appropriation bills
left over in March and several other
urgent measures will be safely passed
by the beginning of the next fiscal
year, July /.
The republicans, in control of the
senate and house, will then have dis
proved by their own acts the charges
they made in March and April when
the president did not respond to their
demand to call congress in extra ses-
sion Immediately. that President WI
son was so deeply engrossed in the
Ieace conferences at Paris that he was
neglectng important matters at home.
The congress. especially the house.
has exceeded almost all expectations
by the business like way it met, or
ganized and went right to work pass
ing urgent appropriation bills.
The senate has not moved so rapid
ly as the house and on several days
has not met at all because on account
of the rule that all appropriation bills
must originate in the house, the SEN
ate has had nothing to work upon and
is still waiting upon the house to send
the hills voer.
But the one measure that has been
passed by both houses-the war risk
bureau deficiency appropriation bill.
appropriating $39, ,00O. 900. was passed
by the senate with only three minutes
debate while the house took about 45
minutes.
In the first two weeks of the extra
session the following has been done:
House
Perfected organization, consisting
of election of speaker and other house
officers appointment of committees,
etc.
Passed war risk bureau deficiency
appropriation bill for s39, 1000 900.
, Passed constitutional amendment for
woman suffrage.
, Completed discussion of Ladian ap-
preparation bill, and it is now ready
for final passage.
? Took up urgent deficiency bill WITH
prospect of promptly passing it..
Senate.
Completed organization with cleo
ton of all committees.
Passed war risk bureau deficiency
eli.
Took up debated and laid aside until
amendment.
Because of the necessity for its pass
irg all the urgent appropriation bills
first the house got down to business
with expedition seldom equalled. The
republicans had agreed upon thei:
choice for speaker and the other cleo
tive officers before. the session con-
vened and had made up their commit
tee slate. On the first days session
they elected their speaker and the
other officers and adjourned in two
hours.
The next day the presidents mes
sage was read and almost immediate
adjournment taken. But on the day
% lowing the deficiency appropriation
bill for $39.o0O.0o0 to enable the war
risk bureau to continue the payments
to beneficiaries of the soldiers. sailors
and marines was reported in and
passed inside an hour.
The next day the Indian appropria-
ton bill was reported in and passed |
when the agricultural bill hove in
sight. The agricultural bill was taken |
UP promptly and laid temporarily |
aside almost completed in order to |
take up the urgent deficiency bill car
rsing appropriations for which several !
of the departments are seriously in |
need.
The senate, with no need for imme |
diate haste. took its time to organize |
and now has that all smoothed out |
with the old-line republicans in the |
saddle and the so-called Insurgents /
scattered in defeat.
When the war risk bureau bin came
ever from the house the senate /
promptly laid aside organization |
squabbles and details and took the
measure up and passed it inside five /
minutes.