The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-19
Hard Clashes in
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! to provide for building up a giant
American merchant marine.
! Put the army and navy on peace
basis. reorganize the national guard
and adopt some plan for universal mil
itary training.
Restrict immigration and provide for
stamping out anarchy. sedition and
Bolsheyism in America.
The senate will not take up any i'm
portant legislative bushes during the
! first week Of the session because there
will be nothing before ii for consid-
Grafton. Three day recesses will prob
ably be taken. the senate adjourning
shortly after. meeting on Monday un-
/ til Thursday and again from Thursday
until the following Monday.
| When the senate meets Monday the
30 new senators will first be sworn in
and then the officers-President pro
1 tempore, secretary and sergeant at
arms-will be elected. The republic
! cans have agreed upon the election of
4 Senator Albert S. Cunrnins Of Iowa
for President pro tenn; George A. San
derson of Chicago for secretary and
| David S. Barry, for many years WASH
| ington correspondent for sergeant at
arms, and no hitch is anticipated in
their prompt election. A few unim-
! portant matters may then be attend
ed to and adjournmnt probably taken
until Thursday.
/ Departing for the first time In the
/ history of the United States from the
| custom of having chosen committees
from the senate and house wait on
! the President at the White House and
notify him that congress is in session
and ready to receiv any communica-
/ ton he may wish to present, the SEN
ate and house leaders have decided to
| send him a cable to Paris direct or
through the White House. To amin
| tain the old custom the usual commit
| tees may possibly be chosen and they
may send the cable.
The passage of the annual appro-
| priation bills left over from the last
session being the first thing in order
for the extra session the senate will
have nothing before it for action dur
| ing the first week or ten days because
these measures must originate in the
house.
1t is expected that It will be at least
ten days after the opening of the ses-
sion before the first appropriation bill
will have passed the House and reach
ed the senate for consideration. Dur
ing those first ten days the senate will
mark time and the republicans will
have ample time and opportunity to
hold numerous formal and informal
conferences to iron out the differences
in their organization and prepare to
get right down to buseniss when the
real work of the session begins.
The house will have before it when
it meets on Monday ample business to
| Immediately occupy it's time and keep
it going at full speed for the next six
| weeks.
! Seven big annual appropriation
bills which failed to pass at the last
session making appropriations of ap-
proximately four billion dollars are al
ready before the house for consider
alton and passage and must be passed
by both the house and senate before
| the beginning of the next fiscal year.
July 1st, 1919. in order to prevent the
various departments being compelled
| to shut down for lack of funds.
Although all seven of these bills
| were passed by the house and approx
ed by the senate committees before the
adjourning of the last session on
March 4th they must now go back to
the house committees for considera-
ton, alteration and approval and be
passed again by the house before be-
ing considered by the senate.
The seven big appropriation bills
are the agriculture bill carrying $37.-
344. S51; Indian bill. 81. 457. 1877; army.
81, FAC. 5O0.o66; navy, 1924, 708,121: sun
dry civil 1851. III, $40: general deficiency
s842. 097. 1913, and the District of Co
lumbia bill carrying S14.446. SEA- to-
tai of 1891, 725. 1852.
Then there is the railroad bill APP
propriating $3.50. 900 for the rail-
road administration to loan the rail-
roads for improvements, extensions
etc, and numerous other bills left over
from the last session. the prompt pas
sage of which is important.
But these measures as passed by the
house and laid before the senate at
the last session were prepared by the
democrats and of course represented
their views and desires. Now that the
republicans have taken control of both
the senate and house they will re-
write these bills in many particulars.
AS soon as the house committees are
made up of the appropriation bills viii
be referred to them for consideration.
The committees will go over them