The literary digest . rmal filibuster led by Senators La Follette and Sherman,which held up the great supply-bills at the end of the last session,and asserts that there was a united or a silent Republicanparty behind the two Senators. While the $7,000,000,000Loan Bill and the Wheat Guaranty Bill, appropriating about$1,000,000, were finally passed, a total of nearly $3,900,000,000in appropriations the measuresheld up were: The General Defi-ciency Bill, with $750,-000,000 for the railroads. The $,000,000 Na-Aal Appropriation Bill,with its three-year build-ing program. The Sundry
The literary digest . rmal filibuster led by Senators La Follette and Sherman,which held up the great supply-bills at the end of the last session,and asserts that there was a united or a silent Republicanparty behind the two Senators. While the $7,000,000,000Loan Bill and the Wheat Guaranty Bill, appropriating about$1,000,000, were finally passed, a total of nearly $3,900,000,000in appropriations the measuresheld up were: The General Defi-ciency Bill, with $750,-000,000 for the railroads. The $,000,000 Na-Aal Appropriation Bill,with its three-year build-ing program. The Sundry Appropri-ations Bill, including a$,000,000 appropria-tion for the merchantmarine. The Agricultural Ap-propriations Bill, includ-ing a repeal of the Day-light SaAing Law. The Reclamation Mea-sure, providing farms forreturned soldiers. The Oil, Coal, andMineral Leasing Bill. The ? Woman SuffrageAmendment. The bill designed toenforce national prohi-bition. The bill drasticallyrestricting immigrationfor four HE WILL DRAFT THE NEXT TARIFF. .Joseph W. Pordney, of IMichigan,who is expected to head the HouseWays and IMeans Committee in thenext Congress. A correspondent ofThe World calls the fail-ure to give the railroads the $750,000,000 appropriation a staggering blow for the roads,which may now be compelled to go into the open market forfunds in competition with the Treasury Department in its effortto place the coming Victory Loan. Another serious resultof the filibuster noted in this dispatch is that— Agencies of the Department of Labor will have to close theirwork for a lack of funds. The LTnitc^d States EmploymentService will have to discontinue its registration offices at thedemobilization camps, through which it has been placing men injobs at the rate of 100,000 a month. Republican Senators quoted in the New York Times call foran extra session of the new Congi-ess at the earliest possiblemoment. In this Congress, readers will remember, the Re-publicans will have a
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