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Show SOME SPEED SHOWN. A deficiency bill providing urgent appropriations ap-propriations of $45,044,500 for war risk allowances to soldiers' and sailors' families fam-ilies and Civil war pensioners was passed by the house in less than an hour and without roll call on Thursday. Yesterday the measure was passed by the senate without -amendment or debate. de-bate. This is one of the bills killed by the senate filibuster last March. The big annual appropriation measures failed at tho same time, and it is up to congress to repair the damage done as quickly as possible. It is easy enough to get legislation through the house, but there is nearly always delay in the senate, where the past masters of the political game hold sway. If there, is to be reform in this important matter it is time to begin. There are . any number of problems to be solved after the appropriation bills are out of the way, and the absence of the president presi-dent from the country will not prevent the various committees from drafting such measuros as are calculated to keep the wheels of industry in motion and bring relief to the business interests of the country. Long-winded political speeches should be avoided until such t ime as the. reconstruction program is cnmnleted. nr. at least.' well under way. There will be plenty of time left in which to sound the hewgag and beat tho tom-tom before the presidential campaign of 1920 ends. As a usual thing, presidential campaigns are bad for business, so there is no senso in ringing the alarum bell at this time. The passage of the deficiency bill in almost. .record time indicates that congress con-gress realizes the necessity for an exhibition ex-hibition of practical statesmanship. Let the good work go on. |