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Show MANN HOLDS !P THE ARMY BILL Democrats Are to Force Measure Meas-ure Through With Aid of Special Rules. Washington, April 24. Aroused by Minority Leader Mann's success on two ocasions today in keeping the army bill as amended by the senate .from going to conference, house Democratic leaders declared tonight that without further delay they would force their legislative programme through, with the aid of the special rules. A rule to dischargo the military committee from further consideration of tho army bill and to provent tho speaker to appoint conferees aQtor debate on one motion to recommit will bo reported bv the rules commit tee tomorrow. Majority members of tho committee will suggest an hour's debate on the motion, but if It is not agreeable to the Republican minority debate will be limited to twenty minutes min-utes on each side. Following disposal of the agricultural agricultur-al appropriation measure, tho Democrats Dem-ocrats also decided today the Philippine, Philip-pine, Porto Rican and shipping bills will be brought up for passage In the order named. This course was agreed upon, do-spite do-spite the protest of Republicans that some preparedness of appropriation measures should receive consideration. considera-tion. Drastic rules to provide for limited limit-ed debate will accompany all of these three administration measures, with the view of having them enacted Into law before the conventions. If possible. possi-ble. On the Philippine measure, for instance, It now is planned to limit the general debate to five hours. Democrats were greatly disappointed disappoint-ed late this afternoon when Speaker Clark sustained a point of order raised rais-ed by Mr. Mann on a rule designed to send the army bill to conference without an intervening motion. Mr. Mann maintained that adoption oil such a rule would deny tho minority the right of a motion to recommit to which It has long been entitled. Immediately after the speaker's ruling Representative Garrett of Tennessee Ten-nessee sought to have the rule that the committee will report tomorrow adopted by unanimous consent, but again Mr iMann objected, ending debate de-bate on the proposition for today. Earlier in the day Mr. Mann had provented the bill from going before conference by objecting when unanimous unani-mous consent was asked by Chairman Chair-man Hay of the military committee. A meeting of tho rules committee was called hastily and the rule, which was later rejected, reported. Mr. Mann is objecting to the bill qoing to conference, It is understood, In tho bopo that he will be able to obtain a vote to instruct tho houso conferees on tho provisions to provide pro-vide a regular army of 250,000 and tho federal volunteer army system and nitrate plant proposals. His objections ob-jections are not believed to be connected con-nected with tho "filllbuster" which, Democrats charge, the Republicans are conducting for the purpose of delaying de-laying consideration of tho administration adminis-tration legislation programme. Speaker Clark took the floor today and admonished the houso to "get down to work and get away from here" He said both Democrats and Republicans have been making long speeches for political effect, and he was tired of such tactics. "If we don't get down to business we will be hero until the frost files," said tho speaker. "I wish we could adjourn tonight. As long as wo stay here, some member mem-ber with an Inflammable temper Is likely to make some remark that will go ringing around the world and I don't want that to happen. "You Republicans ought to help to speed things up. You are Just as much concerned about your fences as the Democrats. You haven't got tho world by tho tall and a downhill pull by a long shot," ? oo |