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Show I W ANO NIGHT l: Both Brandies of Congress Clearing Decks for Final I Adjournment Today. I ATE OF EXTRA SESSION NOT DEFINITELY FIXED arch 15 Is the Date President Taft Is Said to Have in Mind. t ' V WASHINGTON. March -J. When ' ill 3Mn o'clock the executive session terminated. Senator Penrose prcsent-i prcsent-i cd the conference report on the post-office post-office appropriation bill. Senator Owen reclaimed the floor as soon as the conference report was disposed of. saying that he would talk until noon on the New Mexican resolution. If necessary, to prevent further action ac-tion on It. The provision for a. commission to Investigate the cost of handling see-, see-, . and -class mall matter and the report to congress has been retained in the postofllee appropriation bill by the ! joint conference committee. The I provision was Inserted In the bill by the senate The conference report , was presented to the house shortly ; after " o'clock this morning und now is under consideration. j WASHINGTON. March a. With the virtual certainly of an early extra session ses-sion of congress clouding the horizon, jjoth houses of congress were in session at :a late hour tonight, grinding through the luiass of routine legislation that must be completed before final adjournment, at ynoon tomorrow. Several sharp tilts In ijbolh houses served in some measure to break the monotony, but for tjic most jiart It was drudgery in both. Prom the While house, practically from the lips of the president himself, came late in the day the admission that the president had abandoned all hope of jthe passage of the Canadian reciprocity Agreement and awaited only the formal "confirmation of Its failure to Issue his call for an extra session. PTh-j president gave Utile outward evidence evi-dence of his disappointment, though it ?Ss known to be rather keen. He went to the theater to enjoy a light opera. " This dale of the extra session has not 8;cen definitely fixed. The Democrats want it deferred until April; the Ucpubll-cans Ucpubll-cans want it. In start, If start it must. Extra Session March 15. At tho White house today. It was in-nated in-nated rather definitely thai the date v president has in mind is March lf. Two interesting: and unexpected fea-rcs fea-rcs marked the evening. Both houses isscd the bill to give the rank and re-red re-red pay of a rear udmlral and the anks of congress to Robert Peary In cognition of his attainment of the north tie. M'hc bill had been regarded as (pelcssly lost In the tangle of leglsla-sn leglsla-sn In the house, but was revived and issed to the senate. During the afternoon Senator Crane id tried to have tho Peary recognition Ided as a "rider" to the naval approbation appro-bation bill, but objections blocked it. iddenly the separate Peary bill came it oi the house and the thing was done. The other unexpected episode was Sen-or Sen-or Lorlmcr's motion to strike from the ;neral deficiency bill an appropriation ' j:'.r.llOU to reimburse him for his excises ex-cises in defending his title to a seat in le senate. This gave rise to an :rimonlous debate, some senators who ro members of the appropriation com-ilttee com-ilttee more than intimating that the nnmlttcc had put In the bill without the nowledge of all members. The senate freed to Senator Lorimcr's motion- Supply Bills Passed. During the day the senate passed and ml to the house four appropriation bills roviding for the expenditure of more lan $500,000,000. They were the post-fflcc. post-fflcc. naval, sundry civil and general cflcienry appropriation bills. Tho thing liat chiefly marked the passage of the ostofflce bill was the abandonment of lie proposed Increase of magazine pos-igc pos-igc and the substitution of it provision lor a commission to oe appointed oy me president to investigate the subject. Rumors of every degree of excitement and consequent absurdity marked the day. It was suggested for instance that President Taft had decided to withdraw the Canadian agreement and resume inegotiatlons with Canada, so as to obviate the necessity for an extra session. ses-sion. ? All rumors played out, however, and flcft only the practical cerlalny the new wongress will begin its work as this one lld. with an extra session devoted largely large-ly to the question of the tariff. (5 Keeping New Mexico Back. Shortly after 1 o'clock the senate refused re-fused by a vote of '-'3 to 24 to go into executive ex-ecutive session Mn' order to take up tho resolution approving the constitution of . Jthe proposed state of New Mexico. SMft Senator Ivean moved an executive scs-"Mjjlon scs-"Mjjlon for the purpose of disposing of a MHumbor of nominations still on the cal-VSfc,1(Jar cal-VSfc,1(Jar but was antagonized by Senator 'AJBBBallcy. who sought to obtain consldera-iiK consldera-iiK tllu "ew Mexico resolution. ',Kf Objection was made by Senator Owen, igjfyho desired that action In the case of -2K Continued, on Page Three. DIG M I BOTH TOMES Congress Trying to Clear the Decks for Final Adjournment Adjourn-ment Today. Continued from Page One. New Mexico be postponed until the Arizona Ari-zona constitution Is presented. Under the order of proceeding at the time the objection was sufficient to bring about defeat but afterward Mr. Bailey moved the question as a matater of privilege. priv-ilege. Previously Mr. Kcan had asked for an executive session and the test came on his motion. When tho New Mexico resolution was presented, Mr. Bailey spoke In Its support-Senator Owen and others opposed the resolution. He announced he was prepared pre-pared to speak for hours against tho resolution reso-lution approving tho constitution. Fruitless efforts were made by several senators to Induce Senator Owen to desist de-sist from his filibuster long enough for an executive session to be held to confirm con-firm nominations. Senator Owen, however. how-ever. Insisted that his speech would be short "only a few hours" and proceeded with his remarks. The senate went into executive session at 2:0S o'clock this morning in tho hope of cleaning up the nomination calendar. It was expected that the Honduras treaty would not. be considered. Consideration Consid-eration of the New Mexican statehood constitution will be resumed at the close of the executive session. HOUSE MARKS TIME. Remains In Session in Order to Help Senate Expedite Work. WASHINGTON. March 1!. With crowded crowd-ed galleries and with occasional flurries of excitement of debate, tho house, at a. session which was expected to continue con-tinue until the morning hours, disposed dis-posed of a variety of legislation and marked for time for the senate. The house took up and passed a bill according congressional recognition to Captain Robert E. Peary's polar achievements: achieve-ments: acted on a. number of conference reports on appropriation bllts. sending some of them back to further conference: confer-ence: passed a naval militia bill, and Indulged In-dulged In somo vigorous speech-making. One of tho speeches was by Mr. Clayton Clay-ton of Alabama, one of the Democratic leaders, who arraigned tho Republicans for an attempt to force a tariff board legislation, on which the Democratic party had split. Mr. llobson of Alabama asked if Mr. Clayton or anyone elso had polled the Democratic side. Mr. Clayton replied affirmatively, adding that when the tariff board question was up, a rollcall revealed that only thirty odd Democrats voted for a tariff board and ninety odd voted against It. The proceedings In tho house during the evening ranged from a Democratic filibuster, Avhlch quickly collapsed, to a galaxy of speeches that were delivered for tho purpose of entertainment. Mr. lloflin of Alabama, In a humorous speech as the clock pointed toward midnight, mid-night, drifted iiiLo political prophocv, pointing to a. Democratic presidency In mm. As Mr. Hefiln proceeded there drifted from the cloak room the strain? of popular songs sung by groups of congressmen. con-gressmen. Mr. Nye of Minnesota delivered deliv-ered a speech of good cheer and Mr. Cox of Ohio, a Democrat, paid a tribute to Representative Kclfer of Ohio, the only living ex-speaker of tho house, who retires re-tires from congress tomorrow. Amid great applause General Klcfcr responded with a speech. |
