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Show f WVETH If : BID PUBLIC LIFE j I GOODBYE TODAY 1 ' g Former Speaker Cannon and I I Senator Shelby M. Cullom j i Conspicuous Among Those 11' J ; Whose Terms Expire. 1 I NEW MEMBERS BUSY . 8 I LEARNING DUTIES I I Era of Good Feeling in Na- i 1 . tional Capital on Eve of S I ane m Administration; ! H -,Throns of Visitors. l! jj . 1 T ASHTNGTON, March 3. Overfill Over-fill 1 saovre( tno ontbusiaBm i$IS ' wV -ttcnding: tho arrival oi a IS II Democratic president-elect, the i iW c holdiuji of a suffrage carnival, tho l! tn " Sixty-second congress began today to t' ui 2 6a-' a aren'clls and io proparo for tho r Ha ft termination of its business at noon to- HI & morrow. By a fiction of long Btnnd-'iitw Btnnd-'iitw t ' Icftislativo day" of March IN S3 will run through tonight and tcrmi-8 tcrmi-8 nato shortly heforc noon tomorrow, Ira with the impressive ceremonies attend-' attend-' 03 & 'M' uc 'nauRuration of Vice President aj Marshall. U jam Z Retiring members, who havo been in ' ni if congress for a score or moro of years, I iiH ? bade good-bye to their colleagues tori to-ri jjjj U night and cleaned out their desks for ( 81 K the exodun from tho capitol. Scores tglS X of now senators and representatives, ilfflt H .wno arc 'o come into office tomorrow, fkWm mingled throughout tho da3 with their jtt future associates of the two houses and Bl ? . tool; mental stock of their environment 9 B and frieuds in the new Democratic con- Sj 9 Veterans Say Goodbye. 8 1'urmer Spcuker Cannon and Senator I 3 Shfilby M. Cullom, veterans of many j$ cougrcsfcB; T?cprc3fiutatives Nicholas i -- Longworth, John Dalzcll, John Lamb, CM r Samuel W. McCall; Senators Crane, t 8 i f-Sixon, Bourne and others who have W been prominently identified with lcgis- ; H lation in recent years, -were the rccipi- B j cnts ,' farewell greetings from their I H 1 associates. The house spent a few ino- i K nicnls 'u eulogizing Representative I H 1 Lltmu of Virginia, who has been chair- ,H mnn of the agricultural committee for I B t the last two years, the friend demon- S I miration being led by Republican Lead- n I cr Man u. If j Both houses recessed at 6 o'clock toll to-ll j night, the sennte for two hours and S j the house for three. Thoy were prc-H prc-H pared to sit well through tho night if . J necessary to dispose of conference re- ports on appropriation bills, but it was IB -t believed Into in the evening that both B houses would be able to recess for a H few hours during the early morning, 0 ; Bills in Dispute. 1 Six appropriation bills remained iu M dispute when the evening sessions bc-H bc-H gnn and serious fights were threatoued ft ; over tho two-battleship programme in JH j tho naval bill, and over tho Indian, 8 public buildings, executive and sundry IS j civil bills. Notice had been issued in In ' ihc senate carl' iu the evening by . ff Senator HoUe Smith that he would talk J B all night and until tomorrow uoon if U jicccssary to prevent any affirmative .8 action being taken on the workmen's ' B 1 compensation bill. Coupled -with this : H threatened filibuster was another led 99 bv Senator Fall of New Mexico. He 8 k also promised to talk tho old congress jg a ou rather than permit it to approve ffi R tho ludian appropriation hill, in tho H form agreed upon in tho conference M & committee. His fight was against the j jg provision directinir the removal into ' ' n r ow c,:'co of Apacho Indians, ! M p now prisoners of war at Fort Sill, Okla. jg 5 Tense Feeling Absent ' ' The tcnEo feeling usuallj charactcr- , & r istic of tho close o"f a Ehort eession of IB conresa was noticeably abgeut. tonight. Democrats of tho senate, fighting Pros- : ident Taft's appointments to tho ond, In had succeoded in preventing action I fl " upon all civil appointments and the I 'm t senato 00'1 UP ,'-B work behind closed RJ doora again tonight to complete action 19 on the armj' appointments -which have r m D0CU 'n 'fiPu,;o. j BR Little feeling waH exhibited in tho I I senate, however, over either the filibuB- I ' IS tere or the confirmation fight. Tt was I Hj the belief of leaders of' the two I m t houses early tonight that none of the H appropriation bills would fail with tho I if r poBalblo exception of the public huild- F .S f JUR bill and the naval bills. IX these I ff J ara not passed they will" be reintro- H h f. duced in tho special session to be I B J called "by President Wilson April 1. I B Distinguished Visitors. mWM , Distinguished visitors appeared on 97m tho floora of both houses today. Gov- Vi 9t n,ors ui5e, of Ncw York Cox of if 18 f 0bI an McCroary of ICcntucky among Iff M them. Senator-elect Vardaman of Mis-l Mis-l H v sisslppi was ji picturescuo figure in tho Bfc 8 Bonatc n tha afternoon session. Son-i Son-i m w atora-elect Norris of Nebraska, James n 8 of Kentuelty. RanBdell of Louisiana LlH and Weeks of Massachusetts, all prcs-H prcs-H t flnt n1613300" ot the houao, holii littlo re-mmt re-mmt r "Pj0?8 to.ir colleagues tonight and fiwrnt Tacia- their books and papers propara-B propara-B t0I7 t0 moving to tho other end of tho HflK ' capitol. |
