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Show I; EXTRA SESSi" House Quits Work, but Senate Sen-ate Will Meet at 10 o'CIock Monday to Enact the Final Scene. I WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Tho long-H long-H est continuous extraordinary session in the history of congress is at an end and tho regular session vrill begin at noon next Morula'. Democratic leaders, acting in concort vritb President Wilson, did not permit an actual finish to bo -written to tho special session. The scnato Trill meet again at 10 o'clock ATonday, and adjournment ad-journment -rrill not come- until a few minutes before the regular session convenes. con-venes. Two great projects havo held the "attention of congress and tho country throughout the work of the year. Ono of these, tariff revision, crystallizod into law in September. Tho other, currency reform, still is tho chief subject, of legislative interest. New Party Leadership. Tho special Ecssiou bogan with a reorganization re-organization of partj- leadership in the senate, which brought tho eo-culled progressive pro-gressive forces into control. Throughout Through-out tho contests on tarilf and currency, the session has been marked by solidification solidi-fication of tho Democratic ranks. Demands of the Democratic loaders that tho currency bill be passed at once brings tho extra session to a atir-i atir-i ring close, day and night eosaions of j tlio Democratic currency conference ' having murkod jtno last weok, and ctoy and night sossions of tho scnato are promised for tho now session until cur- ronoy legislation is concluded. Many Important) Matters. Although President Wilson urged the congress to hold itself to tho two chief I projects, tariff and currency, saveral matters of general importance were con sidcrcd. One important legialativo act was tho so-callod Newla,nds law for modiation and conciliation in labor disputes. dis-putes. Tho abolishment of tho United Statos commerco court also was accomplished through an amendmont tp tho deficiency appropriation bill. Another appropriation appropria-tion bill "rider" took out of the classified clas-sified civil service most of tho deputy United Statca marshals and deputy col-loctorg col-loctorg of internal revenue, Exomption of lnborunionB from prosecution under tho antitrust laws, ho far as certain funds wero concerned, also was nocom- IplishetL Regular Session Work. Tho long fight over tho proposed tax on cotton futures, to prevent "cotton gambling," failed in the final development! devel-opment! prior to tho passage of the tariff bill. Many bills which underwent under-went preparation" in tho commifctoo looniH will be pushed to conclusion in the new congress. Theso include tho "seaman's servitude bill," which passed the sonate; tho Ilotch Hetcliy bill to grant San .Francisco waCer supply sup-ply rights in that valley, which passod the house, and. is to be voted on by tho f-cnate December G, and the Alaskan railwa' bill, which tho senate has agreed" to tako up in December. Tho Alaskan measure would provide i for government railroads to more adequately ade-quately open Alaska's resources. Tho investigating activities of tho spocinl session were confined to the1 robing of lobbying activities and to Tho inquiry into the strike in tho West Virginia coal fields. Tbo spccinl committees com-mittees conducting these investigations have not completed their work. The first session of tho Sixty-third congress camo to a sudden end, so far as tho house was concerned, at 12:55 p. m. todny. No agreement had been nmdo with sonate leaders for a recosa to Monday, so tjho house leaders determined deter-mined to act on their own initiative, as was done in 1903. "When the houso inoeis Monday, " said Speaker Clark, "I will announce, that under tho constitution tho second srssion of the Sixty-third congress has. assembled, and we will begin work under un-der that order." Tho sonato plans to recess today until un-til 1Q a. m. Monday, and continuo tho extra sessions up to within a. few minutes min-utes of the hour tho regular Bossion opens. |