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Show fSFJWTffl Mi; "" Oratory Continues Un-Z: Un-Z: til Noon and Important nt: - Measures Are Kept ; From Final Passage, ;es : . e ! Ik Bitter Controversy FoI rite ' ' . lows, President Accus-ing Accus-ing "Group" of Solons; of No Extra Session. .am 3' WASHINGTON, March 4. A bitter con-csi'if. con-csi'if. trovers' between President "Wilson and 0 '- the senate over the league of nations and a filibuster by a few Republican sena-tors sena-tors seeking to force an immediate extra ! session, marked the passing at noon to-J'p. to-J'p. day of tho Slxty-fourlh or great war con-anitr con-anitr gvess. " Called in April, 1917, to throw America's k', weight Into tho conflict overseas, the con-'bK con-'bK Kress held three momentous and historic IC':; sessions. Partisanship lay dormant dur- tbfi ;Pr ing the war, hut It broke forth in the last arf fcesslon to culminate In a final filibuster lical widen successfully blocked passage of half ,'. L of the fourteen regular appropriation bills, , mfi including the $760,000,000 railroad admln-,an' admln-,an' Lstratlon revolving fund, and the huge 'a' army, navy and merchant marine budgets. a0!": Although unsuccessful in their efforts Jj ;-to record the senate In favor of ainend-L ainend-L '''' ment of the constitution of the league of nations' as now drawn, the Republican JCrti senators left In the record a resolution vcl, improved by thlrty-nino of them opposing i'n j-acceptance of the charter In its present . I: form. " BELIEVE AMENDMENTS WILL BE AGREED TO. Republican Leader Lodge and other e spokesmen said this wa3 notice to the president and the peace conference that :en)'the necessary two-thirds majority in the the: now senate for ratification of the present bt " ilan could not bo obtained. Democratic jo loaders privately expressed belief that .c ' amendments would be made soon aXter the Pn, president reached Paris. President Wilson spent an hour at the J(f capitol before adjournment. Later he for-mally for-mally announced that, despite the death Sn the filibuster of the railroad and other ?rdaT bills he would adhere to his refual to call jpori tUe new congress before his return from as gl France, and criticised "a group of men" for their obstruction. As a result of the n, filibuster, which held the senato In contln-ND.'Uous contln-ND.'Uous Bessioii for twenty-six hours, the ..president had little to do at the capital ") Ji except tign the J 1 ,000,000,000 wheat guar-uutee guar-uutee bill and exchange., leave-takings flAvith members and friends. J; NO EXTRA SESSION tt- UNTIL NEXT JUNE. c i:, becanpo of tho president's decision on ,(9 U1 no extj'a session, nunnbers who crowded . pout-going trains tonight felt assured that in 1 J'onSress would not ayain assemble much Invl" '"(ore Juno 1. Ucadcra Dredlcted that :isl' would remain in continuous session ., until the lJ2u political convention. Dur-llia' Dur-llia' : '"er l,lp recess business will be virtually 1 av bu,sl'eiuled, except for resumption tomor row of the Overman committee s propa-- propa-- y!1 ' ''a,,tla Investigation and the meeting at tho same time of the house Uepubilcan V co:mniltee on committees. 0f i lilt tho OTidln.'T of congress scores of ores s' "tements on the results of legislation ,nil:'lml tlle league of nations wore Issued hv .L(,-!lV01"'-,ers, wiili Democrats and Kopubiicans , ulsnuting responsibility lor Inllurc of liu-I"' liu-I"' povtatit measures. .Most Kenublican mem-'r mem-'r urtcod the calling of an early txtra ,K,'sBlon. Despite the death of comu'tss, ,plO oiuievorsy over i lie league of nations leiU "'s",u'ion promises to he agitated cun-fli:tniunUy cun-fli:tniunUy by advocates and opponents. iS -PLAN TO CONTINUE AGITATION OVER PACT. I'tomiiMnt Deiuot:r.uic and Republican jS-onnsressmcn already have speech-making ina.nules planned, with Senators Borah v, '"'"ho. Kumblicaii. and liced of Mis-ej. Mis-ej. .j'juri, lemocrat. and Thomas of Colorado, '"xx'rat. to speak soon at New York, boston and other cities In criticism of the . , 5uo 'onstltutlon. Kepubhcan header lirli p.; B? lU"s "ol "Ul" to cngaeo in the Mf .. 1 lu,,r interest at the finish, ccntei'ed in senate llllluistoi' and the ieaeuo of na-'hls na-'hls ions controversy, the niilustTr coi.tln-tve coi.tln-tve f .J',V-i tu" t,','loi'1 yesterday morning find r".' 1 11:30 o'clock today, with Senators (.Mlevman of Illinois, T,a Voliette of Wis: e .onsm and France of Maryland occupv-,,pnf( occupv-,,pnf( .K most of tho l,me lhr- hnig session arf f i cven I'vented the ci stoniarv" c- nang 03 of courtfsy at Hie finish. coV'i LL 1,ol,sc' , '"'"ever, the usual riotous V ?,ne marked the close of (lie se.-siou , b!-;n clock was stopped a few minutes for " y.mal felicitations and lor en hour after &"sifr. djournnirnt house meiiibers exeiaiii.-ed rccjj", (Continued ou Page 2, Colunia 2.) 11155 ADJOURNS; MiY BILLS BLOCKED (Continued from Page Oue.) good-byes with music, songs and impromptu im-promptu tipeeehes. PRESIDENT ACCUSES . SENATORS IN SHARP OFFICIAL STATEMENT WASHINGTON', March 4. Following tho adjournment of congress, President Wilson issued the following statement: "A group of men in Uio senate have deliberately chosen to embarrass the administration ad-ministration of the government, to imperil im-peril tno financial interests of the railway rail-way systems of the country and to make arbitrary uso of powers intended to be employed in the interest of the, people. "It is plainly my present duty to attend at-tend the peace conference in Paris. It is also my duty to bo in close contact with the public business during a session of the congress. I must make my choice between these two duties, and I confidently confi-dently hope that the people of the country coun-try will think that 1 am making the right choice. , "It is not in the interest of the right conduct of public affairs that I should call the congress in special session while it is impossible for me to be in Washington Wash-ington because of a more pressing duty elsewhere, to co-operato with the houses. "I lake it for granted that the men who have obstructed and prevented the pas?age of necessary legislation have taken all of this into consideration and are willing to assume the responsibility of the impaired efficiency of the government gov-ernment and the embarrassed finances of the country during the time of my enforced en-forced absence.'1 Republican L-eader Podge declined to comment on. the president's statement. He declared, however, that three-fourths of the Republicans sincerely deplored failure of the railroad appropriation. The few Republicans who insisted upon filibustering fili-bustering to defeat the bill, it was stated, were "beyond control," telling their lead- ers that their action was personal and not a party affair. "We are willing to take tho responsl-bilitv." responsl-bilitv." said Senator Sherman of Illinois, Republican, in a reply to the president's statement. "If tho constitution of tho Poague of Nations is the result of his I attendance at the Paris conference and his administration of the railroads In the ; United States is the result of his constant attendance upon congress, both Paris and "Washington will bo better off without him. He is a superfluous luxury, anyhow." any-how." "I do not believe," said Senator France of Maryland, Republican, 'that the American people ever condemned men who have the courage to do their duty as they see it. I believe it is apparent to the whole nation that the interests of the country demand that congress be in session fu order to deal with the pressing reconstruction problems which aro upon us and which have not as yet received that careful consideration, which would have resulted in constructive action. ac-tion. Under the theory of our government, govern-ment, with its equal and independent co-ordinate branches, Ibelieve that congress con-gress could bo and should be solving these reconstruction problems during the president's absence." PRESIDENT STOPS IN PHILADELPHIA ON WAY TO NEW YORK PHTPAPEPPHIA, March 4. President "Wilson arrived in this city at 5:15 o'clock this afternoon for a brief visit to his daughter, Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, and his new grandson, Woodrow Wilson Ssy re. The president, accompanied, by Mrs. Wilson, Wil-son, was driven from the station in an automobile, a distance of six blocks, to the Jefferson hospital, where his daughter daugh-ter is a patient. The streets through which he passed were lined by cheering crowds. Pvery precaution had been taken to safeguard the president and ropes were stretched to prevent the crowds from overflowing into the streets and Impeding the passage of the automobiles carrying him and his attendants. Secretary Tumulty carried on the presidential presi-dential train commissions for recess appointments ap-pointments of Comptroller of the Currency Cur-rency John Skelton Williams, whose term expires today, and A. Mitchell Palmer, hs attorney general to succeed Thomas Watt Gregory, whose resignation became effective at noon today. The president will sign the commissions commis-sions at Hoboken, N. J after midnight tonight, it was sTted. Other recess appointments ap-pointments will be made. Secretary Tumulty said failure to confirm con-firm Comptroller Williams' nomination resulted re-sulted from the filibuster following his nomination for a new term. v PITTMAN ACCUSES REPUBLICAN SOLONS OF "PETTY POLITICS'9 WASHINGTON, March 4. Senator Plttman of Nevada, Democrat, in a statement tonight, discussing the Podge resolution, accused the Republicans of attempting to interfere with the president presi-dent and with playing "petty politics" In their attitude toward the leugue of nations. na-tions. "If the resolution means anything," Senator Plttman said, "its purpose is to compel the president to force the signing of a treaty of peace with our enemies without making any provision for a league with any of the nations. "The senate is a high and noble body, but the conduct of its Republican mem-tiers mem-tiers during the last session lias not added to its already unpopular standing with the masses of the plain people. A leaguo of nations will be established and our citizena will convince the senate that it is their servant and not their master. Tho treaty will be ratified." MAYS INCLUDED IN LIST OF POSSIBLE MINORITY LEADERS (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) W ASTKNGTON, March 4. A movement move-ment in ooposition to Speaker Clark for tho minority leadership of tiie next house came out into the open tonight, fullowintr the adjournment or congress. A declaration of principles was issued by an orga n iza tion which has been quietly forme, 1 during tho pnst few weeks. Representative Sanders or Tvomstsna signed the document as chairman, chair-man, Representative Ayres of Kansas, vfee chairman, and Representative Mc-C'hnti' Mc-C'hnti' of Oklahoma, secretary. While no mention of Speaker Clark was made in the statement, it was admitted I t'iH t t lie purpose is to bring ahou t the ! selection of someone else for floor leader. Kepeesntat Iva R;dncy of Tlllnnig fig-I fig-I uroi in ilie t;os"ip as the possible ran-dinate ran-dinate ac-tlPM M -. Clark: Represent:. -: i iv Garrf-' t f Toiuios.i'fi n !.o in sn-o sn-o titer poedibili'y. Some of the mom bora favor a northern Pemocrat in an effort to get away from tho chartj of southern south-ern domination. Tho o tii ers named aro Rcprescntat ivos THays of Utah. Whaley of South Carolina, Caro-lina, Campbell of Pennsylvania. Goodwin Good-win of North Carolina, Penson of Maryland, Mary-land, Ga i d of Ohio, N'evly of West Virginia, Vir-ginia, MeLane and I ,osher of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Hastings of Oklahoma. Rouse of Kentucky, candy of South Dakota and Kinchloo of Kentucky. MERRYMAKING AS CONGRESS ENDS ITS PLOLONGED SESSION WASHINGTON, March 4. The scene in the houso was qui te d ifferent from that in the senato when tho speaker's ga vel fell. As Speaker Clark announced thy end of tho sixty-fifth congress the Marine band played patriotic songs and members and tiie crowded galleries joined in the singing. In the east gallery Mrs. J. Charles PinUiieum of Baltimore, wife of Representative Repre-sentative Plnthicum of Maryland, unfurled un-furled a largo American flag and waved it ! above tho floor of the houo. Tho last act of the house was the unanimous passage of a resolution, offered of-fered by Republican Peaxier Mann, thanking thank-ing Speaker Clark for his "able and impartial" im-partial" work as speaker. "No matter what its critics may say," declared Mr. Clark in response, ''this congress con-gress has done more important work than any two other congresses. Jn this congress con-gress the Republicans acted as patriotically patriotical-ly and as faithfully as the Democrats. I cannot express my gratitude for the way tho house has treated inc. Good-by and God bless you." Merrymaking com tinned for an hour and a half after the formal adjournment. After Af-ter patriotic and popular songs had been sung by members and the spectators iu the galleries, a contest was held between the Republican and Democratic members to see which side of the house could sing best, "Keep the Home J'ires Burning." The Democrats sang tho first verse of1 the aong and were vigorously applauded. Ied by Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana, Mon-tana, tho Republicans sang the second ; verse so well that it was called a draw. Ty celebrate the passage by the house of the resolution which failed in the senate- requesting the American delegates at the peace conference to urgo the independence in-dependence of Ireland, Irish members of the house demanded "The Wearing of the Green." Representative Galligan of Massachusetts and Representative Dono-vsn Dono-vsn of New Jersey sang verses and were repeatedly encored. In closing, tho members and the gal-lories, gal-lories, at the request of former Sneaker Cannon, joined In singing "God Eo With You Till Wc Meet Again." FILIBUSTER ENDS IN SLAUGHTER OF IMPORTANT BILLS WASHINGTON, March 1 The filibuster fili-buster of the group of Republicans working work-ing for an extra session continued until the end. Senator Sherman of Illinois, Republican, who. began a speech at 5:110 a. m., held the floor more than four hours and successfully prevented further consideration of the railroad appropriation. appropria-tion. The senate adjourned in an uproar of laughter when the vice president announced an-nounced that the senate was adjourned sine "deo" instead of sine die. There was no further action in the senate on tho resolution offered last night by Republican Re-publican Deader Podge and signed by thirty-eight Republican members of the next senate opposing the league of nations na-tions in its present form. The house resolution urging the American peace delegates to make an effort for Irish independence in-dependence also died in the senate. Failure of the $750,000,000 railroad appropriation ap-propriation also carried with it other appropriations ap-propriations in the general deficiency bill, aggregating $92,000,000, distributed among many government departments, and including in-cluding $30,000,000 for purchase and requisition requi-sition of ships by tiie shipping board. There also was pending a house resolution reso-lution providing for the payment of salaries sal-aries and allowances to members for time spent in war service. Senator Pewis endeavored to introduce another amendment, expressing the wish of the senate that the president would have a safe journey and safe return and providing that the "senate earnestly apT proves all proper efforts of the president to effect a league of peace that can bring an arrangement guaranteeing the tranquillity of nations and the mutual friendship of the world." After being read. Vice PresldenNMarshall ruled it out of order. In declining to make a statement relative rela-tive to the session just closed, Republi can Deader Podge said: "It speaks for itself." .Never in thirty years, veteran congressional congres-sional employees said, had there been such a complete tieup of business by a filibuster, which today blocked even the usual and perfunctory affairs, such as exchanges ex-changes of courtesy to and from retiring officers. The long list of measures that failed Included all reconstruction legislation, including in-cluding the general railroad legislation and bill? defining s shipping policy and dealing with unemployment., labor and illiteracy il-literacy problems; the oil, gas and coal land leasing and water power development develop-ment bills; the compromise woman suffrage suf-frage roluuon : leg; slat ion to en force wartime prohibition; meat industry legislation: legis-lation: in: rn igration exclusion and alien deportation bills; resolutions to terminate government control of telegraph, telephone tele-phone hihI ot her wire ut ilit ics December ol : Llm Sedition hill, aimed at unlaw ful acts and propaga ml a ; the re.-olut ion to repeal the 10 per cent tax- on semilux -uries in t:io war revenue bill, and Secretary Secre-tary Lane's bill appropriating JImO.O'iO.O'H' for reclamation of waste lands to be allotted al-lotted to soldiers and sailors. Solons Going to Canal Zone. WASHINGTON", March 4.--A partv of members of congress, many accompanied b- their wives, will leave New York tomorrow to-morrow for a visit to the Panama canal. Among them will be Representatives Reavis, Nebraska, and Taylor, Colorado. Miss Rankin Says Good-by. WASHINGTON. March 4. J cannot I o Rankin of Montana, tho only woman who ever served in congress, made her farewell speech in the house today just before adjournment. She paid a tribute lo the membership for courtesy shown her and expressed regret at leaving congress con-gress without woman suffrage by constitutional con-stitutional amendment an accomplished fact. Moses Accuses President. WASHINGTON. March 4. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Republican, issued a statement today declaring failure fail-ure of President Wilson to call an extra session of congress to pass, among other measures, the army appropriat ion bill, would mean "that nearly one-half million homes in the United States must continue con-tinue to see their sons hold for military service on foreign soil." "It may be thought improper to impute im-pute motives to the president," said the statement, "but there are senators on both sides of tho chamber who believe t hat tiie president's dogged refusal to summon congress, save when he pleases, is due to his desire to monopolize the center of tho international stage and to use the megaphone of tho Paris peace conference for presenting his appeal for a spurious league of peace." Kahn to Sail for France. WASHINGTON, March 4. Representative Representa-tive Kahn of California, who will be chairman of the house military committee commit-tee in the next congress, went to New York today to sail for France. He expects ex-pects to make a complete inspection of the American expeditionary forces. 39 Sign Lodge Agreement. "WASHINGTON, March 4. The number num-ber of signatures to the Podge resolution which purported to record the senate as opposed to the Deaguo of Nations as now ; constituted was increased from thirty-seven thirty-seven to thirty-nine with the arrival today to-day of Davis Elkins, Republican senator-elect senator-elect from West Virginia. Fall of New Mexico also approved tho step. While Senators Nelson and Kellogg, Republicans, of Minnesota, declined at this time to sign the resolution, it was said today both opposed the proposed plan for a league of nations. Senator Kellogg plans to announce his position Friday in a speecn in St. Paul. Baker Comments on Situation. WASHINGTON, March 4. Failure bf i the army appropriation bill and other .military measures to pass before congress adjourned leaves the war department in a "difficult, put not a serious, situation," Secretary Baker said today. No immediate imme-diate shortage of funds to carew for the troops is in prospect. Mr. Baker said his greatest regret was that failure of tho army reorganization bill meant that a number of men of the wartime army must remain in the service ser-vice for a longer time than would have been otherwise." |
