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Show si mm ' ' r Congress Winds Up Its Affairs Af-fairs and Adjourns at 3:02 P. M. PRESIDENT SENDS IN COTTON BILL VETO Both" Presiding OJScers Felicitate Fe-licitate Members on Good Will Shown.1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TODAY Xir OOHORB8. SENATE Met at noon. . Passed noues resolution si- tending regulation governing water right at Niagara falls.- Be fused extra month's pay to congressional employees for ex- tra sessioa. Adjourned at l:0S p. at. HOUSE Met at noon. ' Speaker Clark issued stste- meat reviewing session's achievements. Wiley investigating commit- tee deferred report . until I)- aeaiber. Considered minor dispute over question in congrossionnl ,rec- erd while awaiting cotton bill reto. Republican Leader Mann is- sued statement arraigning Detn- aerate in house. Adjourned at l:0S p. m. I Ull 1 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I WAaomraToir, An, sst Tb x traordlsary passion of tb sixty second usua-iasa, atarkad by tha paaaags af tha fianadlaa reciprocity MIL vetoed tariff rawlatoa legislation, tb staMhood aad other Irnportast Kattara. adjourned gin dl at 8:03 o'clock-, tola aftwraooa. rrsaldaat Taft, wha ha Just Twtoad the osUoa MTL ths last of tb thra ra. riaioa bill adranely acted aa, was prssaat wltk tha mtabr af Ma cabin. cab-in. -' ' " V.' Presiding of Beers of both house 'of congress delivered short speeches, felicitating fe-licitating the member regard lose f party, apoa h good will shown during dur-ing ths sessioa aad expressing best wishes for them during the recess of coagreea. The regular session of cos-frees cos-frees will begia oa December 4. Sbennaa'i Happy Bpssrh. ' Vie President 8hermaa ia declaring the senate adjourned, expressed ths belief be-lief that all senators had been brought into closer touch during this sessioa. "I lia happy ia the belief that a protracted ana. at times strennous, see-soin, see-soin, rutber than generating ill will or disregard," he said, "ha brought us all into closer touch with each other." He was sure each senator departed "carrying the best- wishes of his fellows'' fel-lows'' aad looking; forward "to re-sewed re-sewed public service ia December." He closed: "I declare the extraordinary sessioa of the sixty second congress adjourned without delny." Both house of eongreas convened at noon today with all plans pcrfscled for adjournment. President rormally VotUML The following senators and repreaoiita-tlvss repreaoiita-tlvss constituted the committee appointed appoint-ed by the two houses to wsll upon the president end notify him tltet congress had completed its business and waa ready to quit: Henatore Cullom. Ullnota. Republican, and Martin. Vlreiula, Liemocrat; K.pre-aentatlvea K.pre-aentatlvea Underwood, Alabama. Jjento-crat; Jjento-crat; Dixon. Iiidlana. Democrat, and lfann, Illlnola. Republican. The committee commit-tee paid He formal call at the while bouss shortly after congress convened. The senators and representatives left In town, a wide- gap la their ranks having hav-ing been rent by the departure of ' oe more'lmpatlent ones, were eiow In Arriving Arriv-ing at the capital. Some :tt them came with their gripe and satchels, prepared to make a oulrk getaway. Tonight a corporal's s-uard of rctrvsen-tatlves rctrvsen-tatlves of either noun will be J. moult to round up. , Vice President Hhermsn win iv tnls afternoon for his home at 1'llca and Hpeeker Clark will leave tonight for the west. Congress at t o'clock waa ready for Ihe adjournment within tile hour. Preeident Taft'e veto of the cotton tariff revlaion bill was received and referred to the house committee en wsys and means, where It will remain until congress r-oonvenee r-oonvenee In December. For the Prat two hours of today's sessioa ses-sioa the house -marked time ea the president and the senate waited on btth the preVrtent and the house. In the sen-ale sen-ale a Utile misre'laneoue legislation waa dlapreed of and at 1!: a receee was taken until t o'clock P- ' The house whleM awv the t In" largely large-ly with little details under susre-nalon of the rulee. but kept in eeesioa continuously. continu-ously. There was a small attendance, but rmrrh conruslon which evoked vigorous vigor-ous pounding of the speaker gavel and frequent cells for order. Wllaoa Arrives Ahead af Tim. - ' The president came to the cipltof to elan bltla In the ctttelng hour It accordance accord-ance with Immemorial custom. The flret of the cabinet officiate to appear was Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, aho-ar-rlved at 1:41 p. m. ahead "i the president. presi-dent. I Preeldent Taft'e meessge -etoing Ihe ( ontton bill was read In the bouss .it tut p. m. As In the case of the w-iol and free list Mils, ths president based Ola objection ob-jection t the cotton Mil larxHy to the fact that the tariff board aa 1 not as yst had tims to submit s report . n ' . h n-ule. n-ule. Ha s'so declared 'hat ths .-otton bill was sdopted without my Inveatlra-thm Inveatlra-thm or Information ef a eatlafactory character as to Its effect ' oa ihe oetton Industry. - ' (Continued oa peg 10.) . . SPECIAL SESSION (Continued from pare 1.) The president objected especially to the attempt by congress to add a revision of the Iron and oteel and chemical schedules to the cotton bill a amend men te. "I fmd." he said, that there waa practically prac-tically no consideration of either schedule by any committee of either house. There were no facta presented to either house In which I can find material on which to form any judgment aa to the effect of' the amendment either on American Industries-or upon the revenues of the government." gov-ernment." " Briefly reviewing the manner la which the Iron and steel and chemical amend-rnents amend-rnents were added to the bill., the president presi-dent said: - -Will Not Bs Farty to Sock DaaL "I cannot make myself a party to dealing deal-ing with the Industries of-ths country In thla way. Tbe Industries covered by metr ala and ' the manufacture of metals are the larweet In the country, and It would seem not only wlss, but absolutely essential, essen-tial, to acquire accurate Information as to ths effect of ehangee which may vitally vital-ly affect these Industries before enacting them Into laws.' The bill would not have rone Into effect until January 1 next, and Mr. Tart said the, tariff board would a ready wltb a report before that time. 'Pledged to support a poUey of moderate moder-ate protection." be added, "1 eamot ap-prove ap-prove a measure which violate lis principle." prin-ciple." The president denounced the bill aa "empirical and haphaserd." This he declared de-clared waa .special It true of the eaemtca! schedule, which bad been revised Jn auch a way as to Increase the tax on certain chemicals Instead of reducing them. "These," said th president, "are soma of the typloal Ineonelslenulea and instancies in-stancies of hast a In preparation and of the error of caemuvtlon la the proposed sweeping horlsontal reduction of a moat Important schedule In the tariff." . The veto waa received win a notrv demonstration. There ware' rcarcely 10 members In the chamber when Ita read-Inn- waa he gun. Republicans applauded and Damoerate laughed, tbe batter demonstration coming over the president's atateoient truU -the cotton schedules had been rrruud without with-out proper Investigation. - A ' soon as the president's veto bad been read Democratic Leader rnderwood announced that tnaemu-h aa the lie moors mo-ors ts did not have a sufficient number of vote to pass the bin over the veto it would be referred to committee. Mr. Vnderweodre motion tee-reference of the whole, matter was), agi ssi to without objection. ob-jection. - - -- |