Show AN EXTRA SESSION SIXTY FIRST CONGRESS ADJOURNS WITHOUT SETTLING IMPORTANT BUSINESS within an hour after closing session call Is issued for congress to meet in special session on the fourth of april washington tho sixty first congress heedless of one of the most important legislative tasks set before it came to an end shortly after noo noon saturday within tho the hour following president taft had issued a proclamation calling tho the new congress to meet in extraordinary session at noon on tuesday april 1 4 lie will then submit for ratification to a house overwhelmingly democratic and to a senate barely republican the reciprocity agreement with canada the mcball bill being jawing that agreement into ef ye ecard ec c aud passed by the house mot met on saturday at the hands of tho the old senate the death freely predicted for it the permanent tariff board bill forced to its passage through a reluctant senate at saturday morning was hurried over to the house there to be strangled by a 13 democratic filibuster congress provided funds to continue the work of tho the temporary tariff board boa rd for another year it was at the request of f the democrats ot of the house and senate that president tatt taft fixed the date ot of the extra session on april 4 there to is little doubt now that the democrats ot of the house will undertake to revise at least two or three ot of the schedules of the payne aldrich tariff act and there Is every reason also to believe the th bills will be favorably received in ia the new senate ilow how long the extra session will wll last Is problematical while the new congress may promptly ratify the necip agreement some democrats are in favor vt of withholding confirmation alon until two or three new barill schedules are ready it if tariff differences feren ces should arise between the tha now new house bouse and the senate the session blon unquestionably would be a long one the old congress ended amid scenes of extraordinary excitement and un certainty ertain ty in the house the disorder ut nt lp the closing hours when the successful against tild tariff board bill was in progress ress became almost a riot retiring speaker cannon was eulogized by champ dark clark who will be the iest ext speaker of the house mr clarl irl characterizing speaker cannon as a great historical character and eldh hi hla his remarks with the declaration lat we all wish for the retiring aspea ibeal r peace plenty prosperity happ less ess and length of days |