Show UNO LONG SESSION OF CONGRESS ENDED SOUTHERN MEMBERS ABANDON filibuster WHEN PROMISED ACTION AT NEXT SESSION congress had been in session for days and except for a months re cess cesa had been in session practically two years washington after nearly nineteen months of continuous session longest ever known the sixty third congress adjourned its ita second se session 9 n on saturday october 24 after the collapse of prolonged efforts to pro procure ure cotton growers relief legislation leaders in this movement agreed to adjourn however only on the condl tion that pending cotton relief mea measures would have the right of way when congress reconvenes december 7 not more than fifty members of the house and less than a quorum of the senate were in attendance when the gavels garvels fell on adjournment without day tho the second session of the sixty third congress was one of the longest sessions in the history of the united states tho session convened december 1 1913 when it adjourned lt it bad been in session days exclusive of the recess from december 23 1913 tojan to jan uary 12 1914 except for a month oft off in 1913 congress has been in al most continuous session since decem ber 2 1912 practically two years the first session of this congress lasted from april 7 1913 to december Decem bei 1 1913 a total of days adding this to days of the second session gives the sixty third congress a total of 63 days tho the following are the statistics ot of the bills ordered in this session senate to resolutions senate bills senate joint resolution senate concurrent resolutions 33 house joint resolutions house concurrent reaf res clu tiona 60 house bouse resolutions house bills 1037 s the senate received about no nom m inactions twenty four peace treaties were ratified the total amount amoun tot of money appropriated was the most important of the laws enacted at this session were the federal reserve act the repeal of the free tolls provision of the panama canal act the clayton antitrust act the alaskan y ns J railroad act providing for the const mcrA t ton and operation by the government of 1000 miles of railroad and the war tax bill intended to provide to make up the loss in revenue c caused aused by the european war among the other measures of importance passed at this session were the following law regulating cotton future sales on stock exchanges appropriation of for river and habor babor improvements the ahe money to be spent at the discretion or of the government engineers law giving the city of san francisco the right to take its water supply from the ileac hetch h valley in ili yo national park law limiting the labor of women in ili the district ot of columbia to eight hours a day agricultural extension act providing tor for co operation cooperation between department of agriculture and state agricultural colleges act providing income tax of 1 per cent of the gross annual income of railroad corporations in alaska act reorganizing diplomatic and consular service of the united states the jones philippine bill which declares the purpose of the united states to recognize the independence ot of the philippines at some future date was passed by the house |