New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
REGULAR SESSION
OF CONGRESS ENDS
7senate and House Complete
Business and Adjourn
Without Day.
PRESIDENT AT CAPITOL
annropriation, Reclamation Bond
Issue, Campaign Publicity
and Other Bills Finally
Passed and Signed.
From The Tribune Bureaa.l

washington. June SS.-It was IL CLOCK
...s syening when the first regular session
,be s1st Congress adjourned without dav
an business Of Importance was finished this
--erneon. but a night session was neces-
~s-v 70 permit the engrossing OF the bills
..ses to-day and 10 give the President a ,
F,,o-+un;ty TO look over belated measures
e,bn,itted for his approval. Many mem
- NJ both branches started for home this
s,s-noon and tonight. and by Monday
.;rbt the capital VIII be practically de-
..-,ed President Taft hopes 20 leave here
,o- Beverly on Tuesday.
president Taft reached the Capitol al 10
,,clook and went at once 10 the Presidents
-oorn adjoining the Marble Room He
,r.s accompanied by the members Of the
oshinet. The news OF the Presidents ar
-irsl spread rapidly. and there was q con-
.+,n- stream Of Senators and Representa-
.,ves 10 his room 10 say goodby and wish
tir, q pleasant summer. The President was
,,s,,v snd many Of his callers received his
Essrtv thanks fer the assistance they have
rfvs, the administration in the last six
months.
MANY Of the Presidents Democratic call
.-s congratulated him on the great success
~ his legislative programme. and admitted
,hst he had blazed 8 way toward popular
.,n-oyal which would prove embarrassing
"a his political opponents in the approaching
campaign
The first session OF the Senate began rt
a o'clock and lasted until about 8, when
: recess was taken until 3. The House
resolution for adjournment at II O'Clock
vas received shortly before the recess was
,sken and was adopted without debate
senator Hale acted as master OF cereTao-
MES and guided the important business Of
The closing hours with dispatch.
The three appropriation bills. which were
n conference last night, We're presented q
tte Senate carly to-day and quickly ap-
r-oved As Vas predicted, the Senate Won
2 victory on the pension BILL the House re-
redng from its amendment abolishing the
seyenteer out-cf-town agencies and provid-
tng for the payment OF all pensions from &
Central agency in Washington
TIE Senate receded from its amendment
to the sundry civil bill providing for the
testing OF structural steel, and this work
viii be done by the Bureau Of Standards il
stead Of By the Bureau OF Mines. The bill j
ssopted apcropriates $3.50. 06o instead OF the I
100000 the House had appropriated for I
sguging the streams and determining the I
water supply OF the United States II ap- 1
TropriRtes $4,000 for expenses Of suits TO /
set aside convevances OF allotted lands 10 /.
the FIVE civilized tribes, and $3.50 for ex- 4
psnses Of the Canadian boundary commits !
sion Il repeals the permanent appropria- /
im for the shipping service and foreign /
f-eamboat inspection service but does not /
repeal as the House had proposed, the /
permanent appropriation for the customs
ssrvice. This leaves The old fixed permanent
appropriation Of 50 0O00 GOO or so 10 be /
taken from the customs receipts.
The conference report on the sundry civil /
bill was adopted without debate.
A special message was received from the
President urging mat a suitable sum Of
money be placed at his disposal 10 meet the
situation On the lower Colorado River.
which threatens serious loss OF life and
property. The Senate responded iEnne-
dstely by adopting a joint resolution au-
thprzing the President &c expend 100000
f0r protection against damage by the Col
orado The House adopted the same reso-
luton.
Early in the day the Senate spent some
tine on the calendar and disposed Of many
bills, among them being the House bill 10
prohibit the white slave" traffic. and
Senator Frye's bill 70 promote the ef-
aciency Of the lifesaving service.
Appalachian Bill Goes Over.
An agreement was reached whereby a
.nal vote vii be taken on the Appalachian
and White Mountain forest reserve bill on {
February 15 The New England Senators !
realized yesterday that Senators Burton {
tnd Neylands would be able 20 defeat ac-
Ion On the bill at this session If they pur-
tued their flibustering tactics to-day !
Senator Brandegee opening negotiations for !
me fixing Of tine for a final vote on this !
Gil al the next session. Mr.. Burton con- !
tenied TO February .. Mr.. Newlands was I
disposed 70 resist the fixing of q date, and {
would not consent until assurances were 7
given him that some OF the leading advo- [
cs1eS q The bill were friendly TO his con-
ss1Fsuon commission scheme and would I
-sFor something like IL in an amendment /
AS soon as the date was fixed for voting 7
q me forest reserve bill this measure was ]
41io aside, and Senator GallingeT moved 7
nat his hil to increase the pay for ocean I
Nal delivery be taken up. This was car
ned 3 10 d Senator Simmons was the :
why Democrat voting in the Affirmative I.
ceDators Borah, BrisTow, Brown, Burton, I
Sainnlins and Clspp voted in the negative. {
-os adoption Of Mr.. Gallinger's motion