Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-22
Congress Will
Adjourn Today
WILL PASS INTO HISTORY AT
THREE O'CLOCK.
COURTESY TO PRESIDENT
Session Continued Day to Enable
Taft to Get Cotton Bill Veto Before
Rodies-Mann Conducts a FIibuster

Washington, Aug 21.-The extra
session of congress will pass into his
tory at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
The democratic caucus of the house at
a meeting tonight agreed to the reso-
lusion which passed the senate pre-
scribing that hour as the date of final
adjournment This action, carried out
through resolution passed by the
effect an understanding reached in the
afternoon between party leaders in
both houses.
Resolution Passes Unanimously.
The resolution carried unanimously
in the house. It directed the appoint
ment of three members of the house to
join with three democratic. members
of the senate to notify the president
that congress was ready to adjourn.
The committee appointed on the part
of the house consisted of Representa-
tives Underwood of Alabama. demo-
cratic leader of the house, Dixon of
Indiana. a democratic member of the
ways and means committee, and Mann
of Illinois. republican leader of the
house The senate will name its COM
mittee tomorrow.
Veto Goes Over to Next Session.
President Taft's veto is ready 10
place before both houses of congress
when they convene at noon tomorro ".
Immediately upon its receipt democrat
ic Leader Underwood will move Its
reference to the ways and means COM
mittee, of which he is chairman, and
there it will lie undisturbed until the
regular session of congress conyeneS
in December.
Courtesy Shown President.
Congress easily could have adjourned
tonight, but the adjournment under
standing was designed especially to ac-
cord to the president the courtesy of an
tu to hic Eafn of ib:a
cotton bill before the curtain was rung
down on a session replete with tariff
revision activities.
Nothing Doing in Senate.
The senate without any business be-
fore it marked time on the house.
Twice it took recesses during the at
ternoon with a view to having the SEN
ate in session so that as soon as tho
house passed the cotton bill Vice Pres
ident Sherman might sign it and
speed it on tosthe White House. The
presiding officers of the two houses
can sign bills only when their re-
spective houses are in session
House Democrats Hold Caucus.
In the interim between SIS p. m.
and o'clock, when the house was IN
recess, the democratic representatives
met to carry out a promise of Leader
Underwood that the matter of adjourn
lnent would be submitted to caucus.
AS the result of the caucus action the
senate resolution for adjournment was
put through and the house then pro-
ceeded on miscellaneous legislation to
clear the calendar of its f1otsam and
jetsam. Meantime the presidents veto
had been prepared and would have
been sent to congress at O'Clock to-
night if both houses had remained in
session, but the senate at 636 p. m.
adjourned until tomorrow.
M.nn E;iibue&sr
At the night session after the dispo-
sition of matters on the unanimous
calendar Minority Leader Mann for
more than an hour conducted single
handed filibuster against an effort of
Representative Wilson of Pennsylvania
to suspend the rules and consider a
resolution providing for the inyes tiga-
ton of the Taylor system of scientific
shop mana cement which is being intro
duced into government works. Mr..
Mann finally permitted the resolution
to pass after slight amendment. L
authorizes the speaker to appoint
committee of three to conduct the in