The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-23
Usual Vaudeville Pro
ceedings That Mark
Close Missing.
TAFT ON HAND AND
SIGNS FEW BILLS
Veto of Cotton Tariff Bill Goes
to House-Speaker of House
and President of Senate De-
liver Valedictory Addresses.
Members Leave for
Home.


session of the Sixty second Congress
ended to-day. and Immediately the eX-
odus OF members began. President
Taft Joined with several hundred tired
legislators in the hegira. and tonight
offcia! Washington comparatively was
deserted. Every outgoing train bore
SENATORS and Representatives on thciI
homeward journey. after an extraor
binary session that stretched over l2l
days. and set the liveiicst pace OF any
legislative session In years
The adjournment was featureless
despite the strenuous activity that
had gone before. The President vetoed
the cotton tariff revision bill, just as
lie had vetoed its two revision pre-
decessors. the wool and free li1t bills
The veto went only TO the House in
accordance with custom, and there ita
reception was marked by Democratic
laughter and Republican applause
Thanks Republicans.
Democratic Leader Underwood, amid
Democratic demonstration. formally
thanked the few Republican members
who voted with the Democrats to pass
the tarif revision bills. Democrats
ran across the aisles TO shake hands
with the Republican insurgents. Tho
the Democratic side was prolonged.
AS soon as he could be heard Mr.
Underwood announced that as tho
Democrats did not have the two thirds
majority necessary TO pass the bill over
the Presidents veto he would merely
move the printing of the veto and
accompanying papers and their refer
cnce TO the Ways and Means Commit
tee. OF which he was the chairman.
The House agreed 10 this fixed course
With the committee the matter will
rest until the whole subject of tariff
revision legislation is renewed at the
regular session OF Congress. which will
convene at noon on Monday December
{.
Everybody was in happy mood in
both houses, but the usual vaudeville
proceedings that feature the few. min
ntes following an adjournment OF tho
House for years were missing to-day.
The nearest approach was the singing
OF AUD Lang syne" by a group OF
younger members. led by Heh!n. of
Alabama. k!nkead, OF New Jersey:
Byrnes. OF South Carolina, and Gar
rett. of Tennessee. But their chords
did not inspire a common chorus. The
galleries in both the House and SEN
ate were crowded.
President Mt Capital.
at the Capitol. making IL a social az
iair, as we'll as business one. Occupy
ing the presidential room, in the rear
OF tne senate chamber he was given
an enthusiastic ovation by Senators
OF all shades of political Complexion,
as well as by Representatives. who
dritted ever from the House to meet
him. Vice-President Sherman was
among them. and one OF the first to
shake hands. The President later
busted himself with the task of sign.
ing me eleventh ,h hour, measures. ap-
The Senate spent restless day.
Within thirty-fve minutes after IL had
oo CONVEX, 1t took recess until
House on the belated veto OF the cot.
ton Dill. Then came an executive ses-
sion. to consider two minor nomina-
o'clock. Senators gathered in the the
aisles OF the Senate chamber duripg
this recess, and exchanged parting
6ree.lngs Progressives and Regulars
their hearty good wishes.
In the House there was the same
confusion. only more pronounced
MT. Underwood. OF Alabama Demo-
Speaker Clark congratulations over
ne ne, party's achievements in the frst
Republican Leader Mann slAt and o Ssars;
beaned with good will.
The last measure introduced In the
Rouse was a resolution barking back
erection of tablet, in the rotunda OF
the Capitol in Washington, in corn
m men r, s Of King Louis's interven-
resolution, like a host of others Vent
over. to the regular session for consld
Grafton.
vnledis DRY Addresses.
Both Vice-President sherman and
Speaker Clark delivered valedictores
expressing appreciation. extending
congratulations in good will shown in
strenuous session, and bespeaking
cess. Then officially, nc O'clock, but
actually two minutes later in each
house. the extra session OF Congress
was declared adjourned
The session record of measures intro
duced is 14,08S bills and 4S4 resolu-
lions In the House and 1905 bills and
iifty-eight resolutions in the Senate
Senate ADJOURNED without filling the
office OF president pro tenn. TO take
the place of Vice-President Sherman
In temporary absences from the city.
AS In the case of the wool and free
list bills. President Taft In his veto
message. bases objections to the cot
ton bill largely upon the fact that
me Tariff Board had not IS yet had
time to submit report on the sched-
ule He also declared that the cotton
bill was adopted without any inv.sti
cation or information of satisfactory
cotton industry Tho President object
cd especially to the attempt by Con
Gress to add revision of the iron and
steel and chemicals schedules to the
cotton bill as amendments.
~ find" he said. that there was
practically no consideration of either
schedule by any committee of either
House. There were no facts present
find material upon which to form any
Judgment rs to the effect of the amend