Evening journal., 1911-03-04
CONGRESS HAS
ADJOURNED
President Taft at Once Calls
an Extra Session to Con-
slider Canadian Agreement
BAILEY IN A MIFF
RESIGNS FROM SENATE


BY United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON, March 4.--Failing
10 enact either OF Presient Taft's fav-
oritc measures-Canadian Reciprocity
and the Permanent Tariff Board bill
the Sixty First Congress shut up shop
this afternoon and turned over the af-
fairs OF Government TO the next Con-
gress which has a Democratic House
and a greatly reduced Republican ma
iority in the Senate.
President Taft at once called an ex-
ira session 20 meet In April.
The Tariff Board bill went through
both Houses. but in the closing hours
the House Democrats killed it by flli-
/ clustering against Senate amendments.
The Reciprocity bill which passed
the House, was treated with supreme
indifference by the Senate. which re-
fused to consider H. The Finance Com
mittee having reported Il without
recommendation, It was allowed to die
at the foot of the calendar.
President Taft. In accord with his
announced and positive determination
Immediately called an extra session.
He was willing to give mp the Tariff
Board, but he stood Arm In his demand
that the Reciprocity agreement be
passed. He believes the new Senate
will pass It.
This final struggle was so bitter
that Senator Bailey. of Texas, the
Democratic floor leader, announced
his resignation when all but two
Democrats voted with owen for pop
ular government. which was the real
issue. Bailey was angered at the de-
sertion, as he had violently opposed
the advanced ideas Of government in
corporated I'm the Arizona Constitu-
tion.
Several Scenes In Senate.
AS usual the final scenes in the SEN
ate were quietly enacted but there
was much sad taking Of farewell OF
such old-time leaders as Hale, of
Maine. and old members of the Re
publican organization, old guard OF
regulars.
In the House il was the most vio-
lent day in the most violent session
that body has ever known. The last
/ three hours OF the session were the
7 most disorderly the House has ever
known, according 10 men who have
watched the lower body for thirty
years.
Cannon in Command.
With Uncle Joe" Canon WELDING
the iron sceptre OF the Gear OF the
= House" as he did years ago. and
determined Democratic filibnstel
! against the tariff board bill, conducted
? by Fitzgerald, the parliamentary eX
/. pert of the Democratic side. tn
; scenes were pandemonium, and a
times almost complete demoraliza
. tion.
+ In the end the Democrats forced IN
withdrawal OF a special rule nnde
g which the tariff board bill was heln
considered by delaying appropriate
+ hills until 11.45. Chairman Payne,
4, the WAYS and Means Committee, the
Y, amid ieers from the minority sid'
r asked unanimous consent TO dispens
q With the consideration Of the measur
= which was granted
y The clock was turned back nearll
!, an hour. and with Uncle Joe beat
!, inc the deck with HIS gavel, the eX'
5 citement subsided and the bills were
pushed through the mill at the rate
Of one a minute.
Worn and weary with the strain n
a continuous session of over twenty
> six hours. but with the fre OF youth
In his eve, and the spring Of youth
In his gnarled 75-year-old frame, Can
, non. about TO be deposed from the
seat he has held for eight years, tool
the bit In his teeth In the course OF
tho flibuster. Administering abS=-
q lutely no gag orders, he fought th'
r Democrats every inch of the way
until Payne. seeing that the passage
Of the bill was impossible. capltu
. lated
g speaker-elect Champ Clark intro
ducing a resolution giving the thankl
of Congress to Speaker Cannon. mad'
a speech eulogizing the man he vii
. succeed.
, House In Cheers.
, As the Speaker-elect concluded hil
> eulOgy Of the Speaker-about-to-be
deposed. the House broke into wilG
cheers Underwood (Dem. Ala.l IL
the chair. shouted hoarsely for order
Finally amid the din. he named Clarl
and Mann (Rep. Ia was committed
e 70 escort the speaker 70 the chair.
D Before Cannon spoke the HOUSE
e subsided 10 unbroken stiffness.
!, Cannon reviewed the growth of tn
E business of the House. and made tn
\ tenor of his speech his primary con
D tention in all his public life, for tn
absolute rule Of the majority
Uncle Joe dropped his gavel for IN
last time. as Speaker OF the House
> with the words:
! Il now declare the third session q
the Sixty-hrst Congress 10 stand ad
iourned, without delay"
l Half an hour later a few scattere
:, members we're all that remained o
( the floor, and the final curtain ha
!. fallen on the Sixty-first Congress.
: DEATH FACES