The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-08-24
CONGRESS CLOSES
Noisy Ending of fxtraOrdi-
nary Session.
TAFT vfTOfS THE COTTON BILL
The President Objected Especially to
the Attempt Of Congress TO Add
Iron, Steel and Chemicals
as Amendments.

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dent TAFT to consider reciprocity WIN
Canada came to an end at 1902 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
almost at the same instant wee
President Sherman and Speaker
Champ Clark let fall their gavcls and
simultaneously declared the senate
and the house respectively to stand
adjourned sine die.
The last business was the receipt
and reading In the house Of the presi-
dents message yeiong the cotton
steelchemical tarin revision measure.
This was received and Immediately
read and, without any effort to pass II
over the veto. was referred TO the
committee on ways and means There
il will lie till next December when
CONGRESS meets again in regula: ses
sion.
As soon as the presidents veto had
been read the Democratic leader, Mr..
Underwood. announced that. inasmuch
as the Democrats did not have a sufti-
cient number of votes to pass the bill
over the veto, 1t would be referred
10 committee.
Tie veto was received with noisy
demonstration. There were scarcely
one hundred members in the cham
Der when its reading was begun. Re
publicans applauded and Democrats
laughed. the latter demonstration com
.ns over the presidents sta ement
hat the cotton schedules had been
revised without proper investigation.
Mr.. Underwoods motion for refer
en,c OF the whole question was agreed
TO without objection.
Ioth houses convened at noon with
all plans perfected for adjournment
The following senators ami ,epresen-
;atNcs constituted The committee to
wait upon the pre- nicat and notify
him that congress Lad completed its
business Senators Cullom. of Illinois.
Republican, and Martin. OF Virginia,
Democrat. Representatives Under
wood. II Alabama; D.X.n. Of Indiana,
Dcmo,rats; Mann, o; Illinois. Repub-
iisan. IKE committee paid rs formal
GALL at The White House shortly af.er
congress convened.
Tic senator's AMI rcpfe entatives
LETT N town. a wide gap in Their ranks
ha,i been made by the departure
Of the more impatient onei. were
slow in arriving a. the capitol Some
OF them came with tAeir grips and
satchels prepared to make a qu'cL
get away.
For tic first two hour o. tie seS-
sion the house marked 'lrc IN tie
president and senate. md va ted on
both the president and ih- bon @. inl
the senate a little miscellaneous leg
islation was disposed %. III l.
recess was tai en- until =. g.. o
few senators drifting over 20 watch
the proceedings in the hose.
The house Whiled lwGy tie ume
largely with little details un Ter sus
pension OF the rules. but KEEP. tn G
sion continuously. There was small
attendance. but much confusion. wl.Ch
evoked vi orous pounding OF 'hs
speakers eayel and frequent calls ios
order.
The president came to the capitol
to sign bills In the closing hours. in
accordance with immemorial custom
The first Of the cabinet officer - ap-
pear was Secretary Of Asficnl IRE
Wilson. who arrived at l45 ?. ~
ahead of the president
President Tafts arrival at his room
at the capitol nearly emptied the sen
ate. the vice president and sen-t)rs
Joining in the ewlcome.
The president was in joyial mod.
and referred happily 10 the trip on
which he will start for Rochester, y. Z
Y, and for his summer home at Bev-
erly. Mass. where he will gain rest
before leaving on his long tour across
the continent.
Cotton Bill Vetoed.
President Taft's message veto.ng
the cotton tariff bill. arrived in the
house at 2.O2 p. NJ. AS in the case /
Of the wool and free-list bills, the |
president based his objections to the
cotton bill largely upon the fact that
the tariff board had not had time To
submit a report on the SCHEDULE.
lie also declared that the cot'on
bill was adopted without any inycs l.
CATION or information OF a satisfactory
character as to its effect upon the cot
ton industry.
The president objected especially &c
the attempt by congress to adj re
vision of the iron and steel and chem
ical schedules to the cotton bill as
amendments.
81 find" he said, that there WIS
practically TO consideration Of eli he
schedule by any committee Of eitter
house. There were no facts pre- en;ed
to either house in which ] can find
material upon which to form any
Judgment as 10 the effect Of the
amendments. either upon American
Industries or upon the revenues of tie
government"
Briefly reviewing the manner IN
which the iron and steel and chemical
amendments were added to the BIZ
the president said:
81 cannot make myself a party tc
dealing With the Industries Of thu