Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02


passage of all the big appropriation
bills except the public buildings bill.
Senator Williams gave notice that I'M
less the Senate voted on the rivers and
harbors conference report he would OBJ
ject TO the passage of any appropriation
bills before the end of this session.
This would have involved such bills as
the sundry civil, the naval, the post Of
fee. the legislative. the public buildings.
the agricultural, the Indian and the Dis
;rict of Columbia.
Holiday Spirited Crowd.
1t was a holiday-spirited crowd that
foCked to the Senate wing of the Capitol
last night but it was somber dgnified
Senate which they looked down upon from
the galleries. They could not see. under
the surface. the fiibuster that threatens
To tie up proposed appropriations
From late i'm the afternoon until nearly
midnight the upper house of Congress
waved a flag of truce in the filbustering
fight that had started earlier in the day
against the rivers and harbors bill and
devoted itself to eulogies of deceased SEN
ators and representatives
Not Looking for Memorials.
The crowds that poured through the
many entrances of the Capitol. dressed
not in keeping with the wintry season, |
but more in suggestion of the approach |
ing Easter and spring. apparently were
not looking for memorial services. They
filed into seats in the Senate galleries in
almost a constant stream. There was
constant shifting in and out OF the seats.
Vt times practically every seat, except
those in the diplomatic gallery, oc
cupied. A few minutes later, there ap-
peared only a handful of onlookers Then
they would fill up again for few
minutes. So it went throughout all the
earlier part Of the evening. They caught
the somber spirit that hung over the
Senate during their brief stay, apparent
ly. but 1t was evident they were search
ing more for gayety or for the intensely
dramatic situations that usually attend
a fight in the closing hours OF session
Pretty Girls From Tennessee.
At one time during the evening two
of the galleries were practically filled
with girls. pretty the traditions
of the south call for. numbering A
couple of hundred. and all dressed in
suits of brown with brown felt hats.
They We're from the Belmont College
at Nashville. Tenn, and came to Wash
ington on Il special train for the in
dugural ceremonies attending the In
duction into office OF the first demo-
cratic President in nearly two decades
Senator Townsend, departing from the
usual euiogistic path took occasion to
chide the Senate mildly for not paving
more respect to the memorial services.
Deserve More Respect
Il can hardly refrain from voicing the
sentiment or thought which comes TO me
on these memorial occasions, Mr.. Town
send said. that We either ought TO abol-
ism them or we ought TO pay more respect
TO them j have thought that We fail to
appreciate the real object of these me-
mortal occasions
Senator Burton. in his praise Of the
legislative service and work party
leader of the late Representative Louden-
Slayer took occasion To comment upon
the long list of the dead brought so
forcibiy to the attention of the Senate
during the evening. 1t emphasized. he
sad. the strain of legislative life.
When we compare the strain OF leg
isiative career to those in other walks
OF life, he commented, ''as to the hours
of labor. manifold demands and degree
OF worry. at once recognize that II is
greater in the Legislative career. Year
hy year the demands are increasing. IT is
time they were cut.
Deficiency Bill Ready.
Evidence of the coming legislative
struggle that will characterize the clos
In hours of this Congress and that
foretold late session last night, were
90 lie seen as the evening wore on. Sen
ator Warren. chairman of the Senate
committee on approximations had the
general deficiency bill. that was acted
upon by the committee late yesterday
afternoon. on his desk with a big pile
"f papers, ready to call IL up for con-
alteration when actual legislative work
in ed lie ha in oil w
notified senators that he would like to
have II passed and go TO conference to-
night
Indian and Post Office Bills.
Senator Gamble was in and out of the
chamber. On his desk was the conference
report on tho Indian appropriation bill
with Still ono important item in disagree
ment between the two houses. Further
instructions to the action OF the con-
fsress on that provision are to be asked,
10 was announced about midnight
Senator Bourne. chairman of the Senate
committee on post ofices. according to
word circulated through the Capitol, Is
ready TO present the conference report on
the post once appropriation bill. The
confereeA however. are not I'm agreement
and further inctTuouons are necessary.
The points In disagreement are those for
the Abolishment OF the blue tag" System
and for @ rswsighing Of the mails 10 FIX
now scale OF payment to the railroads
Wheels Begin Again.
Eulogies wsre finished at IL o'clock and
the wheels of legislation Immediately
we're set In motion. Senator Warren
moved that the general deficiency bill be
taken up for consideration and the mo-
ton was carried.
Evidence was then forthcoming that
elibuster against the rivers and har-
bors conference report was 10 b met