The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-03
Senate and House Drag
Weary Way Through
Tangled Business.
STILL NO ACTION ON
N A Y A l. MEASURE
Economy Advocates Will Not
Yield Position for One Battle
ship, and Entire Appropria-
ton Is Thrcatcned-Grcat
Crowds Of Visitors Throns
Galleries in Capitol.

Wavhinston. March With both
tho Senate and tic House in the un-
usual situation Of sitting in legislative
Hcssio, on Sunday. tho Sixty.econd
Congress TO-DAY and tonight dragged
it's wcnry way through :, maze OF tan
gled business toward its conclusion.
that vii, como at noon Tuesday.
Ti,ou5ands OF visitors in wasting
ton for the Inauguration took advau-
taGc Of the sunday night session 10
see tho lawmakers at work Hun
drrds Of spectators crowded tho gal
lrrics OF the House. whore mcagre
attendance or tho fioor ground out the
routine and rushed through minor bills
with little consideration. Other hun
dreds filled the Senate galleries ui.til
an executive session drove them from
tho chamber and sent them wander
inS through the brilliantly lighted cor
ridors OF the Capitol At a Iato hour
Tonight the corridors were thick with
visitors, anxious To force thcir way
Into tho House galleries, already over
crowded
Tho end OF the session rush OF busi-
ness had brought many who were in
t"reStcd in various bills. which They
hoped might he slipped through in tho
rather disordcrly procedure in tho
House, whore Speaker Clark shattered
tho sounding hoard Of his desk with
his gavei in his efforts to control thu.
noisy attendance ON the floor and the
galleries
Appropriations Threatened.
Tie two battlcship program was
threatened with defeat late tu-nirh,
when tho House and Senate conferecs
decided they could make no agreencn,
between tho one -battleship program
OF the House and the two -battiesnip
program Of tho Senate. .AIl other de-
bated points in the naval bills were
adjusted. but the contcrces decided II,
WAS useless to attempt to adjust tho
battleship tangIc aud the conferences
committee adjourned at il O'Clock
without any plan for another meeting
fhe result threatens tho defeat OF the
entire S15o.o0o,o0 naval appropriation
oiii. The House confcrces declined 10
yield tho one battleship program. and
also refused To take the issue back
10 the liousc Tor another vote
\ dozen conferecs committees work
cd throughout thc nights session
struggling to reach agreements satis-
factory 10 both houses ON various
measures. several potential hlibustcrs
were apparent in both houses with op-
poncnts OF proposed bills ready TO fight
against all legislation if attempts were
nadc TO pass the measure they op-
posed
The various disagrecments in the
conference committees showed no signs
OF settlement, and Just before midnigh
the House leaders decided they would
wait no longer for tho conference re-
ports Oh the various approximation bills
III dispute. The Senate was in cXccu-
tive session. and the House recessed
until $50 tomorrow morning TO allow
time for the Strengthening out Of the
conference reports
Had All Night Session.
hoth houses after sitting we'll into
tho carly hours of SUNDAY morning
met again this afternoon TO resume
the effort TO hnish up pending lcsis-
lation for adjournment TUESDAY moon
Agreement in the Senate carly ,hi:
morning on the river and haroors bill
and the post-offcc appropriation bill
mad cleared the situation so that Il
spirit OF optimism pcrVade6 both cham
bcrs when the sessions were resumed
shortly after l.. NJ
y bitter fight in tho Conference Com
mittec having the public buildings bill
IN charge, left the fate of the measure
III doubt up TO a late hour Tonight
1t was believed that all other appro-
priation bills. with the possible eX-
ccption OF the District OF Columbis
measure, would be finally agreed to
III time 20 receive the signature OF
resident latt before noon Tuesday.
Ihe senate began the day with con-
slderltlon or the ''scamcns Bill" the
measure designed to abolish involun-
tary scrvitude on merchant ships ana
To improve conditions Of labor and iiv-
Ing for merchant marine sailors. The
bili had been greatly altered by the
Senate Commerce Committee from the
form in which il passed the House.
House supporters of tho bill expressed
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