The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Session Ends

Washington, october 24.-After being in continuous session since the inaugur-
 alton of Woodrow Wilson, a period of nearly 19 months, the Sixty third Con- gress adjourned its second session to- day when prolonged efforts to pro- cure cotton growers relief campaign nearly collapsed. Leaders in this move ment agreed to adjourn, however, only on condition that pending cotton relief , measures would have right of way when Congress reconvens Decem- l Der r..
 Not more than 50 members of the House and less than a quorum of the Senate were present when the gavels fell on an adjournment without day The end was accomplished through passage of a concurrent resolution end l ing the session at D. m. The clocks were turned ahead in both chambers, | actual adjournment in the House oc-
 curing at 3:22 and in the Senate at I3:27
 1 As the altered hands of the House clock drew near and the Senate was Iwinding up executive business, Speaker Clark arose at his desk and, facing the scattered attendance on the floor, said This Is the longest and most labor :
 ous session that Congress has ever ! known. l congratulate you most heart 1 ily on being able to adjourn at last. wish to thank every member of the IHouse-democrat, republican, progress sive and independent-for uniform
 courtesy shown to the speaker. Now,
 in the language of Tiny Tim, God bless us every one"
 Adjournment Undem0nstratiye
 The Senate's adjournment probably
 was the most undemonstrative in its
 history. Democratic leaders and few
 republicans were. sitting behind closed doors confirming nominations when
 word came that the House had passed
 the adjournment resolution. Majority
 Leader Kern at once moved to open
 the doors. When this was ordered the Idoorkeeper set the clock ahead and Senator Swanson of Virginia, presiding
 in the absence of the vice president and
 President Pro-tem Clarke. announced that the Senate was adjourned. The few remaining senators hurried from the chamber.
 In announcing abandonment of the lflibuster for cotton legislation, after
 a conference with other southern sena-
 tors and representatives Senator Holke
 Smith of Georgia and Representative Henry of Texas told Senate and House | 1t was apparent no quorum could be lprocured for consideration of the cot
 ton measures and further obstructive
 tactics might injure chances of ulti- mate success. Representative Henry l
 vened in extraordinary session by the | middle of November when the fight could be resumed. Senator Smith in-
 troduced a bill for $250.000,000 gov ernment bond issue to buy cotton and declared:
 We have done all we could for the
 suffering people of the south. We have
 had our day in court for this session and I would have no excuse for fur
 ther filibustering at this time. I shall
 feel that have done my duty by simp-
 ly voting against the adjournment res- iolution.'
 ihe House adopted a resolution au-
 thorixing the appointment of a com tmittee to investigate cotton conditions in the south and report possible
 methods for federal aid by December IS. On the committee were Representa- tives Mann. Austin, Henry. Lever. lief 1 lin. Bell of Georgia and Langley. l With the return of President Will son here from Pittsburg tonight It became known that predictio4s of aa
 extra session of Congress in Novem-
 Der to consider cotton reliefi legisla- : tion were not made on sthe authority of
 Mir. Wilson okiclals close to the Pros