Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-10
CONGRESS BEGINS
WORK ON SCHEMES
TO CUT EXPENSES
Economy Program Will Be Kept
In View During Considera-
alton of Appropriation
Measures,
TO READ MESSAGE TUESDAY
Vast Grist of Legislation Must
Be Disposed of If Session
Adjourns March Got
ton Bill Up Today.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Sixty-third
congress reassembled today for its
third and concluding session.
President Wilson will deliver his an
nual address, in person, tomorrow from
the rostrum in the hall of the House
before a joint session, outlining the adj
mlnlstratlon program. Until that is
fully disclosed, the work which will be
undertaken during the comparatively
few remaining days in the life of this
congress, which dies at noon, March 4,
remains underlined. except that the am
nual appropriation bills are likely to
receive first and chief attention,
Whether the Sixty-fourth congress,
chosen at the November elections will
be called in special session or will not
assemble before another year no one
can predict with certainty.
After six weeks of respite from leg
islative grinding, during which many
participated in the political campaign,
members of both Houses assembled
prepared to go on with the unfinished
business left over from the last Ses-
sion. mat the general appropriation
bills would be difficult to complete be-
fore March if much other legislation
We're to intervene, was the consensus
of opinion among leaders of both DOM
inant parties. What circumstances
may arise from the European wal or
managed conditions IN Mexico may be the
deciding influence in the meeting time
of the next congress with it's new host
OF fepublicahs IN the House.
Their Last Session.
With the falling of the gavels in both
Houses today many legislators. some of
them prominent figures for wears in
the Dolitie3l life Of the nation. turn
their faces toward private life. for this
session OF congress is their last unless
changing fortunes return them.
Senator Root, of New York: Burton,
of .Ohio; Perkins. of California: Bris-
tow. of Kansas: Crawford, of South
Dakota; Stephenson, of Wisconsin. all
republicans, and Thornton of Louisiana
and White. of Alabama. democrats, will
go out of office at the end of the ses-
sion.
In the House. REPRESENTATIVES I'M
derwood, of Alabama: Hardwick, of
Georgia, and BroussaEd, of LOUISIANA.
NJ selh ing elaetl ~ sSln!S - 10 ~
tueil tleNt'ioh ~ 'HT 9Si"'0 VI IN
next congress
Among prominent House democrats
retiring are: a. Mitchell Palmer, of
Pennsylvania, a NH of the ways
and means committee; Stanley e.
Bowdle, of Ohio, who will return the
seat he tool from former Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth; Robert j.
Bulkley, of Ohio: John R. Clancy, of
New York; Robert L. D~ifenderfer, of
Pennsylvania: jeremiah Donavan, of
Connecticut: Richmond Pearson Hob
son, of Alabama; Henry II. Goldfogle.
of New York; Charles A. Korbly, of
Indiana; Robert Il. Lee, of PennSylva-
MIA; George a. Medley, of Kansas:
Frank T.. O'Hair, of Illinois, who will
yield back the seat he took from former
Speaker joseph G. Cannon: John r..
Mitchell, OF Massachusetts. a member
of the WAYS and means committee. Ed
ward w. Townsend of New, Iersn1,
and MANY Others Of tba nroorassiIa
organization in the house nemha,s
in the House who win re- ,e innI,,da
the party leader. victor Murdocl of
Kansas: FL. Clyde Ke1Iv W 7 unl;pne
and Henry w Ten,nIa All ~ pan,e,1
vania: James c. McLaugh1in Of Micb
igan. and William II. Hineballoh of
Illinois.
R;a p,,.,, nLo,
$500 ."'So
Leausls on an Sldes look ofWar to
HltefestlhS developments over the
udVai aLu army d~ppropflatlon Dllls,
pecause OF asl'atioh resultlng from the
Europea VIZ. representative Augus-
tus +. Gardner, OF Massachusetts has
iesolutlon dlfecilnS congressional in
lnto the military prepared
ness OF the United States Tor war.
Inc 1lfst calendar business before
the House today was the cotton relief
leglslation urged by Representative
Henry, OF Texas, and others, who al
most prevented adjournment of the
last session by insisting on it. The