Evening star., 1914-10-25
Officials Close to President
Say Word Did Not Come
From White House..
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN
AS CLOCKS TAKE JUMPS
Tired Legislators Are Appreciative
When Donaldson Moves Hands
Ahead Forty Minutes.

With the return of President Wilson
from Pittsburgh last night 1t became
known that predictions made in the
House earlier in the day that Congress
! would be convened in extra session In
November to consider cotton relief leg
islation were not made on the authority
of Mr.. Wilson. Officials close to the
President said that he would not call
an extra session.
The President seriously considered the
extra session question several weeks
ago, in relation to the Alexander bill
for government ownership of merchant
ships, but abandoned the idea on the
understanding that the measure would
be taken up early in the December ses-
sion.
Regular Session Questions.
While the President favors the Lever
bill for the government licensing OF
cotton warehouses and the Glass amend
ment to the currency act allowing banks
to issue notes up to 100 per cent OF
their capital and surplus. he was un-
derstood last night to believe both ques-
tions should go over until the regular
session of Congress.
AS outlined by the President the pro-
gram for the December session will In
clude the regular appropriation bills;
the Philippine bill, remaining bills OF
Secretary Lanes conservation program
and the shipping bill. To this program
will now be added cotton legislation.
There have been intimate MS that eff
forts will be made to pass rural credit
legislation during the next session. and
ments for the United States will seek
to have the army and navy appropria-
ton bill increased. Should these ques-
tions be taken up. official observers be-
ieve 1t will be difficult to finish the
work by March 4.
Will Visit the Canal.
The President, it is known definitely.
will not call an extra session next
spring unless some unusual emergency
arises. He plans to leave Washington
after the adjournment in March to open
officially the Panama canal and the
San francisco exposition.
Mr.. Wilson arrived from Pittsburgh
last night at $3.50 o'clock. more than
thirty minutes ahead OF his schedule.
He was tired out hy the trip and con-
stant calls for him during his return.
and Immediately went to bed.
The second session Of the Sixty-t third
Congress came to an end yesterday
afternoon. When the clock hands in
the House reached the hour 3:1s Will
liam Donaldson, superintendent of the
House press gallery, leaned over the
railing and turned the hands Of the
clock around to 3:55, and an ambitious
spectator in the opposite gallery did
the same trick for the other clock.
F1Nbusterers Are Glad.
The flibusters who had been de-
laying Congress for days were the
most appreciative of the entire lot
when they saw, this steal of forty min
utes. On the Senate side some one
whispered what had been done, and
the clocks Of that solemn body leaped
forward likewise, and Senator Swan
son. who was in the chair. simply an
nounced that the end had come.
And thus the longest sitting of Con-
faded away. but not without speeches
from Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
and Representative Henry of Texas,
who have been the leading filibusters
in the cause of relief legislation for the
cotton farmers. Representative Henry's
speech contained a prediction that an
extra session of Congress would be
called within short time after cleo
ton, and Congress would again return
to Washington to pass the ship pur-
chase bill.
Are Not Confident.
However. administration leaders were
not so confident that the President
would reconvene Congress. They
acknowledged that the President, until
a short time ago. had believed Con-
presa should pass the shin hill ond
other measures advocated by the ad
ministration, but declared that he had
now changed his mind. They insisted
that Congress would not meet again
until December Z. the date hxed BY
the Constitution for the opening this
year of the regular session.
The ilibuster against Adjournment
by the members of Congress from the
cotton belt. which has prevented Con-
gress leaving Washington for the last
three days, crumbled yesterday after
noon. Representative Henry Of Texas
and Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia
who had led the filibuster. found them
selves alone in their determination to
keep Congress in session, and yielded
to the advice Of their colleagues. which
was to stop the f1libuster and go home
Not more than fifty members of the
House and only twenty-five members
of the Senate were on hand when the
concurrent resolution providing for ad-
journment was put through AS soon
as it had been safely passed the sur-
vivors of the long session began their
exodus
Senator Hoke Smith left last NIGHT ~
go to Georgia. Before he went he de-
clared that he had only begun the fight
for legislation to relieve the cotton Sit.
uation.
Expects Extra Session.
He. too. expressed the opinion that