The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
Cotton Relief Bill May Delay
Congress- Adjournment.
Sixty-Third Congress Longest
in History of Nation.
Many Important Measures Have
Been Passed by Democrats.

Wd8nlu8IOus OCI. 1Ss"A1InOuSn inc
senate has smashed the plan of Hoke
Smith and other southern senators to
provide relief for the cotton growers,
Representative Henry of Texas. chair
man of the rules committee. still
stands with his cotton relief bill be-
tween congress and adjournment.
His last announcement on the sub
5ect was that the house would not be
able to adopt q conference report on
the war tax and adjourn except by the
vote OF quorum. 1nasmuch as most
of the members of the house have
gone home. Mr.. Henry may force the
house to call them back. Mr.. Henry
said he would sleep in the house II It
became necessary for him to remain
on constant guard.
THE war revenue bill will not pass
the house without the presence OF a
quorum unless it contains legislation
taking care Of the cotton and tobacco
situation in the south or unless there
is some independent bill passed
through both houses at this time" said
Mr.. Henry.
The bill which Mr. Henry wants
congress to pass is the one agreed
upon at a conference of southern con-
gressmen and provides that the treas
ury department shall issue bonds to
the< extent aof $250,000,O00 and lend
money to the cotton growers through
the banks of the south.
Long Parliament Ends.
The second session of the Sixty-third
congress. one of the longest sessions In
the history of the United States, will
come to an end about the middle of
the week.
The session convened December I.
1913. If it adjourns next Thursday.
October 20, it will have been In session
800 days. exclusive Of the recess from
December %, 1913, to January II,
1914. Except for a month off In 1913.
congress has been in almost continuous
session since December 2, 1912, prac-
tically two years.
The first session Of this congress
lasted. from April Z, 1913 to December
1. 1918. a total of 239 days. Adding
this to the 500 days of the second ses-
sion gives the Sixty-third congress a
total Of 541 days.
The following are the statistics of
the bills introduced in this session:
Senate resolutions, 472. Senate bills.
6.641. Senate joint resolutions. 1876.
Senate concurring resolutions, 3S.
House joint resolutions, S72. House
concurring resolutions so. House res
olutions, 648. House bills, 19,3O7.
In the Senate.
The senate received about five thou
sand nominations. Twenty-four
peace treaties were ratified. The to-
tai amount Of money appropriated
was $1.115.90S.777.26.
The most important OF the laws en-
acted at this session were the federal
reserve act, the repeal of the free
tolls provision of the Panama canal
act, the Clayton antitrust act, the
Alaskan railroad act providing for the
construction and operation by the
government of 1000 miles of rail-
road, and the war tax bill, intended
to provide O7.OOO,O0O to make up
the loss in revenue caused by the Eu-
ropean war.
Among the other measures of inn
portance passed at this session were
the following:
Law regulating cotton future sales
on stock exchanges.
Appropriation of $20,O0O,000 for
river and harbor improvements, the
money to be spent at the discretion
Of the government engineers.
A law giving the city Of San Fran
cisco the right to take its water sup
ply from the Hetch-Hetchy valley in
Yosemite National park.
Law limiting the labor of women in
the District of Columbia to eight
hours a day.
Agricultural extension act providing
for cooperation between department
of agriculture and state agricultural
colleges.
Act providing income tax Of 1 per
cent OF the gross annual income of
railroad corporations in Alaska.
Act reorganfzing diplomatic and
consular service of the United States.
The Jones Philippine bill which de-
clares the purpose Of the United
States to recognize the independence
of the Philippines at some future date
was passed by the house.
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