The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-10
CONGRESS BEGINS
WORK ON SCHEMES
|. TO CUT EXPENSES
Economy Program Will Be Kept
In View During Considera-
alton of Appropriation
Measures.
70 READ MEsSAGE TUESDAY
Vast Grist Of Legislation Must
Be Disposed of If Session
Adjourns March Got
ton Bill Up Today.

II
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.
Met at noon. ..
Senator Camden, OF Kentucky,
filling the unexpired term Of the
late Senator Bradley, was sworn
| in,
Senator's Kern and Gallinger
were appointed to join a House
committee to give formal notifica-
ton of the opening of congress to
President Wilson and a recess was
taken until p. m.
House.
Met at nool. si..y
Representatives Price, Of Mary
land; Parker, of New Jersey, and
Vincent of Georgia, filling out I'M
expired terms. were sworn in.
Representative Sully. of New Jer-
sey. introduced a bill for an addi-
tional federal judge in his state.
Representative Borland intro
duced bill for a 100000 federal
building in Kansas City, Mo.
Representative Levy introduced q
bill to authorize an issue of $780,
600 Panama Canal bonds to create
larger surplus in the treasury.
Adjourned at 1909 p. m. to noon
Tuesday
Washington. Dec. S.-The Sixty third
congress reassembled today for its
third and concluding session.
Presiden+ Wilson will deliver his an
nual address, in person. tomorrow from
the rostrum in the hall of the House
before joint session, outlining the adj
| mtnistration program. Until that Is
fully disclosed, the work which will oe
undertaken during the comparatively
few remaining days in the life of this
| congress, which dies at noon, March 4,
remains underlined. except that the an
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
ran predict with certainty.
After six weeks of respite from leg
| slative 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. That the general appropriation
bills would be difficult to complete be-
| lore March If much other legislation
we're to intervene, was the consensus
f opinion among leaders of both DOM
nant parties. What circumstances
may arise from the European war or
| hanged conditions in Mexico may be the
ieciding influence In the meeting time
" the next congress with its new host
" republicans in the House.
Their Last Session. .r
With the falling Of the gavels in both
| Houses today many legislators, some or
hem prominent figures for years In
| he political life of the nation, turn
heir faces toward private life, for this
Iession of congress is their last unless
| hanging fortunes return them.
Senator Root, Of New York; Burton,
| " Ohio: Perkins. Of California; Bris-
| ow, of Kansas; Crawford, of South
| Dakota; Stephenson, of Wisconsin, all
| republicans, and Thornton Of Louisiana
| Ind White. Of Alabama, democrats, will
| 10 out of office at the end Of the SEES
| hon.
In the House. Representatives I'm
| lerwood, Of Alabama; Hardwick, of
| Georgia, and Broussard Of Louisiana.
| irc serving their last terms before
| heir elevation to the Senate of the
iext congress.
Among prominent House democrats
| retiring are: A. Mitchell Palmer, Of
| Pennsylvania, member OF the ways
Ind means committee; Stanley E.
| Bowdle, of Ohio, who will return the
| seat he took from former Representa-
| tive Nicholas Longworth; Robert J.
| Buckley, of Ohio; John r. Clancy, OF
| New York; Robert e. Difenderfer, of
| Pennsylvania; jeremiah Donavan, OF
| Connecticut; Richmond Pearson Hob
son, of Alabama; Henry H. Goldfogle,
| Of New York: Charles A. Korbly, Of
| Indiana; Robert e. Lee, Of Pennsylva-
hia; George A. Neeley, Of Kansas;
( Frank T. OIIair, of Illinois, who will
| yield back the seat he took from former
! Speaker Joseph G. Cannon; John J.
| Mitchell, of Massachusetts, a member
Of the ways and means committee; Ed
ward w. Townsend. of New Jersey,
| and many others. OF the progressive
| organization in the house members
| In the House who will retire include
| the party leader, Victor Murdoch, of
Kansas; Fl. Clyde Kelly, W. ]. Hulings
| ard Henry w. Temple, all Of Pennsyi-
vania; James c. Mclaughlin, of Mich
| icar, and William II. Hinebaugh, OF
| illinois.
Big Program Ahead.
| Leaders Oh all sides look forward to
interesting developments over the
| naval and army appropriation bills,
| because Of agitation resulting from the
| European war. Representative Angus
| tus z. Gardner, Of Massachusetts has
| q resolution directing congressional in
| ycstigation into the military prepared
ness Of the United States for war.
The first calendar business hefore
| the House today was the cotton relief
| legislation urged by Representative
Henry, OF Texas, and others, who al
| most prevented adjournment of the
| last session by insisting on it. The
| generak understanding among mem
| hers Of both houses was that President
| Wilson would press the bill for govern
ment purchase NJ ocean steamships;
the measure 10 pave the way for ulti-
| mate inGcDCrGenrC or tic Philippines
| and the measures proposing COM
| prchensive plan Of dealing with water
way Improvement and conservation of
| natural resources.
| A genera! water Wy bill to establish
| q nation wide systeI1 "f broad scope
| such ds has been !ntUrscd by COM
mit:cc Cc the cabinet III prohafly be
urged.