New Britain herald., 1915-03-04
CONGRESS ADJOURNS SINE DIE SHORTLY
 AFTER NOON TODAY
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ship bill, the Philippine bill or the conservation measures had been aban- doned, and while the president worked both houses marked time for the hands of the clock to touch twelve. noon.
 In the house, the last hour was de- voted to tributes to Speaker Clark. Rep. Underwood and republican Lead CT Mann.
 Portrait of Underwood.
 Representative Palmer announced the presentation of a portrait of MT. Underwood to be hung in the hall of the ways and means committee. In doing so MT. Palmer said: There is no doubt Mr. Underwood soon will be the leader in the senate. He is one of the greatest Americans in his time" -i .t
 In the senate, some of the senators who are retiring from public life made farewell addresses.
 Sharp Battle Waged.
 In the conference on the post office bill, a sharp battle waged through out the night and for several hours the fate of the $500, 900, 900 bill hung in the balance.
 The search of calendars disclosed occasional signs of life among the many bills and resolutions reposing there, and from time to time lnessen- gers burdened with those that had passed one house tramped through the corridors of the capitol to report the fact to the other. Virtually all of these were private claim bills or measures of a purely local nature. AS the roll of the more important bills was called, requests of 'let it go over' from the floor sent them one by one into the legislative graveyard
 Only Conference Reports.
 At 3:45 a. m.. the senate entered in- to unanimous agreement to consider nothing except the conference reports on the Indian and post office appro- priation bills. The Indian bill was then taken up and all but few senators left the chamber to catch a short nap.
 At that time there had been passed by unanimous consent in the last hour or two bills already agreed to by the house providing for a standard apple barrel and locomotive inspection by the interstate commerce commission. Senator Martin made futile attempts to secure consideration of a bill cre- oting bureau of labor safety.
 Sing "Rag Time" Songs.
 The house at 420 took a fifteen minute recess and the members then orga nized the usual chorus and sang "rag time'' and other songs. When the recess was taken, the house had been iii continuous session for eighteen hours and fifty minutes.
 The house shortly before , a. n agreed to the conference report on the post office appropriation bill and then recessed again until g a. m. As agreed to in the house, it retained the railway mail pay provision, changing the system of pay to railroads from a weight basis to payment for car space used.
 Proviso Is Attached.
 The senate conference finally agreed to this proposal after long deadlock, and a proviso was attached to the new plan under which the postmaster general Or railroads representing 51 per cent of the railroad mileage of the country may appeal to the inter- state commerce commission to estab : fish whether the rates fixed are req scnable It would be authorized to report it's findings to congress for action No appeal to the commission would be allowed until the rates had been in effect at least one year, and thereafter such appeals could be made onyl once in any, two years.
 The conference report was imme- dlately sent over to the senate. The only business awaiting the action of tic house when it recessed was the conference report on the Indian ap- propriation bill, which was being fili- bustered against in the senate. Wait for Adjournment. When the house reassembled at o'clock the failure of the Indian and post office bills in the senate was re- carded as so certain that resolution was passed extending the present ap- propriations over the next fiscal year With that, the house settled dowr 1 to waiting for the hour of adjourn. l ment. 1 Attempt Proves Futile. l Tn the senate another attempt tc 1 break the opposition to the Indian bill failed, and some republican sen. ators gave notice they would talk the 1 post office bill to death.
 Last years appropriations, which l under the house resolution would con tinue another year, were s313, 900, ,00( for the postal bill and s9.7o0, 1000 fol 1 the Indian bill. ...
 1 Wilson Keeps "Open House." 1 Beginning at 9:30 o'clock Presiden Wilson kept "open house." and steady procession of senators ant representatives of all parties wen from the capitol to the White Hous. to shake hands with the president ana say good bye.
 Not Fault of House.
 After the Indian and post office ap.