Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-04
congress ENDS
RECORD SESSION
WITH ALL SPEED
indian and Postal Appropria-
ton Bills Fall at Last
Moment.
WILSON SIGNS BILLS
AS THEY ARE PASSED
Appropriations Voted Reach
$40, ,4s4, ,324-FareweII
Speeches Delivered.


WASHINGTON. March 4-Cen-
gress adjourned today sine die. The
Senate adjourned at 1904 p, m. and
the House. after turning back the
hands of the clock. adjourned at 12:1s
o. m.
The total appropriations of the ses-
sion were approximately s112o, 1881
several millions under the record OF
previous Congresses.
Two appropriation bills failed. Cur
rent appropriations for the postal ser
vice and the Indian Office were ex-
tended for another year.
In the closing hours President Will
son signed the seaman's bill. the neu.
trality resolution. empowering him 70
prevent ships leaving American ports
with supplies for belligerent waters,
promoted Colonel Goethals to be
major general, for his serv' ces as
builder of the Panama canal ano
gave promotions to OTHER officers asSo-
ciated with the work.
The administration ship bill, the
Philippine bill, the conservat' on Dill,
the rural credits provision of the agri-
cultural bill and ratification OF the
treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua
1all hard pressed adm nistration
measures-fell by the wayeide.
Prominent Figures Retire.
In the Senate several members.
long prominent national figures
among them Senators Root and Bur-
ton. stepped back into private life as
the curtain fell. In the House, Demo-
cratic Leader Underwood said good
bye, to st in the next Senate, and
three score or more members retired.
For many minutes before adjourn
ment there was a lull in the Senate.
Absolutely no business was trans
acted Senator Simmons paid trib-
ute to Senator Perkins, of California
who retired at noon Senator P>rkins
sat for a moment in contemplation OF
the tribute. Then he slowly half rose
from his seat, feebly waved h.s hand
toward the North Carolina senator
and his ccllea gues in gesture OF
sareweil. and then took his seat again.
too overcome with ernot on to speak.
Senator Gallinger offered o resolu-
tfon OF thanks to Vice President Mar
shall for his services as presiding Of
ncer of the Senate.
The House, cleaning It's slate before
10 o'clock. settled down to wait for
noon. Democratic Leader Under
wood, making his last speech on the
hoor--for he goes to the Senate in
the Sixty-fourth Congress-declared
the House had done its work and
It would be the fault of that body II
the governments finances were not
cared for
The Senate. after concurring with
the House extension of the postal
and Indian appropriations. went into
executive session to work on nomi-
nations.
President Goes 10 Capitol.
President Wilson went to the capt.
tol at 10 o'clock and promptly began
signing the accumulation of bills and
resC lutions. All hope OF passing the
ship bill, the Philippine bill or the
conservation measures had been
abandoned and while the President
worked both houses marked time for
the hands OF the clock to touch u
noon.
When the House reassembled at 8
cclcck the failures of the Indian and
postoffice bills in the Senate was re-
garded as so certain that resolution
was passed extending the present APP
propriations over the next fiscal year.
With that the House settled down
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