The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
RUSH OF WORK !
MARKS END OF
63RD CONGRESS
Deadlock Over Rural Credit
Amendments and Rail
way Mail Pay
SHIP BILL MUST co
TO NEXT CONGRESS
Vice President Called From
Bed to Help Senate Find
a Quorum

Washington, Mar 3-The 6srd
Congress swung into the last, "a hours
| of its life today confronted with a
| mass and tumble of work which must
be done before noon tomorrow. Both
House and Senate will be in virtu-
| ally continuous session until adjourn
ment. One by one the accumulation
of bills and resolutions was disposed
| of and sent to the White House for
| President Wilson's signature, but the
closing hours were not without
threats of failure for some measures
Today House. and Senate conferees
| were deadlocked over the rural cred
it amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bill; there was likewise
/ a deadlock over the railway mail pay
provisions in the post office bill. UI-
/ tinnata to abandon the disputed
points or let the bills fail were ex-
changed between the contending
/ sides. No differences appeared in the
1 other large bills which were not sure
/ to be. composed
The Senate spent the first hours
/ of the days session on the confer.
lence report on the naval bill, debat-
ing the abolition OF the pluclxing
| board, but finally accepted it.
The House agreed to the confer
ence report on the legislative, exc
cutive and judicial appropriation. bill,
accepting the Senate's provision to
| pay mileage as usual for travehngRex-
tpenses of congressman, and then took
up the river and gharbor bill on the
question of agreeing with the Sem
ate's amendments
Meanwhile disputed points in the
army, Indian, general deficiency and
other appropriation bills were taken
up in conference committees.
They expected the ship bill the
Philippine bill and other measures
would have to go over for the next
i Senators Root, Burton, smoot and
Lodge, who led the Republican. OPP
/ position to the ship bill, arranged to
watch the closing hours of the Sem
ate to meet any attempt to pass the
bill when the opposition was not
It was nearly Z O'Clock This morn
ing when the Senate took a recess
until II a. m. the night having been
spent in a struggle over the $11,200.A
900 Indian appropriation bill and
scores of nominations, including
1 President Wilson's trade commission
i appointments. The Indian bill was
passed without record Vote. The
House was in recess until 1870
o'clock, waiting. for the Senate to
catch up with the rush of business.
Conferees meanwhile labored to
settle differences or induce their re-
spective houses to agree to conpro-
mise on the D1S dppTOpF1aIlOn Oils.
There remained to be approved con-
ferences reports on the agricultural,
army, diplomatic, navy, legislative,
post office and general deficiency
bills. The administration ship pur-
schase bill was to be brought before
the House again for conference.
The Senate dropped the Indian bill
for a time about midnight to take
up nominations. When it came to
the federal trade commission, Repub-
l
ing their opposition to VIII H. Parry,
of Seattle, Wash, Progressive Re-
publican. and fought only the nom
ination of George Rub1ee, Of New
Hampshire, Progressive Parry,
with the three Democratic members,
were confirmed. The Democrats are
Joseph P. Davies, of Wisconsin; W
Edward NJ. Hurley, of Illinois; and
w. J. Harris, of Georgia. A long list
of consular officers and postmasters
was confirmed
The Indian bill as passed retained
J the provision for the 5000 per cap
ita distribution to the Choctaws and
carried an amendment in behalf Of
Mississippi ChoctaWs authorizing the
secretary of the interior to reconsid-
er records in his office of rejected
j applicants for places on the rolls of
the Five Civilized Tribes.
i After passing the Indian Bill the
= Senate took up and passed the sub
stitute river and harbor bill appro-
priating $25,0oo,0Oo and providing
for the diversion of an unexpended
balance Of $5,0Oo,000, all to be spent
Iunder the direction of the Secretary
of War and Board of Engineers, was
passed by the Senate early today
Provision is made in the bill for a.
}, re-survey on many projects hereto
fore authorized which have been
been stumbling blocks to a success
full bill for two sessions.
The Senate at 6:37 o'clock recessed
| until 1 T. o'clock.
It was only by taking the unpre-
cedented step of arousing the Vice
President and requesting his attend
ance that quorum was able to pass
ter 4 O'Clock Senator Oliver raised
the point of no quorum in order to
get full consideration for an amend
nent authorizing a new dam in the
: Pittsburgh harbor.
Only 46 Senators could be found,
two more were needed to make a
quorum. A motion was made and
carried for the issuance of warrants
for the arrest of the absentees.
Senator Bryan, temporarily in the
: chair. declined to sign the warrants
on the ground that they could be
signed only by the ce-President or
the president pro-tempore, Senator
Clarke.
} A motion by Senator stone that the
Vice President be requested to attend
was carried and the Vice-Presi dent
was reused from his bed about S
O'Clock. Just before he arrived. how
Dillingham; reported and made a
l quorum. The sVice-President resum-
Eed the chair.