New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
SHIP BILL GOES OVER FOR NEXT CONGRESS House and Senate to Hold Virtual
 Continuous Session UNTIL ADJOURNMENT TOMORROW
Conferces Deadlockcd Over Rural Credits Amendments and Railway
 ble of Legislation for Closing Hours.


 ble of Legislation for Closing Hours.
 Washington, March 3.-The sixty third congress swung into the last 1 twenty-four hours of it's life today l confronted with mass and tumble of 1 work which must be done before noon tomorrow. Both house and senate
 will be in virtually continuous session
 until adjournment. One by one the l accumulation of bills and resolutions
 was being disposed of and sent to the White House for President Wilson's signature, but the closing hours were ,ot without threats of failure for some
 measures.
 1 Today house and senate conferees 1 were dea6locked over the rural credits amendments to the agricultural ap- | propriation bill; there was likewise a deadlock over the railway mail pay i provisions in the post office bill Ji- i tin,aturns to abandon the disputed l points or let the bills fail, were be- i ing exchanged between the contend i ing sides. No differences appeared 1 in the other large bills which were not 1 sure to be composed. So much work on the appropria ton bills remained to be done that admin ! istrotion leaders did not hope to see
 any of the democratic legislative pro- gram passed. Go Over 10 Next Congress. The expected the ship bill, the Phil
 :ppine bill and other measures would l have to go over for the next con- 5ress. foy. Lodge, who led the republican oppo- l sitlon to the ship bill, arranged to watch, the closing hours of the sen ate to meet any attempt to pass the bill when the opposition was not watchful.
 Abolish Plucking Board.
 The senate spent the first hours of 1 the days session on the conference
 report on the naval bill, debating the
 abolition of the plucking board, but
 finally accepted it.
 The house agreed to the conference
 report on the legislative, executive and
 judicial appropriation bill, accepting
 senate's provision to pay mileage IS
 usual for travelling expenses of con-
 gressmen, and then took Up the river
 and harbor bill on the question Of
 agreement with the senate's amend ment.
 Meanwhile disputes in the army, Indian, general deficiency and other bills were taken up in conference committees.
 All Night Session.
 It was nearly seven o'clock when the senate took recess until II o'clock a. m., the night hay ing been spent in a struggle over tho
 11,200,000 Indian appropriation bill and scores of nominations, including President Wilson's trade commission appointments. The Indian bill was passed without a record vote. The house was in recess until 10:3O o'clock waiting for the senate to catch 1lD 1 with the rush of business.
 ! Conferees meanwhile labored to l settle differences or induce their re- l spective houses to agree to compro- 1 mise on the big appropriation bills. 1 There remained to be approved con- i ference reports on the agricultural, i army, diplomatic, navy, legislative, l post office and general deficiency l measures. The administration ship l purchase bill was to be brought be- 1 fore the house again from confer ence. Fake Up Nominations.
 The senate dropped the Indian bill
 for time about midnight to take Up
 nominations. When it came to the 1 federal trade commission, republicans l sprung a surprise by withdrawing 1 their opposition to Will H. Parry of l Seattle, Wash, progressive repubi- l can, and fought only the nomination 1 of George Rublee of New Hampshire 1 progressive. Parry. with the three 1 dem ocratic members was confirmed. 1 The democrats are Joseph F. Davies 1 of Wisconsin; Edward NJ. Hurley of l Illinois and w. J. Harris of Georgia i A long list of consular officers and I postmasters was confirmed. i The Indian bill as passed, retained | the provision for the .s2O0 per capita
 distribution to the Choctaws and car
 ried an amendment in behalf Missis- 1 sippi Choctaws auth orizing the secre-. l tary of the interior to reconsider rec i ords in his office of rejected applicants 1 for places on the rolls of the Five 1 Civilized Tribes.
 1 Recess Until ii O'clock. l After passing the Indian bill, the
 senate took up and passed the substi-
 tute river and harbor bill carrying ! s25,OOO,OOO for the continuation of l projects already begun to be spent l under the direction of the secretary of war and the board of army engin- eers The senate then, at 6:37 q. m. recessed until Il o'clock.
 i It was only by taking the unpreca- 1 dented step of arousing the vice pres 1 ident and requesting hls attendance
 that 8 quorum was obtalned to pass
 the river and harbor bill. Shortly af-
 ter 1 o'clock, Senator ollVer rsiseu 1 the point of no quorum m order to