Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-09
President Goes to Capitol
to Affix Signature to
Emergency Laws
FEW CONGRESSMEN
STAY FOR FINISH
Most of Them on Way Home
After Long Drawn Out
Session of Body

greSs adjourned sine Ole this morning
at 10 o'clock, concluding a session,
record breaking in many respects.
with appropriations and authorize
tions for the future running we'll to-
ward $4,000, 100000.
In statement issued following the
adjournment of congress, President
Wilson called attention to the Help
ful and humane legislation" passed
and declared that while he regretted
additional legislation dealing with the
recent dispute between the railroads
and their employees had not been COM
pleted. he had every reason to believe
the question would be taken up I'M
mediately after congress reassembles.
Only a small proportion of mem
bers was on hand to watch the session
die. Most of them had hurried to
their homes.
Last night both houses accepted the
conference report on the emergency
revenue bill without record votes and
the senate, before recessfng an hou.
after midnight, ratified the Danish
West Indies purchase treaty. -
The general deficiencies appropria
tfon bill also was approved as report
ed by conferees. Today's session was
necessitated only by need for time to
reprint the measure in the proper
form to be signed.
The session ends without final &C.
tion on Senator Owens corrupt prac.
in the senate today that he would not
further press his corrupt practices
bill at this session but would let 1t
that body and call it up again next
session. .N
Signs Revenue DlN.
Soon after the president reached
the capitol the revenue bin was ready
for his signature. President Wilson
signed the emergency revenue bill at
1925 o'clock in the presence of Sena'
tor Simmons, chairman of the finance
committee, and Representative Rainey
Of the ways and means committee.
The president held reception IN
his room as a tine of senator's and
representatives passed through while
he sat at the table signing bills. To
Senator Simmons the president ex.
pressed qualification over the passage
Of the revenue bill. He said, however
that he greatly regretted the failure
Of the Webb bill to provide for the
establishment of American collective
selling agencies in foreign countries.
The president also signed the TWEEN
ty dollar widows pension bill
Wilson Complimentary.
At $3.50 O'Clock the senate appointed
Senators Kern and Snoot to notify
the president that congress was
ready to adjourn unless he had some
further communication to present
They were joined by Representatives
Kttchin, Fitzgerald and Mann, the
house committee and the joint commit
tee waited on the president at 9:36
g.. m. The president congratulated
the leaders on the opportunity for q
"wer1 earned rest" Oficially he in
formed them he had nothing further
to communicate to congress.
Senator Kern notified the senate al
nothing further to communicates
Thereupon Senator Nelson Of Mime
sofa offered resolution Of thanks ia
the vice president for his impartial
conduct IN presiding over the senate
The resolution was adopted and the
vice president thanked the senate in
a. Df101 ADDRESS. lnefeupO0 inc sen
ate adjourned sine die at $3.50 o'clock
Record Is Summed Up.
AS senators and representatives as
sembled, both houses marked time
awaiting final formanties of the great
est session Of congress in many re-
spects in history
In closing addresses while awaiting
the arrival Of Presidene Wilson, refer
ences to the long program Of legisla
tive achievement dominated chiefly by
national defense, preparations at q
cost of more than $500, 100000 were
made. Democrats lauded the record
while republicans criticized, alleging
waste and extravaganza. ~
Recapitulation Of the nine months
work showed there had been appro
priated for 1917 for government ex.
penditures more than $1,000 ,o00,O 600
and that authorizations had been
| made for future expenditures which
would bring the grand aggregate OF
appropriations almost to the $4,000,
100000 mark. y
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