The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-08
President Praises Accomplishment As
 Congress Adjourns
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] 1can port declared Congress had sur rendered opportunity to develop a 1 great American industry
 Talk about a lobby influencing Congress-" he cried, what is that when a distinguished gentleman rep resenting the Canadian government, | Sir Joseph Pope, while he may not have besieged Congress, has been be- sieging officials of this government to discourage this measure l Senator Curtis offered another reso- lution directing the Senate slobby committed which has been in exist ence for several years and had never reported, to investigate the alleged foreign lobby. Senator Chamberlain urged its adoption.
 Senator Reed, Democrat, a member of the lobby committee. said he be-. lieved it was high time for the Ameri- can government to show other nations that it regarded as offensive any ef- forts to influence legislation in Con- gress.
 Senator Lewis, Democrat, urged that if anything should be investi- gated, it should be the recent demands of Japan on China. He declared that
 
 the attitude of this country towards admission of the Japanese. Russia, he said, was party with Japan and sought retaliation because of the ab- rcration of the American commercial treaty.
 The resolution was adopted after the Senate had disposed of similar resolution by referring it to com mittee. The new resolution adopted provides for a report at the next ses- sion of Congress.
 The homestead grazins bill was passed without record vote. IL all ready had passed the House. It pro- vides for stock raising homesteads, raising the maximum area which may be entered for that purpose from 160 to GAO acres. Soon after the President reached the capitol the revenue bill was ready for his signature. The Senate adopt ed the concurrent resolution for 10 o'clock adjournment, which already had been passed in the House.
 President Wilson signed the emer- gency revenue bill at 9:25 o'clock. :.
 The President held reception in his room as "a line of Senators and Representatives passed through while he set at the table signing bills. To Senator Simmons the President ex- pressed qualification over the passage of the revenue and it's many legfsla- tive features. He said, however, that he greatly regretted the failure of the Webb bill to. provide for establish ment of American collective selling agencies in foreign countries.
 As the President was about to sign the s20 widow pension bill Represen- tative Ashbrook, of Ohio, it's sponsor, asked to witness the signature. At 9:30 o'clock the Senate appointed Senators Kern and Smoot to notify the President that Congress was ready to adjourn, unless he had some further communication to present. They were joined by Representative Kitchin, Fitzgerald and Mann, the House committee and the joint com mittee waited on the President at 9:35 a. m.
 The President congratulated the leaders on the opportunity for a well earned rest"
 Officially, he informed them that he had nothing further to communi- cate to Congress. When they left the Presidents room the Chief Executive was visited by Secretary Lansing, who chatted with him as he continued to sign bills. Senator Kern notified the Senate at s155 o'clock that the Presi- dent had nothing further to com nunicate. Thereupon Senator Ee1- son, of Minnesota, offered resolu- ton of thanks to the Vice President for his impartial conduct in presiding over the Senate. The resolution was adopted and the Vice President thank ed the Senate in brief address, after which the Senate adjourned at 9:59.
 Vice President Marshall, in his ad- dress, said:
 When 1 assumed the duties of this office thought it would be terri ble thing to keep silent but the longer stay here the more | think 1t is wiser to keep silent. We are about to leave here, some of us, to point with pride and others to view with alarm but hope when we all have come back we will have forgotten the animosities of the campaign and will remember that we are good friends.
 When the House convened at S:3O a. m. Senator Clark, Democratic Leader Kitchin, Republican Leader Mann, and a small number of mem bers' on both sides, were on the floor to take part in the windup. Speaker Clark and Republican Leader Mann exchanged the usual felicitations.
 Speaker Clark, addressing the House. referred to the session of Con- eress as a long, tedious and laborious session.
 .sNo session of Congress in my re- collection,' he said, ?stayed in session so many days and worked so many hours
 .I am the only man know of," the Speaker went on, amid applause "who invariably takes up cudgels for Con- sress. It is a strange predicament that we are in in this country. Nearly everyone would like an office. Many run for office, few get office, and every body abuses those who do get the of- fees. I think that the reason that they hop Congress is that it is imper- sonal and does not hurt anyone's feel fngs in particular. Some day l am going to take 8 whole hour to dis cuss the relations of the American Congress to the American people"
 The usual hubbub characterized the closing moments in the House, after Representative Fitzgerald, chairman of the appropriations committee, had made a statement regarding appropri- ations.
 In discussing the expenditures, MT.