The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-09-14
CONGRESS ENDS
LONG SESSION
PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT
AND LAuDs MEMBERS.
THE REVENUE BILL IS SIGNED
Total Cost Of Legislation was $t,e5s,
S4,495-Two Houses Act on
Many Crises During
the Year.

Washington, Sept. 9.-In statement
issued following the adjournment OF
congress, President Wilson. called at
tention to the "heIpful and humane
legislation" passed and declared that
while he regretted additional legisla-
ton dealing with the recent dispute be-
tween the railroads and their employ
ees had not been completed he had
e very reason to believe the question
would be taken up Immediately after
congress reasSembles.
The presidents statement follows:
"A very remarkable session of con
greSs mas just closed, full, as all recent
sessions of the congress have been, OF
helpful and humane Legislation which
constitutes contributions of capital inn
portance to the defense. the economic
progress and the wholesome life of the
country. 20 ~
ut is to he regretted that the SEES
sion cOuid not have continued long
enough 10 complete the program recent
ly pr0iected,~with regard TO the accom-
mediation of labor disputes between the
AtiiN'l.N~s iilu liAC wv ~ " 90
not feasible in the circumstances to
continue the session any longer, and,
therefore, only the most Immediately
pressing parts of the program could be
completed.
The rest, it is agreed has merely
been postponed until it can be more
maturely deliberated and perfected.
have every reason to believe that 1t Is
the purpose of the leaders of the two
houses Immediately upon the reassem-
bling of congress to undertake this adj
ditiOnal legislation. 1t is evident that
the country should be relieved of the
anxiety which must have been created
by recent events with regard to the flu
ture accommodation of such dis
putes."
$1,s5s, 1874 ,4s5 Expenses Authorized.
Congress, which adjourned at 10 a.
M, appropriated exactly $1,626, 439, 21O,
which, with obligations and authorize
tons for the future, makes the total
$1,S5S, 1884, 4S5.
Speaker Clark, addressing the house,
referred tosthe session of congress as
long, tedious and labOriOus session. ?
No session of congress in my recOl-
lection" he said, stayed in session so
many days and worked so many
hours"
Soon after President Wilson reached
the capitol the revenue bill was ready
for his signature. The senate adopted
no rnSnlnfinn for
O'Clock adjournment, which already
had been passed in the house.
President Signs Revenue Bill.
The president signed the emergency
revenue bill at 8 % o'clock in the pres
ence of Senator Simmons, chairman of
the finance committee, and Represen-
tative Rainey of the ways and means
committee.
President Wilson held a reception in
his room as line of senator's and rep
resentatives passed through while he
sat at the table signing bills.
The president congratulated the
leaders on the opportunity for "well-
earned rest"
Ten o'clock in the morning was fixed
as the hour of adjournment by joint
resolution adopted by both house and
senate, and the fall of the gavels of
Vice President Marshall and Speaker
Clark dissolved congress until Deem
Der 4th. The drop of the gavels was
a signal for general scramble to get
away from Washington, and senator's
and representatives hurried away to
get into the political Campaign.
Most important Bills.
OF the 252 bills passed, the follow
ing are considered the most import
ant:
r. Preparedness, rural credits, Philip
pines, child labor, vocational training,
wOrkmen's compensation, shipping,
good roads, emergency revenue, rivers
and harbOrs, and the eight-hour rail
bill. There were 1880 bills intro
duced.
Other important acts of congress
were the ratification of the Nicaraguan
and Haitian treaties, the confirmation
of Louis d. Brandeis as associate JUS
wv u LhC ShlISu oldtCo
court, the rejection of the nomination
of George +. Rublee to the federal
trade commission, and the defeat of
the Gore and McLemore resolutions to
tie the presidents hands in dealing
with the submarine crisis with Ger
many. Each of these acts involved
warm controversy.
BY far the biggest achievement of
congress, in the opinion of leaders on
both sides. was the passage of the
preparedness program. This program
was divided into six bills, which APP
propriated total of nearly $7OO,O00,-
900 for the national defense.
The rural credits bill, regarded by
the administration as one of its big
gest achievements, provided farm
loan system and created farm-loan
board to supervise the system.
The shipping bill created a shipping
board end provided $50, 1000, 900 for the
purchase of ships to relieve the short
age Of freight-carrying facilities I'M
foreign trade. 1855 sii d
The child labor bill places 4 ban on
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