New-York tribune., 1919-03-05
Army, Navy and
Railroad Acts
Lost i'm Crush
Leaders Urge President to
Return the Roads to
Private Ow ners h ip
League Plaudit Refused
Executive Shows Anger at
Senators Who Filibust-
cred at Eleventh Hour

wASHINGTON, March Amid the
worss legislative jam in the history Of
the Republic the Sixty-ffth Congress
adjourNcd to-day.
flibuster which several Republi
rams started last night was still in
nrorress in the Senate when the Vice
President brought down the gavel for
the final rap and announced the ar
rival Of the nooA Sour. The House
adjourned in the mfist .of a wrangle
over petty bills.
Even the urgent deficiency bill, car
rving the railroad revolving fund ap-
propriation of S75OO0O, 900, which most
of the Republicans were in favor of
letting 80 through, failed of passage.
In face of this situation and with
most Of the big supply bills, including
the army and navy appropriation bills,
lost in the crush, President Wilson re-
iterated his determination not to call
an extra session until after his return
from Paris, probably not before June.
Wilson Expected to Yield
Nevertheless, because Of the serious
embarrassment that is certain to re-
suit If this attitude of the President
is maintained, it is felt in many quar-
ters here that he will be forced to call
the extra session earlier.
Also caught in the jam of the Sem
ate tlihuster were the nominations of
John SHELTON Williams for another
term as Controller of the Currency
and A. Mitchell Palmer for Attorney
General, succeeding Thomas w. Greg
ory.
Only two important bills had been
able to break through the jam in the
Senate since Saturday-the $4,000 ,000-
600 loan bill and the $1,000,000,0 900
wheat guarantee bill.
The failure of Congress to act on
the bills providing for repeal of the
daylight saving act made it certain
that the nations clocks would again
be advanced an hour during the period
between the last Sunday in March and
the last Sunday in October
Crowds packed the Capitol to wit
ness the closing scenes Of the session,
and the Senate galleries, which were
more or less filled all night long, were
crowded to the limit of their capacity
when the noon hour struck.
The President, who left Washington
for New York shortly after the ad
journment, was in his room adjoining
the Senate lobby shortly after II
o'clock and remained until adjourn
ment was taken. The few bills there
were for him TO sign he signed quickly,
ard during the rest of the time he con-
ferred with members of his Cabinet
and certain of the Democratic leaders,
all OF whom advised him it was hope
less to expect the general deficiency
bill or any Of the other measures to
90 through 1t was plain to see that
the President was angry.
The final flibusror IN the Senate
started at ]: :12 o'clock this morning,
when Senator La Toilette, of Wiscon-
sin, interrupting the debate on the
deficiency bill, started a four-hour
speech against the league of nations,
closing his remarks AZ 5:15. lmmedi-
ately after the Wisconsin Senator con-
cluded, Senator France, of Maryland,
obtained the floor and spoke until 1880.
He was followed by Senator Sherman,
Of Illinois, who held the floor from
that time until 1870, when he was
man9uvered out Of it by the efforts
OF Senator's Gore and Trammel, on the
Democratic side, to get through a