Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
Important Measures Fail OF
Passage in Closing
Hours of Session.
WILSON REFUSES TO
MEET SITUATION
Declares He Will Not Ca'' eSVa o'
sion 70 Pass Appropriation Bills
Until He Returns From Franes-Hs-
pub,ieans Regret Failure Of Passage
Of Railroad Bill and othsrs-Rosds
Nav Be Turned Back Immediately.

Washineton. March 4.-CongreA ~o
jonrned 1t noon today in the midst OF
.republican fiiibuster in the senate
that killed q long list Of important
measures.
Among the bills that failed was one
sppropriating $75oooo.ooo for the rail-
road administration, without which
ps&me administration leaders say the
railroads must be returned to their
owners before the middle Of April.
There was no turning back OF clocks.
Democratic leaders realized the STU
sation was hopeless and the gaveis end
ing the great war session and the Six
ty-fifth congress actually tapped at
. noon.
Just before adjournment President
Wilson in his capitol office authorized
final notice to the republicans that
their efforts to force an immediate ex-
ira session had failed; that he was un-
shaken in his determination not to call
congress until his work at the peace
conference was done.
0ouaocratsc Contfoi Saooee.
Adjourument marks the passing OF
democratic control at the capitol. Tho
congress that passed at noon began in
April. 1917. passed the German war
declaration, and it's almost continuous
sessions have been marked by, ,unprece-
dented legislation and controversy.
Big bills that failed included both
~ lot fi<V1
measures. Only two important meas
lres ran the gauntlet Of the last forty
eight hours Of ilibustering. They were
the liberty loan bill and the billion
dollar wheat guaranty bill.
Insistence by Senator Gore,+of Okla
1ioma. democrat. that the senate act on
his proposal to order demobilization Of
all drafted soldiers m. this country
within thirty days unexpectedly COM
plicated the legislative situation half
hour before the end Of the session The
proposal died with adjournment.
To Return Railroads to Owners.
Congress went into, the final hours
Of it's long war session with the repub-
lican fllibuster against legislation COM
pletely out OF control. and with leaders
of both sides conceding that the gen
eral deficiency bill would fail in the
y face OF unrelenting obstruction by a
small republican group.
Some spokesmen OF the administra-
ton said failure Of this measure nee
essarily would mean almost immediate
return of the railroads to their owners.
because the government would not re :
tain and finance them without the ap-
preparation.
By the middle Of April, it was said,
the railroad administrations present
funds would be exhausted and only an
extra session before then could make
It possible to continue government op-
Grafton Of the roads pending remedial
legislation; which all interests have
urged.
Filibustsr Runs Wild.
Senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts. re-
publican. and others who usually direct
7 the movement of the republican side.
were represented as desiring to see the
railroad appropriation made, but un-
able to check the dlibuster which orig
inaily started against the big general
appropriation bills> which have failed.
Republican leaders had decided to
make no further attempt to get action
on the Lodge resolution to record tho
senate against the constitution OF the
league Of nations AZ now drawn.
While senator Sherman, OF Illinois.
was speaking, Senator Jones, OF New
Mexico. fought unanimous consent to
prevent = favorable report Of the
women's suffrage committee on the
suffrage resolution. but the Illinois
senator blocked his efforts by refusing
to yield the fioor.
Wilson DuIlhsadsd.,
After democratic leader Martin had
told him the railroad bill could not pass.
the president authorized Mr.. Martin to
announce that under no circumstances
would he change his plan to postpone
calling nf the new congress until his
return from France. i "a ss;
The president gave none Of his call
lers hny intimation Of his plans re-
garding the disposition OF the rail-
roads. Some senator's advised him 10
return them Immediately to private
ownership, but the president received
all advice withoMt comment.
senator Smith OF South Carolina,
chairman Of the interstate commerce
COMMITTEE and Senator Overman. o.
North Carolina, were among those who
went TO the presidents Office apd urged
that sinck the republicans had defeated
the Essential appropriation bill the