Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-03
LOAN BILL PASSES
SENATE AF TER ALL
NIGHT SESS|ONAND
SHORT F|L|BUSTER
LaFoIIette Speaks More Than
Three Hours But Sherman.
Polls Members and Finds No
Support,
SUFFRAGE BILL NOT
TO PASS, ADMITTED
Congress Enters Last WorkIng|
Day of Session With CaIen-
dar Crowded With Important
Bills,

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPtclAL LEASED Wl"tl
washington, March 2.--The sixty
fifth congress enters tomorrow upon
it's last full working day facing an
unnrecedented mass Of legislation,
but with the contested victory loan
hin ont of the way Both senate ana
house after convening in the morn
ing are expected to work steadily un~
til sine die adjournment at noon
Tuesday.
The senate remained in session
all last night to pass the loan bill, ad-
iourning shortly before o'clock TINS
morning while the house TO-DAY held
a business session. disposing of the
conference report on the hospital Dill
Passage of the loan bill without
a record vote and in the identlcal
form in which 1t came from the
house definitely marked the course Oh
future legislation and gave assurance
that president Wiisnn would hot
find necessary to change ms pan Oh
calling the new congress after his re-
turn from France, probably IN June
Most republicans favored an earlier
extra session, but after republican
senators failed to reach any decision
as TO the advisability of obstructinS
the loan bill, no filibuster was under
taken.
Although many important bills, IN
cluding the $720,000,000 navy appro-
priation measure and the $l,2l5,0oo,-
| 600 army bill, apparently are doomed,
| administration leaders believe that
/ none is of sufficient importance to re-
auire an earlier call of congress.
Final action by the house on the
81. .OOO, 000, 900 wheat price guaran-
| fee bill, Is expected tomorrow, with
| the measure then ready for the pres
| ident's signature. Another import
ant bill now regarded as certain OF
enactment is the general deficiency
appropriation measure, rylnS
| $3.50, eco, 900 additional for the rail-
road administration.
Other Important Bills.
OF other important bills remaining
! leaders tonight planned to pass the
dipIomatic. hospital construction and
military academy appropriation mea-
| sure and that repeating the war taN
on semi-luxuries.
Resides the army and navy bills
Legislation which seemed certain tc
fail included the 50,00O,00O sundry
civil bill, which contains $66O,O0O,0Ou
for the shipping board, and the Oh
and mineral land leasing and water
power developments measure. Dispo'
sition of the agricultural appropfla'
i tion bill, containing the senate com
mittee rider proposing repeal OF the
daylight saving law still was regard
ed in doubt.
Suffrage leaders admitted today
that there was no possibility OF con
gress acting upon the compromis'
equal franchise constitutional amend
: ment resolution.
Passage this morning by the sen
ate of the ''victory loan" bill, author
izing sale by the treasury of $70OO,
600 of new short term notes and ST.
600 600 900 for advances by the wa
finance corporation in extending
American foreign commerce, cam
after a bitter controversy.
II Senator IaFollette. of Wisconsin
!, republican, made the principal speeci
on the bill holding the senate floo
; from one o'clock this morning unit
!, after four. He had expected to speaI
/, only an hour and disclaimed intend
: ing obstruction.
When the Wisconsin senator con
: cluded, Senator Penrose, of Pennsyl
vania, republican, sought to force a1
, adjournment without action on tn
bill. A quorum was lacking but tn
administration leaders had the ser
I geant-at-arms round up absentee
and. after quorum was secured a
6 O'Clock, the bill was promptly pu
t through. Several senator's wer
brought from their homes after "A
= O'Clock.
: Filibusters Were Few.
t While Senator LaFollette wa
e speaking, Senator sherman of Illinois
i, republican, who was among the mos
: active Of the republicans urging
,f filibuster, canvassed the situation
| He said he found only four other re
o publicans willing to cooperate in
filibuster, so the attempt was aban
doned Early this morning Senate
: Sherman spoke about ten minutes |
: opposition to the bill, deploring tn
: presidents refusal to call congress |
: early session. declaring II "unwise t
= leave the nation headless,' afte
? March 4, with the president In Franc
y and members of congress dispersed.
During the long night session, seS
e eral efforts of republicans to amen
n the house bin failed. The senate re
e iected the amendment by Senate
e Kenyon, republican, proposing tha
:. the vignette of Theodore Rooseve
y appear on the new securities an
Z another by Senator La Toilette to pre-
lhibit coercion in sale OF the note