Republican farmer., 1919-03-14
GREATEST CONGRESS- IN HISTORY
 OF COUNTRY ENDED FINAL SESSION
Declaration of With Germany and Presidents Read ing of Fourteen Articles of Peace, Among Many In- teresting Features; New Body Will Have Republican Majority

Washington. March Tine Sixty fifth or great war Congress passed into history Tuesday with final taps of the gavel of Vice-Presid enr Mar shall and Speaker Clark at noon. Fail ure of scores of important bills gave promise of early converting for re- construction legislation of the new Congress in extra ordinary session, An which control passes from the demo- cratic party to the republicans
 Unusual scenes of confusion in the final rush to complete it's work ac- companied the closing hours Of Con gress, in which President Wilson, just back from France in his room off the Senate chamber, hastily signed many last moment measures.
 Stupendous was the record Of the Congress, which carried the nation into and through the war and which had been in almost continuous ses- sion since it was called by President Wilson into extra ordinary session April 2, 1917, to declare war against Germany. It appropriated about S60, 900, 900, 900, authorized 5,000,- 00O 900 in bonds, and enacted count less measures for prosecuting the war and of domestic import. The new Congress will take up the limiIesS task of reconstruction problems, "a Li- fication of the peace treaty and other vital qusttons, probably imme ediately after the return of President Wilson from his second visit to Franco
 Special features of the Sixty-fifth Congress were many addresses by President Wilson, including those re- commenting war with Germany and Austria that of Jan. s, 1917, enUn- ciating his famous fourteen principles of peace, and those endorsing woman suffrage, announcing the armfstice terms imposed upon Germany last No vember. and his recent address de taiIing adjustments of his work at Paris
 There were three sessions of the Congress The first, extra session met April 2, 1917, following shortly after the turbulent and successful Senate fiIibuster on the administra- ton armed ship hill which marked the close of the Sixty-fourth Congress- The dramatic night address of Pres ident Wilson to urge war with Ger many, which was promptly declared, marked the opening of the extra session, called but a few weeks after the Presidents inauguration for second term. The session closed Oc- tober 6, 1917, lasting 18S days. The second session-lasung 354 days and the longest in the history of Ameri- can government-beg Dec. 3, 1917, and adjourned November 21, last. The third and final session which ended today began Dec. 2 last, and was the statutory short session of 9S days.
 Substantial democratic majorities in both Senate and House since Pres tdent Wilson's inauguration six years ago now have passed. In the new Congress, the Senate will have 49 re- pubEcans and AT democrats and the House 23S republicans and 193 dem ocrats. 1 socialist, ? independents and one prohibitionist.
 Many veterans in both houses re- tired with today's adjournment. In the Senate these included Senators Salisbury of Del, president pro tempore; Lewis of III. democratic whip; Shafroth of Colo, Thompson of Kansas; Hardwick of Georgia, Hollis of New Hampshire, and Tarda- man of Mississippi, Golf of West Vir- ginia, Smith of Michigan and Weeks of Massachusetts. Among prominent whose services ended were Miss Jeanette Rankin of Mon tana, the first woman elected to the House; Meyer London of New York, Socialist; Swager Sherley of Kentucky chairman of the appropriations com mittee; Hayes, California; Heating. Colorado; Powers of Kentucky; Eos ter, Illinois; Cox. Barnhart and Dix on of Indiana; Miller, Minnesota; Borland, Missouri; Parker, New .Jer- sey; Gordon, Ohio; Farr, Pennsylva- mia; O'Shaunessy,, Rhode Island; S1ayden, Gregg and Dies, Texas; and Cooper and Stafford of Wisconsin.
 New members of the next Congress include Senators-elect Harrison, Mis- sissippi, Harris, Georgia; Stanley, Kentucky; 7 Upper, Kansas; Edge, New Jerse qkins, West Virginia; AtcCornicl 1ois; Newbery. Mfcn-