The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-03-04
S|XTY-F|FTH CONGRESS HELD !.
ITS LAST SESSION
Adjourned at Noon Today Leav-
ing Immense Amount of
' Work Unfinished


licans in the. Senate today continued
the general filibuster, which lasted
through the night. In the House
Chairman Flood, of the foreign af-
fairs committee, finally succeeded in
bringing uD a resolution requiring
the American peace delegates to urge
the freedom of Ireland. Crowded gal
leries followed the proceedings of both
houses until after midnight.
Hundreds of spectators were in their
seats this morning. The general de-
ficiency bill was the measure against
which the filibuster was aimed, but
republican leaders admitted it would
be passed finally, as their purpose
was to prevent action on other legis-
lation. Senator LaFollette spoke for
several hours, beginning at o'clock.
FLOOD WANTED TO FIGHT
The all-night session of the House
was enlivened by hot exchange be-
tween Representative Flood of Vir-
ginia~and Representative Walsh of
Massachusetts,, which threatened to
terminate in personal encounter.
Flood interrupted Walsh, while the
later was reading a report of the in
vestigation of the naval security
league, Flood making the point of
order that Walsh had digressed from
the report to make speech. Walsh
retorted that if Flood said he was
Eoaking speech he told what was
false. Flood rushed across the cham
hor hs1%x cd Ixx H.
keepr and several members. After
order had been restored Walsh apollo
gized
A FOOL RESOLUTION
Washington, March 4.The House
Z early today adopted resolution ex-
pressing the hope that the peace con-
ference would tsfavorably consider
the claims of Ireland to the right of
self determination" The resolution
goes to the Senate. where it is con-
sidered improbable any action will be
taken before adjournment.
BUSINESS SACRIFICED TO POLL
TICS
Washington, March 4.-Congress
adjourned at noon in the midst of a
republican filibuster in the Senate
that killed long list of important
measures. Among the bills that fail
ed was the one for the appropriation
o. seven hundred and fifty million
dollars for the railroad administration
and without which some of the adj
ministration leaders say the railroads
must be returned to the owners be-
fore the middle of April.
The big bills that failed include
both the army and navy appropriation
measure.
WOODROW HAD THE LAST WORD
Just before adjournment the presi-
dent authorized final notice to the re-
publicans that their efforts to force
an immediate extra session had fail
ed and that he was mistaken in his
determinations snot to call Congress
in extra session until his work was
done at the peace conference.
IT'S TIME WAS UP
Washington, March 4.-The Sixty.
fifth or great war Congress passed
into history today with final taps Oh
the gavel by Vice-P President Marshall
and Speaker Clark at noon. Failure
of scores of important bills gave
promise of early convening after ths
return of President Wilson from
France for reconstruction Legislation
of the new Congress in extraordinary
session, in which control passes from
the democratic party to the republi
cans.
Unusual scenes of confusion in ths
final rush to complete its work &C
companied the closing hours Of Con
gress, in which President Wilson, jus
back from France in his room off tn,
Senate chamber. hastily signed man,
last-moment measures
Stupendous was the record of th,
Congress, which carried the nation
into and through the war and whicl
had been in almost continuous session
since it was called by President vii
son into extraordinary session Apri
2. 1917, to declare war against Ger
many. It appropriated about $50,
O0O, ,0O0,0 900, authorized SIS, ,0OO, 900 90
in bonds and enacted countless meas
ures for prosecuting the war and o
domestic import. The new Congress
viii take up the nmitless task of re