Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-03-12
NIGHT SESSIONS NECESSARY. TO
DISPOSE OF MEASURES

Washington, March 3.-Congrass
tonight ncarcd its end In tho usual
desperate attempts to pass eleventh
, hour measures. Night sessions were
held by both Senate and House.
5 Many bills received their death
blows in the final hours OF the Sos
sion while numerous others escaped.
, The $3?5,000,000 navy bill appta"Ld
, to be Fhe only regular supply bill
, which would fall. los loss was con
coded tonight on all sides, although
! it had been held before the Senate for
many hours.
DOWNS SENATE AMENDMENTS
For the second time the House to
night refused to concur in the Sen
ate amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill providing $4,000
90 for work during the coming fiscal
year on the government dam near
the Muscle Shoals, Ala, nitrate plant
The vote was 207 to 144.
! Chairman Good, of the Appropria
ton Committee urged the House to
instruct its conferees to oppose fur
thor tie acceptance of the item. I'm
less the Senate backs down before nd
! journment, the hill carrying approx
/ imately 1886 100000 will not go to
the President.
Representative Byrns, democrat,
agree to the amendment, and the vote
was taken on his motion.
Although Representative Mann re
publicans to vote for the appropria.
ton they lined up almost solidly
against it.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill
was returned to the House late to
day with the veto Of president Wi
son. The House agreed to take UP the
veto at o'clock with little expecta-
ton that the necessary two.thirds
voc to override the Presidents objcc
lions would be forthcoming.
| BILLS IN WILSON'S HANDS.
Many important bills still remain
Oh in President Wilson'S hands with
out indication of their fate nhcse in
ciudcd the immigration restriction
mn ana the army appropriation bills
completed today by Congress tho nh
nual agricultural bill ana tho fortifi
cations supply mcasury.
DeSpate the rush of last-momeut
business. tho NIIousc paused for Mn
nonr tonight to pay tribute to former
"f"S'Ker Champ Clark whose death
oIc"rred yesterday.
! The cruX OF battle nNas the navy
bill III the Senate, Senator PoindcX
Fcr, Republican, Washington In
charge Of shc measure admitted to
defeat early today, and sought to
withdraw 1t from tho Senate. II was
ruied THAT his motion for withdrawal
was not In order, and the bill remain
cd pending NIL DAY but with dozens
of other affairs intervening by unani
, nous consent and debate proceeded
on fnnumerable other subjects. There
was no program for its dispositions
! some or its friends thought there
SUI Twas chance for passage by the
senate, but mono for final enactment.
other leaders declared that 1t was DO
ing used to head off consideration OF
the soldiers bonus and other bills
} against which powerful opposition
mas been conferred. Friends Of the
Dill were resigned to have It 20 over
INTO special session of Congress with
I the burden of having bill drafted
III the House and put through Con
gross before July 1.
: with the navy bill still peuding
technically, the Senate recessed from
$3.50 to $3.50 o'clock Tonight for din.
ner.
! STORAGE REGULATION SAVED
! 1t appeared probable that the bill
! for government regulation of cold
storage would be among those saved
from defeat. A new compromise agree
ment in conference twas reached and
adopted promptly by tho Senate
with similar action expected in the
House.
| Squeezed through the jam over the
, naval bill also was new Measure
appropriating $1S,600,O00 FOR hospital
extensions for war veterans It was
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