Evening star., 1921-03-04
CONGRESS CLOSES
| WITH ADOPT|ON0 Of
SUPPLY MEASURES
Naval Appropriation Bill Fails
After Long Night
Session.
THOUSANDS WATCH FROM
GALLERIES AT CAPITOL
Men and Women in Evening Attire
Add to the Closing
! Scenes.

The Sixty-sixth Congress passed
! into history today.
Weary from repeated long night
sessions during the last, few days.
! the senator's and representatives
| sighed with relief when the ordeal
, was over.
, With the exception OF the naval
/ appropriation bill. all of the big an
nual supply bills We're put through
| before adjournment. The last to re-
! ceive the approval of both houses
was the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The two houses had been dead
| locked over this measure for week
| oS more. the Senate amendment pro-
viding Sl0.000,O00 for continuing the
! construction of the dam and locks At
| Muscle Shoals. Alabama. In the end.
| the Senate yielded and the item was
! stricken from the bill. But this ac-
ton was not taken until early this
i morning. after senators favoring the
7 construction of the Muscle Shoals
! power plan: had bitterly scored its
| opponents. charging that the oppo-
| sition came from fertilizer interests
| and importers of Chilean nitrates.
Naval Bill Fails.
| 1t became apparent early yesterday
| that the naval bill could not pass and
Senator PoindeXter of Washington in
I, charge of that bill, so announced New
/ ertheless, the bin was kept before the
Senate for long hours as the unfinished
! business
Other measures we're taken by unan-
imous consent and disposed Of, nclud-
| ing the Watson bill amending the war
! risk insurance act in many important
| particulars
Thousands Visit Capitol.
| Thousands of citizens besieged the
Capitol building last night They stood
! in long rows outside the Senate and
House galleries. hoping for glimpse
of the legislators at work. At mid
night the crowds stil fingered.
The dome of the Capitol was brill
liantly lighted by searchlights. In
the galleries were women in evening
gowns and men in conventional dress
clothes, coming to the Capitol follow
ing evening entertainments. Here
and there on the floor was a senator
in dress clothes. among them Senator
'Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and Sem
ator Hale of Maine.
Senate Takes Recess.
The break in the Senate session
came at / am. after the Senate had
receded from the Muscle shoals
amendment to the sundry civil bill
and agreed to the report of its con-
ferees. A recess was taken until 1890
O'Clock this morning.
ne III tIlt iitdHllint Hdu re-
cessed until am. planning to act
upon the conference report on the
sundry civil bill at that hour 1t. too.
agreed to the report, sending the bill
to the President for his approval.
Change in Aspect.
When the Senate reassembled at
1890 o'clock the entire aspect of the
chamber had been changed. The large
armcha irs usually occupied by the
senator's had hppn rpulnNed and small
chairs substituted for them. After
transacting the minor routine bus-
ness the Senate listened to eulogies
of senators who are leaving the Sem
ate with the close of this session.
Senator Smoot of Utah, republican.
lauded the career of Senator Thomas
of Colorado. democrat. He said that
Senator Thomas had never lodged a
vote and had always had the courage
of his convictions.
The senator's were massed on the
right. or republican. side of the
chamber, while the left. or democratic.
side had been reserved for members
of the House. The big chairs i'm
which senators lounge during sessions
had been removed and the seating
capacity of the floor tripled by sub
stituting ordinary cane-bottomed
chairs.
Omcial Chairs Placed.
Directly in front of the clerks desk
two big leather upholstered chairs
had been placed. facing the chamber.
These were for the use OF Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Harding during the inaugu-
ration of Vice President Coolidge.
Galleries were crowded to capacity
long before the Senate convened
Women seemed in majority
among the spectators. Brilliant mil
lnery, white gloves. colorful gowns
and furs of the feminine visitors add
ed to the brilliancy of the scene
Waiting for the inaugural cere-
MONIES some senators shouted Vote,
Vote" on the navy bill and Chairman
Lodge moved a recess for fifteen min
utes until 11:45.
During the Senate recess House
members began streaming in, taking
Pats reserved to the right of the
chamber. All senators. former SEN
ators and senators-elect were as
signed to the left section.
The diplomatic gallery was filled
with the wives. daughters and moth
erS of members.
Babel Is Halted.
Babel of the recess was halted
sharply at 1l:45 by the Vice Presi-
dents gavel. and Mr.. Marshall re-
quested order from the galleries. The
Senate then adopted the Esuse reso-
luton for a committee to >>.ait on
President Wilson to ascertain if he
had any further requests.
Senators Lodge and Underwood, re-
publican and democratic leaders, were Z
named to act for the Senate. Speaker
iillett appointed Representatives
Fordney and Garrett as
committee for the House. Senator
Lodge soon announced that President
Wilson had no further communion
tions to make to Congress and the
Senate was adjourned sine die after the
clock had been turned back 20 minutes
Clock Put Forward.
BY putting the clock forward ten
minutes the House adjourned official