Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-03-04

BILL IS READY
FOR PRESIDENT
Will be Submitted to Pres
ident Harding Prior to Sine
Die Adjournment Today,
Other Bills Ready VI

WASHINGTON. rD. e.. March ).
Both the senate and the house tonight
approved the conference report on the
farm credits bill and the measure will
be ready for submission to President
Harding when he visits the capitol
prior to the sine die adjournment to-
morrow to sign bills.
The administration bill for the re-
turn to owners all enemy alien prop
erty valued az $4,000 or less passed the
senate tonight and was sent to confer
ence, having already passed the House.
The waning hours tonight Of the six
ty-seventh congress. which expires Sun
day at noon, was troubled with pre-
adjournment wrangle which gave In ex-
traordinary touch 70 the final session.
Swan songs" and the farewells Of men
and measures were the feature or the
occasion Night sessions were held In
both houses tonight. Tomorrow the ses-
sions will begin at 10 o'clock giving =
two-hour period for the final formal
tiles
No Special Session Probable
With the passing of the present con-
gress. in session practically continuous
ly since early in 1927, Washington faces
a suspension Of congressional activities
which probably will continue until the
first regular session of the Sixty
eighth Congress in December In the
event President Harding adheres to his
present intention Of not calling q spec
ial session, the recess will be the long
est since 1915.
The closing congress, record breaking
in that IL has consisted cf four sessions
for the first time in history and its
acts have touched hitherto virgin fields
in American legislation. was ushered in
with the Harding administrations
The four sessions were preceded by
special but brief session OF the senate
only March to Is, 1921, 1t which,
with the new president and former SEN
ator establishing a precedent by ap-
pearing personally before the senate
behind closed doors, the new cabinet
members were confirmed.
Made Peace with Germany.
The first session. Of the Sixty-seventh
congress, "a special one. wxx from Abril
IL. 1924. to Nov. "a, snd wss nefabie
for It's conclusion az peace With Germany
and Austria. reduction of the army and
naval establishments and for revision
of internal revenue laws, REDUCING tag
e. about one billion dollars annually.
according to administrator estimates.
The second. and first REGULAR session
was from Dec. .. 1921, TO Sept. %. 1922,
with passage OF the Fordney Nc Cumber
tariff act after rtore than a yesr's con
sidefation. senate ratification Of the
Washington aiins conference treaties.
and the soldiers 5onus fight. which end
ed with the presidential veto. us its
signal affairs. Iuring this session csme
the record breaking single legislative
day Of the senate, the longest. in Amsri-
can congressional history. lasting. on
the tariff bill, from April 20 TO August
2 without formal adjournment.
The third session was a special one,
called particularly for house consider
alton of the administration shipping bill.
It lasted from November 20. shortly e.
ter the congressional elections. until
December 4. Passage by the house Of
the shipping bill. seating of the first
woman senator, Mrs. WI. II. FELTON, Of
Georgia. resignation OF Senator Truman
II. Newberry republican. Michigan, and
senate blocking OF the Dyer anti-lynch-
iHE Dill anu tuN fhthtrAAatt&h 6tE&S4AC
proposing q s5.000.000 loan TO Liberia
were its principal features.
The congress closes with the recent
regular session beginning December Z.
in which the shipping bill fight, farm
credits legislation and the British debt
funding bill have been predominant
Has Spent BiIllons.
Billions Of dollars in annual and spe-
cial appropriations have been ordered
during the four sessionsi hundreds of
bills. public and private. passed and
thousands Of appointments confirmed
Among the latter were those Of Chief
Justice Taft and three associete justicss
OF the supreme cou therl4nd. But
ler and Sanford and scores Of ambassa-
doris and other American diplomats. in
cluding new envoyst to Germany and
Austria after the peace treaties.
In its wake congress leaves more than
fourteen thousand unpassed hills and
resolutions. some Of wide importance.
Nearly 500 public laws were passed BY
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