Evening star., 1923-03-03
Much Small Grist
Ground During
Closing Hours.
LATE NIGHT SESSION
MAY CLEAR DECKS
Hundreds of Nominations
Still in Hopper-Day
of Farewells.

Its major tasks all but completed
the Sixty-seventh Congress found
time In Its closing hours today to
take up many of the lesser bills and
resolutions such as usually die un-
noticed amid the hurry and confu-
sion Of a sessions final wind-up.
From the opening Of the last days
work in both Senate and House dis
cussion of legislative Chicken feed
was the order of business, with many
members seeking, and in many cases
finding, an opportunity to get vote
on this or that private or local meas
ure which they never heretofore had
hoped to bring to the stage of action.
The only bill of first magnitude to
which attention had to be given dur
ing the day was the farm scredit
measure, as finally agreed TO last
night by the Senate and House con-
ferees. Acceptance of the conference
report by the Senate and House was
more or less of a formality.
Will Meet Tomorrow.
Late night sessions were expected
in both Senate and House. with a
view to finally clearing the decks
and leaving only formalities for the
brief meeting tomorrow preceding the
nnal fall Of the gavels Sunday noon.
To avoid a technical Sabbath meeting
and still comply with the letter of the
law for ending the Congress March
4, the leaders planned to recess to-
night until an hour or 50 before noon
tomorrow. thus making Sunday an
extension Of today's Legislative" day.
Dozens Of bills and hundreds Of
nominations were in today's legisla-
tive hopper, but most of the $4,000
on the calendars were doomed, their
loss conceded and no efforts at re-
Suscitation planned.
Today also was day OF farewells
and swan songs" of a scramble for
accommodations on outgoing trains,
OF packing and clearing in Capitol
offices and of preparations for the
first long vacation had by Congress
in eight years.
The $156. 100000 deficiency bill. with
it's appropriation Of 100000 for the
pared during the morning for trans
mission to the President Another
bill to which final approval was given
was that of Senator Borah, republi-
can, Idaho, extending the authority
of the Coal Commission.
Confusion in Senate.
1t was a busy day for Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge. Confusion often reign
ed in the Senate, with a dozen mem
bers on their feet at once, in last
determined efforts to get through
minor bills.
Displays Of tart tempers cropped out
frequently, to the amusement of large
crowds in the galleries. A roar went
up when one senator suggested that
a colleague was mot only asleep, but
also talking in his sleep"
The approach of the end Of the ses-
sion, when all pending bills will die
automatically. did not deter members
in both Senate and House from intro
ducing new measures for the sake Of
the Record.
In the House Representative Roden-
berg. republican, Illinois, rounded out
eighteen years service in Congress
by putting in a bill for erection in
Washington of a monument to Grover
Cleveland. Mr.. Rodenberg retires,
voluntarily; to private life tomorrow.
Another bill put through the SEN
ate was a measure previously passed
by the House appropriating $4,000, 900
to pay to government employees the
usual yearly bonus of s24o.
Tax Laws Amendments.
The first business performed by
the House was adoption Of con-
ference reports on two amend
ments TO the revenue laws. The
amendments then were sent to the
President. One would provide for
the taxing of gains derived from the
exchange Of stocks, bonds and Sc
curities. and the other would ex-
tend the time for fling claims for
tax refund.
The House also agreed to the con-
ference report on a bill permitting
free re-entry of domestic animals
straying across the Mexican border.