The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-05

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Six ty-Seventh Congress adjourned at noon vesterday after an impromptu concert staged by members of the House Solos. uuartets and choruses on the part of the nations lawmakers, to gether with selections by the Marine Rand characterized the last hour be fore adjournment. Following Satur day nights sessions, which lasted until 328 A. M., in the House anc 2:30A A. M. in the Senate, both branches reconvened yesterday morning. The swan-songs of several of it's members were heard by the Senate, while the House also listened to eulogies. A striking tribute was paid to "Uncle Joe" Cannon, who is retiring perman ently from Congress after many years of leadership. The old Republican war-horse was led down the aisle amid the cheers of his colleagues.
 With it's major tasks all but com pleted Congress had found time in the closing hours of Saturday to take uE the many lesser bills and resolutions such as usually die unnoticed amid the hurry and confusion of the ses sion's final wind-up. From the open ing in the morning the days Work was the discussion of chicken feed measures, with many members seek ing and in many cases finding, an op nortunity to get vote on this or that private or legal measure which they had never heretofore expected to bilIs up for action. With view to clear ing their decks and leaving only for malitiesj for the brief meeting on Sun day morning, dozens of bills and hun drads of nominations went into Satur' day's hopper. The day was also one of farewells and "swan-songs" in prep aration for the first long vacation en' loved by Congress in eight years. Alp propriations of the present session have aggregated $3,939,o ,oo9 ,o26.So, ac' cording to a statement made by Sen ator Oyerman. who said this is an ln- crease of S264, 4,SO0O00 over those of the present fiscal year, and much larger than those of the last pre-war year.
 With only one major measure still to be acted upon, the Congressional books were virtually closed on Satur- day night.
 Farm Bill Threatened
 The Farm Credits Bill, caught in the turmoil of the closing hours, hao been held waiting for most of the day while a double-header filibuster in both the House and Senate ragged over resolution introduced in the Senate calling for $1OO,O00,000 appropriation for the purchase of fertilizers. The resolution was held up by Republl- can leaders in the House, while it's supporters retaliated by provoking a filibuster that tied the House proceed ure into knot. A sympathetic fill buster was started in the Senate, the Senators of the South threatening pending legislation in an effort to get action on the fertilizer measure. Late at night, however, the Conference re- mort on the Farm Credits Bill was ap- proved by both Houses, and the meas ure was sent to the President for sig nature. Attacks were made in the House during the day against Repre- sentative Mondell and Representative Campbell, of Kansas, chairman of the Rules Committee, for their failure to permit the House to vote on Henry Ford's proposal for the Muscle Shoals property. Representative Jeffers Democrat, charged both members with having acted at the behest of the "big interests" such as those controlling fertilizer manufactories and power plants.
 Justice Court Membership Deferred
 The Administration plan for the participation of the United States in the International Court of Justice was finally shelved for this session when the Senate, by vote of 49 to "A, stood against the proceeding. With consid eration of the King resolution grant ing the President the necessary power, the vote presented an almost straight party lineup, all Republicans except Norbeck, of South Dakota, vot. ing against considering the resolution