New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
-, Mann Prevents Passage OF
wv omnibus War Claims
pLuNDER MAY KILL IT
.rwood's Error in Moving
pscess Likely to Defeat
$1,000, Appropriation
Democrats Want.
ran, III. Tribune Bureau.l

asht 10 gain consideration OF
'n''D ,ihus claims bill. which finally
u' ~. n flibuster led by Representa-
"' yorn the Democrats OF the House
", .,sh, through a parliamentary error
'o'"., 4,.,,cbt TO have lost all the advan-
H' ~ had obtained and to have
a,..d the way for an unprecedented si.-
.,,on when the House meets a' II
oelock tomorrow. s;u,.
n.,rssentative Underwood ordinarily
..,e parliamcntarian. is RESPONSE
- Gov the predicament tonight OF 'he
VIZ s.rs of his party. who were about
H''. ,,,r. an appropriation for nearly
.noooo resulting from Civil War
80 ',s The Democrats had SUCCEEDED
'''; zinc the bill before the House;
nod the votes to pass it and to con-
wv tho nresent legislative day, Friday
.,l ~s the bill had been passed when MI
.....-,ood came forward with mo-
',.n "a take a recess until to-morro" at
II O'Clock. -. .A,s ho,-
,ou. the regular time for the meetine
:. ,be House Parliamentarians on 'ne
n..,h,icsn side tonight say, therefore,
W. ,,o Underwood recess motion is or
ovsi because when the house mee's
,,rroD. il can be demonstrated that
.,o,ber legislative day has begun.
NJ Underwood himself admits his
.,,or The Democratic hopes lie IN 'ne
,,.sIbility of overruling the Speakers
.,o,sd strict Interpretation of the
~,,.s ond in such a plan the Democrats
-, confident that they can command
~. Republican strength which aided
,bsr, in bringing up the claims BILL IN
....o-o,cA 10 all other legislation after
~. ,arn.s seven-hour filibuster against
Il to-day.
p.nreeantative Olmsted, who acted as
Sneaker pro TEN. in the stormy session
,o.njebt which was marked by an order
90 arrest and bring before the bar of
the House all absentees in the effort TO
oh,ain quorum. said after adjournment
,ba, the Underwood motion was unprece-
dsnted. Never before, he declared, has
N. House taken a recess until the exact
hour for the beginning Of another legis-
stiye day. So far as Mr.. Olmsted re-
calls there are no precedeDts TO guide
The Speaker in his ruling tomorrow.
There is a rule that a recess shall be
ordered for a time prior 10 the usual
hour Of convening Of the House. The
Democratic hope, therefore, lies solely In
The possibility of overruling the Speaker.
Arrest Of Absentees Ordered.
After incessant rollcalls, lasting prac-
ticaly all day, the House, at : o'clock
tonight. BY d vote Of 11j 10 IA. passed
resolution requiring the sergeantat-arms
TO arrest all absentees. and Mr.. Olmsted
issued warrants for about two hundred
absentees.
Mr.. Shackelford. Of Missouri. arose
periodically with a demand TO know if
The sergesnt-at- arms had made any ar
rests. Mr.. Hefin. Of Alabama, thought
mat Speaker Cannon should be brought
before the bar.
Each member OF the House should be
Feent. want the regular Speaker TO
preside" shouted MIR. Heflin. Let him
be sent for, too"
Mr. Olmsted, who had caused an order
designating him as Speaker pro tem to
Dc read, ignored the demand. The strag-
gers began TO come in, and Mr.. Olmsted
Ahaly announced that he could count
N0 members, quorum Of the present
mouse. Mr. Mann moved to dispense
WIN the private calendar, the war
Gains bin, and was voted down, 12O
to 2s.
All patriots vote no." directed Mr.
VhFson. amid laughter.
hr Mann observed that the vote
showed that 4 quorum had again van
sned. Another roll call was had and
"S members were corralled Then Mr..
underwood moved the recess" which
would have made the claims bill the spe
Nsi order until the House voted on il.
nj Mann and dozen of his support
s's caught the significance of Mr.. I'm
o''"ood's lapse Of memory. SO did the
.nah The motion to take a recess un-
7" II o'clock VAS adopted without dis
.'"" Mr. Mann laughed heartily and n
=" knowing parlianentarians on the
"'puollcan side spplauded the passage
VI the Underwood motion. The Demo-
NeS looked bewlldered for "a moment,
'oaHzed their blunder and began to con-
s'egste in tho cloak rooms after adj
""nmont 10 devise some way of re-
e'ulrg tomorrow the temporary advan-
"se Tor which they had fought all the
'''ernoon and night.
When Majority Does Not Rule.
'he hlbuster was one Of the most re-
,alSaole in the history of the House.
:. mas often been asserted by Speaker
cannon and others that a majority OF
''e House could do what il pleased, but
.''osys occurrences proved otherwise
"' tmes the majority i'm favor of tho
:. ar claims bill was as high as $40, but
VI Mann succeeded in preventing action
on It.
"h'ie waiting for a quorum to appear
"e House was in much disorder. II was
500 natured disorder however. and
mere was continuous gale Of laugh
VIZ Representative Mann had resorted
every known parliamentary subter-
''se 10 prevent action, and the members
umes we're much confused as TO just
,Nefe they stood This was so mucn
we case that at one time Repre- Sc ntstive
stanley. Of Kentucky. arose TO parlia-
nenlary irouiry