The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
House Members Fight
on Till A O'Clock Sun
day Afternoon,
RESUME BATTLE
THIS MORNING
Mann Wins His Filibustcr and
Quits, but Others, Dissatisfied
With Present Shape oe War
Claims Bill, Will Take It
Up Where He Left
OFF.

Washington, d. e., February, iD.-A
trucc, entered into shortly before !
n'elnck this AFTERNOON, brought The
long hlibnstcr In the House nguiust the
omnibus Wnr claims bill temporariiy 10
an emu. Jhc agreement to suspend
h0nsIlitien wns rcBchcd following mn
differentiation of three hours devoted to
memorial services and cuiosics 10 the
late Senator CIny, OF Georgln, aud the
int Representative Br0,ynlov, OF
Tennenncc. These scr>icen, occurring
at midday OF sunday, seemed 10 put
thc House combatnnfs In n more pence
able frame of mind. a recess wns
"rdcrcd until 10 a. ~. Tomorrow, when
the lighting will be resumed.
When the House convcncs tomorrow,
an effort Will be made to adopt a rule
shutting OF further delay. II viii be
bitterly fought by Il new band ct
iilibusters. made up OF former adyo-
Gates OF the measure as f., came from
the Senate. Representative Mann, OF
Illinois. VINO conducted tho original
fl'buster, ended his fight when he sue
ceedcd in having the old French
spoliation and the navy yard overtime
GLAZING stricken out. This was accom-
plshcd when the House voted to sub
st!tutc a House bill for the Senate bill
Tho House bill carries only war claims
which have been adjudicatcd in the
court OF Claims.
Lose Republican support.
The Democrats, who We're part!cu-
larly Interested III the va, claims ar
fectins Southern people. were opposed
70 the spoiiatton claims. When they
voted to strike out the latter. however.
they lost the support or the Repubii-
can members who favored the omnibus
Dill because it included the French
claims. Realizing that tho new House
OIL probably has not the slightest
chance OF passing the Senate. Mr..
Mann ceased Ills fllibustcr. IT was i'm
ncdiately taken up. however. by Rep
rescntativcs Garndcr. of Massachusetts;
Bennett and Parsons. of New York,
aud several New England members.
The New EnS!anders declared that UNI
less the bill contained the spoliation
claims It should not pass.
There was talk tonight that a gen
eral rule Will he adopted in the House
Tomorrow, providing for the consid-
Grafton OF all BILLS during Tho remain
der of the session under suspension Of
the rules. This means that debate VIII
be cut down almost TO nothing, and
that measures will be rushed through.
as fast as possible. THIS action would
dispose .cffcctually OF the rumorS that
some Of the louise leaders were plan
ming TO bring about an extra session.
- = 49, '>'' "a $500 5 - AVN
seems probable. il Is believed the
House will be in q position TO throw
the entirn blame for 81 on the senate.
Nearly All Day.
The House remained III session al!
last night and until a Tow minutes be-
fore ! o'clock this afternoon. Prac-
tically nothing was accomplished dur
ing the last twelve hours OF the sit
ting, except the pronounccment Of the
sulogies, which We're permitted by
unanimous consent. The remainder of
Inc DAY Was spent III waiting fcr q
quorum. Sergcarts-at-arns We're sent
broadcast through the city at } O'clock
thts morning. Generally speaking,
they did not serve their warrants on
members until along toward s o'clock.
Even then there We're no physical ar
rests. the members being quite WILL
ing to return. Half Of the Democrats
had been sent home TO sleep. SO as 10
relieve at noon their latigucd com
sadcs. who were "holding the forf.,
The waits for a quorum were marked
by occasional disorder and confusion.
Most Of tho time. however. the House
was being entertained by humorous
speeches and songs.
Representative Edwards, of Georgia.
stirred the House shortly before noon
to-day by declaring that during the
height OF the debate last night "a lob
ut ~ I - & tiic - a - ~ - tSiis .H 49,
into the Speakers looo@ and to the
very border OF tho chamber in an
attempt to pass some pUpcrs 10 a
member Of the House.
That member said Mr.. Edwards.
comes from New York, and is one
of the men now in charge of this fli-
buster. / demand to know what the
connection is between this member
and the lobbyist
Does the gentleman refer TO me:"
demanded Representative Bennett, of
New York.
II do not" replied Mr.. Edwards.
The gentleman from Georgia was
pressed to name the member.
Accuses Parsons.
my information. derived from a
good source he said. lis that the
gentleman is Mr.. Parsons. Representa-
tive Foster. of Illinois, a Democrat III
the House, intercepted this lobbyist
pamphlet to Mr.. Parsons. It is a sad
day in the history OF this country,
gentlemen. when the very halls or
Congress are invaded by lobbyists:
when We are compelled to transact
business on the i.o.d's Day, and when
theawill OF the great majority can be
thwartel by a few gentlemen who
have private interests at stake"
Mr.. Bennett took the aoor and, said
that iii shc absence of Mr.. Parsons no
would sneak FOR his COLLEAGUES.
"M it lie 4. crime he said. f"fur nv
colleague ia seek information con-
corning uatterss pending before this