The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-25
HOUSE DECIDES TO
ADJOURN AT 3 O'CLOCK
COnfcrccs Haggling Over Items
in General Deficiency
Measure.
TAFT WATTS IMPATIENTLN
II Looked as If the Session
Might Run Over Until
Monday.

This amounted to the serving of notice
agree to the senate amendments to
the general deficiency appropriation bill
and that the House will let the bill fail
unless the :, nate reCcdes The House
| recessed from l.ij to . o'clock.
At l;ii o'clock, senator La Toilette
| finally compelled the attendance of
quorum i'm the Senate. He lrsd blocked
| all business for four hours, insisting
on a vote on the penruse- Reed cam
paign contribution resolution.
Amendm"uts to the resolution wer"
| adopted extending the proposed inquiry
| to all communications and transactions
that have taken pl.ce between John u.
Archbold Of the standard OH Company
or George W. Perkins and members Of
Congress and Col. Roosevelt.
| At 2;40 opposition to the amended
Penrose resolution had rsvelopcd and
It's fate was doubtful.
| WAsHrNGToN. Aug. 2i.-At midnight
Congress was still in session. with no
Immediate prospect of Adjournment. II
| looked then as II the session might run
over till Mond.y.
| The hitch was caused 10y deadlock
between the Senate and House con-
ferees on the general deficiency bill, the
last of the money measures. While this
Is being written the Senate conferees
have Just reported a second disagree
ment on this appropriation bill. Presi-
dent Taft was impatiently waiting ut
the Capitol for the Lassage Of this bill
He had expected to sign the measures
that We're put through in the closing
hours and then catch the $50 o'clock
train for Beverly.
The general deficiency bill. which was
the cause of all the trouble carries
about sll.000.000 to take up deficits
left over from last years appropria-
tions. Local State claims and an Item
granting t. employees OF the Senate
and House months pay caused most
of the trouble. The biggest item In the
bill is sl.s0O.0OO for back salaries for
the enlisted men Of the army. There Is
also an appropriation OF $4,000 to re-
imburse contributors to the fund which
was used to rescue Ellen NJ. Stone. who
was kidnapped in Macedonia in 1901.
At midnight the Senate had been idle
for almost three hours in a vain at
tempt to get a quorum There was
danger that adjournment might be pre-
vented even II the General Deficiency
IhuI mo-, ooraoa =, Sanatnr In Fol
ia,,. ,rd o,hor. insist.d unon n yote On
tho p.nroso campaipn contributions
resolution and were saving that they
u,ou,a 4, necessarv raise the point Of
po o,,oruu IN order IN compel IT, The
raising OF this point o forder II was
found would preyent the adoption Of an
adjournment resolution.
| Tho proceedings in the Senate during
the entire day were listless. with the ex
ception OF the periods when, the PEN
ros.- Roosevelt controversy came up for
Idiscussion Then for a brief time the
folk in the crowded galleries displayed
some interest and seemed to be paid for
1.-The discomfort that they were suffering
in the hot chamber
The Senate was marking time almost
from the beginning of the morning ses-
sion. The Senators were waiting for
clerks In engross the bills that had been
pushed through in the rush of the last
day or so and also for reports from the
conference committees on a few strag-
CLING measures The general deficiency
bill. carving many millions of dollars
was the chief stumbling block to an early
ladiournmcnt That bill was sent to con
ference early Yesterday and the leaders
confidently expected an agreement on II
in time TO allow an adjournment by 4
O'clock in the afternoon. In fact assur-
Iances had been given the President that
he would be able to leave for Beverly at
5 o'clock and he had made all prepara :
tions
Early in the afternoon, though. re-
ports came from the conference room
that the representatives OF the Senate
and House were deadlocked over several
provisions in the general deficiency bill
The Senate remained In session until
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon and
then recessed until 6. When the Senate
reconvened the conferees were no nearer
an agreement and another recess was
taken until S: 80. Again Senator Warren
} of wyoming, chairman Of the Senate
conferees, reported a disagreement and
was instructed by the Senate to insist
upon the Senate amendments. These
amendments included claims by certain
States and other points OF difference of
local interest.
The difference between the conferees
was so marked that early in the eve
ming II looked as IL an adjournment
before midnight would be impossible,
President Taft was particularly anx-
ious to see the end in time to catch a
midnight train for Beverly. Members
OF the Presidents Cabinet loitered about