Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-08-30
NATIONAL S0LONS
QUIT THEIR WORK
FILE OUT OF WASHINGTON AS
slxTY-sEcoND CONGRESS
COMES TO AN END.
DEFICIENCY BILL AGREED TO
Measure as Reported by conferes of
House Is Adopted by Senate and
Signed by Presldent-Penrose
Resolution Goes Through.

Washington, d. C.-With members
tired and peevish and less than
majority in attendance In each house
of congress, the second session of the
Sixty.secopd congress was ended at
4:30 p. m. August 26. The next ses-
sion will open in December, unless
some great crisis should arise that
would justify President Taft in calling
a special session during the fall Tired
out from their all-night vigil and an
gered by the action of the senate in
delaying adjournment, only about so
members of the house gathered on the
last day out of the total of 800 to take
part in the closing work and these
were in fighting mood. Ignoring the
chaplain's prayer for peace, Represen-
tative Focht, Republican of Pennsyl-
vania, got the floor on personal priv
ilege to reply to Representative Bur
nett's criticism of an immigration bill
advocated by Focht. There was blood
in Focht's eye when he characterized
some of the statements by Burnett as
false" and "maliciously false" Speak
er Clark issued several warnings that
more temperate language must be
used until Garrett of Tennessee moved
finally to have the whole matter
stricken from the congressional rec
ord By agreement no action was
taken on the immigration bill and
Representative Carlin, Democrat of
Virginia, made demand for the pas
sage by the house of the senate reso-
luton for an extra months pay for
employees in the face of opposing DEM
cratic caucus action. After causing
cold chills by threat to demand a
quorum to suspend the rules, he was
gerald held the floor until adjournment
Last Day In Senate.
The end came in the senate amid
profound peace. All the fight with
which number of senators bristled
previously disappeared during the day
and it was comparatively easy mat
ter for those whose duty 1t always is
to "fix things" to obtain an agreement
to stop the filibustering and permit
congress to get away. Realizing the
impossibility of \dodging vote on the
Penrose investigating resolution,
those who secretly opposed it made
the best of bad situation and let it
come to a vote. 1t was dismissed
| briefly, opposed by Bailey once more
on constitutional grounds, and then
adopted by viva voce vote.
With that portion of the filibuster
over Chairman Warren of the appro-
priations committee turned his atten-
tion to the general deficiency, the last
of the great supply bills. The group
of half dozen senators, who had
threatened to stay here until the snow
| fles before they would yield to the
house and re-enact the state claims the
senate had inserted in this BILL
thought better of it after they had
talked with their colleagues. Each OF
the group sang his swan song telling
how just these claims were and how
| he yielded only because those whose
items had been agreed upon ought not
to suffer because few could not OBJ
tain fair treatment. One by one they
withdrew their opposition and that
filibuster was over. The deficiency
bill as reported by the conferees was
adopted, the house had its way ant
the last snag was removed from the
pathway of final adjournment.
President Signs Bill.
The president, smiling and happy
sat in his room signing belated bill
and resolutions. The moment after HI
put his signature to the big appropria
tion bill the committees of the TIVE
houses awaited upon him to. inform
him that congress was ready to ad
journ unless he had some other com
munication to make. AS matter o
fact the resolution to adjourn at 4:3
was agreed to before the presiden
was notified. That made no difference
to the president, for 1t was with ever,
evidence of JOY and satisfaction tina
he informed the committee he mos
certainly had nothing to communicate
Whereupon the president, accom-
panied by his staff, was whirled ava
to the union station to the special ca
attached to the federal express, whic
took him to Beverly.
The acting vice president was so
emnly thanked by the senate for hi
, services. The gavel then tapped ou
the life of this session.
: Many important appointments mad
, by President Taft in the last fe'
, months were left unconfirmed. Anon
the more important are those of Judg
| Richard e. Sloan of Arizona, Ma
Gen. w. w. Witherspoon, Brig. Gel
John McClernand and Judge Clinto
w. Howard of Washington state.