The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-27

timent against defeating the deficiency
its passage was too strong to ignore.
they offered to let the Penrose resoiu-
ton through without further opposition.
Threatened short Adjournment.
This consideration was given much
weight by Chamberlain's Democratic
colleagues, who saw a lot of excellent
political capital slipping from their grasp
with the defeat of the Penrose measure.
An additional argument was threat
sent over early in the day by House
leaders to take three-day APPOINTMENTS
until the Senate should finally adjust its
differences. Under the rules either
branch of Congress may adjourn for
three-day periods without the consent Of
the coordinate branch. The House lead
ers threatened to keep I'D these brief
adJournments indefinitely, leaving a tenn
porary presiding officer here and de-
pending upon members living near by
to run into Washington every fourth
day to continue the adtournments. This
would leave the Senate helpless to con-
tinue its fight for the amendments to
the deficiency bill In view of these
considerations. Senator Chamberlain
withdrew his opposition, the Penrose
resolution was passed. and both Houses
passed a concurrent resolution to adjourn
sine die at 4:30 o'clock.
Clerks Were Busy.
The only folks who seemed to have a
real interest IN the closing hours were
the clerks and employees OF the House
and Senate Each one of them had a
months pay at stake, and they buzzed
around in suspense between hope and
To haa
for Congress to vote this extra months
pay. and the clerks and employees come
to count on 1t as vacation change. The
House of Representatives declined to
grant II this year and refused to accept
the Senate amendment that was add
ed to the general deficiency bill. This
provision was one of the points in con-
troversy between the Senate and the
House, and it failed yesterday when
the four warlike Democratic Senators de-
cided to drop their fight and consent to
a motion that the Senate recede from
its amendments. In the last hour. how
ever, a joint resolution was introduced
in the Senate providing for this vaca-
ton money. and after being passed was
hurried over to the House. No word
came from the lower branch of Congress
and the resolution died a natural death.
Relieved Of the features 10 which the
House had objected the general de-
iciency bill was put through the Senate
without trouble and the hundreds of
enlisted men and officers of the army
and others of the government service
viii now get their pay for June. The
bill was one OF the last to be signed by
the President, who came to the Capitol
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and re-
NAMED in his room until the end.
Usual Resolutions Passed.
In the Senate the usual resolution was
adopted. expressing the thanks and ap-
probation OF the Senate for the fair way
in which the Vice President had pre-
sided over that body. Senator Nelson of
Minnesota. also offered an informal reso-
luton expressing the appreciation and
thanks of the Senate to Senator Bacon
OF Georgia, and Senator Gallinger OF New,
who have presided over the
proceedings OF the Senate during the
absence OF Vice President Sherman on
account Of illness.
The usual committee was appointed a
few minutes before adjournment to call
upon the President and announce to him
that Congress was about to end its Ia
bors. II he had no further communication
to send to II. Senator'S McCumber and
Martin represented the upper branch OF
Congress 1t was exactly 40 when
Gallinger arose. and wishing the
members health and happiness In the
coming vacation. announced with a bang
Of his gavel that the second session OF
the Sixty-second Congress was adjourn
ed without day.
The last bill passed by the House this
session was a District measure OF minor
few minutes before the
hour set for adjournment arrived, Chair !
nan johnson called up his bill requiring
that joint title be taken by the Dis |
trict and the United States in land ac-
CURED for the District, and that no land
so acquired may be disposed OF with
out special act of Congress. The bill
was passed without opposition, sent over |
10 the Senate and referred to the Dis !
trict Committee OF that body.