The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-25
syerybody Was Sore Because Con-
oress Did Not Wind up sesslon
Early Last Even
Ing.
PLANS ALL CHANGED \ ''''
Trunks Packed and Herths Secured
by statesmen Who Were
Anxious TO Get
Away.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a. Grouches
/ IN the capitol; grouches in the white
house; grouches everywhere.
This was the situation tonight In
washington as congress struggles to-
ward an adjournment Everybody
Was Sore Nobody was satisfied
With the delay in dropping the cur
tain.
An angry deadlock between senate
and house conferees on the general
deficiency bill was the direct barrier.
This one bill caused over 200 heat
bedraggled nerve tired statesmen to
fuss and fume from early morning un-
Ill late tonight. AS hour after hour
passed with nc signs of an agree
ment, visions of a session lasting
away into The Sabbath morn, or even
into next week caused CONSERVATION.
i soggy, humid, torrid night added
10 the trials Of the legislators. The
tenate and house galleries were
packed. Al sea of white gowned wo-
men, With dabs OF pink and blue In
terspsrsed. gave the only cheerful
touch
With patience almost exhausted,
. the members wearily waited for the
finals. Many made and then cancell-
ed sleeping car reservations for early
trains. In the white house, Presi-
dent Taft waited for summons from
the capitol and studied q Beverly
time table. He had planned to leave
at $50 this afternoon. Then con
sress forced him to hold his special
car for the midnight train.
All hands took "time out for din
ner.
When are you going back?" was
asked Uncle joe Cannon, one o.
the conferees.
7 don't think I'll go back at all,
he snapped. Il don't see what car
be gained by it, with that blankety
blank obstinate committee"
Representative Fitzgerald, (dem.
n Y) another conferee, said hi
would stay in Washington unit
Christmas" before he would give IL
70 the senate demands. Various wal
claims, some of two decades stand
Ing, and an alleged Indian grab o
two million csused the deadlock
Amendments to the deficiency bill
totalled s6,OoO,00O.
President Taft planned to go 4
the capitol early this evening to sigl
the last few bills passed.
You might as well stay where yo,
are q while,'' was the message sen
MIN by senate leaders.
Senatorial nerves were harried b.
ae fight over the passage of Senator
fenrose's resolution to direct th'
Vlapp committee to bring up all cor
fespondence between John D. Arch
Oold. Standard Oil head, and Georg'
V Perkins, former partner of
ferpont Morgan, and members o
Congress-.
senator Poindexter of Washington
mad offered amendments for more in
designations.
Senator Root and Senator Heybur1
mixed in a preliminary to the mall
went over the bill for judicial pre-
cedure amendment. No action wa
'aKen Three hours were wasted.
Hepburn enlivened the late after
uoon proceedings by threatening t
speak indefinitely. He got a fai
s.art' covering the whole field Of po
'ucs but changed his mind.
:, grips and suitcases were packed
men some were unpacked. Som
members who had closed their home
'oagnt one-night stand at hotels.
Many of the members abandone
~, nppe OF getting away tonight an
,h.'iosophically "guyed'' their co
,sasues who had train reservation
~ =, many representatives left regard
,S.s ,,..s OF business, that the house wa
saut ..nout quorum. A gentleman
sfsement' ) was made that the poin
no quorum" would not be raised
~ ,,ul the possibility Of some indignar
ssmper doing SO, kept the house leat