The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-26
The House Is Very, Very Angry at Action
 of Senate
CHAMBERLAIN IS
 CHIEF OBSTACLE
Filibuster Within Filibuster Is In rogress-Senator Williams Is Caustic in His Criticism of
 Fellow Senators
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 Washington, August 2s.-(special9 A few foolish people thought that Congress was going to adjeprn yester- day Not much. still they made an effort to do so, but it failed and now all definite plans for adjournment have been tossed into the discard.
 The House and the Senate are dead locked over the general deficiency bill, and the House is bitterly unyielding, and the Senate is abont as amenahle 10 eason as bull-pup. A hlibnster with in a ilibuster Is on in the senate and no member of either body knows to- day when the second session of the Sixty second Congress Will adjourn sine die.
 If the tempers cool today the end may come tomorrow. It may be two days hence; 1t may be week or more
 Only Six Million Difference
 Congress met early yesterday deter mined to get away as quickly as pos- sible and the only thing in the way was an agreement between the con- ferces over the general deficiency ap- propriaiion. There was small matter of about six million bones difference in th,, way the House viewed the general deficiency and the way the Senate looked at it. What Is little matter of six millions between friends?' asked the conferees on the part of the Sen ate. Not much when taken in connec- tse pnntri- butloni.' said the managers for the House, but swell sum when tackled onto an appropriation bill
 After chewing 1t over for several hours while the House was singing songs and carrying on' and the Sen ate was listening to Senator Hepburn tnot) the conferees reported to both bodies that they could not agree. The House then proceeded to hurl defiance at the Senate. The Senate promptly hurled said defiance right back at the House, and as defiance hurlers they are both classy members df fAef big league.
 Ih The meantime Senator LeFollette, who seems to have consuming curiosity about the campaign contributions of one T. Roosevelt, was hlibustering by demanding the ayes and nays on his resolution to make further inquiry, inl- mediate and insistent inquiry, into said contributions. and would not listen to any other matter at all. Senator La Toilette when he gets peevish is a lit tie queer about such things.
 Claims of Four States
 The deficiency bill row is over some claims of four states. Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Texas, and the senators from these states declare that adjourn ment cannot take place until these claims are allowed. The House by vote asserted in the early morning hours today that it would never, never yield The situation Is dramatic. It is also disgusting to a lot of the boys who engaged trans portation home and made reservations on the outgoing trains today and last night. Particularly was 1t so when they were told if they attempted to leave that the strong arm squad would get them.
 President Taft was going to Beverly but changed his mind. He did not change it cheerfully or with any special eclat, as he has changed it on several other matters, but he changed it be- cause he had to-
 There will be no deficiency bill un- less the Senate yields on these items" declared Chairman Fitzgerald today.
 ''The House will not go to conference again; it cannot go to conference again. because we have adopted the conference report and refused to recede from the four items in question. Here we stand and here we will remain indefinitely"
 What if a fiIibuster is conducted in the Senate to prevent adjournment and to prevent the failure of this bill?" MT. Fitz- gerald was asked
 Let them nlibuster" said Fitzgerald. The bill will pass with these claims omit ted, or it will de and we can stay here as long as anybody else rather than sub init to these unjust depredations upon the federal treasury
 Underwood Backs Fitzgerald
 Mr Fitzgerald Is backed by Majority Leader Underwood and Minority Leader Mann and former Speaker Cannon, the latter being one of the conferees on the bill
 Senator Chamberlain of Oregon is one of the chief obstacles in the way, for he is hanging on to Oregon's claim like an sleuth to a nigger delegate at the Chicago convention. For 35 years we have been kissed off with promisesp said Senator Chamberlain, but now I think I see a chance to get thls just claim paid, and l will stay here a month to do it."
 Well" said Senator Stone. Missouri fidS been klSSeu OIi, tOO, put din UDL nolu- ing up the adjournment of Congress about it. The House of Representatives has some rights said Senator Stone with some bitterness. and 1t does not matter what the senator thinks about it, they car keep him from getting his claim through. H
 Senator Williams was little caustic in his criticism of the few senators who are filibustering against the bill When T member of the House" said Senator Williams. q had some experience with the insoence of senators on the confer ence committees. The House conferees must act in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the House. One sena- tor can prolong indefinitely action on d conference report in this body. I think l. is time that the House. taught the Senate a lesson.'
 House Criticises Senate
 While senators were crlticising each other House members at intervals dur ing the night had leveled their shafts not at one another, but at the Senate of the United States.
 ''The Senate is attempting" said Con gressman Fitzgerald. Ito make this bin q hodge-podge of legislation to carry ary-headed claims that have been lying about this capitol since the government began business ask the House to voice it's approval of the final gtand of the conferees that we will not yield on thesa -Four claims. If we do yield we might
 
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