The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-30
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
UNTIL DEC. after
LONG WRANGlf
PENRosE CAMPAIGN INvEsTiGA.
TIoN RESOLUTION PASSES
THE SENATE.
VIVA VOCE Vote IS TAKEN
Committee VIII Meet the Latter Part
Of observation-disclosures Ready to
Besmirch Others Now That He
Has Practically Confessed.


| WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-At 4:3C
O'Clock Monday afternoon the second
session of the sixty-second congress
came to an end. One hour before
that time the senate bowed to the
house and struck out the general de-
ficiency appropriation bill, the state
claims of oregon, Texas, Virginia
and Maryland, aggregating 100000
The President came to the capitol
to sign the measure, which provides
for an expenditure of 100000.
] Senator LaFollette brought up the
Penrose campaign investigation res
olution early in the session, and with
the threat of long filibuster, sue.
ceeded in forcing 1t through. The
resolution was passed without a roll
call.
Ten minutes before adjournm ent
the house administered final blow
to the senate by refusing to consider
a resolution Of the upper chamber
permitting it to pay it's own employ
es a months extra salary.
Charges Of bribery and corruption
against Senators Chiffon and Wat
son, of West Virginia, which we're
signed by the governor Of West vir-
ginia were referred to the committee
on privileges and elections, after q
lengthy discussion.
william r. Hearst's announce
ment that he would tell the whole
truth about the 1904 campaign fund,
IL Penrose, Roosevelt and Archibold
did not, forced the passage OF the
Penrose investigating resolution in
the senate.
AS soon as 1t becacme clear to the
reactionaries in the senate that they
were powerless to prevent the publ
cation Of all the facts, they ceased
their opposition and permitted Sen
ator LaFallette, backed by Penrose,
to nut the measure through. There
was no quorum, but as the resolution
was passed by unanimous consent,
that didn't make any difference.
Senator Bailey satisned himself
with a few observations to the effect
that the senate was in great danger
of violating the constitution. Then
he left the chamber. Senator
Smoot made an attempt by an Of
fered amendment to apply the reso-
luton to correspondence that dealt
directly with political campaigns.
This, of course, would have prevent
ed the committee from going into any
financial transactions between Archi-
bold and members Of congress of SEN
ators, except during campaigns. Mat
tiers like the Foraker letters could
never have been reached under the
amendment.
LaFollette declares that he is now
perfectly satisfied. He says that ne
was a candidate for the presidency
in the last primary. The amendment
provides for an investigation of that
primary and he feels that his per-
sonal integrity is concerned.
Penrose says that he wants the
whole truth to come out. He says
he has told as much Of 1t as he Knows
but he is willing for any more to be
brought out that can be discovered
Penrose knows that his political ruin
has been brought about and that ne
Is entirely Indifferent to what hap
pens to Ills brother senators so lone
as he can get even with Roosevelt.
There was a grand rush to get out
OF town as soon as It became appar.
emit that an adjournment was immi.
nent, and few senators wanted to
talk at length on the resolution. All
admitted privately( however, that
had It not been for the statement OF
M. Hearst which made It certain that
the truth would come out any way,
there would have been slim chanc
Of getting It through.