The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-25
Mighty Anxious For
Congress to Adjourn

pack TO their task again. In the SEN
ate. 1t developed that the .onferees
mad been on the job since early this
morning and had given up the task Of
reaching a compromise as absolutely
impossible.
The items in dispute totalled $780,
600. They included several Items re-
paying states for loans, some more
than a hundred years old; payments
TO contributors to the Ellen Stone ran
som fund and several waterway I'M
provements in Hawaii.
A few Of the more cheerful spirits
on the house side Joined in cheers and
songs and fancy speech making to
while the time away. Representative
Austin OF Tennessee, a republican,
caused wild democratic cheers when
he declared to the speaker that "bye
and bye when the country decides to
select a democratic president he
hoped 1t would be Clark.
Then Representative Kinkead start
ed a song:
The old Champ Clark--he hain't
got any style
He's in style all the while-is old
Champ Clark"
There were about twenty variations
of stanzas to the Clark song, all sung
with such exceeding zest that the glass
ceiling ratified with the noise. Then
there were songs for Underwood, Can
non and others. A tremendous crowd
packed the galleries to see the GUS
tomary vaudeville stunts that from
time immemorial have attended the
ciosing hours in the lower house and
| it got it's moneys worth tonight.
The fact that President Taft vetoed
one Of representative Heflin's pet
measures for dam across the Coosa
river, Alabama-led the members to
( yell for speech about that dam (n)
bill and Heflin made one. 1t was mostly
a story that captivated the galleries
Heflin tried to stop, but members
wouldn't have it, until he finally sli6
around an aisle and vanished, breath
less
When the house reconvened al
1880, the members were still in {
i Joking mood and Representative Kin
! kead OF New Jersey asked unanimou,
consent that Representative Candlel
of Mississippi, might have ten minute,
i to address the house on why is the
Tom Bigbee river not the Amazon
/ Speaker Clark took the suggestion
favorably and for ten minutes the Mis-
sissippi member related the beauties
of the Tom Bigbee which flow
Through his district. Gambler who il
noted in the house for his eloquen
lpleas for appropriations to improv
the Tom Bigbee was in characteristic
form tonight and challenged anyone t.
4 deny that the Tom Bigbee river wa
"the greatest and grandest and mos
4 beautiful stream in the entire world.
The official stenographers of tn
house used UP much good ink In TAX
4 ing down the negro dialect stories an
oratorical reviews of rivers and it vii
all appear in the Congressional Ret
!, ord.
President Taft came to the senat
| lobby shortly before eleven O'Clock
and announced that he expected to re
i. main there until the session wa
closed. 1t was then reported tha
{ leaders were urging as solution TO
the deadlock that the general de
4 ficiency bill should be left for the mex
session of congress. Anorner plan wa
! to eliminate from the bill all tn
items in dispute and pass the emasc,
lated measure.
1t was after midnight before tn
partial agreement of conferees upo
the general deficiency bill was re
, ported to the house.
That the senate was trying t
"foist outrageous claims" upon tn
house conferees in f'hold-up" on tn
measure was charged by Represent;
, tive Fitzgerald.
AS the debate continued no effoi
! was made to stop the hour clock.
House members slept soundly !
their seats while the four state claim
were debated. Secretary of the Trea
ury Macveagh and Postmaster Gene
al Hitchcock were spectators.
500 O'Clock Set.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Thre
O'Clock this Sunday morning wa
the tentative hour set for final a
iournment of congress, according
: a plan adopted by the house and,
|. . o'clock, considered certain of a
ceptance, by the senate.
Majority Leader Underwood intr'
: duced the adjournment resolution
Z tbe house at 1870. 1t was adopted b
a viva voce vote, enthusiastically
!, H by a handful of weary, sleepy men
bers.
!. Dispute over old war claims aggr'
eating 100000 was the obstacle 0
i. which the two bodies deadlocked !
8 a weary night session, while Pres
$ dent Taft cooled his heels in tn
I executive room of the senate chan
The president had specis