The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-25

Washington, Aug. 25.-Congress was still in session with the hour of ad- journment uncertain at 240 o'clock this morning
 The Penrose resolution, consider ation of which started the La Fol lette filibuster early last night, was temporarily displaced while senators debated the amendments to the gen eral deficiency bill.
 The house had passed a resolution fixing the time of adjournment at , am. This was referred by the senate to the appropriations committee. An amendment extending the hour was contemplated
 Senator La Toilette patiently await ed the end of the debate to proceed with consideration of the Penrose res olution, which he had declared he would force a vote upon before he all lowed congress to adjourn.
 The adjournment resolution, already adopted by the house, fixing the hour at am, was reported to the senate by its appropriations committee at 2:30 o'clock and was ordered to lie on the table indefinitely Senator Penrose remarked he thought it ought to be amended to make the adjourn ment hour am.
 At 3 am. the hands of the clock in the house were turned backward one-half hour In the senate, with the resolution to adjourn still lying upon the table. the debate over the defi- ciency bill, conference report still dragged on.
 Senator La Toilette watched the sit nation from a cloak room.
 La FoIlette's Fllibuster.
 Senator La Toilette at 9:30 o'clock upset the plans for an adjournment of congress tonight by demanding the adoption of an amendment to the reso- lution to investigate the Penrose Archbold-Roosevelt campaign contri- button controversy and insisting that action must he taken upon it. Anger. ed by efforts to dissuade him from his purpose, he announced that he would not permit adjournment until the resolution was adopted. Leaders at both ends of the capital were unable to predict the outcome.
 When Mir. La Toilette presented his amendment, which would compel the committee to investigate all contribu- tons to the present campaign, an ob- jection was interposed by Senator Heyburn, who had fought the pro- posal earlier in the day Senator Shoot protested that he had yielded the floor to Mir. La Toilette for the purpose of asking unanimous consent for consideration of the resolution, and not to permit the making of formal motion.
 In turn, the Wisconsin senator serv- ed notice that he would object to any unanimous consent request made by Senator Shoot or other senators, with. out which business could not proceed. All senators realized it would be prac- tically impossible to hold a quorum even if one were obtained To test the situation, MT. Shoot moved that bills on the calendar be taken up. La Toilette demanded the ayes and nays
 Leaning across his desk. Mir La Toilette said to Senator Shoot in what he intended as an undertone:
 You will see where you've got Us to now. We will stay-here until We vote on this resolution"
 The Wisconsin senator thumped his desk with his fists and showed his sat isfaction as it became evident that the requisite number would not respond to the call, Once quorum was an nounced but only 36 senators answer. ed when Mir. Shoots motion was vot. ed upon.
 At 10 o'slock the sergeant at arms was searching the city for absentees. He had one man stationed at the un ion station watching for departing members.