Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-30
CONGRESS ENDS
LONG SESSION;
EVERYBODY GLAD
Is Marked BY Sen
ate's Yielding to House.

President Goes 70 Capitol and Signs
General Deficiency sH-Flnal Hour.
of House Spent in Wrangle But Al
Is peace at the End-No Extra Pay
for Employees
Washington, Aug. 27.-The second
session of the Sixty-second Congress
which convened the first Monday in
last December adjourned sine die at
4: 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon. FL
nal adjournment was brought about by
the Senate yielding to the House in
the tilibustering struggle over the
State claims of Maryland, Virginia,
oregon and Texas in the Geeral De.
ficiency bill and by the Senate itself
Surrendering to Senator La Toilette
filibuster and passing the Penrose res.
olution directing a sweeping investi-
CATION into the financial transactions
and correspondence between John ID.
Archbold, George w. Perkins and The.
0dore Roosevelt and members of Con
gress and the Senate from 1900 to the
present time, and into the amounts of
money expended in behalf of any can
didato seeking the Presidential nom
nation of any party in 1912.
The General Deficiency bill, as final
ly accepted by Congress, does not con
tain the items paying the four State
claims, nor does it allow an extra
months salary for the Capitol en-
ployes. The bill as passed is a com
plete victory for the House. The Sen
lte yielded to every contention made
by the House after the filibuster start
ed.
Senators Smith, of Maryland; Cham
oerlain of Oregon; Martin, of Virginia,
md Culberson. of Texas, who led the
all-night filibuster in behalf of their
States last Saturday, after a confer
ance with their colleagues decided
chat TO prolong the filibuster would
imply prolong the session of Con-
gress and that nothing could be ac-
2omplished by keeping up the fight for
he State claims. These Senators were
old that enough of the absentecs
3ould be recalled to make a quorum
md then if the House insisted upon
the elimination of the State claims the
Senate would be forced to pass the
General Deficiency bill without them
After some assurances had been Civ
IN that an effort would be made to
give these claims consideration in the
louise next December the flibusters
receded.
Senator Chamberlain went to the
Senate yesterday morning determined
cary on the fight until the bitter
end He said his family was in Wash
ngton and so far as he was concerned
he was willing to stay here until De
3ember, 1t was then his colleagues got
round him and urged the futility of
such action He was told his action
would either result in the laying over
IF the General Deficiency bill until
December or the defeat of his claim
when a quorum of the Senate was OBJ
aimed. In the meanwhile Majority
Leader Underwood had declared that
The House would stand to its guns and
was willing to mark time while the
Senate filibustered.
With the surrender of the State
claim items the Senate, however,
made a desperate effort to obtain an
Extra months pay for the Capitol en-
oloyes. After yielding to the demands
Of the House conferees on the Gener-
II Deficiency bill Senator Chamber
lain introduced a joint resolution call
ing for the extra months salary. This
was passed and sent over to the
House. Representative Carlin, of Nir-
ginia, made an effort to get action on
it by the House, but in vain. The Sen
ate then sent over the second resolu-
ton calling for payment of the extra
months salary to the Senate employ es
only This was about Is minutes be
fore adjournment hour, and the House
received it as a message from the Sen
ate and never referred to it again.
President Taft came up to the Capt.
oil at 3 O'Clock, He signed the Gener-
Al Deficiency bill as soon as it had
been enrolled and presented to him At
3 40 O'Clock committees from the
House and Senate reported that the
President had been advised that Con
gress was ready to adjourn and he
had declared he had no further com
nunications to send it.
The collapse Of the flibuster in ia
yor Of the State clcaims followed the
passage of the Penrose resolution. At
=. m. Chairman Warren, of the APP
tion that the Senate recede from its
stand in the General Deficiency bill
All eyes turned to the fihbusters. Sen
ator Chamberlain arose and gracefully
yielded He said he wished il to be I'M
derstood that by doing so he did not
yield in the contention that the claim
Of his State is just and righteous and
should be paid He was followed by
Senator Martin and Senator Smith