Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-08-31
CONGRESS ENDS
LONG SESSION:
EVERYBODY GLAD
Adjournment Is Marked BY SEN
ate's Yielding to House.


President Goes to Capitol and Signs
General Deficiency BlIl--Final Hours
OF House Spent In Wrangc But All
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
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. FL
nal adjournment was brought about by
the Senate yielding to the House in
the filibustering struggle over the
State claims of Maryland. Virginia,
| Oregon and Texas in the Geeral De-
| hclency bill and by the Senate itself
surrendering to Senator La Follettes
| fllibuster and passing the Penrose res
olution directing a sweeping investi-
4 cation into the financial transactions
and correspondence between John ID.
4 Archbold. George w. Perkins and The
odore 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
didate seeking the Presidential nom
+ ination 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-
4 ployes. The bill as passed is com
plete victory for the House. The Sen
ate yielded to every contention made
by the House after the filibuster start
ed.
Senators Smith, of Maryland; Cham
berlain of Oregon; Martin, of Virginia,
and Culberson, of Texas, who led the
all-night filibuster in behalf OF their
/ States last Saturday after a confer
ence with their colleagues decided
that TO prolong the filibuster would
simply prolong the session of Con
gress and that nothing could be ac-
complished by keeping up the fight for
+ the State claims. These Senators We're
told that enough OF the absentees
could be recalled to make a quorum
and 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
en- that an effort would be made TO
give these claims consideration in the
House next December the filibusters
receded.
Senator Chamberlain went to the
Senate yesterday morning determined
TO cary on the fight until the bitter
end. He said his family was in Wash
inCton and so far as he was concerned
he was willing to stay here until De
cember. 1t was then his colleagues got
around him and urged the futility OF
such action. He was told his action
would either result in The laying over
of the General Deficiency bill until
December or the defeat of his claim
when a quorum of the Senate was OBJ
tanned In the meanwhile Majority
Leader Underwood had declared thar
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-
ployes After yielding TO the demands
Of the House conferees on the Gener-
al Deficiency bill Senator Chamber
lain introduced a joint resolution call.
ing for the extra. month 5 salary This
was passed and sent oyer. to the
House. Representative Carlin, of Vir-
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