New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-04
Senate and House DeadlOCked
m Several important Ap-
preparation Measures.
NEITHER READY TO YIELD
ALI Night Session On, with Up
per Branch Determined Not
to Submit to the Dicta-
ton of the Other.

washington. March 3.-After a day OF
rersstent hlibustering and fruitess con-
eercnces between the representatives of
,ne Senate and House several of the large
.ypply bills appeared late tonight to be
,,s, IN the rocks. with little hope of be-
Ing salvaged.
The conferrees Of the House, unsetting
all traditions. peremptorily demanded
that the Senate racede from ITS amend
,,ents OH the legislative. executive and
,udicial appropriation bill and the naval
hill and refused to put the question of the
d,sacreements up to the House itself by
signing a conference report. The Senate
was helpless TO take the initiative and
break the deadlock. If the House con
..r,aes nersist in their attempts TO die
tate what course the Senate shall follow
both Of the important measures will fail
The House conferrees on the naval bill
refused TO accept the Senate provision
for two battleships. and two Of the
three conferrees refused obstinately 10
rsport a disagreement TO the House.
which would enable II 10 take another
vote on the question Of cutting down
the naval building programme. Senator
Perkins MADE a statement TO the Senate
~ the failure of the conferrees TO agree,
but under the rules II was impossible
for the Senate to take the initiative in
acting on the disputed point. although
motion TO that effect was made by Sen
ator Thomas.
A similar statement was made by Sen
ator Warren that the House conferrees
mad refused TO accept the Senate amend
ment 10 the legislative bin continuing the
assay Offices in the Western States. ana
at the same time had refused 10 report Il
disagreement to the House. As In the
case of the naval bill the Senate could
not take further action. and both meas
ures appeared to he doomed 50 long as
The House conferrees persisted in follow
inc their unusual method.
Senators at Cross Purposes.
Senators were at cross purposes on sew
eial other important measures. Senators
Fall and Catron, Of New Mexico. indicat-
Cd by flbustering purpose 10 kill The
Indian appropriation bill because of the
provision providing for the transfer of
the warlike Apaches now at Fort Sill 10
New Mexico Senator Fall consumed part
Of the time by delivering his long de-
layed speech on the Mexican situation, IN
which he criticised the Taft administra-
ton
The poremptory demands OF the House
couferrees that the Senate recede from its
amendments to the public buildings bill
authorizing appropriations OF 100000 for
the New York Court House site and for
various public projects in the District Of
Columbia threatened the defeat OF that
measure The conferrees reached partial
agreement. but senator Lodge and others
,ntimated that the bill would be blocked
Il the items TO which the House objected
were stricken out.
Another threatened flibuster by Senator
Hoke Smith and other Democrats stands
In the way of the passage OF the work
mems compensation bill. Senator Suther-
land moved that the Senate accept the
ninety-tvo amendments adopted by the
House, but Senator Smith delivered an
ultmatum by declaring that each Of these
would be debated before. vote could be
reached
FarewelIs and Greetings.
Retiring members who have been in
Congress for a score or more OF years
babe goodby to their colleagues tonight
and cleaned out their desks for the exodus
from the Capitol. Scores OF new Senators
and Representatives. who are 10 come
into Office tomorrow. mingled during the
day with their future associates Of the
two houses and took mental stock Of their
environment and friends in the new Dem
ocratic Congress
Both houses were prepared 10 sit
through the night. II necessary, but IT
was believed late IN the evening that
both houses would be able 10 take a re-