Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
BROOKS NO DELAY
House Rushes Business, De-
spite Di|atory Tactics.
TIME FOR sPARR|NG OVER
Accordingly, Under Ruling of the
Chair. Several Important Meas
ures Are Expedited.

The House Yesterday afternoon show
ed itself in no mood for delays in the
transaction of it's business at this late
date in the session. Representative
Hardwick of Georgia. who is opposed
to the railroad workmens compensa-
ton bill, caused delay in the pro-
cedure by making frequent demands
for a quorum. and by holding over the
head of the House a rule which says
that on a suspension day it shall be
in order to suspend the rules, but only
after the unanimous consent calendar
has been called. The last six days OF
a short session are suspension days
under the rules.
Majority Leader Underwood obtained
the floor and moved that for the rest
of the session it be in order for the
Speaker to entertain a motion to sus-
pend the rules ard pass a bill without
first ordering the unanimous consent
calendar called. Minority Leader Mann
observed that If Mr.. Underwoods mo-
ton was in order, of course, the order
he sought to have carried out was not
1equired. To this Mr. Underwood
agreed. saving that he had only hs
brought this motion in because ne
wished to raise this point.
Point of Order Raised.
Mr.. Hardwick made a point of order
against Mr.. Underwood's motion During
the last two days Speaker Clark has
ruled that it was in order to call the
unanimous consent calendar before any
other motion to suspend the rules was In
order on a suspension day. But he told
the House that in his original ruling ne
had not believed the House had intend
ed to frame this rule so that IT Woulo
apply to the last six days of the short
session of a Congress Therefore, ne
said yesterday afternoon, he would leave
the matter to the decision Of the House
itself Inc House. despite the fact that
Chairman Henry OF the rules committee
insisted that the Speaker must rule as
he did previously. decided with Mr.. IN
derwood by an overwhelming vote, lS5
to 23.
The legislative appropriation bill, called
up by Representative johnson OF South
Carolina, was ordered sent to conference
again.
Representative Padgett of Tennessee,
chairman OF the naval committee, asked
unanimous consent to disagree with the
Senate amendments to that measure and
to send the bill to conference. Minority
Leader Mann declared that he believed
the Senate would never recede from its
amendment for two battleships until an
other record vote had been taken in the
was the best time for such vote, and
urged that it be taken Immediately. But
this plan was not agreed to. The friends
of the two-battleships proposition, how
ever, will endeavor to have the House
instruct the conferees to agree to the
Senate amendment If they report back
that they have been unable to reach an
agreement in conference on this matter.
Post Office Bill Next.
The post Office appropriation bill was
the next of the supply bills to come be-
fore the House. Chairman Moon Of the
post office and post roads committee pre-
presented conference report in which
the conferees had reached agreement over
a number of the amendments to the bill
and the bill was again sent to confer
ence, after a substitute amendment sub
mitted for a Senate amendment by Rep
resentative Murdoch Of Kansas had been
voted down.
The House also voted to adopt the con-
ference report on the pension appropria-
ton bill called up by Chairman Bartlett
Of the pension committee.
The bill as agreed upon by the con-
ferees carries about S1SO,OOO,O O.