Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-10-24
NO solution YET OF
TIE-UP Of CONGRESS
PRESIDENT REFUSED TO AID
IN GETTING OUT OF
THE TANGLE.
10 Many Members Gone, 1t l.
Now Impossible to Get
a Quorum.

N ASHlNGTON, oct 23-With
w congress tied up by lack Of
quorum in both houses, cotton belt
senators and representatives tonight
made vain appeal to President viii
son for aid to compose the situation
by securing cotton relief legislation
and clearing the way for the long.
delayed final adjournment Of the sts-
sion.
After again blocking adjournment
by obstructive tactics, the cotton re-
lief supporters went into conference
late in the day and decided to appoint
a committee to wait upon the presi-
dent The president, however, when
asked for an interview, stated he
would be busy with an important
state conference, and he left Washing
ton at midnight and therefore he
would be unable to meet the COM
mittee. The subsequent departure Of
the president for Pittsburgh, where
he will address Y. NJ. G. A. celebra-
ton tomorrow brought to an end
talk that extraordinary conditions
under which congress found itself un-
able to adjourn might be met by tnt
president prOrOguing it,
Continue the Fight.
All efforts Of Democratic leaders to
secure an agreement TO adjourn failed
and the southern members who re-
manned to fight were determined to
continue their obstructive tactics un-
I'll legislation designed to aid the
south could be passed,
Opinion was general that this would
prolong the session Indefinitely, GER
tainly until after the elections, though
administration leaders planned TO
continue tomorrow efforts for an adj
jOurnment or recess until after cleo
ton.
General exodus of members of both
houses continued tonight. The house
today had 157 members present on
roll call, nearly sixty short of a quo
rum, and the senate showed 46 pres
ent, three less than a quorum. Sen
ator Clark of Arkansas, the president
pro TEN Of the senate and one of the
champions Of cotton legislation, gave
up in despair. After characterizing
further efforts of his colleagues to
obtain relief as "grandstand playing
and "a vaudeville performance" he
left the city.
Presiding OFFICER Gone.
ice iItSlutill .hdiSildli lell w ASH
ington several days ago. Senator
Clarke left with the secretary of the
senate signed blank appointment
of a presiding officer.
Representative Henry of Texas.
leading the cotton supporters in tho
house, refused various offers of a
compromise made on both sides OF
the capitol during the day. lie frus-
trated an effort of Majority Leader
Underwood to secure an agreement on
the floor of the house which woulG
have allowed the passage of some OF
the pending cotton bills, insisting
upon the consideration of his plan for
S250,00O,000 bond issue to relieve
cotton growers. Speaker Clark ad-
vanced a proposal whereby the pend
ing bills would have been made the
first business to come before congress
when It met in December, but Repre-
sentative Henry rejected this. Another
proposal that congress recess and
come back after election to pass the
cotton bills came to naught
At the conference of the cotton belt
members tonight, Representative
Henry announced his intention OF
fighting adjournment until he So
cured vote on his bonding plan.
Senators Smith of Georgia. Smith
of South Carolina, Overman, Lea.
Sheppard. Gore and White and about
dozen cotton states representatives
attended the conference. After dis
cussing various proposals, the CONFER
ence heard Representative Henry's
ultimatum Then 1t was decided to
appeal to the president. When the
reply came in the form Of the tele-
phoned statement that the president
would be busy all evening. the con-
ferees adjourned with an air of de-
spair and disappointment.