Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-23
LIKELY TAAr WILSON WILL REs
SORT TO CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO END eEsstoN.
SENATE eALks EFFORTS
FOR ADJOURNMENT TopAN
Leaders Believe couns
try Would Approve Action BY Prssi-
dent-south Temporarily unssatsd
and Thsre Is Rumor of Abandon.
ment Of Filfbustsr.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Ali efforts to
adjourn congress sine die failed again
today and the house and senate by
adjourning over to noon tomorrow
postponed the end OF the session at
least another day.
Talk of President Wilson exercising
his constitutional privilege and ad-
journing congress was general in off.
cial circles but nothing materialized.
Washington. Oct. 23-Probabilityl
that President Wilson would exercise
his constitutional power and adjourn
congress was considered today by adj
ministration leaders after the president
had conferred with Speaker Clark and
Senator'S Kern and Overman.
Speaker Clark said he was sure both
houses now sitting without q quorum
would be unable to agree on an ad>
journment and he believed the country
would endorse such. action by the pres.
ident.
In the senate there was a possibility
| that the filibuster by the southern sen> )
ators might be abandoned.
| The senate adjourned to noon tomor-
| row and hopes OF ali end .c th!!ss &C.
! gressionai session today went Xlimmer.
/ ing.
1 With the south temporarily thrown
| out of The saddle. both the senate and
/ the house yesterday afternoon accept-s
|; ed the conference report on the waH
tax bin and planned to adjourn the
present session of congress.
! President Wilson hastened to the
| capitol to sign the war tax bill. puttin0
! 1t into effect today. and to witness the
! adjournment AS he entered the presi~
! dents room back of the senate chsm~
| ber the south regained the saddle and
| adjournment was prevented
| The hlibuster against adjournment
| was led by Senator Smith. OF Georgia-
| He desires an amendment to the banks
| ing laws which would repeal the presA
ont tax of 10 per cent on state banks
! circulating notes In order that south
| ern states might issue state circulation
! based on cotton warehouse certificates.
South's Demands in House.
In the house the southerners demand
the passage of amendments to the cur.
rency law broadening the credit power
! OF banks In the federal reserve system.
These amendments. IN addition to in
! creasing the amount of currency
| bank may Issue on commercial paper
! to 100 per cent OF its capital and sur
! plus would add to the credit power OF
| reserve system by allowing member
I banks to deposit in reserve banks those
| reserves which now must be held In
! their own vaults.
With these is coupled an amendment
! authorizing the treasury TO institute
! q system of bank note clearances thru
the federal reserve banks. and to APP
a i,u, to raS -
| agents for circulation.
They will be followed II a quorum
can he secured for u vote on them by
! the Lever cotton warehouse bill which
/ would create a system or governm ent
| inspected warehouses for the storing OF
| cotton
President Wilson remained at tho
capitol for a few minutes after signs
! ing the war revenue bill. but made no
comment on failure of congress TO adj
journ. Earlier In the day he had ex-
pressed the hope that some OF the cot.
ton relief bills might be passed.
Passed as Aarsed To.
The war tax bill was passed exactly
as agreed to In conference last night.
The senate accepted the conference re-
port before quorum could be obs
tained IN the house President Wilson
was notified that the measure was near
passage. Majority Leader Underwood
asked him to come to the capitol tO
sign 1t before the final adjournment oc
congress at 6 O'Clock. In order to I'm
sure its validity The president quite
the golf links to comply with this res
quest Fastening to the gold room, hd
signed the measure at $3.50 p. m,
The law will go into effect as to most
OF it's features today, The exceptions
are the special taxes in section on
bankers. brokers, proprietors of thea
ters and circuses, and also the tax op
tobacco dealers and manufacturers.
which will go into effect by special pro-
vision on the first day of November
The adhesive stamp tax and stamp
takes In schedules A and B will not
go into effect until Dec. l.