The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-21
FLOOD SNATCHED
FROM HONEYMOON
Called Back to Capitol for Most
Important Day in
Career.
HE HELPS MAKE HISTORY
His Bride of Few Days Sits in
Gallery and Sees Him at
Work.
Is,ecial to Tho T,mes-Dispatch.l

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
Washington. April 2o.-Ca!led back
from his rudely interrupted honey
moon. on which he had proceeded as
far as New York, Congressman Flood,
OF Virginia, who was married on sat
urday afternoon to Miss Anna w. Port
ner, of Manassas. to day encountered
the most important day OF his career
as Congressman
Immediately following the receipt
last night OF the information from
Charge O'Shaughnessy ut Mexico city
that General Iluerta had refused to
comply with the demand that salute
OF twenty-one guns be fired az mark
OF apology to tho American feet at
Tampico, the White House called Mr..
Flood by long distance telephone at
his hotel In New York. and requested
him to return 20 Washington at once
in view of important Developments
arising before his committee.
lie arrived In Washington about g
o'clock, md. after making hurried ar
ranEements at the Shoreham Hotel for
quarters for himself and Mrs. Flood
went ID the Capitol and discussed with
the House leaders the preparations for
making the way clear for President
Wilson TO follow his chosen policy
with regard to Huerta in Mexico.
AS early az 10 o'clock he conferred
with the White House by telephone
and with the House leaders In regard
TO the message the President was TO
deliver ut o'clock. and for the steps
TO be taken by the House In carrying
out the measures necessary to follow
UP h!a Intentions.
Immediately after President Wilson
delivered his message. Mr.. Flood. as
chairman. called the members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee TO o secret
session 10 discuss the resolution intend
cd TO give tho President /, free hand
in or IN I,
this resolution through his committee
In less than an hour. and then closetcd
himself to prepare the committee re-
port. This he did ia about twenty
minutes and reported the resolution
with the report TO the House.
Then dcvolved upon him tho task OF
securing from the Rules Committee "A
rule 10 carry the resolution through
the House At once. lie obtained THIS
by eftecting compromise with the
Republicans TO allow each side twenty
minutes to debate the rule
This accomplished. he brought about
tho passage or the resolution with the
least possible delay by allowing the
Republicans one hour and ten minutes
the ProgressiNes ten minutes. and the
Democrats nifty minutes TO discuss the
resolution. He apportioned the time
between the different members who
wished 10 speak. and by his personal
popularity and adept parliamentary
tactics had the resolution passed hy
the House without 81 single hitch and
without amendment
During the afternoon Mrs. Flood took
IA scat In the gallery and watched her
husband extend his efforts to get the
desired resolution through the House
while he was unconscious OF Ifct pre-.
cnce.
Probably never In history has a
BRIDEGROOM had such an enormous task
=, f,x, II.
OF an interrupted honeymoon than ,vas
encountered to-day by the chairma n
of the House Foreign Affairs Cimnit-
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