Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-24
Adjournment to Be Made at q
O'Clock This Afternoon,
Resolution Provides.
SOUTHERNERS CONSENT
TO DROP FILIBUSTER
Senator Hoke Smith and Represent
alive Henry Not Further to Op-
pose Wishes of Majority.

The House agreed to final ad-
Journment of Congress for the ses-
sion at O'Clock this afternoon by a
| vote of So to 27.
The Senate also adopted the resO-
luton, when it resumed after the
| recess, ut 2:3O o'clock. This assured
| adjournment of Congress for the
! session ut O'Clock this afternoon.
| Unless all signs fail the present ses-
| sion of Congress will come to an end at
| o'clock this afternoon.
| While both houses of Congress were
in recess this afternoon, truce OF
| hlibustering was perfected, and tne
| news from conference or southern
| representatives and senators is that
| Representative Henry has at last con-
! sented to stop his fight and not make
! a point of no quorum when concur
| rent resolution for adjournment SINE
| die is offered in the House. 1t is also
generally understood that leaders OF
| the Senate filibuster agreed that there
will be no further flibusterlng in the
| upper house.
| Agreements have been reached be-
| fore, however, and smooth SAILING was
expected, all to no effect. While all
signs point to an adjournment sine
die, there are several obstreperous
congressman who delight IN making
/ points Of no quorum and who may see
chance for a few minutes OF lime
light by upsetting all calculations as
| to o'clock.
| Democratic senators from southern
states who participated in an informal
conference on the adjournment pro-
gram during the recess of the two
houses said that every one. including
| Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and
agreed to abide by the decision of the
majority of their colleagues as to ad-
journment.
| The Georgia senator and Representa-
l AZ
yield in their personal desire to hold
| Congress in session, but did agree not
| to oppose the wishes of the majority
| of their own mbers from the cotton
| states.
| Senator Swanson of Virginia was to-
| day appointed to act as presiding Off
| Ger of the Senate during the absence
| Of both Vice President Marshall and
| Senator Clarke of Arkansas, the presi-
dent pro tempore.
Tax Bill Made Valid.
When the Senate met today. Senator
Bryan of Florida put through a motion
approving the Senate journal for
upon the validity of the war tax bill
that might have been questioned. Sen
ator Jones of Washington yesterday
objected to the approval of the journal
IN the ground that 1t did not show the
actual occurrences in the Senate at
the time the tax bill was signed by
| the president pro tempore of the
Senate.
Senator Kern, the democratic leader,
then offered concurrent resolution
providing for an adjournment of Con-
gress Monday afternoon at o'clock.
Before a vote on the resolution could
be taken Senator Hoke Smith of
! Georgia moved that recess be taken
| by the Senate until 2:30 o'clock.
| Senator Smith of South Carolina and
Senator Sheppard of Texas announced
that it had become evident there was
no hope of cotton legislation at the
present time and that they would not
attempt to block adjournment by max
| ing a point Of no quorum.
House Also Recesses.
Almost at the same time the House
took a recess until o'clock.
The cotton belt leaders Immediately
got together in an attempt to reach an
agreement on their course of action.
! Before the recess was taken prac.l-
cally every member of the Senate and
exception of Representative Henry of
Texas, had agreed to make no further
attempt to prevent adjournment of
Congress, having become convinced
to aid the cotton growers was gone for
the time being.
! The cotton leaders became discour-
aged last night when the President de-
1
by conference of southern senators
| and representatives yesterday after
| noon to call upon the President and
| learn his views of the situation and
! what he thought ought to be done to
help out the cotton producers. The
| President. in reply to the request for
an interview. said that his time would
| be entirely taken up with import
ant interview with State Department
officials before he left for Pittsburgh
| last night
| Another matter which is being used
| as lever to force an adjournment of
Congress is the fact that if no adjourn
ment is had. and three-day recesses are
| taken as suggested by Mr.. Henry, there
will be no mileage for the senator's and
representatives. This would be sad
| blow to many of them, and they are
making it uncomfortable for the OBJ
| structionists.
| When the House met Representative
Rufus Hardy of Texas made a few
scathing remarks directed toward his
| colleague, Representative Henry. COM
mander-in-ch Of the rapidly dimin-
| ishing f1libusters. He said the perform
ance going on was pointless and without
sense. few minutes later Represent
ative Underwood announced that it was
possible that the Senate would reach
| an agreement on adjournment some
| time today, and asked for recess un-
Representative Henry said he hoped to
force a continuous session, with re-
| cesses of three days at a time
Representative Bjackmon of Alabama
! struck out from the shoulder in a five
! minute speech:
! Il am not four-flusher." he said,
and people go into my district trying
to tell the farmers that l am not their
friend and they cannot do it. am
going home today on the ABS pm.
! train" He was cheered, and Repre-
I sentative Adamson of Georgia arose
and interrupted him:
Tell the people in my district as Won
pass through, the words of that old old
song: If you get there first, say / am
coming too.''
That broke up the House with a
langh. as the members dispersed for
the recess until pm.
When the House met. at the expira-
tion of the recess at 2 o'clock, Repre-
sentative Underwood presented the
resolution to adjourn the session of
Congress at o'clock this afternoon.
| Representative Henry withheld all
points of no quorum" but endeavored
to have the House take recess for three
days at time. After a brief debate.
the adjournment resolution was adont