Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-23
CONGRESS AGAIN
FAILS TO ADJOURN
FiIibuSters Prevent End of Ses-
sion by "No Quorum
Objection.
CLARK SEES WILSON,
BUT HAS NO HOPES
President Gives No Intimation of
Any Intention to Prorogue
the Sittings.

the Sittings.
All efforts to adjourn Congress sine
die failed again today. and the Senate
and later the House. 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 adjourn
ing Congress was general in official cir
cles. but nothing materialized.
Senate leaders hoped some arrange
ment could be made to pass the bank
law amendments and the cotton ware
house bill, for which cotton states
members We're filibustering, without
necessary quorum tomorrow
In the House a filibuster continued
before a quorunless body until LAS
o'clock when adjournment was taken
to noon tomorrow. In the Senate adj
journment to tomorrow followed failure
to get a quorum at about 100 o'clock
No Hope of Adjournment.
The situation in the House did not at
any time today present much hope for
adjournment. Majority Leader Under
wood said he could see no hope of ad-
journment, or even a recess, without
the presence of a quorum.
dent, also was not hopeful of ending
the session, and did not believe the au-
thority to prorogue Congress would be
considered by the President.
Republicans opposed to cotton leg1S-
lation declared that any plan of the
democrats to get together would be
blocked unless quorum could override
their protests.
All efforts to reach an agreement in
the House that would clear the situa-
ton were blocked by Representative
Henry of Texas. The roll call on a
point of mo quorum developed that
there were but 157 members present.
An effort was made to secure an
agreement for a vote on one of the
currency amendments and on the cot
ton warehouse bill, but 1t was de-
feated.
Representative Underwood declared
that it was apparent that a quorum
of the House could not be secured IN
til after the November elections. He
said he would make no effort to bring
members back to Washington from
their campaigns.
The House found itself unable to
transact any business, and Representa-
tive Underwood moved an adjournment
until tomorrow. On this motion the
cotton belt representatives forced roll
call.
The effort to adjourn the House.
however. failed by vote of 80 to SIS.
The House. then settled down to wait
In the vain hope that a quorum would
appear. SiNty-three members were
lacking to make up a sufficient num-
Der to do business.
A Southern View.
Members of the House have been in
terested today in the possibility that
the President will prorouge Congress
by simply Diminishing it. While there is
no question as to his power to do this,
congressional leaders do not look for
1t. One southern democrat said:
The minute the President does any
thing of that sort he is assuming the
manners of royalty, and he had better
cable his apologies to old Huerta, wher-
ever he can be found"
Cotton democrats predict there will
be no adjournment at all unless a
quorum comes back to the House. They
also declare they will block any and
all unanimous consents for recesses and
favors of that sort.
The prediction of Chairman Henry of
the rules committee. the leader of the
cotton chorus" is that Congress will
ing more than listen to reading of
the Journal bst the cotton filibnsters
seem bent on impressing the country
that they want that cotton relief meas
ure passed
Plan to Adjourn Tomorrow.
When the Senate met at noon Senator
Jones of Washington made point OF
no quorum. Only forty-two senator's
answered to their names and, on motion
of Senator Kern, the sergeant-at-arms
was directed to send for absentees.
Before Senator Jones made the point
In the Senate a conference was held,
participated in by Senators Kern, Sim
mons. Smith of Georgia, Lea of Ten
nessee. Smith of South Carolina, Bryan,
Hitchcock, Hughes and Swanson. This
resulted in a scheme to adjourn until
tomorrow and in the meantime to work
out plan of settling differences over
cotton legislation and to bring in
resolution for final adjournment at )
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Clarke Begins Long Speech.
When Majority Leader Kern finally
brought up a resolution for the Senate
to adjourn until tomorrow. Senator
Clarke left his place as President Pro
Tempore. yielded the gavel to Senator
John Sharp Williams and began a long
speech on "the state Of the Union" He
told southern senators it was folly for
them to insist on their cotton legisla-
ton.
Senator Clark declared Congress. I'M
der the Constitution, could adjourn
from day to day without quorum
Such action might result IN loss
of mileage" he continued. but for
my part, l propose to adjourn this
evening and go home. 1 think that
the vaudeville in this situation ought
to stop
Meanwhile. in the House, roll call fol-
lowed roll call without disclosing a
quorum and Mr.. Underwood said none
could be secured until after election.
An early effort to adjourn the House
failed; 90 to SIS, with sixty-three mem
bers lacking to make up a sufficient
number to do business
Speaker Sees President;
Congress Is HopeIessIy
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