The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-23
AGREEMENT FOR RECESS
NAY BE REACHED TO-DAY
Otherwise Congress Will Stay in
Session Indefinitely, With
out Quorum.
sPEcTAcuLAR EVENT OF DAY
President Daslles From Golf Course
in Auto to Sign War Reye-
nue. Bill.

teFlhg pS southern Democrats lighting
for legislation to relieve the cotton
situation upset plans for adjournment
OF Congress ate o'clock tonight.
Led by Senator Hoke Smith. Of
Georgia, Southern members at the last
moment prevented action in the SEN
ate on joint resolution to adjourn
sine die. already passed by the House,
and 1t appeared tonight. unless an
agreement could be reached Tomorrow
for recess until after the November
elections Congress would stay In ses-
sion indefinitely without quorum.
The collapse of the adjournment
program came after every hope for
it's success had been held out and su-
preme efforts made to conclude the
session after adoption In both houses
OF the report on the war tax.
/ spectacular feature OF the situa-
tion was 4 dash by President Wilson
in an automobile from a golf course
to the Capitol to reach there in time
to sign the war revenue bill before
Adjournment. The President rushed
into the Capitol, followed by Secret
Service men. at 5:45 o'clock. Attired
in his golf clothes, and without his
reading glasses. he FASTENED to the
Presidents room, where the revenue
measure, signed by Speaker Clark and
Senator Clarke, president pro tenn. of
the Senate. awaited him., Borrowing
glasses from Senator Hughes. of New
Jersey, 5the President signed the bill
and several others.
MET AT EVERY TURN ny
FILIBUSTERISG TACTICS
Senator'S ran in and out of the Presi-
dents room holding their watches.
while Senator Martin vainIy sought to
have pnseed the resolution the House
haa passed sgrlysfp the thxs providing,
for a djournment sIHe diesats % O'CLOCK.
AtseyerSa turn he was met by flibuster-
ing tactics OF Senator Hoke Smith,
who adema nded successive roll calls on
motions to adjourn until to-morrow,tto
}recesss until Tomorrow, and to proceed
to consideration of executive business.
This kept the Senate busy until G
o'clock, the clock In the House having
been turned back, meanwhile. in, the
hope the Senate might pass the reso-
lutipn.
When o o'clock arrived. Democratic
adjournment gave up. The House reso-
luton had died automatically. and
Senator. Stone; moved that the Senate
go into executive session. V
Majority Leader Underwood then
hastened to the House with the an
nouncement. that there was no hope of
adjournment for the session. The
House had been waiting some time
without quorum present, and ad-
tournment until to-Snorrow was or
dered. Representative Underwood later
said he did not believe it would be
possible TO get another quorum to pass
an adjournment resolution until after
the elections. Before 6 o'clock scores
of Representatives and Senator'S hud
left town, and others took later trains
Majority Leader Kern and other Demo-
cratic Senators were equally dubious
.,F IL q.
might be agreed to with the under
standing that the bill to relieve the
cotton States would be taken up after
the elections Senator Hoke Smith said
he might agree to such plan.
YIELD FOR VOTE on
CONFERENCE REPORT
Senator Smith and his colleagues fill,
bustered all day. but after seysra,
hours yielded long enough for vote
on the war revenue conference report.
which was agreed to. So to IL, An eff
fort then was made TO bring up the
adjournment resolution. but this was
blocked on a motion to table made by
the Senator from Georgia. Immediate
ly point of no quorum was made
Meanwhile. the House WAS without a
quorum and REPRESENTATIVE Underwood
conferred with Senate leaders and pre-
vailed on them to recess until $50
o'clock before attempting to adjourn,
because 1t WAS necessary for the House
to- have quorum present so Speaker
Clark might sign the war revenue bill
The House quorum finally wa 8 round
ed up, but when the Senate reconvened
at $500 the Southern Sena tors IRE sumeti
their filibuster 30 sdeterminedly that
hope OF adjournment soon was aban-
doned. ~ SSG
The House was prepared to end the
session. Early in the day the war
yrn 10 "a L..
agreed to-. Then Representative Under
wood brought in the resolution for the
nc ltine of final Adjournment
Supporters of cotton relief measures
announced they would fight 1t unless
they could be assured offaction on the
currency amendments and on the cotton
warehouse bill. Representative Under
wood, however, aided by Republican
Leader Mann. gathered his forces, and
before the rapidly melting quorum Of
the House disappeared the final ed.
sjournment resolution and resolution
authorizing the appel int,nent of a COM.
mittee to notify the President that Con-
gress was readyyto adjourn were pase ed.
PLANS IN s5l. 81 4 rs
- COMPLETE IN HOUSE
The House thon resumed consil era :
ton OF lthe Glass bill to authorize
banks to issue circulation on CONNER
scial paper Up to. 100 per cent OF the
banks capital and surplus The bill.
was passed to Its third reading ol, N
roll call after a two.hour walt for a
quorum. AS soon asiithel quorum ap- y
psared, the Speaker 81 9 ned tic enrolled
war revenue. bill, and the plans OF the
lead ders for nd Journment we've complete
q. The House took on a h holt day aspect.
When s. O'clock arriy Sd TIL q hand 4 of
the clock were turned back n twenty
minutes. the House nom en- tarll ly 3 ex-
peeGng senate fmessenger, announc-