The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-28
REFUSE TO ADJOURN
SENATE Held together By
SOUTHERN FlLIBUSTER
HOUSE READY TO QUIT

Senator Hoke Smith Leads Success
full Tactics in an Effort to Secure
Action on Currency Amendments
and on the Cotton Warehouse Bill
Many Congressmen Depart
Filibustering by Southern Demo-
Gratis struggling for legislation to re-
lieye the cotton situation prevented
the adjournment of congress at 8
o'clock Thursday night as had been
planned.
Led by Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia, members from the cotton
states, at the last moment, prevented
action in the Senate on joint reso-
luton to adjourn sine die, already
passed by the House. 1t appeared
that unless an agreement could be
reached for a recess until after the
November elections congress would
stay in session indefinitely without a
quorum of either house in Washing
| ton.
The collapse of the adjournment
program came after every hope for
| it's success had been held out, and
supreme efforts had been made TO
conclude the session after adoption
in both houses of the conference re-
port of the war tax bill.
\ special feature of the situation
was a 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 adjourn
ment.
The president rushed into the CAPT
tol, followed by secret service men. at
5:45 o'clock. Attired in his golf
clothes and without his reading
glasses. he hastened to the presidents
room, where the revenue measure,
signed by Speaker Clark and Senator
Clarke, president pro temrore Of the
| Senate, a1ait-d him. Borrowing
glasses from Senator Hughes of New
Jersey, the president signed the bill
and several others.
Senators ran in and out OF the
presidents room, holding their
watches, while Senator Martin vainly
sought to have passed the resolution
the House had passed early IN the
day providing for adjournment sine
die at O'Clock.
At every turn he was met by fill
| clustering tactics of Senator Hoke
Smith, who demanded successive roll
calls on motions to adjourn until Lri-
day, to recess until Friday and to
proceed to consideration Of executive
business. This kept the Senate busy
until 6 o'clock, the clock in the
House having been turned back
meanwhile in the hope that the SEN
| ate might pass the resolution.
When o'clock arrived Democratic
senators who-had been fighting for
adjournment gave up. The House
resolution had died automatically and
Senator Stone moved that the Senate
go into executive session.
Senator Smith and his colleagues
flibustered all day, but after several
hours yielded long enough for vote
on the war revenue conference repor.,
which was agreed to, 35 to IL. An
effort then was made to get up the
adjournment resolution, but this was
j blocked on a motion to table made by
the senator from Georgia.
Immediately a point of no quorum
was made. In the meantime the
House was without a quorum and
Representative Underwood conferred
with Senate leaders and prevailed on
them to recess until $50 o'clock be-
for attempting to adjourn, because it
was necessary for the House to have
quorum present so Speaker Clark
might sign the war revenue bill.
The House quorum finally was OBJ
tanned, but when the Senate recon-
vened at $50 the Southern senators
resumed their flibuster so determln-
edly that hope of adjournment soon
was abandoned.
The House was prepared for final
adjournment. Early in the day the
war revenue bill conference report
had been agreed to. Then Majority
| Leader Underwood brought in the
resolution for the routine Of final ad-
journment.
Supporters of cotton relief meas
ures announced they would fight ad-
journment until they could be assur-
ed of action on the currency amend
ments and on the cotton warehouse
bill. Majority Leader Underwood,
however, aided by Republican Leader
Mann. gathered his forces together
and before the rapidly disappearing
quorum of the House disappeared the
final adjournment resolution and a
resolution authorizing the appoint
ment of a committee to notify the
president that congress was ready to
adjourn were passed.
The House hen resumed considera-
ton of the Glass bill to authorize
banks to issue circulation on CONNER
cial paper up to 100 per cent. of the
banks capital and surplus. The bill
was passed to its third reading on
roll call, after two-hour wait for a
quorum.
AS soon as the quorum appeared
the speaker signed the enrolled war
l., revenue bill and the plans Of the
; leaders for adjournment were COM
plete. At 5 o'clock Representative
Mann forced another roll call, conf
dent that before it established a quo
rum the Senate would have passed
the adjournment resolution ending
the session. AS the roll call pro-
gressed and the lack of members
enough to do business became appar-
ent, even the cotton belt representa-
tives relaxed in the expectation Of
adjournment.
alfalfa Bill"=Murray Of Oklaho-
ma, entertained the scanty member
ship and the scattered crowd in the
galleries by organizing bipartisan
quartette, which rendered ballads OF
farewell. The House took on holl-
day aspect. When 6 o'clock arrived
the hands of the clock were turned
5 back twenty minutes. the House mo-
mentarily expecting Senate messen-
n