Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-29
FiIibuster Upsets Plans to End
Present Session of Congress
WILL FIG HH E MATTER Oh
Confident of Adjournment Enough
Remained at Capitol to Form Quo
rum, But Tactics of Southern
Senators Prevented Meas
ure Being Adopted.

WaSn1nSCOu, OCL. AA.-iA 4OuoNS1 ~
Southern Democrats fighting for leg
islation to relieve the cotton situation
upset plans for adjournment of Con-
gress at 6 o'clock tonight.
Led by Senator Hoke Smith, OF
Georgia, Southern members at the last
moment prevented action in the Sen
ate on a Joint resolution to adjourn
sine die, already passed by the House,
and it appeared tonight unless an
agreement could be reached tomorrow
for a recess until after the November
elections, Congress would stay in ses-
sion Indefinitely without a quorum.
The collapse of the adjournment
came after every hope of it's success
had been held out and supreme ef-
forts made to conclude the session
after adoption in both Houses OF the
conference report on the war tax Dill.
A spectacular feature Of the s1tua-
ton 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
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, digned by Speaker Clark
and Senator Clarke, president pro tenn
of the Senate, awaited him. Borrow
ing glasses from Senator Hughes, OF
New Jersey, the President signed the
bill and several others.
Senators ran in and out of the Pres
dents 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 6 O'Clock.
At every turn he was met by hl1bus-
tering tactics of Senator Hok Smith,
who demanded successive roll calls On
motions to adjourn until tomorrow, to
recess until tomorrow and to proceed
to consideration of executive bust
ness. This kept the Senate busy I'M
til 6 o'clock, the clock in the House
having been turned back with the hope
that the Senate might pass the reso-
luton.
When 6 O'Clock arrived Democratic
senators who had been fighting for
adjournment gave up. The House res
olution had died automatically, and
Senator Stone moved that the Senate
go into executive session.
Majority Leader Underwood then
fastened to the House with the an
nouncement that there was no hope
for adjournment. The Hous had been
waiting some time without a quorum
present and adjournment until tomor-
row was ordered. Representative I'm
derwood later said he did mo- believe
it would be possible to get another
quorum to PASS, an adjournment reso-
luton until after the elections. Be
fore 6 O'Clock score of representa-
tives and senators had left town and
others took Later trains( Majority
Leader Kern and other Democratic
senators were equally dubious OF ad-
iournment now. Senator Hoke Smith
said he might agree to a plan to take
I'D the cotton relief measures after
an adjournment and r~econvening OF
Congress.
An effort was made to bring up the
adjournment resolution but this was
blocked on a motion to table it made
by the senator from Georgia. Imme-
diately a point of no quorum was
made.
Meanwhile the House was without
a quorum and Representative Under
wood conferred with Senate leaders
and prevailed on them to recess unit
$3.50 O'Clock before attempting to ad.
journ. because it was necessary fol
the House to have a quorum presen'
so Speaker Clark might sign the wa
revenue bill; The HOUSE quorum
finally was rounded up but when tht
Senate reconvened at $3.50 the South
ern senator's resumed their hllbustel
SO determinedly that hope of adjourn
ment soon was abandoned.
The House was prepared to n tn
session. Early in the day the wa
revenue bill conference report hat
ben agreed to. Then Representative
Underwood brought in the resolution
for the routine of final adjournment
Supporters of cotton relief meas
Tres announced they would fight i
until they could be assured action o.
the currency amendment and on tn
cotton warehouse bill. -Representativ
underwood however, dlOSQ ny NOPop
lican Leader Mann, gathered hi
forces and before the rapidly meltin
quorum of the House disappeared tn
final adjournment resolution and
resolution authorizing the appoint
ment of a committee to notify tn
President that Congress was ready
adjourn were passed.
The House hen resumed considers
ton of the Glass bill to authoriz
banks t. issue circulation on com
mercial paper up to 100 per cent o
the banks capital and surplus. TIL
bill was passed to it's third reading
on a roll call after a two-hours wal
for a quorum. AS 500 as the quorum
arrived the plans for the adjournmer
were complete.
The House took on a holiday al
pect. When 6 O'Clock arrived tn
hands of the clock were turned BAG
twenty minutes, the House momel
tari1y expected q Senate messengt