Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-04
SMALL CROWD SEES
LAST NIGHT SESSION
Hundred Spectators Remain
in House Galleries Through
AII-Night Session.
WOMEN BRING KNITTING;
MEN GO TO SLEEP


.r e 1J hIso TndnIoe in
members OF house dlSo Ahuui6e III
o4 Mo.l-, rlos
NdpS-LlVely OIdIoIy HAo. 40 SAos
rIl ro,orroee
ing A y 10Y
Less than hundred onloeheis
In the galleries throughout 'h'
night session OF the iio"Ss.
Were a sorry looking 1911 Win ''e
ception OF nan z do"eii sni'' ~
ing women. wh" came ~ ~.
dressed as if for a party SOME =,
them brought their khit'ihs iil'
,,ritt.d for hours. while the tiny
., ..,-.,1ad mn into large socks
=, -, ,,o,.s Galleries sew
or Hauffiers. IN tH' iiiGt'
eral all-night Suffers went iaS'
Ion. before O'Clock. and stayed there
e,e,; win every appearance of
:, $3.50 -, with M place to
pe'!4s an ~ ,:, eI1.1 tho
go. me Dig el'"N -, ~.
galleries early last night stooo tite
s+r.,in until the first roll call at -
ga .be, the folks began TO
otioef' ,.oh,,or+s
leave IN large "e'aN ,n1o
The House galleries. ~. snare
mented by the croNus ~, bodv went
who had 10 leave "hei ~ 80 Ho,,7an
into executive SeSsAoit. o.na+a.
tool deep onenSe AZ tlie va, ala
thcs ate ~ ~ enpbasis to an
inoifensive doorkeepsr. = !ns' so' 'i''e
Dlah hho"
en- The House side a woman en-
seavored TO walk into the sacred pre-
cirrts of the Speakers lobby. \ door
I.eper barred the way:
.tDon't YOU know me-. she demanded
ter .,st.ri,r
az -h,, 40,
You mean 10 say YOU ool
who | am Stand
No, madan' ooii NJ" ii tha ,1-a,
aside. please you are 'i'e
Tor meHpeFs -, ,a,,o,
Members of the House stooa me .1aS
hours falrlE Wei until Nv ~ as
nearly every one N .he lo"ei poo aies w
the tnited s'ates 1ohsi 80 80 occ,,'
except the speaker anu .ne me- 10, That
plying the floor on any propos..loli 'i NC.
happened to be up. ne a,.i.uues 10,
sumed by some OF our pest kioM II Id =,
makers while sleeping ~ Snaa ~
the House or Represehta.INes,: -, 10
modelled after the s'st'eslils. ~ !, ne poSG 60
OF tne marble anu oloiAr ~
Statuary Han IN tAe goa s eoilts, ~ :,
casionaily, the SOFT SOUND ol sihsllS
could be heard, bul the SIe' h , - 81
so busy IN the earl! hours peeaus ~
noise, was scarcely touchea III lhe
sma' hours
CO., Sr;,+ar-
Jersey MEL oooo Spi
I, ,,-.S .ar,y in the morning when
n,.,..;,.o IIa,,;11 oe Ney, 1ersev
NePi -.
endeavored TO prlhg up oy uIahiiious
consent Il bill creating an add1tlonal
iudeeship for his state, and the ensuing
foot r,c. .ntared INFO nv the Jersey
80 ,,,ost
men men, ~ TO- S,I,o,, Of
indiana was the first man to make an
io,.so,.,,ia,, tar,.d b.iiar-slaIter down
the aisle after him. There was a
moment of deep. whispered conference,
ana representative ouilop "lthore"
nj Pen5eSan,ati,. u,n,i,1 WIS .bo,+ ,o
explain the bill when Representative
Thompson of Oklahoma objected. He
was SOME Instance from nepIesehtaIiVe
Culiop, when necessleateo announcer
sprint py the Jersey tedih. me!
reached MN IN ialF oIoer anu Went
tnroush the "hiSpereo erloInahce,
WheIeupoh ME-. lhoiipson "iIioIeW
nus ooJection- 1.epIesehtdtIse Haiiiiil
smiieu anu started an over again:
ep5eet. roareo Representative
Llep OF lndlana-
AGAIN the New Jersey lient brigade
charged across the chamber and sue
ceeded IN showing Mr.. Lieo the 1actS
IN the case, ana HepresentatlEe Ham1li
thought ne had a clear neld. but Rep-
resentatives Mann and plfenderfer re-
served the rlght TO OBJECT
The only New Jerseymen left who had
breath enough to run were Representa-
tives Hart, Scully. Townsend and HAM
i'll, but they couldn't make any i'm
preston on Representative Offender
fer He is a Pennsylvania of the most
obdurate sort. The bill failed, and the
New Jersey delegation went back to
sleep.
Ficbt War Over
The midnight hour saw the House in
9, ,,r,a . s,,+e and rho e.jIaries On
-,
Weais VI ".'itiis ioi an .. 4 ID
House style, that Representatives Mann
of Illinois and Flood of Virginia had 10
hr.,1. ON, !, :, .arriso aah,,a ,.bi.,,
VI can ou' III q 81 ..i@ i'@ii
assumed the proportions or i near
personal onslaught 1t was all over
The old question of the civil war
Representative Flood made one OF the
most impassioned speeches heard since